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Wow, that's crazy

Yeah It definitely needs to go lower. Looking at my crossmember in an earlier post, I cut pretty much exactly the same amount of material out as Austin. looking at where his throttle body sits relative to the cowl, I need to go about an inch down and half an inch back. We'll see if there is enough wiggle in the mounts to get it down. And for the record, I wasn't talking about cutting the firewall, but the bracing on the inside of the hood.

All of hybridZ's on there were listed between $50k-$100k

Progress! The engine and tank are in. Tank was pretty easy, mainly because I woke up late and EvilC did it for me... The engine proved to be a little tricky. The issue because of how tight the fit is between the firewall and crossmember, getting the engine to slot in is difficult. We ended up removing the upper intake plenum (after damaging it and the weatherstrip lip a bit) to get the engine to sit correctly. That said, I was hoping for a little input from others who have done the swap here. With the engine sitting about as low as I am comfortable with and as far back as I can it looks like I'll have to remove a pretty sizable section of the inner hood frame to clear the plenum. I am curious whether others have had the same issue or if I'm sitting higher than most. In any case, here are the pics!

Yeah, Cable's car is listed there as well, and I see a few cars that I recognize but don't remember the owners. This should be interesting...

Got the tank painted and ready to install. I'm running a 5/16" aluminum fuel line along a frame rail and that will connect to the existing rubber feed to the fuel rail. The power to the pump will come from a dedicated 12ga set of wires coming from a new relay switched by the ECU. I also removed the stock mounts and manifolds. I'm going to follow Austin's lead and weld a couple of 90 degree bends to the end of the manifold and meet the y pipe of the complete exhaust I bought from EvilC.

I think he said it was setup for street and autocross work.

Another little update. Mounted my trimmed crossmember and removed the stock trans mounts, hood latch, fuel lines and stock fuel tank. This week I should be able to mount the new tank/pump and lines, and mock up the engine so I can mark where the engine crossmember needs to be welded in.

Mark, What printer and plastic are you using for your parts? My startup is currently in the market for a printer for making high temp pieces and yours seem to have come out very, very nicely. Thanks

I think by bouncy he means under or poorly damped. That comes down to the quality of the shock.

Radiator is ordered, ended up with an ebay special 24x19, it should arrive today. Wiring harness and aerocatch hood latches are supposed to be delivered today as well, hopefully I'll be able to get to EvilC's shop on sunday to mount my engine. I've got all the components for my R200/OBX/280zxt CV swap as well. Once I get that and the engine mounted I should be good to order my driveshaft.

Ok so the radiator definitely doesn't fit, haha. It's narrow enough that it could have sit on top of the frame rails...if it were 4 inches shorter or V-mounted. Oh well. Will be ordering a new one soon. I'd be interested to hear the dimensions that people have run on here. I mounted the shortened shifter yesterday and it looks good. One interesting side effect of shortening the distance between the two U-joints that link the shifter to the trans is that the shifter rotates a bit more as moves through it's side to side travel than I'm used to, but it seems to work well.

Lookin good!

Shortened the shifter and coated the tank. May have clogged my pickup tube in the process so I will likely have to run another, but no big deal. This coating is pretty tough. My wiring harness should be coming shortly and my plenum spacer arrived. Hopefully I'll get the engine mounted this week. I think there is a chance that I'll be able to fit the stock 350z radiator and fans in the car. It'll be close as its wider than the stocker, but it's also shorter so it might be able to sit on top rather than between the frame rails. I'll test fit it this week.

I bought Nelsonian's, sorry.

Out with the old. Buyer is coming for my old engine and trans Saturday, no turning back now! I didn't take any pics but we also used some aircraft stripper to remove the paint and undercoating from the engine bay. This weekend I plan to shorten the shifter and coat the inside of my tank. Hopefully I'll be mounting the engine one night next week.

Honestly I just looked at what others had done, the pic on the McKinney site and measured my engine and eyeballed it. If there needs to be a little last minute grinding, so be it. I could measure mine and let you know if I have any clearance issues once I get my engine in

Looking at it, I 'd think the compressor would be in the way of the steering shaft, at least in the stock location. It might fit if you put another knuckle in the steering though.

I posted these in my thread but I figured I should share them here too. Here's my progress on the pump swap. After welding it up I used a smoke machine to find the inevitable pinholes. I also ordered some tank sealer that I'm going to coat the inside of the tank with. My harness should be back next week so I will be able to test it out soon.

I just heard that car put down over 500whp at 6 psi...

Just need a mustache bar for my R200 conversion. Let me know if you have one handy. Thanks

Bought a cheap smoke machine to check for pinhole leaks in my tank. Found a few and sealed them up. Will go over the area with a sealant as a final measure but otherwise I should be good to go. I also sent out my wire harness to get cut down and reflashed. Finally have every piece for my r200/OBX/CV conversion except for the mustache bar. Getting there! I'm pulling the stock engine and trans this week to go to its new home.

Got one. Thanks HBZ.

Welded up the crossmember

Hey guys, Just looking for a set of 280zx turbo companion flanges to get me on the road until I can get my CV adapters made. Let me know if you have a set lying around, I know most people discard them when they do the CV swap. Thanks.