Ok back to my car!
After we dropped the motor in it was time to tackle the wiring. Jon from Tarmac and I ripped the dash out and took out the body harness. We also ripped out all climate control related equipment as well.
Getting some some sun while we rip the wiring out:
ALL GONE. The headlight/turn signal wires were separated and extended. I'll get pics of this as soon as I can. It was super simple. Now the body harness including the fuse box is all tucked away behind the dash. We routed the alternator and starter wires as well into the car through the firewall. We still havent mounted it yet so when we do I can get better detailed pictures.
Damian is also a wiring whiz and handled the engine harness...
Can someone guess what kind of coilovers are sitting on the ground there?
Here are some of the pictures from underneath the car. You cant really tell by these angles but FP kit's ground clearance is A LOT better than sikkys. The headers are built to better clear the tranny mount as well. Over all I am super happy with the quality of their product.
The long black line hanging down next to the header is the fuel line. We used about 10 feet of black teflon AN lines wrapped in DEI heat sheathing and fire proof tape. Its all -6 and goes off the stock fuel rail down to a corvette fuel filter.
Looks like this...
It has a built in fpr. This and a walboro is all you need. We mounted the fuel filter up behind the rear wheel well. Its in a tight spot but its safe up there. Ill get more pics of this later.
Also put on the rear suspension arms and rear brakes. Shout out to va240dude for the 300zx rear calipers and project mu brakes. Gave me a sweet deal.
you'll have to excuse the dirty wheel.
We also started tackling some of the smaller things.
300zx 17/16 MC
Instead of dealing with cutting up my old BMC to take out the middle fitting, I brought the 300zx BMC to a local speed shop (SK Speed) and had them find me a similar external fitting. Much easier. Saves you a lot of time and stress. Jon at Tarmac did an awesome job of bending/cutting the lines to make them all fit.
Mocked up this carbon fiber heat shield I picked up.
Next up was the oil filter setup. The FP mount kit came with a sick custom moroso pan as well as 4 AN fittings. Two 120 degree fittings for underneath the car and two 90 degree fittings for the filter adapter. Originally I was planning on running this monster oil cooler through a trust oil filter block/thermostat but then decided to hold off until next season when things get warmer. I do plan on driving this car on the street until then and this monster oil cooler is just plain overkill. Its all for sale btw.
and here is the temp setup im running now...
