slideways2004

umm.........yes......finishing up a lot of stuff as we speak.

Have to repair a couple of little annoying things, like the shitty griffin radiator drain plug.

i'll post updates soon, i'll post them all at once so they kind of make sense.

thanks for the interest.

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stephens14sr

hurry the hell up!

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RurouniMidnight

This things first event will be June 5th can't hardly wait! its been too long but will be well worth it because the sounds it makes will put smiles on the children's faces.

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h815 240sx

Have any pictures of how you did the cross over for the exhaust?

slideways2004

yea one of the problems is I always forget to take a camera when i go work on my car.

the cross over is pretty simple. downpipe goes down right side of the car and then crosses over to the left side. lol

just have to get it as close as possible to the body as you can.

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h815 240sx

did you use a s chassis exhaust? or fab up a custom one?

nathanong87

since the manifold is on the other side, u'd need at least a crossover pipe. i mean a s14 exhaust wont "bolt on" if that's what u are referring to custom!

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h815 240sx

No no I didn't mean bolt on haha I've read that a couple people have been able to use a normal exhaust instead of fabricating up new one. I want to keep using my buddy club spec 2, so I was looking for some cross over pipe pictures, if you have any.

slideways2004

i modified a s15 dart izumi exhaust. the axle back part just bolted on, the mid-pipe is where i did all the modifying. I'll take pics when i go work on it today!

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slideways2004

There's been so many updates, I don't where to start. I'll just post the stuff that's easy to take pictures of. I don't know how you guys work on cars and take pics at the same time. Most of this stuff has been done for a while. Like 2010 actually. lol

Gauge setup- I'm no Broadfield but here's my setup. SPA water temp/oil pres. (amazing gauge), autometer tach, stri boost.




Here's a pic of the exhaust. I really didnt wanna jack up the car just to take a pic. sorry.

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97240TB

What are you doing for the A/C and radio den area?

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slideways2004

Now for the hydraulic e-brake, z32 bmc and semi-brake line tuck.

Design out your system on a piece of paper. Write down EVERY fitting and line you need. Go order,flare and install. A lot of the hard lines arent pictured. One of them is like 60" long

Seems like a lot of stuff but this also includes front brake lines. I made everything custom from the master cylinder all the way to the caliper.


Measure and buy appropriate length brake line. This is the shortest. I had longer ones that aren't pictured.


Measure again and make your bends.


You can see here the banjo fitting. 7/16 - 24 to -3AN


Connect the hard line coming from the master cylinder to the cylinder on the ebake.

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slideways2004

Next, cut and flare the stock hard line going down the passenger side of the car going to the rear brakes. I made my cut right behind the front passenger seat. This is just one of my practice peices. I didn't know how to make double flares so I just used single flares for AN fittings. Also, I made the flare with the line on the car because in order to take the line off, you have to lower the subframe.



Done! Now connect to the outlet on the ebrake and bleed away. The stock brake line is 3/16" and the AN fittings are -3

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slideways2004

My buddy, Rurouni six to Midnight made me a nice panel for it.

Exactly like this but no gauges in it. Sorry for the bad pic, its all I could find

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97240TB

Whats being used to fasten the panel in place?

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slideways2004

I also made a little plate so the wheel doesnt dig into the aluminum tension rod b/c of the knuckles. I used the thread holes in the spl arms that are there for brake deflectors to mount them.

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slideways2004

Also, my fuel pump is acting up. Does anyone have any deals on external Bosch 044 pump?

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cellphone video. Sorry, i dont know how to embed facebook videos

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stephens14sr

if you arent driving this at ggp, ill kill you

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slideways2004

Lots of running around getting things done.

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slideways2004

Everything was going great until this.

I got the new pump and fittings in. They sent me the wrong fitting for the inlet. This is a major setback b/c the event is next weekend. During the week, I don't have anytime b/c of work.

I wonder if anyone in town has a 18x1.50 to -6AN fitting in stock.

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miggypq21

Have you tried smileys up in the woodlands?

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slideways2004

thanks. I'll do that. I wonder if they're open on Memorial Day

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RurouniMidnight

Thats the place i was thinking of, hopefully they have that fitting so you can get it asap.

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slideways2004

Drove the car today at the GGP event. Ran amazing for a couple of hours and I did decent for first time driving in almost 3 years. After a couple of hours, it started breaking up at about 5K. I didn't have enough energy to diagnose the problem, so i just packed it up after that.

It's been a crazy couple of weeks trying to get the car ready. While trying to get it on the trailer this morning, the exhaust clamp came off and got damaged. Just gettting a trailer was a story in itself.

Driving the car was an amazing feeling. All the hard work, sweat, blood, and tears that has went into this car has been worth it all. I just want to thank all the people that have helped me out. Justin and Andrew of Essence Garage! We're back! Brodrigo for his expertise in everything. Derrick for his fabrication and wisdom. Roberto for all his help and being a badass shop mate. Aaron Diamond for all the help with loading and stuff. Aaron Losey for putting on awesome events.

If i forgot anyone I apologize, but I'm sure I thanked you in person. Here's a couple of pics Aaron took. I'm sure others will pop-up soon.

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slideways2004

A huge thank you to whoever took these pics. My car looks ugly but awesome at the same time.

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Krimlin

Glad you finally got to drive it man!

Looks awesome!

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That was chelles dad dude.... i have prolly 300+ of our cars alone!

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