midnightmoonlight Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Well I finally got my car ready for the first event this Sunday. After working on other cars I got to mine about 2 months ago. I put in a full cage, fuel cell, gutted the doors and interior, Aluminum dash, lighter seats, lexan rear window, bigger sway bars, 5 point harness, 240mm flywheel, racing clutch, added to frame rails, 11lb battery, rear spoiler, headlight covers, 280zx dizzy, and a mild 2.8 EFI engine swap into my 260. Now that I look back on what I did I covered some ground. The S&W cage isnt worth it. The side bars had to be bent, the roof hoop had to be re-bent, the main hoop had to be re-bent, I wanted a diaganol which isnt provided in the kit, and the bars back to the strut towers had to be re siezed. All the notching had to be re-done. I used the free online notching program and used about 2 grinding wheels to make my notches. I bought this kit used for cheap and would highly advise anyone looking at cages to just buy a $400 bender and some DOM tubing. Here are some pictures. The dinky welder was just used to tack everything together. Not enough juice in a 110 unit to make good welds in my opinion. I used a larger 220 mig for my final welds. The dash is in two pieces because I didnt think I could get it around the pillar cage bars in one piece and get a nice fit up to the window. http://mysite.verizon.net/vze2080r/id63.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jknc90 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 That sucks about the cage, but the car looks pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsun 1/2 dozen SD Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Well I finally got my car ready for the first event this Sunday. After working on other cars I got to mine about 2 months ago. I put in a full cage, fuel cell, gutted the doors and interior, Aluminum dash, lighter seats, lexan rear window, bigger sway bars, 5 point harness, 240mm flywheel, racing clutch, added to frame rails, 11lb battery, rear spoiler, headlight covers, 280zx dizzy, and a mild 2.8 EFI engine swap into my 260. Now that I look back on what I did I covered some ground. The S&W cage isnt worth it. The side bars had to be bent, the roof hoop had to be re-bent, the main hoop had to be re-bent, I wanted a diaganol which isnt provided in the kit, and the bars back to the strut towers had to be re siezed. All the notching had to be re-done. I used the free online notching program and used about 2 grinding wheels to make my notches. I bought this kit used for cheap and would highly advise anyone looking at cages to just buy a $400 bender and some DOM tubing. Here are some pictures. The dinky welder was just used to tack everything together. Not enough juice in a 110 unit to make good welds in my opinion. I used a larger 220 mig for my final welds. The dash is in two pieces because I didnt think I could get it around the pillar cage bars in one piece and get a nice fit up to the window. http://mysite.verizon.net/vze2080r/id63.html you said you added frame rails do you have any pics of that? i would like to see how thats done on a z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 you said you added frame rails do you have any pics of that? i would like to see how thats done on a z If he doesn't have any pics, search "subframe connectors". It's been done a lot and there are plenty of pics to be seen, from home made stuff to prefabbed stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsun 1/2 dozen SD Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 If he doesn't have any pics, search "subframe connectors". It's been done a lot and there are plenty of pics to be seen, from home made stuff to prefabbed stuff. thank you for the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtl260z Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I'm working on building my own subframe connector for my 260z. Not only will it be a lot cheaper but it will be much more functional than that $949.00 one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkach Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 who sells a 949 dollar subframe for the z? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rztmartini Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 any idea how much your z weighs? also what do you have for suspension? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtl260z Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 who sells a 949 dollar subframe for the z? Z specialties builds the connectors. The price has changed since I looked it up last. It is now 980.00 for the 70-74 and 1350.00 for the 75-78. http://www.datsunstore.com/product_info.php/products_id/661 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnightmoonlight Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 It weighs in at 2170lbs. I just have the stock suspension right now with poly, illiminas, and tokico springs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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