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Here is the first shot of the turbo downpipes. The fit is tight but is working according to plans so far. Also, final parts for the dry-sump pump arrived so that's getting installed. And lastly, we are just starting to work on the rear diffuser design.

 

Note how the transmission bellhousing sticks way down below the dry sump. We will have to make a cover for this. Also, the front splitter will cover a lot of this to provide good aero. The goal is to have most of the underside flat and smooth.

 

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Super nice Mark. did you narrow the corvette ifs at all? did it fit between your flared fenders? keep up the great work!

 

I started with the desired hub-to-hub width (~57.5") and then subtracted from that to come up with the frame rail width (28") for mounting the corvette suspension arms. So the corvette parts remained stock. Art morrison mounted the suspension to a frame rail for me. They typically do this for hot rods.

 

The design I made is here: http://www.rolston.me/NewSite/New_Z_Blog/Entries/2008/9/27_Front_Suspension.html

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Woot! every time I see a new Mark-post I get all happy for more S30 Pron! Lookin good mark. Those brackets are sweet. I liked the anodized blue, but hey form over fashion.

yeah, the blue was cool. I have a collection of aluminum parts that will wait until we're further along to decide whether to anodize or not.

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The rear suspension rockers are mounted now. They fit much better. The new shifter is installed. It sits a little far back but seems to feel fine sitting in the car. I'll need to test fit the center console. I plan on the console being stock (but made of new materials- CF or leather) so I may need to move the shift hole in the console. Not a problem. We also found some nice, reasonably priced clamps for the turbo plumbing. This will allow us to go (almost) entirely without silicon connectors. Also shown here is the end caps for the intercooler almost ready for welding up. The piping will interface where the two humps are.

 

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The rear suspension rocker is installed. The transmission with the new shifter is in. I bought a porsche GT3 knob to place on the rod. I'll cut a new shift pattern into a hat to replace the current knob hat. And the engine bay is coming along.

 

I'm showing both of my Z's at Austin's Wekfest on September 30th. Come check it out if you're in the area.

 

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My new (used) shift knob arrived. It's in Alcantera. If the CF dashboard fails then I plan to do the dash also in Alcantera. The Sparco CF DTM seats I hope to use are also in the same material.

 

I'll need to replace the hat with a new hat with the appropriate shift pattern. I need to figure out how to get that done. I assume I can find someone to laser cut a graphic into a shaped piece of aluminum. Other than the shift pattern, perhaps I'll put a nice big "Z" on it.

 

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