Shoota_77

It'll be fine. Get a small section milled out of the block and then fit a spacer in that milled section to achieve the desired height for the pulley to mount to. Mine is done this way. Can't remember if I've got photos anywhere....

Gave the intake manifold a sand blast and one last weld and she's ready for powdercoating. I cannot believe how much time I've wasted on this bloody thing.... I could have carved one out of a piece of stone quicker.... Ahh well, its been good for the alloy tigging practice.

Definitely winning zero awards for my alloy welding but as long as it lasts then all good. Once powdercoated it might look better! Next step is to make up a bit of a jig to support the k-frame on jack stands so I don't scratch the shit out of my new powdercoat! It's a bit sketchy just putting the stands under the k-frame as well so this should balance it a bit better.

Wow, please don't hesitate as you hover your finger over the "Delete Account" button if you find everyone here so completely unhelpful. You've so far shown great value to us too so thanks heaps for your input. Are you seriously that bitter that you would drop the lip because no one has something to sell you? Have you not noticed lately how the value of "this shit" and the speed at which it sells has gone crazy? Its hard to buy anything at the moment. If you've been burnt on Facebook go and take out your rage over there, not here.

Yes, not as bad but still f'ing bad! Not to be too much of a Danny downer but the thing that would scare me is that if its in there, its probably plenty of other places too.

Sold.

Hi guys, up for sale is my WBC 2 wideband controller. I installed it on my car but then changed from twin turbo to single so took it off and got the single O2 kit. The car has started with the kit on but it never left the shed so it should be in really good condition. It also comes with the dual display gauge so you can see what your AFRs are sitting on. The only thing you'll need are new weld on fittings for the O2 sensors to screw into the exhaust. You can get them on Ebay for about $10 each. I believe this kit is more designed for Platinum range of ECUs rather than Elite but do your own research to confirm. You can just use it as a standalone to monitor your AFRs. Price is $250 and includes delivery in Australia. Its on Facebook and they hungry on there so let me know ASAP if interested!

Got a bit of practice AC welding joining a couple of bits of alloy 90 together. Starting to get the hang of it a little bit. Not show car worthy but meh. Spent waaaaay too long with the angle and die grinders today grinding off the bolt flanges, taking off the "badge ridge" thingy and reshaping the intake manifold. Totally not worth it but ah well, custom now, limited edition. ? Still got a few low spots to fill in then grind off then its off to powdercoating.

Yeah just fusion welded it. I'll have to keep an eye out for cracks and an ear out for strange whistle-whooshka noises then! I've ditched the bolts as the bolt holes would have been a leak point without the seal in it. No backup from them..... Like I said, my first gig at any AC welding so stumbling around like a drunken blind dude with that side of it! ? Let's be honest, based on past history ill probably never drive it so it doesn't really matter. ?

Another one of those times I wish I hadn't started something.... Because I decided I want to change the colour of my intake plenum and I want to powdercoat it I decided to weld the two sections together and ditch the rubber seal between the two sections. Because I've basically done zero alloy welding I started on the bottom as thats invisible once back on the car. The idea was right but it didn't end up with the result I was hoping for.... The bottom ended up really good and the top shite! I found out why later on.. My gas hose had cracked where it bends over coming out of the machine so the second half I welded with no shielding gas. Added to that being chong a long alloy its pretty porous so bubbled up a bit. I got some filler wire and spent a few hours filling up some of the holes and the porous bits. With a few cycles of welding and grinding hopefully it comes up ok for powdercoating. I got a whole heap of other stuff back from the coaters that came up really nice. I regretted going gloss black initially but in hindsight I actually like it. The exhaust heat shields came up like new after sand blasting and coating. Picked up a few other bits and pieces (Whiteline swaybar, PRP head drain/vent, etc) to add on when it all goes back together. Slowly, slowly.

Good job! It would be a relief seeing stuff going back on!

A BMW will definitely last 20-30 years. Depends what you mean by "last" though. If you mean as in if you spent $25000 replacing stupidly expensive BMW parts along the way then yes, it will definitely last!!! Farked if I'd own a BMW outside of warranty!

Faaaark, that's brutal! Yeah rust repairs are a slippery slope. The more you dig the more you find and the worse it gets! I had a Datsun 1200 ute that I gave up on in the end. It was a bloody rusty nightmare that never ended!

@toranarod you're a brave man for tackling it. You're balls deep now so no turning back!

It all comes down to the life they've lived. If they've been well garaged they will have minimal or zero rust. The less time they've been in Japan the better too. Obviously the further away from the ocean its spent its life will also have a major bearing on rust. A car looking like yours I would say has lived near the ocean a lot of its life seeing the rust is under the bonnet and in between panels as opposed to exposed panels or under the vehicle.

Welcome! Now sell those two and buy a Skyline! Or at the very least twin turbo the Z and then you can stay!!! . Actually just do the 350 thing, there are enough Yanks fighting us for Skyline parts and cars now as it is!

Slight segway but hows that quality of the ad for a car they're asking $487000 for ?!! https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/p778104436?conversionType=yac_item_bottom_recommend_list "The pictures speak for themselves"!!

Spent most of the weekend stripping down parts to get ready for powder coating. I’m getting k-frame, trans cross member, main body brace (goes under trans), p/s oil cooler pipe, exhaust heat shields plus a whole heap of other little bits and pieces coated. Pretty much everything from the front end that is looking a little bit like it’s 25 years old.... I’ll do the arse end suspension parts whenever I decide to change over to the mechanical (non active) LSD diff I sourced for it about 6 years ago. I’ve also decided to ditch the wrinkle red on the inlet manifold at the same time. I’ll see how that comes out before saying/showing anything about colour. On other matters I’ve finally got my front diff/sump back today. Hopefully all perfectly setup now. I can’t wait to do my first dual LSD launch! Hopefully not at the expense of my gearbox..... Speaking of the gearbox, it has arrived at Neat Gearboxes in Adelaide but they’re mid workshop move (not great timing for me!) so probably won’t see the gearbox back till mid to late October. In that time I’ll get the sump refit to the engine and have all the parts back from powder coating so will be able reassemble all of the k-frame (steering rack, cooling pipes etc) and get the engine remounted up waiting for the gearbox internals so as soon as they arrive I can reassemble that and bolt it back on the engine. A few other bits and pieces I have to do are fitting the weld on fitting to the exhaust manifold for the EMAP pipe to connect to. I also have to wire in the EMAP sensor to the ECU, hopefully I have a spare input readily available.... I’ve also decided to replace my head drain/breather with the new PRP dual water/oil drain fitting. I’m not sure if I’ll do it straight away but I’ll enventually fit a header tank linked to that fitting.In the meantime I’ll fit a terminated hose to it poking from around the back of the engine as I don’t think I’d be able to get one fitted once the engine is back in. Still a huge amount of little bits and pieces to do but we currently have a couple of things that have been severely lacking over the past 10 months (motivation and progress) so I’ll capitalise on those while it lasts! I’m pretty confident that this time is finally the time it gets to the point of hitting the road. Maybe, just maybe....... I’ll post some piccies once I actually have some decent to show!

What a stunning blank canvas to start with, great score! Look forward to seeing it all come together.

Couldn't agree more. Its not worth stuffing around with for that sort of money! Speaking of which, how much did it cost all up? PM me if you'd prefer. Can't wait to see vids of flat shifts at 9k rpm!

Nice, that's the way to do it! I watched another video where PPG just sent the centre section and the owner had to make a few mods to the housings to make it all fit. Admittedly it was in the States so a costly exercise to send housings over just to have them shipped back again!

Did you order the PPG complete or was it just the assembled centre plate and you sourced the housings?

Had to add this one in, gave me lols!!!

The internet is already having it's way with the 400Z!

Only second hand information but apparently they're starting from $38000USD so allowing for conversion plus whacking on a bit of Australia tax it could well be at or just over $60K plus on roads. Seems fair?