PlusONETEN build

[tryangle]

Yeah this is amazing, loving all the little pieces that just keep adding to making this a oneoff project.

[chetacheese]

From what ive seen so far, I am sure the rest of us can agree that you dont even need a 240 shell. Build your own.

[conrad_s13.5]

fuck dog......u guys got skillz
hope to see alot more from u this winter!

[s14unimog]

Damn... Keep going please

[str84dapokie]

2012 and i'm still loving this build.. might have to make another trip out there and check out the progress

[WheelWhore]

beautiful craftsmanship.

keep up the fantastic work!

[driftsucky]

this build is full of titty sprinkles. I absolute LOVE the custom work that went into making this as awesome as it is. KUDOS.

[DreamN]

What a great build. Just read all 7 pages worth. Truly amazing work.

I wish I had a fraction of your skill. If I ever tackle the VQHR swap I'll definitely be talking to you about that modified gas tank.

[Kingbaby]

goodness...

[tapdeznutz]

is it me or do those front 350z calipers look like q45s?

[donandal]

Hey everyone,
thanks for the comments...
Al's here next week for another group of days so
maybe we'll make some more serious progress.
We've got a few projects lined up

The gas tank was soldered kinda "old school" way with big
old copper "irons" heated on a burner with acid
and flux and all that. My Uncle actually gets the credit
for teaching me that. He was a sheet metal guy after
the Korean war and had the expertise and the old irons.

It's actually pretty easy to do, but it does put off some fumes!

[bb4_96]

Originally Posted by tapdeznutz

is it me or do those front 350z calipers look like q45s?

I think they are the non-track calipers. They aren't all aluminum, only the track/sport.

[jdm2191]

you guys are awesome!

[mutz22]

Originally Posted by tapdeznutz

is it me or do those front 350z calipers look like q45s?

You can use 350z with std. brakes pads on 94-96 q45 calipers. They are slightly shorter but fit.

350z-http://images.whisystems.com/smartpa...C/10x08150.jpg

94 Q45-http://images.whisystems.com/smartpa...C/10X05870.jpg

[zomgsohc]

Amazing build. Amazing. You have great fabrication skills, and I have to admit, I'm quite jealous of your garage as well. The car is amazing. The detail work is great.

I would also like to see more pictures of the Mazda brake setup. I love brakes!

[koukimuncher]

good stuff broski nice fabrication job

[GrimDrifter]

I also have these same 350z calipers sitting around, i was wondering how i would get them to fit. Did you make studs from the original bolts, or a blank rod? Are you going to use the 350 BMC? I was regretting not buying an HR motor for my swap but it looks more complicated to swap in. Very cool work man. Great ingenuity.

[donandal]

Originally Posted by GrimDrifter

I also have these same 350z calipers sitting around, i was wondering how i would get them to fit. Did you make studs from the original bolts, or a blank rod? Are you going to use the 350 BMC? I was regretting not buying an HR motor for my swap but it looks more complicated to swap in. Very cool work man. Great ingenuity.

The studs have two different thread diameters and pitch. one end matches the 350Z caliper bracket threads (bigger diameter), and the other matches the smaller 240SX threads.
Having the smaller diameter thread allowed us to use the caliper bracket without drilling out the mounting holes on the spindle. We threaded them on our lathe.





We didn't use the 350Z BMC or the S13 BMC. We went with the bigger diameter 1 and 1/16th Z32 BMC.(the 350Z was 1 and 1/16th also) It should more closely balance with the bigger piston sizes front and rear, and was a simple bolt-on. We also added a proportioning valve to fine tune the balance.

[GrimDrifter]

yes i realize why you had to do it. I will try something similar by converting the regular bolt into a dual size stud as you did. luckily my roommate runs a machine shop! thanks for the info.

[Bambi]

So uh... it's going to be 2013 here in a little bit and uh... what happened with this thread?

[stamps31757]

if you ever decide to make these again let me know i'm willing to buy a set.

[ayorenz]

Originally Posted by stamps31757

if you ever decide to make these again let me know i'm willing to buy a set.

same here!

[Nickys13]

awesome job!... Dare ya to replicate the oem bumpers and use metal.

[donandal]

now that's a dare...

Actually, we've been driving the car in the summer but put it up for the winter in my shop.

Allen has been busy restoring a boat in Florida so we haven't done a lot more on the car that is finished to show yet.

I also got a little distracted with a new project so we're both pretty busy now.






The truck is a 53 Chevy that is getting a 5" stretch to the cab, corvette front end, LS engine and auto tranny, air conditioning,etc.

I have been keeping up with the photos of the stuff we have been
doing on the 240SX and we will update the when there is some good stuff to see

thanks

[TheRealSy90]

Any way you could fix the pictures through this thread?

[irax]

I didn't know there was a work around to the photobucket issue

[1on1]

Noobs

In case you did not see this thread posted when PB being a girl:

http://zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=648507

I had to click get image twice to retrieve the photos.

[TheRealSy90]

Originally Posted by irax

You really resurrected a 4 year old thread because you don't understand that Photobucket is going out of business and ruining all the forums ?
You understand that photobucket is demanding $400 a year for hosting right ?
You wanna pay for his 1 year subscription ?

It's really not that big of a deal dude. Could just host them somewhere else.


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[Phlip]

Originally Posted by TheRealSy90

Any way you could fix the pictures through this thread?

User has not logged in for over 8 months. I will leave this open on the PRAYER that he comes back and fixes this to show some of these chuckleheads what a build thread should look like.
And because I am in a less-bad-than-usual mood, I will move it to the builds section that didn't exist when he made it.

[TheRealSy90]

Originally Posted by Phlip

User has not logged in for over 8 months. I will leave this open on the PRAYER that he comes back and fixes this to show some of these chuckleheads what a build thread should look like.

And because I am in a less-bad-than-usual mood, I will move it to the builds section that didn't exist when he made it.

Good guy Phlip.

I didn't check but, I wonder if we could get the image sources from his posts, find the images, re host them and edit them back into his original posts? If he doesnt come back.


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