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Old May 15, 2011 | 07:28 PM
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You are one talented *****!!! Everything you make looks awesome!!! I wasnt much of a fan of the tunnel cutting but I am sure when finished it will be just right. I always look forward to your posts as you post some great ideas. Keep up the work and good luck on your build.
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Old May 15, 2011 | 10:06 PM
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Thanks... haha I was NOT a fan of the tunnel cutting either but there was simply no other way in this Nova to make things have adequate clearance...
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Old May 15, 2011 | 10:53 PM
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those coil brackets are awesome
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Old May 16, 2011 | 12:10 AM
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What tig is that, looks like a Miller....what model?
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Old May 16, 2011 | 11:26 AM
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Just keeps getting better and better. Awesome work frojoe!
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Old May 17, 2011 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by pairof69s
What tig is that, looks like a Miller....what model?
It's a Dynasty 200 DX... amazing little machine, so light and portable yet it was a champ and just kept going while running 90+ amps welding aluminum on 110V, air cooled... I love the damn thing.
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Old May 17, 2011 | 02:57 PM
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Welds look great!!! so's all the fab work!!
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Old May 19, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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Got a shipment in the mail, not sure if it should be exciting or depressing....

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Looks like fun. Lol.
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Old May 21, 2011 | 01:36 AM
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Made a fuel evap purge solenoid blockoff plate, then thought maybe I could thread it and have it for a boost sensor, but it ended up stacking the boost sensor as high as the solenoid it was supposed to be replacing (entire point was to get rid of that height because it hit the hood). So made an "addition" for the sensor to thread into...









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Old May 21, 2011 | 10:04 AM
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Impressed, every time I open this thread.
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Old May 21, 2011 | 10:19 AM
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This is a great thread. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us. Great looking car too.
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Old May 23, 2011 | 11:32 PM
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Today was not a good day in the garage, one of those days where it seems like everything is going against you... broken lights, broken tools, screwing up measurements, burns, and tripping all over the place. Well at least it seemed to be getting better as I made good headway using the MIG for the first time in over a year to weld in most of the trans tunnel, then I ran out of 75/25 mig gas



Moved on to the ebrake stuff since once I get more gas the driveshaft tunnel will be ready to go in.

Of course, this is another 240sx part, nice light piece that has simple mounting and even has a neat little bulkhead stop to go thru the driveshaft tunnel. Made a pedestal mount for it too...







My garage is wired so that when I turn on the main lightswitch next to the door when I first walk in, all lights turn on, including a clock radio which resets itself to 12 everytime I start up in the garage. After a long day of mildly chipping away at all the little things left, the clockradio read this (been making too many of these happen lately)...

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Old May 24, 2011 | 08:15 AM
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What year 240SX? I have been looking for a nice piece like that....I hate the foot brake location!

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Old May 24, 2011 | 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Chicago TDP
What year 240SX? I have been looking for a nice piece like that....I hate the foot brake location!

Adam
It's from an S13 ('89-'94), however if you're going to go this route then you'll need to do a little fab work anyways, and there are negligible differences between the '89-'94 & '95-'98 240sx ebrake assemblies as fair as I know.......
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Old May 25, 2011 | 06:37 PM
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Your work is great! Can you give me more info on the S10 thermo housing like year, and engine it came off, and can the stock S10 stat be used for a lower temp one?
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Old May 25, 2011 | 07:28 PM
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One thing I want to learn.....TIG

Great work....keep the pics coming.
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Old May 25, 2011 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by MillsMotorvation
Your work is great! Can you give me more info on the S10 thermo housing like year, and engine it came off, and can the stock S10 stat be used for a lower temp one?
Not too sure what you're referring to, the only S10 thing I have is the radiator. The waterpump is an LS3 Camaro one...
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Old May 26, 2011 | 07:34 PM
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Sorry, I see you said the lower hose was from a S10.
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Old May 27, 2011 | 01:34 AM
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Finished up the coil relocation stuff today. Only took me a couple minutes to mill them out to make em look a little fancier, made out of 1/8" aluminum plate, a little flimsy so on the fence whether to remake them in 3/16" or 1/4", but they'll do the job for now. Bolt to the back sides of the heads.









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