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It's Steve Johnston and my friend David Dunn😎

Still lurking around, would be happy to see you guys again. I'll be watching...

I am picking up a 70 model this week. I have pics on my phone I can text to you. Its a very complete car with no missing parts. $1300

I'll be there Thursday thru Sunday

Looks like you guys had a great time, sorry we missed it. The hood scoop was for 260Z's by the way... . Great pics!

[quote name= For sake of simplicity' date=' the farthest you could remove the stock drivetrain would be to cut out and reshape the floor right in front of the diff and mount the motor directly to the diff, allowing removal of the driveshaft and transmission. The only concern here is that you need to make sure you're not going to overheat the motor at lower speeds, and not go beyond it's RPM limits at higher speeds. A larger motor is less likely to overheat, but of course it's larger and harder to fit into the space requirements without impeding upon the passengers. [/quote] Seems to me that spinning the diff around and putting the motor where the gas tank was would be the better route. This would be both easier to cool and help offset the weight of the batteries in front.

Kudo's for probably to coolest start to finish swap I have seen here lately. You did a great job balancing custom work with ingenuity and making the necessary arrangements with the exhaust and transmission setup so that the car can be easily worked on and/or modified. Thank you so much for the documentation also. I hope you won't mind talking to me at some point as my own S30-VH45 project moves along. I, along with others here I'm sure, would like to copy what you did with the trans adapter if you have any detailed specs you would be willing to share. I will watch closely as you progress as I am interested how the motor will react to a stiff shot of nitrous. Very smart and thoughtful build you have executed here. I am so VERY impressed with the overall car. The tasteful badgeing is enough, the exhaust note tells the rest of the story. My hat is off to you sir!

Check 'em. Park the car, set the brake, put your foot on the top/front of the front tire and push hard toward the back (like you are trying to roll the car backwards with your foot). if the whole wheel/tire assy moves back, you need TC rod bushings. They can cause the kind of shake you are describing. Good luck with it!

a couple of pics from paint jail. Under car area is coming along... This is getting the vh45 plus turbo. CF flares and cowl hood. More parts pics coming soon. I have a pretty good collection of parts together for this build. Not at the level of the Blaktout car, but maybe a little more rowdy?

Whats it gonna take to get you to the next SEZS Phil? . Like Bill Murray said in "Stripes", "I gotta have some beers with this guy..."

This is obviously a "no expense spared" build you have here. That being said, I am going to ask the bluntly obvious and hope you are not offended. The approximate pricetag on this build is what curious minds want to know, well maybe just my curious mind. If you would rather not say, I understand, but the price of a 100 percent farm out job has to be adding up to a pretty tidy sum by now. Just a round number would be fine...

gracious, GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!

11.25 and 1.7 60' @ 120mph

I used a "Neapco" brand adapter part # N2-2-899-1 . It uses a chevy size u-joint . I'm not sure if it is the same as the spicer 1310. The neapco bolts to the r200. Hope this helps...

Man did I have fun! It was (and still is) unbelievable hot out there with temps near 100 degrees. First was a "mother duck" session where we followed a lead car around the track at a pretty good clip. Car felt good. Instructor was pretty cool and obviously knew the track well. He seemed OK with my driving and said my former experience autocrossing was pretty evident. I felt VERY inexperienced but I was not timid. It was fun! A couple of hours later, 2nd session starts. After a few laps,I was feeling a bit more confident and picked up the pace. Got the OK to do some passing and was able to run down and pass some Porsches and BMW's. Was that ever COOL! I did have a minor spin but stayed on the track and got going right away again. Had to come in for a quick scolding. Then got to go back out and pass the same cars again. That was cool too. I was basically able to drive around in 3rd gear as the car had pretty good torque at low rpms but later in the session started using 2nd coming into and out of the tighter turns. It was really strong and the instructor was quite impressed with the old Z's "brutal" (his words) torque. Finished the session after the checkered flag and three turns into the cooldown lap, a huge plume of smoke comes out and the car fills with smoke, trans fluid all over the hot exhaust. I pull off the track and get out, there was so much smoke, I thought the car was on fire. Looks like the transmission overheated and popped or pushed out the front seal, at least I hope thats what happened. Its pumping fluid out from behind the torque converter now. Thus ends the weekend of racing. If I am going to do more of this, I am going to need a way bigger trans cooler and probably a oil temp and trans temp gauge inside. The wilwoods never faded in the least and the 200lb springs seemed just fine with very little body roll. All in all, a great time although a bit on the expensive side. I used Kumho v700 tires, size 225/50-16. 2 1/2 degrees neg camber is all I could get out of the plates but it seemed like enough. It was kind of embarassing breaking like it did in front of the Porsche crowd but then again, it got a lot of respect for the solid track capabilities. By the way, Brody's r33 Skyline was just flawless, running down FAST cars all day long with zero issues. I should have some pics in a few days.

Thanks for the video. Looks like fun. Temps are likely to be near 100. Will a track like this get slippery in this kind of heat? I am planning to get really watered up before getting out there as I am a super heavy sweater.

I will be running the Z at Barbers this weekend with the Porsche Club. A friend had to back out after registering so I was able to get his spot. I am TOTALLY stoked. I have not been on a road course in 7 or 8 years and even then it was autocross, rarely over 80 mph. Got some Kumho Exsta(sp?) V700's ( slightly used) today and set the car up with John Coffey's alignment specs. . Brody will be there with his Skyline (500awhp) and some other nice hardware will no doubt be there. Sure would be nice to be able to pass a nice Porsche or Beemer but I will have an instructor in the car with me so I will just do exactly as I'm told. I just dont want to look like an idiot out there. I have no illusions that I am some kind of super driver or anything. I want to approach it like the novice that I am... . Barbers is one of, if not the, finest road courses in the country. What a cool fathers day, huh? This will be my first chance to really see what this Wilwood brake setup can do, as well as the coilovers and LSD, none of which I had in my autocross days. Wish I had a camera mount!

If you get up to Birmingham, I'd be happy to show you around. Steve Johnston 205-337-8343

I think you stole it there dude. Nice score...!

Kids can make you pull your hair out huh? Part of "growin' some balls" needs to include the knowledge that its tough to raise a kid even in a perfect world. Pressure and stress and worry can make people do strange things. The goal here should be to get through the bad current situation with an eye on the future. That future including a relationship with his mom. One that he can control the terms of. If she stays crazy, it can be a long distance phone call with best wishes for a happy whatever. Family is really all you got in this world and having a civil relationship, even with crazy family, IS important. My mom is totally disturbed but I love her because she is my mom. Thats it. Period. I am also glad she lives 3 states away. I wish you the best of luck with your custody situation and hope the result is best for you all. The smartest thing you can do is remind him that even though things are crazy right now, there is the possibility that in the future, when everybody is an adult, things CAN change for the better and even if they don't, he will be the better man if he lets go of the hate, whether she deserves it or not. And I can not agree enough with what has already been said before about it not being your place to badmouth his mom. He can make his own decisions about that. Having some understanding and forgiveness in your heart is my definition of "being a man and growin' a pair". Got to let go of the past and move on. If you weren't a hero to him before, now is your chance. I have faith. Best wishes.

This install is exactly what this site is about (IMHO). The attention to detail, the use of easily available parts, learning from others, and our opportunity to learn from,(and copy) you. I dig it man! congrats on the great results. You are going to love it as much as we all do if not more...

1.head set $100 2.head rebuild $200 (includes replacing the valve,seat and guide) 3.labor, free if you do it yourself, $300 if you have it done. 4. 6 or 700 hundreds bucks total 5.price to install a Vg30XX into a S30 chassis when you don't really know what you're getting into, ONE ZILLION DOLLARS 6. You figure it out!

That is a sweet machine for a proper Z car nuts mancave!

69' Chevelle Malibu. 307 2bbl and a powerglide. 115mph wide open with a tailwind. I cant believe I am still alive after all the WOT runs I did in that car....bald retreads and all . God looks out for kids that are stupid. I am living proof!

Wow, you guys are old. Heck, I won't be 47 for like, 6 or 7 months!!