Tanuki Posted March 27, 2010 Author Share Posted March 27, 2010 hey nice to find you guys here. I love the hood like that bro. Gives it a little funck to the vibes hehe.Sweet. Well thank you! I clear coated it today in fact! I also started prepping the motor to go in, but have to hang ups; 1) I can't for the life of me get the oem oil pan off, and 2) The motor mount on the driver side is under the turbo so I will have to remove all of that to take the mount off and change it. I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted April 10, 2010 Author Share Posted April 10, 2010 Painted the Edges: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 Ok so here it is on the car. I wanted to see it on the car, and really dont have room for it in my office anymore! Also I need these lines, they seem to have been crushed in transit. Any ideas on the best place to get them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModernS30 Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 For those lines get a hold of the company you purchased from and shipping company because that is BS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share Posted April 12, 2010 For those lines get a hold of the company you purchased from and shipping company because that is BS! Yeah unfortunately I have had it 3 months now so I feel like its basically my fault for not looking sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Ricer Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 My wastegate was bent when I got my engine, but I think it was partially my fault because the engine tipped over while I was transporting it home. Those lines shouldn't be hard to find. Try GTRCanada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted April 16, 2010 Author Share Posted April 16, 2010 Guess what? I put the Oil Pan on today! And aside from a bolt hole or two, it fit perfect. Not bad for a custom pan made by a guy that doesnt even have the same motor! It was hard because he used a different set of holes than the ones the original pan used. Next question, why would that motor have two sets of OEM oil pan holes? Very strange indeed. Probably because they use that block with a few different cars? BIG THANKS TO MICAH FOR GETTING THAT WRETCHED STOCK PAN OFF! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat1 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 looks great Tanuki, I glad everything worked. Now I can sleep tonight LOL. I think nissan put two different oil pan mounting holes because of some of the vehicles were all wheel drive and needed the aluninum oil pan with the diff in the pan and some were not. But who knows. I know Mazda does some wierd stuff like this. It was nice chatting with you on the phone Saturday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted April 16, 2010 Author Share Posted April 16, 2010 You too. How bad would it be if I didn't bolt those rear bolts in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat1 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 I pm'ed you. I see you could not put them in with the trans connected right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted April 16, 2010 Author Share Posted April 16, 2010 I pm'ed you. I see you could not put them in with the trans connected right? Yeah I was being lazy. I will disconnect the trans before I put it all in and put those last few bolts in. There were a couple of bolt holes that really didn't line up, but I did want to put the rears in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted May 23, 2010 Author Share Posted May 23, 2010 As you can see, the Poor little z came out for a bit today. The Motor mounts dont line up to the block though so on one side only three bolts will go in. Pretty strange seeing as Mckinney made the mounts for that specific car! Anyways IT is in just enough for the move, then it will have to come back out, have a bunch of lines replaced, etc etc. I suppose the most comforting part is that the transmission actual lines up so I wont have to cut it out to have a shifter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeoster Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Sweet build. Jealous of the 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motoman Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 So what happend to the build? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linluv84 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 How close did you end up to the steering rack? My mckinney mounts bolted up to the engine just fine, but getting the isolators in and clearing the rack was a bit difficult... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeoster Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Curious as to what the significance of that underhood mural is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 ^a bit of my roots i suppose? Tanukis are about the coolest mythological creature in japanese story telling imo. There is a bit of everything in there though. So guess what my wife and I did today? Yeah she and I got this bad boy back in. Mckinney overnighted me a new mount and told me the old one was the worst built one they have seen in 8 years of making these! I am very proud of how well she did! Aside from a spark plug change on a ae86 this is her first real mechanic work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 What did you do about the messed up hard lines? I think I may have a set in good cond. LMK if you need them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 What did you do about the messed up hard lines? I think I may have a set in good cond. LMK if you need them... I do need them still. Its just the ones I showed though. I tried buying them from a guy on the usa skylines site and he wanted liek 50$ just for shipping! Lmk price and shipping to 84095. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I thought I had all of them, but I'm missing the turbo oil feed hard lines. I do have the assembly that goes behind the head, and under the intake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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