Boben

One of my friends at the garage dismantled an Alfa Romeo 156 V6 for parts. At the same time I was looking out for an A/C condenser for my 240Z and luckily enough, the Alfa unit has the perfect fit and refrigerant connections at a convenient location. I used the beaten old unit for fitment and fabricated some fixing points for it. I found some nice rubber grommets with thread inserts on them to use in the fixing. I have no idea for which car they are for and what they where meant to fix in the first place as I found them from a box we have at the garage that has all kinds of rubber grommets, seals and plugs everybody has just thrown in over the years. Anyway, worked quite nicely for me. After fixing the condenser in place, I was finally able to weld the lower radiator mounts on the rails and fabricate the upper mounts. The BMW Z3 M Coupe radiator sits nicely between BMW OEM rubber bushings.

I was wondering if a solid steering coupler would be available off the shelf. I need to check that out. My exhaust header runs so close to the coupler that the endurance of the standard rubber coupler is questional. I'll be waiting for your comments on how it effects driveability.

The stock console on top of the tunnel will not fit from the front so it will have to go under the knife as well. Other then that, no known major issues.

It has been too long since I've updated on this build. Sorry for that. Well, here comes. I got the tunnel finally welded back. With the new position, the HVAC unit was obviously not going to fit without modification so that went under the knife along with the original fixing points on the tunnel. The new mounts are not entirely ready yet, but at least I have proof now that the HVAC fits inside the dash. The lower fixing points on the dash also needed some cutting to make the dash fit. Here is some pics.