Derek Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Time to show off my manifold I'm going to be in the West Palm Beach area this Tuesday evening the 12th. I'm driving my car down so if anyone is interested in meeting up somewhere let me know. I'll be in the Blue Heron I95 area. The manifold I speak of If anyone's interested then post here and we'll work out the details. Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Holy speechless...that is simply amazing, beautiful, beautiful work. Love it. Your attnetion to detail with the fuel lines and throttle linkage is nothing short of breath taking. What engine mangement are you running with it? I bet it sounds incredible especially at WOT. Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 how did you cast aluminum? any special process for heating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatBlack Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Search is your friend:lmao: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?p=1021133#post1021133 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators BRAAP Posted May 6, 2009 Administrators Share Posted May 6, 2009 Derek, That is absolutely stunning! Sorta has that era period, full tilt factory backed race car engine appearance! If Nissan themselves campaigned a 240-Z with EFI, THIS is how I envision it looking! Incredible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Simply amazing, wish I could be there to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhartig Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Beautiful job!!! Beautiful workmanship!!! It's been fun to see the project transform into such a great looking engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 Derek, That is absolutely stunning! Sorta has that era period, full tilt factory backed race car engine appearance! If Nissan themselves campaigned a 240-Z with EFI, THIS is how I envision it looking! Incredible! Thanks Paul That's exactly the look I was going for. The best part is though it actually runs. And I don't mean it runs at full throttle and everything else is a compromise, It runs great period. Sitting at an idle, cruising in third gear at 2500, lugging in fourth gear when you should be in third. I'm running extra code and it even brings the idle speed up when I turn on the A/C! I wish I had the skill and the time to properly tune it because there are some areas that I think could be better. Holy speechless...that is simply amazing, beautiful, beautiful work. Love it. Your attnetion to detail with the fuel lines and throttle linkage is nothing short of breath taking. What engine mangement are you running with it? I bet it sounds incredible especially at WOT. Yasin Thanks Yasin I thought you were following the build thread I had going.. Hell I with my ego I figured everyone was following it! Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra_Tim Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Im sure I'll head out with my brother. Good to see it up and running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi303 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Thanks Yasin I thought you were following the build thread I had going.. Hell I with my ego I figured everyone was following it! Derek I used to, but on dialup it's too pics intensive, so I just sampled it at the end Nice EFI tho when're the commercial copies coming out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Hmmm. makes me want to brush off my loss-wax skills and cast me a new intake manifold for my KA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Man that looks awesome Derek. You need to make a new oil cap though. Also you going to DNI like you said you where?? pm me your number as i dont have it any more. later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharaohabq Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Hehe, we're always following your project.. everytime I see it, it's soo cool. I was thinking up new designs for a VQ35DE/HR manifold... I know I can't afford you though. Phar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Derek, That is absolutely stunning! Sorta has that era period, full tilt factory backed race car engine appearance! If Nissan themselves campaigned a 240-Z with EFI, THIS is how I envision it looking! Incredible! CLOSE! The lucas slide valve was ITB style, while the actual NISSAN EFI campaigned in the early 70's in rally competition used Weber Style EFI Bodies much like available today, save they were cast with "Nissan" on the body instead of "HKS" or "TWM" stuck on the original Japanese Spec Triples Manifold (think old Nissan Motorsport Manifold). The JECS brain they had was VERY similar to the ECU used on the early VW Type 3's with all the wires leading directly into the casing with a strain relief on the outside and the sensor wires directly to the circuitboard. No MAP sensor like the VW, just throttle position and rpm based fuel delivery. (Alpha N) They had some pretty radical camshaft profiles, so I'm guessing the Alpha-N is the only way to go. I personally would like to drive that setup just once to compare it to the $400 Megasquirt on a similar setup today. I don't even want to THINK what that setup cost the factory in developmental and hardware costs. I was not in a position to buy those Nissan Throttle Bodies when they were offered to me...you don't KNOW how it haunts me. Talk about the ULTIMATE old-school Trump-Card at a car show where someone contends the EFI 'Is not Stock'---what can be more stock that something with NISSAN cast into it! What? You didn't know Nissan Campaigned EFI Equipped 240Z's in Europe in 1972? Oh... "Just livin' up to the name!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum380Z Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 that is a great looking setup you have and as mentioned your attention to detail is evident Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_furious Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 We really need - NEED - more video of this setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZXT_bean Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 thats just amazing.. I love the fuel lines. now it just needs to be polished.... j/k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_datto Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Please post some more video of this thing running! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Please post some more video of this thing running! I hear ya. I bought a new microphone for the video camera but I've just been really slammed with work. On a brighter side though the car runs like a million bucks (That would convert to $1,523,717 for you). I have over 3000 miles on them in all kinds of conditions and they have exceeded all of my expectations. I daily drive the car. Nothing leaks, it always starts and so far no hot start issues. I'll seriously try and get some new videos up. Thanks for the push Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75s30 Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 HOLY MOLY DEREK! That's awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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