Forrest Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Well, the pics speak for themselves. The rear stuff should all be on in the next few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Daaaam Forest... thats looking killer. Boy you do nice work. Wish I could get you over my way and put mine back together for me... Looking good bro!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 Joel, just say the word. And thanks! I got one or two small scratches in the powdercoating but overall we got it on without much mishap, thanks to my best half-japanese buddy Toups. And thanks to Dave from AZ-Z for digging up his parts list at a moments notice. Can't wait to finally try the brakes out Dave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Beautiful. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260zturbo Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 DROOL.............................................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8dats Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 wow looking GREAT! two thumbs way up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 Rear stuff 85% installed but I got too tired to take pics. More tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ-E Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Now them thar parts look really purrty, seriously though, looks great, good work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Hey Forrest, are those MM control arms pretty easy to work with? How bout the pins? I just bought a pair and was wondering about the install of the C/A pins... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 I have not tried to have them adjusted yet. I am interested to see the range of adjustment. I hopefully don't need much toe adj in the rear, as it is all made through bushing deflection. Putting the pins in is easy, but getting the old ones out that took us several weekends, a 12ton press, torch. (We did do 7 of them, though.) Do you have your pins out already? If so it should be a cinch to assemble them. Btw, I'm not joking - if you want some help sometime, let me know. The LA Z Club will make a trip out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 If you're using the MM arms you don't have to pull the pins. You can unscrew the ends with the bushings, slide them over the pins, then connect them to the rest of the control arm. At least that's what Ross was saying a while back. I have no experience with the arms myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sam280Z Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 you have to pull the pins to get the old control arms off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed260Z Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 That's some Class A work you've done there. It looks like you've got the suspension for 2 cars in the the pics. Did you get all the parts from AZ Z? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 That's some Class A work you've done there. It looks like you've got the suspension for 2 cars in the the pics. Did you get all the parts from AZ Z? Thanks...although, I can't really take credit for the powdercoating. Sam and I cleaned all the stock suspension up, I cut and ground for the coilovers, and he welded on the rings. We spent a few weekends breaking everything down and cleaning out every spec of dirt and grease, then we brought it to get blasted and powdercoated here in Baton Rouge (at Baton Rouge Powdercoating.) As far as the products, I only have Dave's brakes (which are really badass!) However, I can highly recommend Dave's products and his customer service. I was just worried about the fact that Dave's control arms are mounted with rod ends, not bushings, and it seemed to me that would be a little harsh for a street car. For a race car they would be my first choice, and if I lived in CA or somewhere where the roads were nice, I'd probably try them on my street car too. Louisiana roads are pretty bad. I wanted bolt-in camber plates (after cutting) so I bought the Ground Control plates. At this point I wish I had just gotten Dave's weld-in plates, because I am so fed up with GC's customer service. We bought coilovers from them too. Their instructions are horrible, they sent us the wrong stuff at first, and they weren't very friendly on the phone. The one thing I can say for GC is that their lower spring perch is locked by a pinch bolt rather than a set screw against the thread. I prefer that design. However, several of my friends are using coilovers from Dave and Ross and they are very happy with them. The front tension compression rods I got from Gabriel Tyler of Techno Toy Tuning. (Sorry Gabe, we accidentally switched them, so the sticker is on the inside. If you want to send me some stickers, I'll put some more on.) I was originally told that the GC camber plates would give me enough caster adjustment to get my caster where I wanted it for a street car, but this turned out to be untrue. So I was going to have the local frame shop cut down my TCR's on the lathe and shim them, but then TTT started selling these. They things are probably overkill for the street, but they were the same price as having the frame shop machine my stock stuff. My only concern about them is that there is no bushing, so I hope its bearable. If not, I'll try to cut some. And of course the rear control arms and the Quaife ATB diff I got through Ross at Modern Motorsports. Thanks Ross! I probably didn't need much camber adjustment in the rear, but I like the ability to do so, and his arms have bushings on the outside. Otherwise I would have stuck with stock arms. So, after this stuff is done, my suspension and brakes will be completely finished, and I can start working on the turbo header and fitting the GT35R. It's been a long time! Thanks for the compliments, even though the credit really goes to all the people listed above. Here is the susp before powdercoating: Here are the camber plates installed: And here are the TTT rods: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Looking good Forest. On those TTT rods, you say they don't have a bushing? They don't use the oem bushing at the frame rail end? It looked to me like those big round washer looking pieces would allow the use of the oem style rubber/euro bushing. I was just about to push the "buy it now" button on those TTT pieces. They are nice looking parts. On the rear C/A, I changed out my bushings and new spindle pins last year, so it should go pretty easy to take them back apart to swap them out for the MM rear C/A's I bought from a member here huh??? Just incase, I have another complete set of the spindle pin kit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 Yeah, they should come right out if they are new. It's the 30 years of corrosion that was killing us. You might be able to get away with not even unbolting the strut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted January 8, 2006 Author Share Posted January 8, 2006 Everything is basically done - just need to connect the brakes and swap my master cylinder...and I'm still digging through boxes for my spindle pin nuts and washers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo_fb Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Super nice work ! Just a noob question. Why adjustable MM control bars and camber plates both together? Thought that just one of these was enough ? Or you gonna have crazy wheels on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 you have to pull the pins to get the old control arms off Cutting the control arm would solve that problem... Nice work Forrest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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