CXRacing Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 (edited) Hello everyone, i want to start off by saying that this thread will not be used as a vendor account and will not be offering any sales, coupon codes or opinions about the products we represent. The whole purpose of this thread will be to document the on-going rebuild project we just begun with our 1973 Datsun and showcasing different engine mock-ups until we figure out which engine we will actually run in the vehicle. Any sales or product related issues or questions can be handled by calling CXRacing directly. We've had this car in our possesion for about 3 years now and mainly used it to mock up different swaps and test fit parts but now we have plans to pretty much rebuild it and put one of our engines in. ***Background*** 1973 240z manual no engine **Modifications** CXRacing coilovers Konig Rewinds 16x7 so far we've already stripped most of the interiorr, exterior trims and glass. we're going to send out all trims to get re-chromed. We started the body work already but there's still a long way to go. you can just how bad the rust is in the drive side floor board, we plan to cut it all out and reinforce what we can and weld in new sheet metal. the passengerside is worse, you can actually see through the floor itself. Heres's a shot of the passenger side, this is worst of teh rust that we could find on the. I'm going to put the car back on the lift after we finish doing some more of the body work so i can see how much rust is under the car, i don't remember there being much but i want to double check anyways so i can get started cutting everything out. Edited November 24, 2015 by CXRacing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldAndyAndTheSea Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 You Cali guys and your "rust" Look forward to the build. This surely will be one to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumby83 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Engine ideas: 8's: L33 5.3L LSX (From 2005-2007 Chevy Silverado 1500's), VK56DE (from 2004-2010 Infinity QX56), VH45DE (from 2001-2006 Q45), or Small displacement V8 6's: 4's: will be back when i have time for more ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayverippah Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Cummins 4bt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1969honda Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 (edited) VK56, VK50, VK45.... Edited November 19, 2015 by 1969honda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CXRacing Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 We havne't really decided which engine we would end up leaving in the car just yet, i think we're leaning towards a 2jz but our fabricator wants to drop in a turbo 20b engine lol buuut i don't hink thats going to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CXRacing Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 when we got the car a lot of the interior had already been taken off, this is all that interior we have for the car most of which is broken. i'll be looking to replace a lot of the broken bits, we might have the seats sent out to getr reupholstered but i'm not sure just yet if we're going to do that or maybe throw in some new seats. Recaro? Sparco? idk. i like the steering wheel but i don't know if it would hold up much longer, i need to check to make sure it's still solid and not separating. I'm currently looking for a replacment dash and center consol, everytime i look at the dash I think of El Mirage. i already have someone starting on the body work, he didn't find any major rust on the fenders or quarter panels but there is a lot of surface rust thoughout the car however nothing worse then the driver and passenger side floor boards. i didn't take pictures of some of the dents the car had but a while back one of my coworkers was moving around some of our mock up cars and accidentally let one of our camaros roll into the driver side door. it wasn't too bad. it amazingly popped out but left the door wavy so i had him pull it out as best then he just filled in the rest. the rear passenger corner was the only other area that had a major dent, we bought the car like this so i'm not sure what exactly happened, i'm just glad it was able to get repaired without having to cut it out and do more metal work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-Fib Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 All things considered it's a fairly solid shell for a 240z. How about something original like a 4B11T with a custom tubular front subframe to retain all the AWD wizardry. That'll be extravagant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumby83 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 AWD 240? insanity! but extremely cool, maybe a V8 with Independant throttle bodies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Merrill Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I believe Holley has a new twin tb intake out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CXRacing Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 we've been a little busy at work with a few other projects and have making an SR20 swap kit for the Z as well. we had a some more body work done to the exterior but won't be sending it off to paint just yet. i snapped a couple photo's of the undercarriage showing some of the damage which is minimal but we're still going to put in new floor pans. not also not really sure what to do with the rear end, i think we're going to leave it stock for the time being until we figure it out. we don't plan on making a lot of power but i'd feel more comfortable swapping this out to a z32 diff and axles but a lot of the information i'm seeing is kind of vague on what exactly i need to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayson260z Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Bad ass to see CX getting involved on a level like this. Can't wait to see how it turns out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MREDDLE Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 sub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CXRacing Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 we finished making our new sr20 engine mount kit, i thought I'd share them with you guys now rather than wait for the production models to come in later this year. i believe we will be offering both a stock turbo set up and aftermarket turbo set up. here's a look at our mock up of our upgraded turbo set up, i don't have any photos of our stock turbo set up yet. the turbo pictured is a T3 gt35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CXRacing Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 i took these photos just before the engine was going to get pulled so it may look like the engine and trans. are a bit crooked. as you can see here we made an alternator relocation bracket and moved it over to the Driverside, the relocation bracket will be included in the engine mount kit once it is available for purchase. we had the transmission crossmember made to fit the oem transmission mount instead of making it solid to help reduce some of the vibration and noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeK Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 For the rear end, you might consider fabbing up an 8.8 Ford IRS mount set up. Another member made a limited run and it was very popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CXRacing Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 its been a few weeks since my last update but we have been getting some more down to the car. after we finished our mock with the new sr20 kit we bought a rotisserie so we could work on the car more easily. We started stripping everything that was left on the chassis to clean it up some more before we send back out for more body work and paint, we were thinking about possibly doing a Wilwood pedal assembly to clean up the engine bay a little more but we aren't sure if that's what the owner wants to do. we still had the floor boards to deal with so our fabricator got started cutting everything out to replace them, we plan on re-using the factory seats so he made sure not to cut up the factory rails. here's a couple photos of that process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MREDDLE Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Who did you get the floor boards and frame rails from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CXRacing Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 I don't remember exactly where we ordered the pans from but the rails we made in house. We were thinking about offering these for sale later this year, I'll try and get a few more pictures if you guys might be interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MREDDLE Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Yes please do. Also, if you decide to start offering these can you look into extending them connecting to the rear frame? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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