Gollum's Never Ending 280Z

[Gollum]

Not the most impressive thing. But officially marks being further along than I was with the Ford. Somehow that marker makes this feel far more "real" of a swap now. Like, I can get any engine and just put it into the engine bay. But actually having a mount made? That's something.

 

 

Also, I'll be posted progress as I go on Youtube. Not trying to make some huge successful channel, just attempting to catalog what I'm doing and share some of the info and kinds of info I wished I could find more easily in the past. Sections of the swap and work on the car will be broken down into sections with their own playlist and grouping of episodes.

 

 

[manimal]

Progress, that's what matters most!

I'd strongly recommend adding more to that engine plate. It looks like 1/8" and with the way the tube is attached it will flex and eventually crack. I'd do at least another 1/8" which could be added to the back side all around, except for where the hole without the standoff is. Drill a few holes in the backing plate and plug weld it too. If you used 1/8" on the drivers side I'd do the same thing.

[Gollum]

The plan is to gusset the 1.5" tube on multiple planes so that the plate isn't supporting the weight just around the diameter of the tube. Depending on how I feel about it I might do more to reinforce it, even maybe boxing sections in.

Edited October 4 by Gollum

[Gollum]

In case anyone's not paying attention, I'm up to Episode 5 published now. And in the backlog to be released weekly, the engine mounts are done, and I'm working on the transmission mount. I've got my digital whiteboard forming and will transfer to a common cardboard punch list soon.

Definitely making progress!