MazerRackham

So theres the picture of the back side of the caliper. There is what looks like a hinge for the E-brake I just have no idea how I would go about hooking it up. So far all I can tell is it is definitely a Tokico brake, but I'm not sure about the model. Can anybody tell me where it would be stamped, or more importantly if it is possible to hook up my E-brake?

Breh said it was stretched so I followed the guide here and found out my timing chain was perfect. The guy has made a couple mistakes but when I try to correct him he tells me how many years he's been doing this and to shut up. Then again I can't get mad because I tell him to do everything by the book but I still make mistakes. Too many cooks in the kitchen I guess.

^You're a sick man chubbs. Discovered the guy who was helping fix my car was a total butthead. Almost bought a brand new timing chain for no reason. Insta-fired.

The dude who has been helping me with my car has been really pissing me off insisting that the reason the car is running so rich/will not climb above 3,500 RPM in first gear is because the TPS is bad, but I'm pretty sure the timing is completely off

Finally got the engine put back together today. It ran like ****.

Without it being in the front air damn it looks like some Star Trek stuff, but I'm sure you'll make it look good! Keep it up brother you're giving me hope!

Thanks brothers. I appreciate all your help! ALMOST DONE! Just finished re-attaching the intake and exhaust manifolds. All I need to do now is the timing chain/timing chain cover.

Holy **** I am so sorry brother. That's horrible.

Pretty much re built the top end of my engine. Fun!

There was a **** ton of rust in the coolant/cylinder head. That crackhead I was telling you guys about in my last thread isn't that bad at all. I actually really like him despite the fact that he's always trying to hit on my mom. So I took the head off the engine and found a bunch of coolant cooked onto the valves. I spent all day today getting all the carbon build up off of the top of the pistons/cylinder head. The one thing that is worrying me to no end is all the rust that is in the coolant. When I look at the coolant passage ways in the engine block the sides are caked with rust. What am I going to need to do to get that stuff off?

In case you haven't seen the color before it is most emphasized near the end of the video, although I highly recommend watching the entire thing. I want a deep blood/satin red for my car with black trim. I want to keep my car as classy as possible so I'm open to other suggestions. I originally wanted white but I feel like it is already overdone. What do you guys think?

Yeah no doubt he uses brakes lol but the reason I said it was more so the 'effect' of his driving. The way he carried his momentum through the turns. He looks absolutely unstoppable. Regardless of what you guys have to say about him, I wanna be like him when I grow up.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT DOES. BUT IT LOOKS REALLY FRICKIN' SWEET.

HAHA!! That's it!! Thank you brother!!

I'm not sure if I saw it here or in the Jalopnik forums but there was a youtube video I watched that looked like it was recorded in the 70s. In the video is a Porsche 911 flying through corners at ludicrous speed. The driver is passing dudes the entire time and it looks like he never uses his brakes. AFAIK it was a French driver...It looked like a legit Le Mans status race.

JUST HAD MY 350z SIX SPEED MANUAL DELIVERED TODAY. All thats left is drive shaft, wiring, R.T. diff mount, and one of 240 hokes transmission shortener thingies. Hopefully he can cut me a deal for less than 200.

Worse one of the hooks that holds onto the springs while the compressor compresses(wtf??) snapped clean off... lol At first I thought one of the keepers shot clear across the parking area and I just starting yelling obscenities I'm sure everybody in Boulder heard. Then I looked at my valve spring compressor and saw that it was broken instead. tbh I would rather have a broken valve spring compressor than loosing a collet.

This car is obscene. So Good.

But I did line up the marks before i started pulling **** apart. Infact I marked them with a silver sharpie so I couldn't mess up. http://www.amazon.com/Lisle-59550-Adjustable-Overhead-Compressor/dp/B0019CQRUK/ref=sr_1_18?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1341729980&sr=1-18&keywords=overhead+valve+spring+compressor ^ This thing is utter poop. I'm gonna invest in a proper 70 dollar tool that does what the KD tool did before it got discontinued everywhere. Although I'm just going to pray that I never have to do this again. I love wrenching on my car. Just not working in cramped engine compartments.

I did. I used a PVC pipe like in this guide. I don't know if I did it right. I just pushed the fucker as hard as I could in there.

When this crackhead from my building came by and offered his help. He said I was doing it all wrong. He said that by removing the sprocket and timing chain like I did I put slack in the chain and it will never run right unless I remove the front crank case and re-adjust. This goes against all the valve seal replacement guides I've read on Ratsun, here, Chiltons and Haynes manuals. Was there fine print I never saw? On a side note. I dropped one of the size 10 bolts that holds the cam in place into the front crank case. Stupid me I forgot to wedge a towel into the dark abyss. The dude said that it fell into the oil pan which gives me a huge ******* sigh of relief because I can just buy another size 10 bolt from McGuckins. Advice anyone? Also, I managed to replace ONE VALVE SEAL before my 60 dollar valve spring compressor broke. ******* excellent.

Sorry. Messed up link. Fixed it. Just got some 70 dollar ebay brand new valve covers, and a 350z 6 speed manual transmission for 400. I may have a complete VQ35DE for under 1000 dollars. Wicked lucky.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxSG8TwWP8g

Putting in new valve seals tomorrow. Finished building custom sub-woofer box.

Not looking at spending more than 20 bucks. I'm going to be upgrading to LED's eventually so I just need a half decent bulb socket to hold me over until I do that.