Booztd 3 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Guys I got RIGHT to work after getting the car back from the cage builders this weekend. The main goal was to have the motor set in the car by sunday evening, so we could get parts ordered up for the motor mounts and hopefully have it mounted in place by wednesday. We left off here, tearing the motor down More removal Head removed Pouring all the gunk out of it Extra parts/trannies Where the magic happens Everything dissasembled Head going in the parts washer Strainer cleaned and Oil Pan installed Oil restrictor pressed in Headstuds installed Tomei 5 Layer MLS Head cleaned off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booztd 3 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 Water galley in place, tomei gaskets on TB's cleaned and in place New Front Main seal installed, as well as cam seals. (NOTE - These are identical to the 300ZX cam seals) Cam gears and valve covers on, intake mani on Clutch going on And now this is where the magic starts to happen! The Pan is currently resting on the cross member. We will be modifying that wednesday as well. The transmission is bolted in to place And here we have it..... Also notice I had a custom piece made where the battery used to sit. The final piece will be in stainless and I'll be mounting my AEM EMS on top and hiding a few things behind it My full-race manifold shipped out today so I will have that by the weekend to make sure it fits and/or if it needs revisions. I cant wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big-phil Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 ahhhhh, its only money. I like the Ford GT, clutch looks bad a$$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnjdragracing Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Engine and roll bar looks good, looking forward to some video of it in action..... John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Straight6 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 God I love the 300ZX...God I love the RB motors...God I wish I had skillz! I think im gonna go for the 300ZX conversion myself...you guys in Peoria? I am in Skokie, suburbs of Chicago...we need to talk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booztd 3 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 Yep, west peoria to be exact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Straight6 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Yep, west peoria to be exact Excellent! Whats a number I can reach someone at to further discuss my project idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booztd 3 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 I'll PM you my personal number Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo_fb Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 You should have dropped the engine into the Ford, haha Nice clean engine. Got more pics of the car it's going into? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buZy Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Nice parts washer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete84 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Is that a RB26? Intake and throttle bodies look different, not that I'm all that knowledgeful on the RB series. How much clearance will there be between the radiator and alternator / etc. ? Looks pretty good, the stock engine really fills out those Z32 engine bays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fentin_fury Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 well done! . q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z U L8R Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 early 90's was the import super car battle, toyota with it's twin turbo supra, mazda with the twin turbo rx-7, and nissan with the twin turbo 300zx, i'm not knocking vg30dett's at all but the rb26 is the twin turbo 300zx's should have gotten =] , plus it's a hell of a lot easier to change valve cover gaskets on ROFL, nice job dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete84 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Oh ya, what transmission did you use? The one that came with the RB or the 300ZX unit - can you do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 early 90's was the import super car battle, toyota with it's twin turbo supra, mazda with the twin turbo rx-7, and nissan with the twin turbo 300zx, i'm not knocking vg30dett's at all but the rb26 is the twin turbo 300zx's should have gotten =] , plus it's a hell of a lot easier to change valve cover gaskets on ROFL, nice job dude. it's a hell of a lot easier to change anything on! ROFL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 ♥♥♥♥, i dunno why, but every time i see a long iron engine like the L or the RB hanging by 4 of those small bolts on an engine stand, it makes me queezy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booztd 3 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 Is that a RB26? Intake and throttle bodies look different, not that I'm all that knowledgeful on the RB series. How much clearance will there be between the radiator and alternator / etc. ? Looks pretty good, the stock engine really fills out those Z32 engine bays. Yes its an R32 RB26. The intake manifold and throttle bodies are stock for now. The radiator will sit underneath the core support, should will be at least 4" of space between then (to compensate for the puller fans) The alternator sits in no problem, its still bolted to the motor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booztd 3 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 Oh ya, what transmission did you use? The one that came with the RB or the 300ZX unit - can you do that? View this sticky http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=119041 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booztd 3 Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 Nice clean engine. Got more pics of the car it's going into? Here ya go I've owned it for 5 years now (since I was 18) and its progressed pretty nicely among the years. Last year I ran 11.2@124 on pump gas and drag radials in Joliet IL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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