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Package deal with the trans. I sold it to a buddy of mine who already has a s14 subframe setup in his hatch. That's definitely on the table for me but it'd be the next phase once everything is up and running. I have a good friend that owns a Z specialty shop here in town and they got shelves of parts and parts cars in & out of the shop regularly.

It actually showed up 2 days ago, haven't really gotten around to playing with it just yet.



I did play around with the crank collar fitment and it wasn't excessively tight, hah..slid right through (click to play)



Speaking of parts showing up, I looked in to Freed Engineering's coolant temp sensor for the factory gauge and wasn't impressed. Essentially the same thing I did, just utilizing a 1/8th NPT sensor and M16 adapter. For less than half the price, I sourced a m16x1.5 to m10x1.25 adapter and a OE sensor for a SOHC cluster. Even though it's a dummy unit, I don't want to have any dead needles.




Just as an added note to everyone, Kavlin Malli is using this same kit on his 2jvvti swapped z32 and has made plenty of power with no issues that I'm aware of concerning this kit. I don't know if its related to drifting it but this car will not see that kind of use since its waay to nice of a chassis to be wall riding with; that was a big factor in my decision. Money spent on critical components is directly related seat time. I more than likely would have done with a difference kit like Fisch.

My buddy got his kit the same day I did and got it on last night; it is an awesome piece, no doubt about it. Spend some time cutting it short then grind it down for a perfect fit. She THICCCCCC

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I'm terrible at this. Bought a camper so we've been travelling around a bit before my wife starts her internship to wrap up her degree. We won't have this kind of family time for the next year. I also invested money in myself and started my side business doing wiring and making PnP harnesses.



Had a Friday night to myself without the wife and kid so I hung out with some friends and checked out my buddy's new place. They more or less gave me a huge kick in the ass for motivation so I pulled everything off the shelves this past weekend and dove in to getting my swap together.



Not shooting for much power right now, so normal maintenance items were first, replacing crusty hardware, new vacuum lines, etc etc. When we dropped my friend's JZ in his hatch with the ISR mounts, they were perfect....well I bit the bullet on that one I guess so I had had to fix that and wasted a drill bit in the process. Was trying to drop it in but found out I was never sent the chassis side of the engine mounts..those will be here Friday, ugh.




So now that I couldn't dry fit the motor, I figured it was as good of a time as any to destroy this perfectly good external CD. My friend brought over his FISCH kit so we could compare the kits and get his shifter on and adjusted.



You vs. the guy she tells you not to worry about:



I also decided to dry fit the slave so I can mock up my clutch lines and remote bleeder. Came out pretty good. I can mount the bleeder to the backside of the transmission or somewhere on the frame rail for easy bleeding.





So..here it sits until next weekend. I've got the harness stripped down so I can lace in my gauge sensors and ready to mock up for extension when those mounts come in.

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I haven't been around much..slow day at work and I saw I had a message or 2 asking about progress so I figured I'd take some time to update this.

So I believe I left off just under a year ago..dang. Quite a bit has happened since then. I started teleworking right after my birthday so it made travelling around and camping too easy. I don't think we spent a single weekend or complete week home until the beginning of November. Not much happened though, I took a break to focus on trying to make this side business work. I'll touch on that later.

Long and short is we woke up one Saturday morning the last week of January, checked investments, market values, rates etc etc (adulting, right) that I do every other week and the wife rolled over and kissed me good morning. I chuckled and showed her what a COVID housing market in one of the hottest zipcodes in the country has done for us. Deadass..I was like.."you want to sell the house and build a new one?"



Finished all the projects, splash of new paint upstairs, and listed a week later. Under contract in 11hrs, closed 10 days later....cash. Then, we got to move in -5 degree weather..that was pretty fun. Followed by 22" of snow.




BUT!! Even though we downsized a ton and moved in to a small apartment..there was an upside. We were top of the list on the lot lotto..with a hefty check and good amount of luck, we scored a dream spot, building the exact house we wanted. I don't care much about the view but shit..I think we did real good.



Not long after I found a new daily. I'd always kept my eye on whats available and FINALLY one with the right specs popped up for sale..rather good price, and with a service folder about an inch thick. After almost 3 years, I'd found a replacement wagon.



More to follow.

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Alright, back to the action. So, I ended up finding a steal of a deal on a WS harness so that was taken care of. I really wanted to maintain a consistent appearance with my lines so I bought some PTFE lines to make clutch lines as well as a remote bleeder for the concentric slave.



Picked up a CBF shifter since GKtech sits entirely too far back and I wanted to get away without cutting as much as I can with this. Feels really good and the throw isn't too short.



Redid my fuel lines since I didn't like the look of crossing over the firewall.





Found heckin' deal on a set of Minervas so I jumped on that. I figured since I was having a hell of a time finding clean silvia fenders, I might as well go fiberglass over all around with some nice 3pc wheels.



I swear my procrastination is a gift. I test fit the wheels to check front brake clearance (these had high and mid faces) and before I can order new lips and barrels, the guy hits me up wanting the wheels back. I tell him I'm really looking for metal silvia front end components if he has some. Straight trade for a hood, fenders, Dorki Dori aero bumper, and the correct silvia crash bar.

Thank god, I had such mixed feelings about cutting the rear quarters.




Bolted it all together and test fitted it real fast to mark the shifter cut.






Trans sits just a hair lower than I like but thankfully there's still some work to be done. The trans bracket doesn't bolt up perfectly but I expected that since it wasn't made specifically for this combination. It's about 1/8" off. I've got to get under there to measure for the driveshaft I'm getting made locally. I'll mark the bracket so I can take it over to my friend's mill and slot the chassis mounting holes a bit. I think I will also pull the drivetrain one last time and look in to clearancing the top of the trans tunnel brace a bit more. I should gain another 1/4" if not more.



Now, you're more or less caught up on the car. Once I get this trans mount sorted and the driveshaft ordered, it's off to my friend's shop for exhaust and intercooler piping. I'm pushing hard for a driver before my birthday.

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