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Havnt got alot done lately due to work commitments but starting to get back into the swing of things now Cut the rest of the floor out in preperation for the new one, still needs cleaning up around the edges , unsure whether to use acid or sandblasting to get the rust off, What are peoples thoughts on this? Got hold of another front grill surround thing so put a grill in that to see what itd look like and check bonnet fitment and clearances around the engine Also toying with the idea of running a water to air intercooler setup just to fit it in there

Used to own this car when i lived in brisbane, sold it to mate whos doing the conversion on it, pitty you couldnt get in sooner cause the L23 out of this was a minta, guy who i got it off gave it a full rebuild with hardened valve seats as well so ran really well on 91, was my daily for a couple of years Haha, have an rb30 in my super six i have now and can garentee that ive never owned a flat peak hat, goes alright too Used to have a l26 in it, from memory someone had given the sump a but of hammer action to clear the cross member

Found a but of time to do some more work on the firewall and its slowy taking shape Heat marks on the right hand side are where i used the tig torch to shrink the metal, worked quite well Added in a 30mm strip to make the recess bigger, probably should of just started again but i was to commited by this stage This is it mounted in the car, note big spuare recess bit is to clear the back of the head, it pokes out further on one side

Im in south taranaki, waverley, look me up if your in the area

Im a big fan of that green colour but like you say , chances of cocking it up are pretty high

Started making the new firewall this weekend, reasonably happy with it but not sure if im gunna stick with it yet brought a sheet of panel steel, perhaps should of got some thicker stuff as this is .9mm and quite bendy, at least it makes it easy to bend and work with Started by laying out the old firewall and marking around it to get the rough shape then added about 10mm to it before cutting it out Busted out my new swaging machine thing and put this line in it. Should of got a hand doing this as holding up the steel and turnig the handle at the same time didnt do much for the straitness of my lines Turned my bench into a sweet folder using some old rhs that was laying round, worked surprisingly well Put in place and started trimming , got these little metal holder things called clecos off my dad the other day and they work a treat, holds it firmly in place while your working on it but can easily take it on and off as many times as you like Started filling in the cutouts at the back, using these clamp things but not ideal as they leave a gap between the two edges of the metal

New toys arrived today in the form of this bead roller thing, Came from the states but has definatly got china factor written all over it. Cant complain at the price tho as long as it does what its spost to , got it to roll the swage lines in the floor and firewall. Because it was such a shit day weather wise i couldnt bring myself to doing any work outside like id planned so spent a few hours in the shed tinkering around and made this industrial spec stand for it, Gunna dyna bolt it to the ground but im sure where ever i put it its bound to be in the way. Came with 6 sets of dies but should be pretty easy to machine up whatever other ones i need along the way

Isnt it just , You down in timaru as well?

How do you get this thing to start a new page? , theres way too many photos on here and it takes ages to scroll right down and load them all

Been at it again, Bit more cutting and trimming and got the engine to fit, well still have to cut some more out of the diagonal floor bits where your feet go to get the rest of the turbo piping on , spent ages trying to drill out and use easy outs to get the snapped off bolts out that hold the front guards on and in the end had to admit defeat and just knock them out and put new nuts in.These appear to be the best set of front guards i have in stock as someone has panel beaten them and leaded them way back when (think 70s) but they also deleated the holes in the front for the bumper irons to come out of so well probably have to cut them back out cause i definatly want the front bumpers on there. Put a rear guard on while i was it to test for lowness and turns out its pretty low, by the look of it the running bourd will sit about a 20mm off the floor when its fully lowered, may widen the rear guards a bit cause theres not gunna be alot of clearance, wouldnt mind a but of dish on the back wheels and its not gunna cut it how it is

Hp? not really sure , Maybe 500, its like 2 2.5l turbo engines together so that shouldnt be pushing it to much, cant run much boost due to compression

Thanks for the kind words people, thought about looking you up last time i was home but things were a bit crazy that weekend, did 1200kms driving with a trailer,went to auckland and picked up a car for my brother (thanks sheepers) then dropped it off in Whakatane and picked up my body shell to bring back down here so by the time all that was loaded/unloaded i was pretty buggered

Wasnt really sure how i was gunna modify the firewall to fit the engine so drilled out all the spot welds and pulled the whole thing out, well eventually make a whole new one out of panel steel

Got a whole bunch of 25x25mm rhs and framed out the body shell in an attempt to make it rigid so when i cut the floor and firewall out the body doesnt flop around and lose its shape Next I unbolted the old chassis and hung the body up off the rafters so i could push the new chassis undernieth and see how badly it all interfaired Jacked the chassis up to meet the body and just kept cutting whatever it hits out of the way, have now got the chassis right up sitting flush with the mounting plate things on the chassis and it dosnt look like im going to need too much of a tunnel and should be able to get the origanil seats in with not to much hassle so stoked about that Did a but more cutting and bolted the back suspension arms and hub on so I could put a wheel on and see how it all sits, well have to put a guard on and fingers crossed i measured it all right and the wheel well sit in the middle of the opening

Yeah, I have several complete front clips for it , well just choose the best of whats there, Yea it welded not to bad, I think its some kind of cast steel as opposed to Iron tho or some kind of blend as it sparks when you grind it unlike carst iron but its not like normal steel either

Went on a massive 1200km round trip over the long weekend to pick up a car for my brother and on the way back drop that off and pick up my tudor body shell from my parents house, all went pretty smooth except the body was moving round a but on the castor wheel things that are bolted to it and eventually rubbed through my strop but didnt go to far so no problem really Have finally got it in my garage at home lined up next to the chassis ive been building and think first up ill have to get my hands on some steel to brace out the inside of it so it doesnt move when i cut the floor and firewall out of it A good reason why i shouldnt be in the car transport business, all care no responsibility

Sweet car, saw it on trade me a while back, Ive got a 2400 super six thats a 1970 model and also had a 2300 super six, registerd as a 68 but im pretty sure it was a 69, the L23 was differrent looking motor with the domed nuts on the valve cover, Pm me if your after anything in particular , just last week a mate in aus stripped one down for spares for his project so might have a few buts laying around

Came out of this big land barge, 97 toyota century, japanese luxury limo type thing with all sorts of useless gadgets and gizzmos in it

More of a repeat of the last update really but its too cold to be in the garage so might as well throw up some more pics Have started making the LH side exhaust manifold but took a few more step by step shots this time , have to find another 1 1/2"steam pipe bend to finish it Cut the flanges off the origanil v12 zorst manifold Mowed up the 2J manifold so it looked like this bolted the flanges to the engine and tacked the rest of the maniflold onto it Cut up tight 90 degree steam pipe bend into 4 pieces and tacked together to get the rite shape Finished welding so need to tidy up with a grinder and a good few hours with the die grinder on the inside and I should be in business

Yea, thats pretty much the plan, just gunna have a bucket of water handy and dip it in it every now and then

Something thatl probably interest more of you jap fans out there.Almost finished off one of the exhaust manifolds, just have to mill/linish the mounting surface where it mounts to the engine cause they warped a wee bit during welding. Was a but sceptical that id be able to get all the ports to line up but many hours on the die grinder and all appears to be well, wanted it to look like it belongs on there from factory and with some sort of coating, HPC or the like should come up looking pretty good. Used 1 1/2 inch steam pipe bend cut up to finish up the ends Next started working on trying to get the wastegate actuator to fit for the front turbo, its real cramped down there but managed by redrilling the mounting holes and rotating it around the axis of the turbo and bending the steel shaft bit, will have to extend the shaft by welding to it and same with the mounting bracket but im a bit dubious about welding to it as it might damage the rubber plunger thing in the actuator Anybody out there welded to one of these before? Next up I managed to pull the little steel pipe thing out of the front of the turbo and replace it with a strait piece i cut off this t section thing i found laying around Put the hose on and it all looked factory as Also got hold of these nolathane bushed rod ends off a bloke on nzdatsun.com that had them left over from his project for a good price so thanks heaps Gunna replace the steel rod ends that im currently using on my front suspension as im afraid theyl be to harsh and wear out to quickly Well have to make up new arms to suite but no biggy

No idea, its not that heavy , i picked it up and turned it over by hand and lifted/dragged it round my shed this arvo with the diff and exhausts and driveshaft in it That blue box sections about 2.5mm thick What is surprisingly heavy is those exhaust pipes ,mainly the orange mufflers oh and the turbos , ill have to bust out the scales just out of interest but id say easy 30kgs a side with all that cast iron in them which really isnt gunna help the handling at all. Itd be easiest just to chuck a big single on each side and probably weigh less too but wheres the fun in that and it sounds way more impressive to have 4 turbos.

Got the main tricky part of the exhaust made up now and looking pretty good, appears thatl work without moving round and hitting everything Only thing im concerned about is the rubbers i used to mount the exhaust getting too hot and catching fire. I think ill have to make heat shields around the driveshaft cv and the other rubber donuts to try and stop them getting damaged by the heat Turned the chassis back up the right way today and bolted the engine back in so can start making the down pipes and finish of the exhaust manifolds

Longtime bro, was just talking to signal on anzac day, What you got rolling round in the garage these days? Just been on a mission to put my exhaust in then gunna turn the chassis up the rite way and put the motor back in so do the dump pipe and all that

Hi, what sort of money you looking for if you were to sell?