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The fender well spash pan (at least on the S30 ) is a metal inner fender well guard that seperates the tire splash from entering the hinges to your door.The same guard may be plastic on the 260/280 Z.The later cars had a removable liner whereas the early metal ones were spot welded.
I'm sure there are more words to describe the part ,but I just call them "splash guards".
Hope that draws the picture ..............Vince
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I'm a little late to post but, The SMOOTH look is different,I assume your not planning on using your FAN any longer ? Since the cowl vents are simply your fresh air intake to the cabin.
If the DRAINAGE ROT is a concern,I addressed that problem years ago by routing a longer rubber hose of the same diameter and ran it through a "hole sawed" hole in the fender well splash pan ! It of course runs all the draied water and dead leaves to the ground , works great !
Disregard if this isn't what your after !
.....Vince
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You just gotta love alteration fabrication,the only thing more fun is the response you get when your done and people go "OOOH and AHHH' and WOW"
how'd ya' do that ?Can't wait to see the final piece James ,keep on keepin' on !
keep posting pix ........Vince
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Mike..Mike ,Mike !!
I know how BROKE you are,
,what an opportunity to make this teacher LEARN something that's obviously overdue !MAKE HIM PUT HIS MONEY WHERE HIS ASS,oh....MOUTH IS ! I'd say 200.00 $ that you'll put at least 400 hp to the flywheel
,and a bonus of 100.00 $ if you get that to the rear wheels ! If he CHOKES and says he doesn't make bets with STUDENTS because it's unprofessional I'd say "NEITHER IS YOUR ATTITUDE " and plan on doing that class OVER !lol.
We've been dealing with that opinion for 30 years ! GEEZ, and they're still out there .
BRING IT !!!
Vince ( BTW,look at what he drives...not only is he CLOSED MINDED,but he has NO taste !)
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A CAR GIRL.
..hmmm...where do I buy one ? Such GOOD breeding is hard to find ! Great story !thanks .......Vince
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Hey thanks for the comments guy's,I appreciate it !
As to the questions thus far, The color is the original green simply measured by The Chroma-Vision optics, then I added a touch more yellow to Knock out the dull 70's hue. I'm not much on green cars but this is AWESOME in the sun !The radiator support is nothing more than 1/8 " aluminum that I Dimpled on a press block.
The grille is not chrome (did chrome about 9 yrs ago,Lotsa' prep !) It is the GREY from the same color as the tailight panel,with several coats of Eurothane Clear !
And that less than MANLY hair
comes from my loving niece who said "TRUST ME UNCLE VINNY,IT'LL LOOK GREAT !) Well trust is certainly earned ,isn't it ? As Ive mentioned in other threads,I lost my Fiance' in a wreck this past summer and I'm just now becoming Social again,thanks for the support guy's ,it meant a ton to me !
Later........Vince
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Nice drivin' Jon,and skinny tires as well !
That was a great course to watch you run. I can't wait till spring,now see what you've done! ...................Vince
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Yeah I did come out to Rio,,GREAT bunch of folks there,when is the date ?
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How funny , ON3GO.
I get on here expecting to see something new and it's my car !
I forgot you had that pic. ( HEARTLAND PARK TOPEKA KS.)I've got much different wheels on both of those cars now though. I almost don't see the GREEN car with all that GRASS in the foreground .
later...............Vince
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Oh how I LOVE these turbo pix ! You guys are great. And can you believe what a clean job that Austin has done ? KUDO's to you Austin !
I can't wait to see MORE !
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Vince
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240Z2NV, ..Go ahead and use your plan,its a good one ,I use the Pnuematic Flanger all the time in mock-up !
Since you plan to LAY the duct in, First turn your hood up,so you can lay the duct (top of duct ) against the inner hood and do as you thought,move it to the sweet spot. I will warn you ; once you cut the HOLE in the hood ,there is a lot of TENSION that goes awry and the flange tool will be fighting this !
So do plan on some good Floating body work afterwards to make it look right !
Good luck,your gonna' love it .
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VERY funny !
Whats really a bummer is that it's not even a RAT engine (big block to the uninformed )
The power of cheese !HA...Vince
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ON3GO,
Since your wanting to view the Carbon Fiber weave,it would be the best end result to have the duct jamb or surround monting frame to be moulded as a seperate part and THEN bonded to the backside of your hood.
But REMEMBER
, the point in the hood that you decide to cut the hole needs to match the curve in the DUCT or as close as possible so you don't end up with some unattractive waviness. Once you have made the mounting frame you can test fit the backside of the hood before you cut the hole and find a good resting spot for the Duct.And YES,continue to use masking tape to mark your areas and be able to make marks for cutting.( I use a cut-off wheel on a DIE grinder,slowly sink or plunge into the Carbon.
You'll actually put the Epoxy resin on the DUCT frame and put against the hole with the Hood upside down (sawhorses etc.) Lay plastic sheet strips on the WET resin and place slightly heavy items along the curing resin.
When your ready to see how it fits and looks,flip the hood over and see how well you did on picking the location !
.......................Vince
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Sparky !
Yeah...your hood was cool..I remember seeing it at the San Antonio Nat'ls.
But e-mail me a pix so I'll know how close my mold is to it,and I'll let you know what can be done !
....................Vinny-Z
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In that case Cool ! Ive even got one that incorparates the early 80's Trans-Am fender side vents grafted onto a early Z hood,very tough
looking !
But on your" Wants" for a turbo nissan duct, I was on that 8 months ago,thats one good reason I'm so familliar with the Arch concern.
And yes it does look COOL ! 8)
Bare with me and I'll work up some photo's as soon as I can. I have to travel to Sacramento and Stockton on the 23rd and then to N,Carolina.
Let me know guys if there's any additional interest !
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Well perhaps I should have started by saying;Like all things,there's a steep learning curve,and a lot of on the spot creativity working in this kinda' fab.
But,these "Labor of Love " kinda' projects are what make all of our cars unique and easy to APPRECIATE ! (as the youth of our nation say;WORD !)
I know,I know...don't you hate it when older guys attemt slang ! 8)
If you can be patient for just a bit longer,I've got several hood designs in the works and the main molds are done !I just havn't had time to photograph and catalogue them yet !I've inventoried 50 yards of C/F and 200 yards of glass,and about a thousand dollars in Epoxy resins to prepare for a lot of hand lay-up.
My intension was not to JACK this thread on sales of my hoods !
So if you still want to cut we can proceed !
..............Vince
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Retro fitting the part is very possibly going to leave you with a certain amount of Tension around the area cut out (your warned )
But if you must,proceed by locating the Field or Area that best suits the Arch of the duct,mark with strips of 3/4 " mask tape So you can write on tape your cut line.Remember;
your going to need to Make a jamb recess first that the duct will later rest in,and make the part removable and look professional while adding rigidity as well.the jamb will be molded directly off the backside of your duct.a beginners way,is to take thin plastic sheeting( Bag like thickness)and lay over the backside of the part,then mix your batch of glass in strips around the edges of where the mounting points would be,you can use a right angle hand grinder later with a 50 grit disc to clean up the edges later.essentially the area your creating will resemble an "L" or a small shelf for the parent part.Are you still with me ?
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ON3GO,..the first hurdle re;grafting in that Nissan NACA style duct is that it is molded in a very ridgid carbon plastic material and will want to dominate the space it takes up next to a larger plane.
What I mean is before you cut ,besure to locate the natural exsisting curve of the form so the hood material won't have lots of give ,flex or wave.I'm assuming that your clearcoating the C/F as to enjoy the weave 3D appearance ? 8)
If your going to color the hood ,youll still want to find the sweet spot to locate so you don't use too much heavy filler tring to make the mod fit !
Thats why I usually make independant molds of each componant AFTER a parent desighn study is finished and dedicated for the look your after,not later on completed part.
.........I've done alot of this type of FAB so ask away !
..............Vince
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Hey Aux.,...did you go for the xtra 75 hp and "street port" your 13B ?I've got my 88 13B ragtpop motor on the bench getting ported and new Apex seals..but it's not a T-motor.
My boss will Love to see you doing this swap since he only builds blown rotary's.
Good luck,I know he gets upwards of 400 rwhp
and there are some great looking stainless steel turbo headers on e-bay on rotation bid that he's bought as low as 85 bucks !You should check it out,it will allow you to use one good turbo instead of the self canibalizing factory twins.
later.............Vince
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My daily driver is a 91' Syclone AWD turbo,and I think you can find one(Engine-tranny) occasionally on the many links like Sy/Ty etc. You know it will fit and I can attest that you'll probably want to keep that Linginfelter tuned auto tranny cause' it hits so Hard in second, Nothing touches you at the launch.
Of course thats with the AWD.
I love the AWD so much thats why I'm doing the early Z body .widened with the RB26DETT AWD.I just feel it will be well worth the xtra work....but thats another thread .
.........Vince
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Wow,....great lively flic ! You can really tell the Japanese are truly passionate about the Z's in that effort !Thanks for the post ,it's probably the best one I've seen here yet.What a killer photographer too !
..............Vince
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I was about to turn 16 and all my buddies parents were buying them muscle cars to drive !Of course my dad said forget a muscle car
and by the way,how much have you saved for the car of your choice,6 months insurance and money for a set of tires ?I mowed lawns as a summer gig and had saved about 3600.00 bucks !I was driving down the HWY one day and about crapped
when I saw a RED 70' 240 on the back of a flatbed heading the opposite direction.I'd been looking for this car,but no one could remember who had it.The story was,some farmers son got stuck overseas in the military and it hadn't moved in years.Of course I SCREAMED
at my friend to SPIN AROUND and follow that truck !We caught up to the man as he walked out of the TOYOTA dealership where he was just dropping the car off from a previous Trade-in on a new Toy. truck.The salesman saw my enthusiasum ( even though I tryed to look anything but ) and made me pay what the window sticker in the glove box read ,because it was already a classic in his book ! DARN !
Oh well ,it was in absolute perfect shape(even being 9 years old )
I still have it....with several other early Z's,all in different themes and restore levels.
Rock on Z lovers of all sorts !
..........Vince
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Bastaad,
Regarding your fuel vapor in left hand turns,..have you had your fuel tank off and replaced the old hoses yet ? Well if you hav'nt do it soon before you get bad sick
,nerve damage or start talking in tongues !The hoses on the top of the tank are most assured to shrink and crack and as you crank around a corner the splash and vapor will fallow the path of least...well you know !
Anyway, hope you find it.Nothing ruins a ride faster than that discomforting pungent smell (unles it's racing fuel ! )
...........Vince
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EvilR,
I believe those are Flofit seats,custom covered.If the picture showed the headrest I could tell you for certain,I'm judging this call by the bolsters and lumbar view,if they were Recaro's,the headrest would be an obvious design.
That is a sharp interior theme !
.................Vince
how'd ya' do that ?
,what an opportunity to make this teacher LEARN something that's obviously overdue !
,and a bonus of 100.00 $ if you get that to the rear wheels ! 
As to the questions thus far, The color is the original green simply measured by The Chroma-Vision optics, then I added a touch more yellow to Knock out the dull 70's hue. I'm not much on green cars but this is AWESOME in the sun !
comes from my loving niece who said "TRUST ME UNCLE VINNY,IT'LL LOOK GREAT !) Well trust is certainly earned ,isn't it ? 
That was a great course to watch you run. I can't wait till spring,now see what you've done! 
...........Vince
, the point in the hood that you decide to cut the hole needs to match the curve in the DUCT or as close as possible so you don't end up with some unattractive waviness. 
...........................Vince
What I mean is before you cut ,besure to locate the natural exsisting curve of the form so the hood material won't have lots of give ,flex or wave.
at my friend to SPIN AROUND and follow that truck !We caught up to the man as he walked out of the TOYOTA dealership where he was just dropping the car off from a previous Trade-in on a new Toy. truck.
Welding cowl drain???
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From the looks of your pix,I'd say that YES,your fenderwell gaurd was GONE. Viewing your pic.,I'm guessing your car is a 77-78'? So Your obviously needing to source those from a doner car at the JY.
BTW,when your prepping the backside of the fender(off the car) sand blast and really clean the Seam of the folded over door skin,prime it and undercoat it with several thin coats.It should not rust again even with condensaqtion,unless you miss a spot !