Rare's "Little" Project -This is a slow one

[raremotive]

Got the rough cut out from the machinist. I spent a good deal of time cleaning up the edges. Then I got the holes to line up and got them drilled out. Soon I say. Soon.

[raremotive]

I got 4 holes countersunk, tested it out and realized that the old man from the fastner's shop gave me the wrong bolts. So I won't have a bolt-able assemble until tomorrow. As you can see I am super close to being done.... Just 4 more holes to sink. And the transmission will have 1/16" of freedom to be moved around.

[raremotive]

Got the bolts. Everything bolts up. Pretty slick set up as you can see.

[GsaSlick]

Can't wait to see this done, way to go all out man looking good!

[tg]

Sick!

[labcoatmonkey]

Ah if only I had a fortune... what are you going to do for the electronic set up engine wise? stand-alone? What is the power range ur lookin at? This project is making me drool everytime and we havent seen nutn yet!

[tg]

Ah if only I had a fortune... what are you going to do for the electronic set up engine wise? stand-alone? What is the power range ur lookin at? This project is making me drool everytime and we havent seen nutn yet!

rb26 efi harness with a chipped skyline ECU I'm guessing.

[raremotive]

^ almost... I got a brand new engine harness that I have to doctor up to my needs. But I weigh out the options. Standalone would be better in the long run. I would be able to tune for/wire up any part's store sensor that meets my needs instead of having to hunt down rb26 sensors and electronics. I would also do away the CAS and put a crank angle sensor to get rid of the belt noise. I think tg knows a reasonable HP figure.

[labcoatmonkey]

^ I would also do away the CAS and put a crank angle sensor to get rid of the belt noise. I think tg knows a reasonable HP figure.

Soo your going to remove the CAS so you could put in a c.a.s?
What are you going to use instead of the stock crank sensor?
I can see you making around 700bhp with the way this build is going. Im a little lazy to read the whole thread even tho its only 2 pages but bottom end? The pistons look sexy but crank n stuff?
again awesome project!

[raremotive]

I got in mind for a mix of hall effect encoder...that I can do up a trigger wheel about the crank.. I got a few ideas for that when I get around to getting sensors to work/characterized.

crank is stock.

[Weber3211]

Oh da babies!

[DCaff300ZX]

I got in mind for a mix of hall effect encoder...that I can do up a trigger wheel about the crank.. I got a few ideas for that when I get around to getting sensors to work/characterized.

crank is stock.

In Engrish prease?

[raremotive]

I did a little work today, I was trying to fit the transmission in the tunnel. Turns out I will have to do a little banging. But I did the cutting first.

This is where I am going to bang in a little.


And here are the parts that were just in the way and just had to go...



It went..




And how it sits, with some straps for temporary storage.






Have so say.. sparks are fun when you are the floor.

I am going to do a little more tomorrow... hope it's does well in a few bangs..

[raremotive]

I got in mind for a mix of hall effect encoder...that I can do up a trigger wheel about the crank.. I got a few ideas for that when I get around to getting sensors to work/characterized.

crank is stock.

In Engrish prease?

In short.

Going to use a nissan crankangle sensor and trigger wheel... going need to play around with it for it to work.. going to do this while I am playing around with the other sensors... oil temp, pressure, water etc...

[ffrpwner]

good god man this is awesome =) Your car will be all over the internet and in magazineswhen finished =) i can see it now haha how long do you think this will take before all you need is cosmetic things?

[raremotive]

2.. 3... 4 years... depends on my luck.

[ffrpwner]

hmmmmm....this is gunna be even longer and more elaborate then Ginos build haha hopefully it doesnt take to long haha...you and gino should race when your are both done with ur builds haha

ill read back in the thread but did u ever consider a 2jz? i figured u wanted to keep it all at home with nissan jw if it crossed ur mind ha

[raremotive]

I did consider a 2jz... but I hate to go to Petmart..

[serg-z32]

^^^ hahahaha

[grk nickafis]

Awesome!

[raremotive]

Didn't do too much just took the rear sub-frame to it's basics.. One thing to note.. if you are interested in a JDM 180sx differential, it bolts in.. But you need to swap the differential covers... and either drop ABS.. or swap the output shafts too or swap ring and pinion. Just a picture of the 48:11 whereas the NA is 49:12. I'm going to clean the NA cover a little bit, it's caked in grease. But after that it's going back in the sub-frame, and bolted onto the car frame so I can determine transmission positioning.

[GsaSlick]

I didn't realize the 180sx differential was better, I learned something today.

[raremotive]

I didn't realize the 180sx differential was better, I learned something today.

Better for acceleration yes, top speed or touring, no. It isn't a major improvement over the NA diff. But if you had the TT diff you would notice the difference. But the 5 speed on the TT makes it need the lower ratio to allow it to be in boost longer to make it's power. I am not using the 5 speed, but a 6 speed so I have a little room to play around. But in the end, it's my tires that will determine how fast.

[GsaSlick]

I didn't realize the 180sx differential was better, I learned something today.

Better for acceleration yes, top speed or touring, no. It isn't a major improvement over the NA diff. But if you had the TT diff you would notice the difference. But the 5 speed on the TT makes it need the lower ratio to allow it to be in boost longer to make it's power. I am not using the 5 speed, but a 6 speed so I have a little room to play around. But in the end, it's my tires that will determine how fast.

Yeah I knew top speed would take a hit. My future plans are lsx involved after I'm finished with my degree so boost wouldn't really be an issue for me, but you make a great point.

[raremotive]

Shiny Differential cover, and bolted in.




Haven't been doing much work with the car. Omaha Nissan Convention has been happening this weekend. And soon I will be applying for 40 hour work load for the rest of the summer.

[DCaff300ZX]

I love your approach of making different parts with your specific requirements work within your project, a very old-school approach that I've not seen happen enough with the Z32.
Keep up your great detail and explanations of what you are doing and why, it's VERY informative!

[raremotive]

^ Thanks

Did a little front end work today. I cut back into the strut tower minimizing it some more. Looking better too. Also I did some cutting with the cross-members I have to create a general setup for me to fab.

[car nut]

What do you have for cutting?

[raremotive]

saw-saw, jig-saw, and my little angle grinder using thin disks. I got more to cut on the driver side mount. But little by little it's shape is being revealed to me.

[car nut]

That's impressive man. Those are some pretty clean cuts.