hanomon Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Been about 4+months since my inital post with mock-up picts. Here is where I am (picts soon to follow...tomorrow) 94' LT-1 vette motor on a beefed-up T-56 w/16lb Fidanza flywheel. 7/8" Tilton clutch to stock slave is blead and feels great. B&M short-throw shifter with Hursts' white on black 6speed ball-knob. Stock r-200 rear 3:54 gears to the Quaife posi. mounted under the rigid brace with the tranny-mount (replacing the stock rubber strap). S&P jet coated headers into dual Flowmaster 2 chamber exh 2.5" w/crossover (no cats). 13" 5-lug 4-wheel disc conversion Willwood calipers from Dave at AZ-Z. 225lb. coilovers. Willwood proportioning valve and rear line-lock replaces e-brake. MSA swaybars, all new bushings. Glossy black Rhino-linered the whole interior and all the way up the inside firewall (should be good sound deadeing,and thermal barrier). 8point roll-cage. Front strut towers three-way 3/8" aluminum custom support brace. (with lightening holes). Polished aluminum ideler pully brackets. Turns out the new positions of the aux components (A/C comp & alt) are placed so the stock-length serpentine belt will be used. Not planned that way, just so happened! Took a Denso alt from the JY off a Yota Creseda (cause its smaller) and had it rewound to put out a whopping 145+amps, from the 50 or so stock. Whats left to do...Upper Rad-mount, complete the wiring and fire it up! Ordered custom wheels from Budnik. Originally we were told turn around of approx 4wks well, that was 7+wks ago. 18x7 up front 18x9 rear. About to cancle the order due to bogus business practice. I was told by a sales rep that all machining was done localy in-house (or so we were led to believe) It is soooo close now, but I gave up on putting a deadline on this project as it allways gets bumped up! Family, my other job, and life in general. You who have been there know what I mean. Thanks guys for all the help and support. This site Rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAFantaZ Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 If only I had that kind of patience... Keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 Can't wait to see it, Dave!! The wait will be worth it I'm sure! Hope everything works out with the family stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanomon Posted September 19, 2004 Author Share Posted September 19, 2004 Thanks for the encouragement guys, Still waiting for the wheels from Budnik. The sales staff left us with the impression that all the wheels were being cut in house, thus avoiding the notorious backorder dilemma. Not just a wheel supplier/brokers but rather a wheel manufacturer. We here in So-Cal, are all too aware of a common big business practice of out-sourcing much of the labor to our neighbors South of the border. As economical as it may be, we wanted to keep the cash this side of TJ. Prior to the purchase, I was told 4wk-max turn around! 5wks later, I'm told 4-6wk turn around, with an appology. 6-1/2wks from the original contract date, I get the 3 more wks due to back order story. So now I'm 2+wks into this 3wk extended-extension and getting a bit miffed. I've put a deposit down of 50% to begin the transaction through a local Discount Tire center. The guys at the tire shop have been pretty cool in that the manager actually came to my house to measure when he heard what we were building. I'm woundering, if after the 3wk extension and the wheels are still not done, should I request some kind of compensation? They (Budnik) have this way cool steering wheel for $250 on their web-site. I been thinkn' maybe... What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 Yeah, I would definitely kick up a stink about it (politely at first). At a minimum get them to discount the wheels by 20%! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsunlover Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 Heck.. I'd tell them to give me my $$$ back and I'll buy rims elsewhere!! That sucks man. Hope it works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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