AmishAssassin

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Any updates on this build?

cosmo22nov

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Yeah! I've got a few things, I'll try and get them up tonight.

cosmo22nov

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Alright so I've been way over due on an update so I'll get right to it!

400lph walbro installed


I finished the chassis harness. It tucks away nicely inside the car. I still have to tape it up and get some wire loom on it.



I started plumbing my intake but it still needs a little trimming


And I decided to go a different route with the headlights again, instead of the buckets I am going to do something like this


And this requires a hood from a silvia (japanese 240sx) so I picked up one of those.

Finished up most of my engine bay harness. I deleted the whole passenger side box and only had to extend three wires



The body kit finally came in! Unfortunately there was a confusion and the front bumper was wrong. But the guys over at enjuku racing are awesome and are sending me the right one!


Aftermarket sway bars


All my oil line and fuel line stuff came in


And I decided to go with even bigger brakes. I needed to space the caliper out more so i didnt have to run such a big wheel spacer. So I got rotors from the 350z's with brembos. I plan on upgrading to thos front calipers when i get better wheels. But they are quite a bit bigger than the already bigger than stock 300zx brakes.


Also picked up an optima battery and billet tray

AmishAssassin

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Good progress keep it up!

brandonk

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any more progress lately?? This build is just simply amazing, i wish i would have taken the time with mine to do all of this.

cosmo22nov

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OK, I've SEVERELY neglected this build thread! Who wants updates?

cosmo22nov

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Accessories all done

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Radiator mounts, Im not the best welder but they arent going anywhere!

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Remote oil filter

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Intake tube. You can see where I trimmed the metal to make room for it.

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The battery location in the trunk, I tucked it back in there pretty good. And you can see the main power wire that has a kill switch circuit breaker and the power distribution block.

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engine coming back out to do some engine bay shaving before the chassis goes off for paint. Big thanks to my dad helping with all this too, thats him in the pics.

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Setting up the power steering lines

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New OEM parts from Nissan

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Finishing up the engine bay and transmission tunnel

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Got some more pieces back from my sand blaster after being refinished.

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Car all taped off and ready to go off to paint.

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Getting the drivetrain ready while the chassis is away.

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Got the chassis back from paint

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Getting the engine and other things back in the car

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finished up shaving the engine bay chassis harness

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cosmo22nov

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And one thing I was really excited about was the new thing I have going on with the front brakes. I had that bracket that spaced the 300zx caliper out far enough to fit the 350z 12.75" track pack rotor. The bad thing about this is that the pad only contacts a fraction of the rotor surface as you can see in this picture.

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So I know a bunch of you LS guys can actually bolt on ctsv brakes to your f-body's, gto's, and g8's etc. And Ive heard of the Mazworks kit they have to bolt these to the 240's but was always turned off to the idea because I thought those calipers must cost a small fortune. But to my surprise you can pick the up from gmparsdirect.com for $145 a piece!

Now the mazworx bracket just looks like a laser cut piece of steel with three holes in it. It uses an Evo 8/9 brake rotor, and requires a ton of grinding on the back of the caliper. So a buddy and I decided to design our own bracket around the 350z track rotor that I already had that has the correct hub bore size, is 4 mm taller, and almost 2 pounds lighter per rotor. and this is what we came up with.

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And these are much larger than the stock 240 brakes and the stock 300zx brakes that a lot of guys upgrade to.

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I then got a prototype piece in plastic made and did some test fitting. everything bolts up great! There is still some grinding to do on the caliper but very very little.

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The CTS-V pad also makes full contact on the rotor and the caliper is centered correctly.

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I then went ahead and had a set made in T6 6061 aluminum for my car.

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And here they are on the car! They even fit inside my 17's.

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Now I shared this on a couple 240sx facebook pages and quite a few people wanted some so I ended up getting a kit together and having more made up.

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And I finally fired her up for the first time!!!! And I know I look a little beat up, I was up all night.

cosmo22nov

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So then I got wheels and tires back on it so I could get it off to have the custom dual exhaust made. I used a dynomax internal x pipe muffler to save room and head ache of trying to fit both up there seperate. This was also the first time having it move under its own power so I had a little trouble getting it in the trailer. (notice the tire marks)

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The exhaust turned out amazing! It was done by Strictly Import Motorsports in Portage Michigan.

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Got the radiator installed and took it up and down my street to test things out a little.

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Ok and this is the most recent update.

Got the custom LED tailights from Status LEDs.

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And I got the body kit all mounted up before it went off to paint. I removed everything before paint so everything behind the kit would get hit. I just wanted the holes drilled first.

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cosmo22nov

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Also I dont know if I mentioned it but that Chase Bays harness was a load of junk so I picked up a harness from wiring specialties and it works flawlessly.

Beejis60

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Too true man, too true.

Love the rocket bunny kit too. You keeping your hood and running custom headlamps?

Either way, immaculate build man. What kind of paint is it on the floor on the outside?

cosmo22nov

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Thanks man, and yeah I'm having brackets done up for headlights when I have the custom bash bar made.

And what did I have the chassis painted in?

2muchboostNY

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^^Thank goodness. You had me in suspense there for a few weeks. I thought you had stopped the project. Glad to see some progress.

7GRANDGERNADE

I'm interested in the big brake bracket because I'm running the big rotors with the 300 calipers

Beejis60

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Excited about the headlight solution. I thought about keeping USDM front but sorta making those koguchi style headlights.

And ya, like is your paint like chassis coat (extra durable/scratch resistant) or is it just regular automotive topcoat?