My coupe! and all the other cars.

[240sxAli4Life]

I got some megan racing adj. tension rods, and a megan tension rod support bar on my s13 and it really tied my front end together... I seen in the camel pic of yours that you still got the oems, i would get those megans... plus your gonna need an alignment after the coils and stuff...

[95zenki man]

Got laid off from work last Friday so that kindof holding things up a bit but i was thinking about going back to Durham tech anyway so no biggie.Ill just have to slow down on ordering so much stuff for a little bit.

Should have a pretty big update this weekend, a lot of parts are coming in and the wheels should be here...almost time to get this thing ready for paint!!

[Encryptshun]

Hey, I'm sorry to hear about your job. That's rough, man.

Glad you have a backup plan!

[95zenki man]

and got these bad boys in today also..



More to come later

[95zenki man]

Had to jack the rear up about an inch and the front about 1/2 inch but i got them on, need to pull the hell out of the rear and then drop it back down about an inch all around..

[badbob2121]

specs?

[95zenki man]

17x9 + 12 hyper black all around with 225-45-17's all the way.

[mixeds14]

Had to jack the rear up about an inch and the front about 1/2 inch but i got them on, need to pull the hell out of the rear and then drop it back down about an inch all around..

hey man u need to contact alex on CN (alexs14 is his sn) , he will pull ur fenders or rent u the fender roller a whole lot cheaper then some of the "other guys" on there will and his near u too, im not saying any names but contact him he will hook u up..

[95zenki man]

Yeah i was talking to him about doing the 350z when i had it, i got a guy that is gonna do it tomorrow so its all good.

Im still on the look out for a dohc motor around here. keep an eye out if you see one.

[mixeds14]

cool deal, allen i might be able to help u out.. i got a dohc from my 96 that i parted ways with, with 124,000 miles.. its being sitting at my dads building for about 2 years, i was saving it for a dd but it looks like im not doing anything with it obviously, let me do a compression test on it over the weekend and take some pics and i will pm u....

a little about the motor..
was turbo for about a 1000 miles on a sr t28 and 370cc inj with an enthalpy ecu until i got my rb swap.i sold the 370ccs and other stuff but i got some stock injectors from that intake that i sold u and it will need an oil pan but it does have a new napa timing kit and the chain guide has bieng removed, so nomore rattle, the motor ran strong as hell but im checking it over the weekend since its being sitting for a long time, however with that being said i let u have it for cheap if the compression is good.. i let u know and if ur interested we work something out..

[95zenki man]

Yeah man just hit me up and let me know what ya got, im looking for the ecu and wiring harnees to if you know of any floating around.

[95zenki man]

small update, Didnt get much done this weekend but did a litttle work in the hotel parking lot up in dinwiddie va. Drove up the night before for the import faceoff race up at Va motersports park and to say the least rubbed on every bump the hole way up there. didnt think to much about it till i got about 5 miles from the hotel and my dash lights stoped working.

Next morning i got up to look into it a little more and this is what i found.





Did a small wrap to cover it up and a timpary wire tuck because it was all of 35 degress outside...



Still rubed pretty bad so i hit the coilovers with a couple clicks stiffer and that fixed the problem.




I guess it didnt help i had a set of rims, all my tools and a friend in the car with me on the way down there..

[95zenki man]

Oh and

[95zenki man]

Got some stuff in yesterday and got up to the shop to get some work done ( Have been adding a new bay on for the past month or 2 so haven't been able to do much)

Got the beast into her new home and out of the way so i can get the 40e in.



New tie rod ends!







Everything back together now, tried to set the toe back up right but forgot to set my steering wheel so its a little off now, but im pretty happy with how easy everything went.







Edit:

Ups man just got here.



Still waiting for FedEx to come with 2 or 3 things today.

[wckedintentions]

nice build.. subscribed

[pj]

i know that wires temporary but try and flatter out the metal where the two peices come together. the "sharp" area, pound it up and over with a hammer. youll be able to push it up a bit more and the wire wont rub on it.
the cars looking good though man for real.

[95zenki man]

Thanks man, yeah i got it all worked out and fixed when i got it home from the race. only rubs on the outside of the fender now.

[95zenki man]

Got a little work done today. Wheels are back on with the new lugs and hubc wrings.








#2







The toe is way out of wack so thats the next step, just need to find my toe boards and i can get that set.



Think im done playing with it today. Should have a big update after the weekend though.

[240sxAli4Life]

Looking great so far, cant wait to see more... sorry about the job... did you get your old job back...?

[95zenki man]

Not yet, i might start back next week but i have bills do right now and getting payed every 2 weeks would mean im not looking at any $ coming in for at least 3 weeks. ( you have to work for one full week before they put you on the pay.)

Its kindof setting everything back right now ( i wanted to have the car done with paint and have the new motor in by now...

[95zenki man]

I had one goal today...make the rear stop rubbing.


I think i did it!

[badbob2121]

your telling me that doesnt rub?? lol


Paint will completely transform this build. It should be near the top of the to do list

[95zenki man]

Its the 2nd thing on the to do list after body work.

Like i said i wanted to have this thing in paint and the new motor in by now but i lost my job about a month ago so thats putting the car on hold as i have bills and other things that come first.

Im also going back to school so thats kindof slowing me down some but i am looking at starting a new job next week so if that all works out this build should be back on track.


I would say it rides 100% better then it did before, i got the rear pulled just enough that i dont need to have the car stiffer then hell. Right now it only rubs going around hard turns or going on and off bridges on the highway at 70+ ( you know how the road goes up and then drops back down? )

Its all about the setup i guess. I still need to work on the front some but theres really nothing more i can do to stop it rubbing.

[240sxAli4Life]

You can always make the ride height of your car a bit higher...? Thats something you can do to make it stop rubbing...

[95zenki man]

Its really not that low or stiff. Im really not to worried about the rubbing ( i got most of it worked out) /its just the front rubbing a little when i take a bump hard or somthing on the highway.

I love my cars low. my ex s14 was kinda low. ( really high!)



My Z was kinda low also.



How about a low miata I only had this car for a couple hours.




And now im on to the s13. Im thinking about just getting some 20 mill rears so i can stay this low and also run a 255 in the rear.

[240life]

Nice build..the Miata is pretty sick, why didnt you turbo that? Could have been sick as hell!

[240sxAli4Life]

Lol you only had miata for 2 hours... wonder why?

[pj]

man who the hell can even fit in a miata, my manly beard doesnt even fit in one of those things, i got in one one time to check it out and felt like my feet were gonna fred flintstone through the floor, my head would pop out the roof and my hands would destroy the interior at any moment....
on a more relavant note, i dig the wheel fitment and envy the fact that you owned a new z. could you pull out anymore to help with rub or is it done all it can do and you just have to deal? either way, a little rub when hitting a bump at 70 isnt really that damn bad, nbot great but not awful either.

[95zenki man]

Im kinda small so i could fit in the miata, I liked it a lot and it looked sick just wasn't a good DD for the price....

I could pull the rears a little more if i wanted to, right now im really thinking about just getting some 20mill over's for the rear and putting a 265 on the rear. In the long run that will be the way to go for my power goals and what i want to do with the car. Like you said a little rub at 70+ isn't to bad.

The Z was a 08 with tien springs, nismo full exhaust, intakes...all that good stuff. I lost it a couple months ago being stupid. The way i look at it, I had the right car at the wrong time of my life. Ill have another one one day.



Sorry this build is going so slow, I start a new job monday so in the enxt week or 2 i should have some $ flowing in and this should be back on the choping block .

[240sxAli4Life]

How did you loose your 350z? Accident? And what color do you plan on painting your sil coupe?