Gino's 300zx build

[alright2020]

getiing closer and closer....

[labcoatmonkey]

I think me and you have the same plastic santa in our garages... does yours light up??

[tg]

I think me and you have the same plastic santa in our garages... does yours light up??

its the glowing santa mod.

[Gino]

hell yea it lights up!

[tg]

[sodtoast]

cool thx for the pics got the driverside done yesterday doin other side today. i think i would go postal if i was a car mechanic lol

[Gino]

Well, got the motor fully assembled minus the turbos (need to get SS lines for coolant, don't want to use the nylon lines, probably to hot around the turbo for them), and sprayed the bay finally! I need to go back and fix the firewall (a few little runs from before I dialed the gun in. I was using the firewall as the test spot lol). Also got my steering wheel (sparco mugello). My brakes will be here next week, as will IC piping, then it's just a matter of doing the IC piping, wiring everything up, and getting it tuned! So damn close now!
















Ill do a second coat on the bay on monday then the motor can do in and IC ppiping can be cut! It's coming together finally A year and a half in the making..

[DCaff300ZX]

Sweet!
Can't wait to see it in, and of course when you get it running.

[Gino]

a little more progress


test fit the motor to see what had to be massaged...had to remove the spacer on the DS turbo as the turbo was resting on the steering shaft (I heard this might happen as with the stock rack it is very close without the spacer)- so then I had to grind the manifold...then weld where I broke through :x but all is well now. Haven't re-tested the motor fitment yet as I've been doing a paper for the majority of the day haha but it should clear now. If not, I will make a little spacer for the shaft connection and rotate the rack a little bit to make the shaft angle a little more steep for a little more clearance, but it looks like its ok. It didn't need to much extra room to fit right.



other than that, brake kit showed up today!




wilwood superlite 6 piston calipers (insanely light), wilwood 2pc slotted rotors, SS lines, brackets, everything I need. Now I just need to run the harness, put the motor back in, and do the IC piping

[tg]

I like how they write how many pistons are on it just incase you forgot.

[DCaff300ZX]

SWEET brakes!
I'm fooling around with mine this weekend and wish I was puttin' THOSE in!

[vulcanrush]

can i please ask a dumb question? awesome build, btw.

800whp, so maybe 950-960hp at the crank?

wouldn't you want stronger rods? maybe carrillo, crower, or pauter (my favorite are carrillo's for this kinda power)?

[raremotive]

Eagle H beams are pretty strong...

[vulcanrush]

i've heard different stories.

some people say they've seen eagle rods bend at 600whp.

others, such as the respected greg dupree over at specialty-z, runs 900whp fine.

i don't know if their rods are customized anything, similarly to how their ross pistons are custom-built for them.

what rods do you have, rare_f8?

[raremotive]

Carrillo, Super-Pro A's. They are the lightest strong enough rod I could find for my free reving RB. Eagle rods are stronger, but I don't have as much rod length as the VG has.

A lot of rod failures, even Eagle rods, I have seen were not rod failures, but bolt failure. The weakest link on a rod. Choose your rod bolts accordingly and be sure to torque them correctly. Preferably by bolt stretch.

[svairman]

so did the build stall out for a while or is he just out driving to much to post :p

[tg]

I got carillo's in mine, good for 1200hp at the crank, supposedly.

Gino, I agree with svairman... updates required

[DCaff300ZX]

No kiddin', things are too slow around here and we need something to spice things up!!

What's happening, Gino???

[Slow Motion]

SO many good things happening to that car. I bet it is going to be a sweet ride once she is broken in.

[tg]

GINOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo


Haven't seen him around on the forum either. *peeks on 3zc*

[Gino]

haha sorry guys, I've been VERY busy lately and haven't had much chance to update things.

So first off, on the eagle rods- they are rated for over 900hp, they should be fine for my application. As Rare_f8 said, the majority of rod failures aren't the rods themselves, it's the bolts. If a rod bolt lets go that is a sure way to have a rod failure. It can be either from the quality/grade of the bolts, or from an incorrect torquing of the bolts. Generally the forged rod doesn't just bend because of the force exerted on it, there's often more to it than that (within reason. I.E. not using 900hp rated rods on a 1400hp motor).

From the last place I left off at, I actually shifted the entire steering rack over another inch, so I had to cut a little more off the tie rod and the heim joint- and now I am battling with keeping the rack in place in the mounts. I welded a bead on one side which holds it fine, but I need to do something more than that on the other side of the mount- so since I will be at the beach this weekend that won't happen until monday. The motor is in to stay this time, I got all the rest of the coolant lines that I needed as well as made a mount for the oil cooler, everything is hooked up loosely (not clamped yet), wiring harness is in (not connected. going to be tucking and re-routing a lot of it), all that is left is the intercooler piping which is happening this week (dropping the car off monday night or tuesday night depending if I can get the steering rack to stay in place monday lol). then just finish up some wiring, and get it tuned by Brad Brooks.



I mocked up the IC to see how it would look with the bumper on and everything, and it looks damn sexy. I got the dimensions perfect for the bumper!





and here are the most recent good pics










(haha got a new wide angle lens so I had to test it out)

Obviously the car will be vacuumed and heavily cleaned interior, it's a freakin mess from getting in and out so much. The wheels will also be repainted again, matte black spokes with gloss black lip. and that's where she stands. estimated completion in at most 2 weeks, the IC piping should only take a day or so, then it's just whenever I can do all the wiring and get everything set, then get it on the dyno for tuning. So Obviously when the piping is done I'll put up more pics!

[ZXdriver]

Haha don't forget the whistle tips!
Your car looks great btw.

[tg]

s*** is looking CASH. That engine bay is going to be so clean man, f***.

[ffrpwner]

yo gino i have the same front bumper on my tt.....but i dont have that black stip on the bottom is that just a rubber strip ?

by the way not sure if you answered it were you on stock turbos in the videos you originally posted?

Car looks sick and is gunna be stupid fast =D

[tg]

yo gino i have the same front bumper on my tt.....but i dont have that black stip on the bottom is that just a rubber strip ?

by the way not sure if you answered it were you on stock turbos in the videos you originally posted?

Car looks sick and is gunna be stupid fast =D

weather stripping mod

[Gino]

yo gino i have the same front bumper on my tt.....but i dont have that black stip on the bottom is that just a rubber strip ?

by the way not sure if you answered it were you on stock turbos in the videos you originally posted?

Car looks sick and is gunna be stupid fast =D

what TG said, home depot weather stripping

and yes, the videos were on stock turbos/injectors @ 15lbs

towing it to get the IC piping made tomorrow so I'll take some farewell pics

[ffrpwner]

ill be doing that tommorrow it looks nice haha what did you to to keep it on?

fmic looks sick with our bumper haha ima have to do that

Anyone here excited as crap for the start up video

i assume there will be several videos!

[DCaff300ZX]

I hope both Gino and TG get their rides up to speed at the same time and we get LOTS of fun videos this summer, that would be too sweet!!

[tg]

Hah, i'm aiming for late this week if not next week! Better get a hurry on Gino!!

[ffrpwner]

Sooooooo TG vs Gino and the winner is!!!!!!!