Sorry for the lack of updates, my mother was sick, then I was sick, and during that whole time I was busy as hell at work. On with the pics!
One weekend during a lot of drinking, I painted and baked the exhaust manifold. It came out okay.
Also painted the Z brakes.
Inspected the injector o-rings, they are gtg.
Pulled the motor back out, and made a slick set of casters for the front. I used the holes the crossmember bolts through. They turned out nice. I plan on doing the same with the rear, except probably not with wood. You can seriously push the car around with one hand. Oh yeah and I cut some of the front end off.
Then I got started on a top secret project. Solid billet aluminum motor mounts. They may not look the best in the end, but function over form. Nobody offers these anywhere for any RWD nissan motor AFAIK.
Drilled one with the wrong size holes.
So, I cut another peice. It rode shotgun in the Tacoma.
Tapped, 1/2" - 13. I plan on enlarging the holes in the factory mount brackets. Those little M10 studs are too hard to come by, and in my opinion, extremely undersized. Course thread, because from what I gather it will have more pullout resistence vs. NF in aluminum. I am considering making a set of hybrid studs. 1/2"-13 one end, 1/2"-20 other.
Of course, the last hole I tapped, I tapped crooked, so I have to remake one of the mounts. No big deal, I have plenty of bar stock left.
That is it for now. I imagine that once BF3 comes out, progress might slow.