Andy,

I like the stud pro tip. Did you use a hand drill to accomplish this or a drill press?

What P/N ARP stud did you use? I will have to add these to my list, especially when I make it out to the drag strip.

ARP 100-7716. You’ll need four. They fit in S14 front hubs without modification. I used a shitty harbor freight drill press haha.

Here they are in the front hubs.

https://i.imgur.com/inD2nWjh.jpg

This is a factory RX-8 18x8 wheel. It's funny how thin of a wheel you need to be flush when you're running zero camber.

https://i.imgur.com/yPPouawh.jpg

This is factory S13 control arms with the factory lock stop, on a 17x7 G35 wheel with a 15mm spacer. Unfortunately the trailing wheel still hits the front of the LCA, but I think with tires the tire will hit the tension rod before this happens. An aftermarket tubular control arm would fix this. I'll have to make a small lock stop to try and limit the arm for now, as I imagine the 17x8s will make this worse.

https://i.imgur.com/zaZN65Wh.jpg

Pulled the baffles out of the stock gas tank in preparation for the hydromat install. All but one of the factory spot welds was already broken, so I just had to wiggle it off and then bend it all up so it fit out the sending unit hole.

https://i.imgur.com/ShhrGulh.jpg

New and improved puck mounts on.

https://i.imgur.com/pALXHrbh.jpg

Cheap ass tension rods from the other car and swaybar installed.

https://i.imgur.com/c4JKbsrh.jpg

Fender braces in.

https://i.imgur.com/WTRfwDeh.jpg

Seat and Nardi in.

https://i.imgur.com/p8mcEith.jpg

Not much chassis work left, and then I have to get the engine in so I can start building lines for the swirl pot, etc. Still waiting on gaskets from Nissan Japan, I guess they've been backordered for a while.

Not a ton of progress this weekend as I discovered the exhaust manifold gasket is leaking, so I need to order one of those. Did get the new timing belt/pulleys and ARP hardware in. Thing is filthy from the valvecovers leaking.

https://i.imgur.com/jGXk7Vdh.jpg

interested in seeing what you do with the hydromat. I like learning about nerd stuff.

Haha, sometimes I'm too nerdy for my own good. I have all the fittings I need now; I just need a vice so I can assemble the hoses. Hopefully I can get to it this weekend. If it works, I think it'll be a great alternative to a fuel cell or surge tank if you don't need the certifications for competition.

I?ve thought about adding one to the S14, but securing it concerns me.

I'm not going to secure it to anything, but mine is almost as wide as the tank front to back. Just think of it like those fancy rotating oil pickups, haaha!