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Very very very nice indeed

It should be fine. We'll see once the engine/gearbox is in : )

Thanks for the cheering - Hugo sends his thanks too : ) I didn't even know there was such a problem : ) Judging by your "wow" and "amazing" I'd say it was solved?

More pics as promised : ) Pretty tight fit : ) Some flares might be needed - the tires are 185 wide : P For more pics, video and info about the build/swap - check out the link in my signature below

I'm pretty much overwhelmed right now. I used to apply a saying, by a wise swedish childrens comicbook turtle - Skalman, to this build. The saying (roughly translated) is: Hurry slowly. When Huddinge Kustoms took the reins, they kicked Skalmans saying right off the wagon and put rockets on it. So uh... How many days did it take to construct, build and finish the R32 Skyline IRS-swap? Answer: 2 days. Sure sure, there are some welds still to be done - but I'm *bleep* blown away by the progress made in the last few days. In fact, my brain is starting to melt down - so here are some (23) pictures of todays progress! Oh, one more thing: mull Huddinge Kustoms Like I said, chopping up - not yet finished. Mr Andreas - aka. chop-meister aka. Rear-IRS-master: D See where the massage has been placed? Some muscle-breakage occurred (not to much surprise) thus, Hugo needing some attention. And grinding. Sore muscles fixed up : ) Chop chop. Bloody rust! Death, rust and taxes, I tell you. Some L-profiles welded in place to hold the measuring device. This is what all tape measures dream of being reincarnated as : ) After measuring, Andreas started cutting up some square tubing. ...in order to have something to mount the front mounts to. No holes = no mounting = break out the drill! Chop chop! Stepping it up a notch further. Tubing inside the square piping. Weld. Welding inside - who needs Intel? : ) And in a flash, all mounts were done! No words needed. I'll do some cheering instead! WOop woop! : D Pretty tight fit : ) Some flares might be needed - the tires are 185 wide : P Andreas is pretty pleased with the progress as well : ) Like I said, very very pleased Andreas - My smile is twice as wide : ))) And this is what it looks like from the side. More to come...! Even after this monster (spoiler) update, there's a new video coming sometime in the near future. I just have to try to make room for the video on my harddrive : ) Woop woop! : )

It's based on pictures from maichors swap. Placement is pretty much a no-brainer since there are only so many ways you can put it on without getting the weel placement looking all daft. Compared to previous and similar swaps, I'd have to say we stepped it up a bit by not cutting away the toolbox-thingys underneath the car, doing the measuring with professional instruments and also getting the IRS bolted into place by using proper bolts machined to the measurements of the original ones I have a picture update coming in a couple of minutes. Just have to translate the picture descriptions into english first. Hang on for 23 pics =)

Thanks! No, it's from the MONSTER R32 GTS automatic It'll get a 5-lug conversion soon enough though. Spacer converters in the front probably. By the way... do you know if it's possible to bolt on Nissan 300zx (Z32) parts? The diff for example, and if the rear axles might be compatible R32 > Z32? Here's what the sucker's getting mounted in btw:

Which makes it pretty tight, unless you're gonna use flares : ) Here my R32 Skyline IRS - pretty similar to the 240sx...

Check BlueOvalZ's documentation for pics on how to do it: http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft.dll/pictures?userid={7DC317B0-8EDB-4B2E-A837-F708D07C9769}&inv=9C67398D46D99D9&userid={7DC317B0-8EDB-4B2E-A837-F708D07C9769}&inv=9C67398D46D99D9 Just click the menu option called "DRIP RAILS"

The world is upside down. Today there's been a lot of cutting, hammering, welding and grinding in order to get the IRS to fit and do its job without banging into the rear subframes/tool box-thingys. The cradle is now getting pretty close to where it's supposed to be. So far we've seen no reason as to chop out the entire tool box-thingys since there seems to be enough room when making some space. Starting next week there will be some square tubing shopping so there's something to mount the eh, mounts (in)to. There's also a slight chance seeing a one-wheel 5-lug hub conversion (in order to check the wheel clearance) as well. We'll see : )

Thank you (to you - and all others letting me know the new vid was a good thing) Details such as...? The IRS/cradle was pulled from a Skyline R32 GTS. The hubs will be swapped to a 5-lug setup and the brakes will recieve upgrades sometime in the future A coilover setup will be installed along with camber plates/pillowball mounts, have yet to decide what brand of adjustable coilovers to use. There are some details for ya

The last shop? You mean PBZ? They're in charge of the power train and so on. SCE is pretty far away from where I live, etc. Now the Z is less than 10 minutes away, which should render a lot more updates and a faster build. Excuses would be that I can't seem to get a proper job, landing mostly freelance jobs, and that I could've finish the build already but don't want to spend capital doing it.

Cheers! Links to the mirror1-video updated in the previous post!

This thread has been sleeping for way too long, if you ask me. That's what two mighty brave souls thought too. This is why they've volunteered to get the project up and running once again. Meet Huddinge Kustoms. Time to mount the rear suspension, seats, pedals, seatbelts and so on in its place. It's been a long time coming - but here it is - part 18 : ) Enjoy! PICS Big whee... No weels keep on rollin'! The Skyline suspension put in place. Kind of anyway. Andreas to the right. Henrik drilling out some spot welds. Very nice. Rear suspension is gossiping with the spare wheel tub. It's for sale. Rear rails gone. More chopping up to be done... Aluminium bushings for the rear suspension. Always good to have some mounts as well... FILM YouTube 640x360 MIrror 1: http://www.voodoo-people.com/~daz/mull/wmv/mull@hugo18.wmv Mirror 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/68425592/mull_huddingekustoms_part1_360.wmv 1280x720: Mirror 1: http://www.voodoo-people.com/~daz/mull/wmv/mull@huddingekustoms_part1_720p.wmv Mirror 2: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=125988&highlight=shave+drip http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=104488&highlight=drip+rails

Here's a sweet Opel GT from Sweden. More pics: http://medlem.spray.se/lofagt/opelgt2006/5.jpg http://medlem.spray.se/lofagt/opelgt2006/2.jpg http://medlem.spray.se/lofagt/opelgt2006/8.jpg http://medlem.spray.se/lofagt/opelgt2006/Picture-002.jpg Link: http://www.pipe-arts.com/gt1.html

Awesome : ) I am so subscribing to this thread!

Holy ♥♥♥♥, that's one amazing Z : D

C'mon, this thread is FOUR years old! The thread starter is probably a world champion fiberglass guy by this time. I don't get how newly registered people always manage to dig up threads that are old enough to owe Jesus money : >

They have cheaper models available as well. Like the model 3 priced at $300 without any dies and hydraulics - gives you a healthy workout at the same time http://www.jd2.com/

Haha, I love how the dogs are tucked away in their boxes while the master of the house spends quality time with his beloved Z Nice paint job : )

Ah, I see... Thanks for your answer : )

So it won't be published here - ever? Or just as long as the current issue is the one with the windtunnel article? Anyone who's done reading it, feel free mailing it to sweden... :-r

After watching some of the vids, I can't help but wonder; why only use yarn and not the usual windtunnel smoke-thingy? : ) It's easier to see smoke than itsy bitsy pieces of yarn, even on my 30" screen... (and yes, I'm VERY thankful for the tests, just so noone gets any ideas)

Sure thing. I'll translate it. Norwegian isn't that much dissimilar from Swedish. Here goes: ------------------------------------------------ When Rolf started out on this project, I don't think he was in the clear on how extensive it was going to be in the end. Rolf had (much like Martin Luther King) a dream... A dream of the baddest streetcar on four wheels. For him this dreamcar-business started out when he was 5 years old... (It was) a Datsun 240z. 7 years later his dream would come true, albeit a plastic model (scale 1:24). In 1989 he got his first 240z. It was a somewhat banged up 1971 model that found its way into his garage. The car was driven for a short while, but after a lesser error in appraisal and springiness in a stabilizer rod he had to get a grip on the car and start the restoration. This is where the fun part starts. The car is totally disassembled, down to the last bolt. All the rust is welded/fixed. The car was then shipped to Sweden and Thomas Alsterfalk who would conjure up a fiberglass kit that would fit the owner and car like a glove. Rims and tires (three piece Compomotive 9x17 in the front and 13x17 in the back) already been bought. The rims were served with a batch of Pirelli P-Zero rubber - 245/40-17 and 335/35-17. Same kind as on the Ferrari F-40. In order to make it fit Rolf bought rear fenders from a Porsche 911 Turbo and cut them into 8 pieces. The puzzle was then pieced together to fit the body of the 240z. The front fenders, front airdam and the ZX-R wing are now produced. Three months and 930 miles later the car is back in Rolfs garage. Once again the car is disassembled and then sandblasted (with "møbelsand" - whatever that translates to) after which the chassie is "metalized" in the same way as an oil rig that constantly sits in salt water. In 1992 the car is painted at Lakk Service A/S. The paint is "yellow base" and is pretty visable in traffic. All old gaskets, interior and other details were replaced by new parts. The parts that weren't replaced were restored and reinstalled. At this time, most people would feel satisfied with the project. But for Rolf this wasn't nearly half way done. The steering got an overhauling. All a-arms got replaced by uniball dittos from INFO-design in Sweden. These are fully adjustable and weigh in at 8 kilos. 5-step adjustable Tokico Illumina shocks and the ability to adjust spring height is installed. The brakes are a chapter on their own. 4 pot alloy calipers of "fist type" from AP Racing. 315mm x 28mm vented discs are mounted to a lightweight metal adapter. In the rear front break calipers from a Citroën GSA with discs from a Nissan Patrol 3.3 is installed. The engine is built from scratch from a brand new L28 block. This was bored from 86mm to 87mm. JE pistons in the US produced 6 pistons especially for this engine. The cylinder head was ported and polished by DJ Road & Race in England. 48ccm combustion chambers. Specially cut cams from Kent. Forged and prepared original crankshaft and connecting rods. Turbonetics T04 turbo. Mangoletsi manifold with three double 50mm throttle bodies and six Bosch 502cc injectors. Haltech/Emtech E6 programmable EMS for ignition/injection. Electromotive dry sump with external oil pump. Custom 3" stainless steel exhaust built by the renowned whereever-it-fits method. Ferrita mufflers. The engine has been run in a dyno with 337 hp at 7000 rpm and 450 Nm as a result. The Gearbox is a Borg Warner T5 and is originally from a 93 Mustang. Three piece sinter clutch from AP Racing. Tim Riley flywheel. Custom made rear axles made from Crmo4 and 9mm thicker than stock. The restult of the above is seen below ------------------------------------------------