4.6StangRage

I am about ready to go to Pick n pull to acquire a distributor, but the only distributor I can find is a 1983 maxima distributor. I looked up the part numbers for distributor and it is the same? What do you guys think? I figure it would directy bolt up with no problems but am i wrong? thanks!

That is a thought, ill have to look at it!

Hey man, fantastic build you got going! I have enjoyed reading your progress with your build and I am envious! Hey If you are still working on your dash I have an idea if you have not found a solution for it yet. There is a member on this forum that has a dash that is wrapped in some kind of fabric. I think it is leather and it looks amazing! I once considered throwing out my dash and building a custom fiberglass one until I came across this one. Well It may have been a different one but this is still really nice. Btw, how is your build going now? http://www.zcar.com/70-83_tech_discussion_forum/hand_stitched_leather_dash_866252.0.html Edit: oops, my bad, I just realized that you posted this a week ago. When you get some progress let us know!

That is Rockin!! I have been wondering how custom car builders make their lenses. Mine would be of a longer length and will probably take lots of custom trial designs prior to final product. I may make custom tails for other vehicles. Thanks for showing me this!

Finally I decided what I am going to do. I am going to: Use Rear Disc Brake Setup from a 1995-2001 Ford Explorer ***Drill and use spacers to properly align the explorer backing plate with the Rotor hat (parking brake) and hub. I am going to have New explorer rotors Drilled with the Nissan Z lug patternor find the proper rotor with proper lug pattern which will have the proper hat size and rotor thickness...yeah right. Ill still give it a try anyways. ___________ Unrelated: Front 4x4 toyota caliper setup Honda lug adapters What do you guys think?

hmm I was thinking of more of a custom application.

I have seen people make custom tail lights with clear acrylic, do you guys know of using red and amber acrylic to make tail lights?

Is the brake setup as easy to find? If they are easy to find at pick n pull that would be great and i would rather do that swap. I could find 4-5 explorers that still have their axles w/ brakes at pick n pull and that is why I am interested in the ford 8.8 stuff. I can get rotors machined extra holes for pretty cheap $40 extra for two rotors so I dont think that is too bad.

Any News on this build? i am very interested!

Yeah I am concerned with that, hopefully I could figure something out. Preferably, I would like to keep the 4 lug pattern but if I need to go 5 lug the toyota front rotors should work as well as 2wd toyota rotors. The explorer has the same bolt pattern so they should be compatible with each other.

Hopefully not, so far this is what i came up with. it looks a little bit off but i think it still can be worked with. My next concern is how to keep it 4 lug or convert the front and rear to the same 5 lug pattern.

I am having a fellow ranger owner look at his 8.8 tomorrow morning! I am pretty excited for this is looking like we almost have a direct fit.

I attempted to check the bolt pattern on the explorer axle and I could not get an exact measurement but It looks close. Vertical holes Approx 2 1/4, Horizontal holes 3 3/4. Ill try to double check with some fellow ford guys on the Ford Ranger website.

Nice, this makes things quicker. Ill measure my Explorer axle bolts in about an hour. this is looking pretty close. It would be nice if we could find a rotor with a proper hat and lug pattern.

I measured the axle diameter and the explorer axle is larger, but not by much. Later I will have to measure the bolt holes to see if they are similar.

Oh yeah also I have an explorer axle on my ranger so I should be able to take some measurements and then figure it out. The main reason why I want this setup is because it works well for me and Explorers are more common than maximas, 280ZX, or 240SX. Not that I am saying that the aforementioned car's parts are inferior, it is just far to easy to find these parts because people usually dont look to explorers for parts, well at least compared to the nissans.

hmm i am not exactly sure what a Stub axle swap is, can you enlighten me or send me a link about that? I would not mind having a 5 lug conversion all the way around.

Yes it is ford, in fact it is from a ford explorer. I have that setup on my Ranger pickup and i was thinking of a possible cheap replacement for the Z. I would like to replace drums for discs mainly for aesthetic reasons but also they are easier to maintain. If this is works ill do a write up about it.

Yeah look at this representation of the Z setup. crazy huh? I am going to have to do some measurements. Again, what do you guys think?

My '76 280Z has been sitting for 14 years and is in need of a brake system overhaul so i figure, why not upgrade to a newer system? I am definitely going with the toyota 4 piston setup in the front, but i am unsure of what to do for the rear. I stumbled upon this setup that could possibly work. Look at the picture this looks really close to the Z mounting setup for the Drum brake hardware. What do you guys think? I am going to take measurements because i have both examples at home. I am sure the backing plate will need to be drilled, but it would be totally worth it.

I really like this, is it 100 percent custom or did you utilize a kit for part of it?

It may be an expensive idea but I wonder how hard would it be to get a dry sump oil system for the 4.6? It would save you space and not to mention it would provide excellent engine lubrication!!

thanks, I will check it out!

***BUMP*** I could really use some info, I did search but i couldn't find any info.

any input? I could really use it!