Domesticated

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Small update: I haven't done much to the car but drive it lately. She is up to about 1500 miles. Getting closer to ordering some new suspension parts. 2-3 weeks ago, on a Sunday afternoon out for a drive I performed an... overly ambitious... 1-2 shift and broke a U-joint on the passenger side axle. I swapped out the stub for the later 27-spline piece with new lug studs, bearings and seal and swapped in the Z31T CV axle with flipped cage. Seems to be working perfectly. Now I just need to do the driver side axle before I break another U-joint. The snap was a lot less violent than I would have ever expected it to be, luckily I wasn't going too fast and pulled over quickly, so the axle flopping around in the control arm didn't do any damage. Also, noticeably less "clunk" in the driveline now, even with just one axle swapped. I also got a pair of Skillard door panels:

Dyno pull video

Thanks! Yeah I can't be too disappointed with the numbers, for a mostly stock 5.3 and tiny cam. The car is plenty fun to drive, and the low end torque is the best part. I don't have much in the way of traction issues; if I lay into the throttle in first it will spin but it hooks really well in second. I'm leery of the stock u-joint axles, so I haven't bothered launching the car and mostly just roll into it, but the 235 wide R888s are working out pretty decent. With another 100hp that might be a different story. I'm going to try and drive it to the dump this week and get on a scale; I'm very curious what the car currently weighs.

We had my car on the dyno today. Confirmed that I need more cam... maybe I need to build a motor... Ha. I'm happy with it for now. Final Numbers: 314hp @ 6000rpm / 316tq @ 4500rpm

The brakes are working fine, but the front doesn't have much bite. The commuter-car pads aren't going to cut it... I need to get those Carbotech pads. Also dreaming of a dual reservoir setup with rear balance adjustment.

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Here's a little video I made today with some exterior sound clips and a ride-around. https://youtu.be/PzCMkmQke1c

I got the windshield replaced this week. It cost $220 installed, not including the new seal which I provided. The new glass looks fantastic, I couldn't be more happy with how it turned out... wasn't sure what to expect with aftermarket glass. They laid down a coat of rust preventative before installing, and I was pretty happy with the lack of rust underneath the old seal. To christen the fresh glass, I slapped on a windshield banner for the company I work for. Its a reflective black vinyl that looks like a matte black in the shade, but has light reflective properties and is more visible in the sunlight. I haven't seen what it looks like at night but its supposed to be somewhat translucent. Not much else has happened. Trying to figure out a vibration in the steering wheel around 45mph. I think the front tires are out of balance. I've roughed in the alignment and want to get it on a laser rack to set the toe, but the car tracks and drives great. I've put about 500 miles on it in the last week, driving it to work every day and a few cruise-ins last Saturday and Friday night. I've been working on the tune as I drive it, and its getting pretty close. Hoping we can make time for it on the dyno this week and see what its making to the tires. Hotrod cruise-in last night, my buddy owns the Gremlin... the two of us were a bit of an odd couple there Oh, almost forgot one of the most important additions... cupholders! This is pretty ghetto, but I needed somewhere to set down a beverage.

Title work sorted out, and got the registration and license plate today! Just in time for the weekend. The car is currently up on jack stands getting new brakes. The rear is done, just waiting for new StopTech front rotors which will be here tomorrow. I am so looking forward to this weekend, I can't wait to put some miles on the car and work on the street tune. I plan to record a driving video and under-load exhaust clips. New s13 rear rotors from local auto parts store, and Hawk HPS pads for the rear

No, I was referring to the unreliable factory style turning off in the middle of the night!

Sonofabitch! I knew I was missing something.... The pads that came off the rear were pretty new and I couldn't get the piston to go in any further so I thought was all the way retracted... I've never seen the turn-style piston. Sheesh So, I went to the auto parts store this afternoon and bought the tool for a 3/8-drive ratchet for $10, turned them in and everything went back together perfectly now, using the s13 rear rotor! As for the D137, I had already checked summit because I can order on my work's wholesale account, and even searching by application (I used 85 Toyota 4Runner) I came up with all those same options. Just basic Raybestos, Bendix, etc... nothing performance oriented. But its all good, I will run cheap ceramic pads for now. I know a Carbotech dealer that is going to try and find something for me to fit or retrofit on the fronts if I ever get into time attack or track days. I think for the street and auto-x the regular pads will be fine. I ordered StopTech slotted front 240z rotors for the front of the car, maybe next time I need brakes I'll upgrade to the early 300zx rotors/spacers.

Cool, I'll look into that some more. I searched real quick for D137 but didn't find much. I will probably throw a cheap set of local autoparts store $25 ceramic pads on and see how it feels. For the rear I already have a set of Hawk HPS pads, but with the awful front/rear proportioning I should be okay. I would really like to run HPS or HP+ on the front, I've used those pads on several other cars and they worked out well (from a 2100lb Miata, to a 3800lb Pontiac GTO, neither of which is known for its braking ability) but Hawk doesn't sell them from what I've been able to find. I went to my local Advance Auto and got a stock s13 rear rotor. The measurements seemed pretty darn close, so I thought I would try it. But the rotor doesn't seem to sit in the right place in the caliper and with everything bolted up it all binds and you can't turn it at all. I bolted the wheel and tire on and still couldn't budge it. I thought maybe there was tension on the e-brake with the new pads and everything, so I adjusted that all the way out to where I had no tension on the e-brake, but still no difference. Here are some pics of the rear brake setup, and comparison between the two rotors, as you can see the depth is different.

I will post some pictures tonight for clarification, thanks for your help. The old/narrow S12 brakes don't have many good options for brake pads, thats for sure...

That sounds like tons of fun.... not!