Zetsaz Posted Saturday at 04:09 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 04:09 PM The new shroud Fran at Galgo designed and made for me is done and shipped yesterday. Might not get it by Christmas but it'll hopefully arrive by next weekend at the latest. Since the brakes likely won't ship while I'm home for my break, I'm gonna focus on wiring this up and maybe finally fixing the rear main seal leak. I have new trans fluid ready to go and meant to inspect the throw out bearing among other things, so it may be time. If I'm diligent in the planning I might be able to get it done in a single day. Other than that I'm still hung up on how much I want to use hard lines for the AC. I think at a minimum I want one for a tight bend off the condenser. The original had lines coming off both sides, the new one only has them on one side. I don't want to route a thick hose across the entire length of the radiator core support - just seems like unnecessary bulk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jboogsthethug Posted Sunday at 04:13 AM Share Posted Sunday at 04:13 AM Dang that is a nice piece of hardware! That is seriously so clean. Is that the Mishimoto radiator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetsaz Posted Sunday at 03:22 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 03:22 PM 11 hours ago, Jboogsthethug said: Dang that is a nice piece of hardware! That is seriously so clean. Is that the Mishimoto radiator? Yeah, Mishimoto. He had a similar shroud already made for the Wizard cooling radiators which are a bit different. They actually have a dedicated 280z one which is taller than the early ones just like OEM. Waved design costs for me since I fronted the cost of the radiator for design which he's returning to refund me. I think all in this actually cost me the same as a cheap shroud like from zcardepot or others, but was custom designed and had the fans at same price I could get them from Summit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dat73z Posted Sunday at 03:37 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:37 PM I'm also going to Vintage Air hardlines to clear all of the cooler packaging, and running everything else tucked on the DS reduce bulk. Another option are the EZ Clip style lines and hoses from Eaton, Vintage Air, etc. I'm running those in the cabin and they're much smaller in diameter with much tighter bend radius than traditional AC softline. They can also be disassembled for service or re-clocking unlike the crimped soft lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetsaz Posted Sunday at 10:00 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 10:00 PM 6 hours ago, Dat73z said: I'm also going to Vintage Air hardlines to clear all of the cooler packaging, and running everything else tucked on the DS reduce bulk. Another option are the EZ Clip style lines and hoses from Eaton, Vintage Air, etc. I'm running those in the cabin and they're much smaller in diameter with much tighter bend radius than traditional AC softline. They can also be disassembled for service or re-clocking unlike the crimped soft lines. EZ clip do seem slightly more space efficient, but it would be a waste to just not use the lines I already bought years ago. I think for sure I'll do some hardlines to route roughly where the original ones were and then not stress too much about the rest. I guess if the crimped lines ever give me trouble or for some reason need to be replaced I'll replace with the EZ clip lines for serviceability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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