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    The making of Zilla Z

    in Nissan RB Forum

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    All the way from Australia! The RB30 has landed. Now to get the head off the RB26 and freshen everything up. I plan to get the rings and bearings replaced along with getting a valve job on the head and a crank collar pressed on. Then swap all the ancillary parts I had already bought for the RB26 such as the Nitto oil pump and OEM water pump. I had to order the timing belt from England and the crank collar from Australia. Hopefully they'll be here next week. While everything is at the machine shop I'll be able to clean and paint the engine bay. Still pushing for it to be ready this summer.

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    Brackets for Z32 brakes on a S30

    in Vendor's Forum

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    I'm in for a set. I still havent found anyone to mill the rotors, but since everyione seems to be having no issues, I'll assume I'll find someone eventually. Or I'll ship the rotors to one of the machinists that have done this for you guys.

     

    I do have the TTT 5 lug hubs, but their machinist wouldn't cut the rotors, Gabriel said the job was too small. Gabriel did send me a pdf of the patterm on the back of the hub though.

    I would ask around your local gearheads to see if anyone has a drill press and lathe or a local machine shop.

    My paypal is arifsealey@hotmail.com when you're ready.

    Brackets for Z32 brakes on a S30

    in Vendor's Forum

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    I have a few questions:

    Will the brackets you are selling be steel or AL?

    Raw, coated, plated, anodized?

    What is your estimated timeline after you reach 10 buyers?

    If, for some reason, 10 buyers can not be had I assume there will be a refund for those who put money in, correct? 

     

    Also, my respect and appreciation for making something happen for your fellow Z-car enthusiasts. Nice work bro.

    Great questions Llave!

    1. We looked at both steel and aluminum to ensure the strength will be there. I talked with a friend who makes brake brackets to see what he recommended for this application. Since these adapters are thick (3/4") aluminum will be good enough. They don't have threads so there's no chance of the metal stretching under the torque. 

     

    2. Right now they will be raw so buyers can decide what color they want to get them powder coated or painted. If there is enough interest in getting them powder coated I can check into what the cost would be.

     

    3. The machinist said we could get them done within a couple weeks after payment is made. If we go with powdercoating that will add more time.

     

    4. Yes if we don't hit the goal of ten then the funds will be refunded or I'll go back to the machinist and see what we can work out. The more we get made the cheaper it will be for everyone. I'll also post this on DPAN's facebook page so we shouldn't have an issue reaching that goal.

     

    I'm glad I could get this done for everyone. It feels good to give back to the community after learning so much from this site and the folks on it.

     

    If anyone has additional questions just let me know. 

    Brackets for Z32 brakes on a S30

    in Vendor's Forum

    Posted · Edited by Arif

    Ok guys I heard back from the machine shop and they can make the adapters. The early bird special for the adapters will be $185 including bolts and shipping to the continental US. The price will go up on the next batch. I'll need 10 paid buyers in order to do the first run. My paypal is arifsealey@hotmail.com. I'll keep a list of buyers here so everyone will know when we reach our goal. If you have any questions let me know.

     

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    The making of Zilla Z

    in Nissan RB Forum

    Posted · Edited by Arif

    Well as with most projects there's going to be some set backs and this one is no different. My buddy was supposed to come over this weekend to weld in the passenger side frame rail. Since we had done the driver's side already I decided to bang in the old frame rail so the new one would slide over the top to save us some time this weekend. I finally got everything in place and notice some rust on the floor pan (big surprise). Long story short we had to postpone welding in the frame rails to deal with the floor pans.

     

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    I didn't want the weekend to go to waste so I decided to tackle the fenders flares. A huge thanks goes out to Lee Nash for documenting his fender flare installation here http://forums.hybridz.org/topic/96953-my-240-rb26-build/page-9#entry976894 It made the entire process a lot easier. 

     

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    I couldn't find those threaded blind nuts so I'll have to order them online and finish installing the flares. Now when my buddy drops by he can weld the fenders together along with the floor pan and frame rail. Ah nothing like progress.

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