White 570Z

[RB30X]

I thought I'd post some pics up here of my build.

Its a 71' 240Z with an LS1 / T56 conversion, R200 diff, Z32 brakes and coil over suspension.

Currently in the process of repainting it white.

The last pics are with the coil overs dropped fairly low just to see what sort of clearance there'd be. Not much.

Edited September 19, 2010 by RB30X

[aplyedmind]

Super slammed!Very nice z. Who made your z32 break brackets if u don't mind me asking?

[RB30X]

 

I bolted all the panels up properly today after painting them and it fits lovely.

 

I also have a confession to make. Someone called round my house with a car exactly the same as mine in everyway except his car was registered and mine isn't. So I decided to take this 'other' 240z for a drive to see how it went, now that it had oil pressure and water temp gauges all working. This required the suspension to be raised a bit since the last time he drove it out of his shed as it was way too low. So I put on my driving hat and as soon as I took off down the street it appeared it was running on a lot less than 8 cylinders which didn't surprise me as the plug leads had come on and off a few times and they are prone to disintergrating, and the plugs have never been changed (from what he tells me ). 'We' did do some initial fault finding with a temp gun on the headers to see which cylinder wasn't firing but they were all hot at idle as the miss wasn't apparent until it was under load. So I drive off in this V6 and three quarters, and damn this thing still has some balls. I was under the impression that it had 3.? something gears in the R200 but I was changing gears a lot more often than my clubsport and it had 3.73's. Anyway it accelerates well, handles well, brakes well (after the paint was rubbed off the rotors) and it sounds nice.

I did learn a few things however.

First being the accelerator pedal position in comparison with the brake and clutch pedal. With the chair in the correct position to operate both the later, my leg is too cramped or too bent to operate the throttle, resulting in sore feet muscles. If I was to move the chair back so my right leg is comfortable, I'm too far away from the brake and clutch pedal.

Secondly, an issue prone to LS1's is the belt tensioner operation. When I swapped to an underdrive pulley on my previous LS1 the new belt length was shorter but the tensioner wasn't in the exact preloaded position it normally operates in. Hence it threw a few belts. The other reason could be the balancer has come off at some stage and hasn't gone back on completley in line. The issue is when you stab it and the crank balancer accelerates the belt speed so quickly over the other pulleys, the tensioner takes up the slack. Except, when it compresses it becomes somewhat out of alignment and allows a belt rib or two to jump off the pulley. Now I did give it a big stab on the last stretch to my house, and as I was putting into my back yard it started getting hot so I kind of knew where the belt would be, so a quick drive back in one of my registered cars and I picked it up.

 

So its a new custom sized belt for me, as well as plugs and if that doesn't help, new leads. I'm hesitant to get new leads as I'm cooking up a coil relocation mod which would require longer plug leads anyway.

[RB30X]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Wow looks awesome!

[RB30X]

I've got all the parts I need for my stage 1 upgrades ;D (I've been playing too much GT5)

LS6 manifold

LS6 injectors

I've ported and polished my throttle body to 78mm, and will port manifold to suit.

PAC 1218 valve springs (rev limter here we come)

 

Removing fuel rail

 

 

 

Throttle body off

 

 

LS1 manifold off

 

 

 

 

LS1 on left, LS6 on right.

 

 

 

Waiting for the LS6 manifold installation

 

 

Well the LS6 manifold has been installed but after also installing the LS6 injectors, I was advised to wait until it gets a tune otherwise they'd run too rich, so the LS1 injectors went back in.

I think the seat-of-the-pants-o-meter has picked up some improvement in the top end just by changing the manifold.

I ported the entry to manifold as well as spare throttle body which required me to make up a new 78mm throttle blade as the factory size is 75mm. I haven't installed this bigger throttle body yet.

 

 

 

 

 

Well I havent done too much to this since the last update. I raced it at a local go kart track and split the steering rack bushes, but had lots of fun.

 

Here is a quick vid I took on a 0-200kph (0-120mph) run.

 

 

I count 0-200km/hr (0-120mph) in 12 seconds, does that sound right.

What would that equate to on the 1/4 mile do you think?

 

Here are some 'quoted' 0-200km/hr times

 

11.7 - Porsche 997 GT2 (530 ps)

11.7 - TechArt Turbo (580 ps)

11.7 - Wendland 997 Turbo (530 ps)

11.8 - Brabus CLS Rocket (730 ps)

11.8 - Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZO6 (512 ps)

11.8 - Edo Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera (560 ps)

11.8 - Mercedes Benz CLK DTM AMG (582 ps)

11.8 - Porsche 996 GT2 (483 ps)

11.8 - SpeedArt 997 Turbo TTR 530 (530 ps)

11.9 - Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z06 (512 ps)

11.9 - Ford GT (550 ps)

11.9 - Gemballa Avalanche GTR600 Roadster (600 ps)

12.0 - Porsche 911 GT TechArt Street S (646 ps)

12.0 - Mercedes SL 65 AMG (612 ps)

12.0 - Ford GT (550 ps)

12.1 - Corvette C6 ZO6 (512 ps)

12.1 - Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera (530 ps)

12.1 - Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet TechArt (600 ps)

12.1 - Sportec SP 600 Cabriolet ( 600 ps)

12.2 - SKN 911 Turbo (540 ps)

12.2 - Porsche 997 911 Turbo Tiptronic (480 ps)

12.3 - Mercedes SL 65 AMG Chipped (673 ps)

12.3 - MTM Audi R8 (560 ps)

12.4 - MTM Audi RS4 Avant (602 ps)

12.5 - Mercedes Benz SL65 AMG Prototype (700 ps)

12.5 - Nissan R35 GT-R (485 ps)

12.6 - Ferrari F430 (490 ps)

12.7 - Porsche 997 Turbo Cabriolet (480 ps)

12.8 - Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera (530 ps)

13.0 - Lamborghini Gallardo (500 ps)

13.0 - Porsche 997 911 Turbo Manual (480 ps)

13.1 - Dodge Viper SRT-10 (612 ps)

13.1 - Porsche 911 GT2 (462 ps)

13.2 - Audi RS6 (580 ps)

13.2 - BMW M6 (507 ps)

13.3 - Dodge Viper SRT-10 (612 ps)

13.3 - Mercedes S65 AMG (612 ps)

13.4 - Aston Martin DBS (517 ps)

13.4 - Mercedes Benz SL55 AMG (517 ps)

[cygnusx1]

Nice car! White is my new favorite color.

[RB30X]

Took some videos today on my son's Ipod because its supposed to record at 1080p quality. It doesnt. And the cheap suction cup holder I bought to hold the ipod moves around a bit too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I finally pulled my finger out and ordered a clutch.

This of course ment I had to pull the engine and box out to replace the clutch.

I gave it all a gerney and I will endevour to fix some oil leaks while I'm there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[RB30X]

I started by removing the old clutch and gerneying everything so I could see. I've had a new pilot/spigot bearing to install as well as a new slave cylinder and bearing. The rear main was leaking so had one of those to put in as well. I was going to use this oppertunity to throw in some tougher valve springs and a new timing chain but I didnt think I would make it in time so I have concentrated on the things I need to get done to run it down the strip in two weeks time.

 

A few hots spots

 

Changing gears should be a bit easier with a new one of these

 

 

 

New spigot bearing

 

New rear main

 

Taking water pump, balancer and front timing cover off for seal replacement

 

 

New slave

 

I extended the clutch fluid 'in' fitting so the braided hose didnt have to bend on such an angle to get to the master cyclinder.

 

 

I just have to get the right fitting to go into the slave on the fluid 'out' line and I will hook up a remote bleed line. It looks like an M8 x 1.25 or a common bolt thread.