Mikelly Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I bought this car from Chris Cloude in Spring 2002. I'd originally picked the car up with Chris in Summer 2000. We'd taken my truck and a rented car trailer to North Carolina. Chris had his dad make a rotissary and they fixed all the rust issues in the firewall and battery box, and welded in Pete P.'s frame rail design. Chris then removed all the sound deadening and then all work stopped... I bought the car from Chris for $1000 for the car and three loads of parts that I promptly sold for about $1500. Early pics of the car... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 The suspension is all my ZFracing front Stuff: This is a very old add and no I don't sell them anymore... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 So I finally settled in on brakes after having some of the best known suppliers sell me brake kits over the last 10 years... Can you say requirements creep? They're OEM Mustang Cobra brakes from 93-2004. They work with Jamie T.s aluminum front hub and MMLs rear stub axle. I went with the forged version. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 And no "track car" could be complete without a "track car" interior, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 So in the "end" we settled on Viper metalic silver with blacked out MSA Type3 air dam, Beta Motorsports carbon hood, Juan's Carbon tailight panel, euro tail lights, blue plastic headlight assemblies, and ZG flares. I'm running a rear pedistal mount fo-carbon wing. Before installing spoilers, flares, wheels and other goodies... Mocking up flares/testing wheel clearances. mmmm Carbon fiber... Pre-Carbon hood/MSA Type3 And with the MSA Type3 and Carbon hood... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 (edited) Everything here is no longer relevant to the build... Edited April 3, 2016 by Mikelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted September 1, 2008 Author Share Posted September 1, 2008 (edited) Everything here is no longer relevant to the build... Mike Edited April 3, 2016 by Mikelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted September 27, 2008 Author Share Posted September 27, 2008 (edited) Everything here is no longer relevant to the build...Mike Edited April 3, 2016 by Mikelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 (edited) Everything here is no longer relevant to the build...Mike Edited April 3, 2016 by Mikelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 (edited) Oh, yea... I'm working on the DATSUN, just so we're all clear. Mike Edited June 4, 2015 by Mikelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 (edited) Wonderful way to spend money and time...Mike Edited June 4, 2015 by Mikelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 (edited) If all goes will I'll have the car at Summit Point in April to start the "debugging" process.Mike Edited April 3, 2016 by Mikelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 (edited) Tomorrow, We will start the Zcar, if "god" smiles down upon me... Some would say that... "If god smiles down upon me"... Please... I'll report the results of tomorrow's efforts later in the weekend...Mike Edited June 4, 2015 by Mikelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 A day of triumphs and tribulations... The fuel pump I bought from some vendor on ebay isn't pulling fuel out of the can i'm using to prime the system. On the plus side, we were able to confirm that the starter is working properly, and that a number of "other" electrical components are functioning as designed. We were also able to confirm the motor is firing properly. I also managed to pull the holley 750 double pumper and go thru it. The carb had 70 main jets, but I upgraded it to 73s in the primary and kept the 80s that are on the secondary side. I only had one pack of jet extenders, so I couldn't install any on the secondary side. I'll pick up some next week and take care of that... I'm also pretty sure the Odyssey PC680 battery may not be sufficient to crank this car over... Also spent some time making sure the suspension was going to clear under full travel, and wrapped some fuel lines and wires in flame resistant wrap to make sure I don't have any serious issues at the track... We're getting there... Maybe more news tomorrow, as I do have another fuel pump, and will attempt to use that tomorrow to pull fuel from the can I'm using to "test" everything... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 New pics from today... didn't resolve the fuel issue yet, but did start working on the radiator box. No pics of it yet though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 (edited) Edit: It's 3 degrees outside this morning, and I just walked down to the shop and built a fire... It's 29 degrees inside the shop... Not sure how much I'll be able to get done today, but I'm waiting until we have sufficient heat in there! Mike Edited April 3, 2016 by Mikelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 (edited) Everything here is no longer relevant to the build...Mike Edited April 3, 2016 by Mikelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 (edited) No major updates as I'm awaiting some parts to come in that I ordered.Mike Edited June 4, 2015 by Mikelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 (edited) Everything here is no longer relevant to the build...Mike Edited April 3, 2016 by Mikelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 (edited) Everything here is no longer relevant to the build...Mike Edited April 3, 2016 by Mikelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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