rayaapp2 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Project: Chuck Norris 1971 240Z Scarab Kit What a MESS! The car consists of some Weld Racing Drag Light wheels, Konig Rewinds, R200 rear end with cardan joint axles, a TH350 Automatic transmission with a shift kit and a stall converter, a 010 4 bolt main 350 sbc with some of the Scarab parts like the Hooker headers, a roll cage with pigeon shit welds, 1 plastic bucket seat, gutted gash with minimal gauges, no sway bars, mismatched springs and shocks, a driveshaft loop, stock brakes, a Northern Radiator with an electric fan, and some old safety harness belts. First get it to run! The Accel Distributor hit the trash can first off. I ordered up a cheap Chinese HEI knockoff! Much cleaning! The Alt Belt was having a hard time staying on. But at this point I knew the engine was still good and in fairly good shape. Turned out I had a raelly healthy 5.7 with a Holley 480CFM 4 barrel with vacuum secondaries! It was a fresh carb too! The original exhaust though was a simple Collector DUMP! So off I went to get exhaust done. It wasnt ear deafening now! Change the oil time... Shit that filters a bitch to get to... remove #1 header pipe which slip fits as 2 pieces and the original header has a slip fit collector as well!. I purchased a cheap oil filter re-locator kit. What a mistake. That thing was a leaky SOB! I ended up going to CAT and having O-ring faced Parker lines made up, and chasing all the cast aluminum housings before it would seal... It ended up being close to $300 in total for oil line crap! And then it was time to make it streetable again, as this was setup as a cheap 1/4 mile car, probably because the last time it was registered it had to be smogged and well... there was no BAR label so it went off highway use only. Heres the old converter! Here comes a 4L60e! I purchased the Holley carb TPS kit, a TBI ECU wired up as a TCU only, and all the associated sensors including a DRAC module. I also painted components under the car as well as the cleaned and painted the underside of the car! Enjoy the wood props No stinkin telescoping transmission jack!... and engine held up with 2x6 boards. I man handled the TH350 out... um... well that 4L60e was a bit to much for me to man handle in! So I opted to use ratchet straps! While it was down, I also pulled that 3/8" aluminum hardline dragging on the bottom of the car and installed a GM hardline with GM filter from a 94 Burban! Oh Yeah, I did! Once in I had to make a new mount! Turns out old Bronco Spare tire holder parts make good scrap for mounts Note that I added a Full Boar Single Chamber muffler in the center as well as a flex coupler! I also installed GM horns, and a brand new XENON air dam. The Exhaust required modifications after this though With the 4L60E I also changed out the rear drums for disc brakes And some Toyota 4 piston calipers Wiring up a 4L60e Also the engine bay was sprayed with flat black! Very busy in there now. And then it was time to install Autometer Sports Comp Gauges. Not all of these were electric, and it took me some time to switch them all over to electric. The Hood had to go! I found a nice cowl hood! Then I was off to the HybridZ BBQ put on by Gollum at San Pablo Dam Recreation Area and found another Scarab! You know, one with a number plate and the "special package parts" No sooner than I have the whole 4L60e in and running well than a T56 plops in my lap for $125! CLEAN IT! I mean do I really have a choice? I pose it that I do not! Parts gathering phase initiated! Tilton Clutch Master, Tilton Starter, Centerforce Flywheel, MacLoed Clutch disc, GM pressure plate, 3AN SS braided hydraulic line with all the related fittings, and a stock LT1 Slave. Out with the old! Using wood again... super janky I know Man that is close! More Bronco Spare tire carrier scrap put to use! Fords are good for something... hehehehe It was time for seats! BMW Recaro with Thigh Bolsters. I love these seats! Back to the Exhaust Shop Ready for Marina AutoX! One of the last few UFO AutoX meetups. It was my first ever AutoX driving. It was a BLAST! I spun out on the 3rd run after greasing the tires up... man... the car was called "The White Pig" by TonyD! Chuck Norris AutoX Run 1 Chuck Norris AutoX Run 2 Chuck Norris AutoX Run 3 Chuck Norris AutoX Run 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayaapp2 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 The Next phase was obvious... Deal with the Body. The paint was rapidly peeling and rust bubbles forming! So the engine came out! I purchased a rear sill plate from Motorsports Auto! I knew I should have removed those front fenders.... what a mistake! Always clean these out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayaapp2 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 And then stuff started going off to the body shop! over a year later... I picked it back up! And I slowly put it back together! I sold the 96 Burb and got a 01 Yukon XL... mistakes... About this time I was moving up to Sacramento... and I finally realized I had all new suspension and could start going through the engine! OMG, the OVERSPRAY! At its new home at Fitted Garage in Sacramento! Cleaning the Overspray One of the significant changes... Yellow Octopus Pioneered this for me. 96 Mustang GT Hydroboost First Wash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayaapp2 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 Techno Toy Tuning parts incoming! Look at all this interior Camber plates in! Rear Sway bar! and Ron Tyler Diff mount! T3 First Aluminum Drop Bars! Mess of wires DIY Autotune MicroSquirt going it! Bosche 300LPH@5Bar Pump. Engine Building I replaced the Radiator with a nice newer Northern Unit You can see the huge by large oil cooler Im installing below. Pirtex is going to come over and get all my hyrdraulic lines taken care of! And this needs 2nd gear synch replaced! Thats all for now. I just got my Flex Fuel composition sensor in, and a new power brake pump brackets(PS pump). I also made a large order from Black Dragon this past Nov and got about half of what I ordered. So there will be slow steady progress here soon. Transmission is off with a friend getting completely gone through! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Wow! Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I alwys liked the snug fit of Hooker Scarab headers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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