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24 months of intensive restoration, and I'm almost done.

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Thanks for the welcome! Which is the C pillar? The joint between quarter panel and decklid?

Above the quarter window, where the rear quarter and the roof meet. I want to do mine right, and thought probably had some advice on that part of the car. I'd hate to crack that rather fragile part of the car after I redo it. Thanks, and, keep the pics a comin'!

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I can't wait to see this thread when I get home. My dad and I can't see pictures from work. I have been thinking about installing an SR in my Z (once I finally get one) I am glad to see someone else is doing it. I had always thought it would be a terrific engine for the Z reducing weight while also allowing lots of room for a trick IC setup (mounted at a 45 angle in front of the motor).

Only thing I wondered was weight split. I was shocked when we weighed my dads lime 72 and it was a perfect 50/50. I worried that the SR might actually screw up the distribution.

Wow. 50/50. That wasn't my experience with it. The SR, I THINK, weighs 120lbs less than the L series six. But then you have the turbo and intercooler and such. I don't think the difference will be a big deal. So many people do the RB26DETT conversion. While that engine is amazing, I just don't think the chassis can handle more than 400HP and still be a "driver's car". Since the lighter SR20DET can easily produce that, I went with the turbo 4. I'm not going with then 45 degree angled intercooler. I like the way that some do that, but it's just not necessary and nothing will get as much air as being perpendicular to the movement of the car. I'm with you though.

nice work! can u help me on the process of derusting a z? i was also wondering how you used no bondo thanks!

ps love the work

Sure, and thanks for the love! As you can see, my car didn't have too many issues anyway. But we blasted it with cork instead of sand. We then cut out every hint of rust, and took metal and molded it perfectly to replace the cancer, welded it in, and grinded it down. Again, it wasn't much. The floor panels were solid and we didn't have to touch them. The main thing was the running board area. Here's a pic to help you see what I mean. We also cut out the inside metal panel and replaced all that.

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KNOXVILLE........I thought I was the only one here.

I can't believe I haven't seen you around, are you out West. Have you been to any of the club events.

European Auto Garage does a cars and coffee, you need to bring the Z in November.

Look forward to seeing it in person.

Randy

Well, the owner of European Auto Garage is also my partner in my company. They aren't doing a Cars & Coffee in November, but are in December. I had hoped that the Z would be done for that, but it won't be. Here's a pic of my Porsche at a Cars & Coffee event there. Have you been to a C&C there yet? Maybe we've met.

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Jared-

Have you been over to Maryville yet to visit Roger - if you are looking for a part' date=' odds are, Roger has it - it's really crazy to see all the stuff that he does have if you are looking for that hard to find something. Beautiful work and budget!

The Z Barn

[url']http://www.zbarn.com/

Thanks much! No, I haven't been over there. I forgot that Z Barn was so close! But now, I need no parts. I have everything needed to finish the car. Thanks though. I'll be sure to take the car over when it's done!

OMG!!!! I bow down to your car. Simply the best S30 I have seen yet on this forum :)

Wow. That's saying a LOT. I really appreciate it though. I won't lie to ya! :laugh:

Thanks for the welcome! Which is the C pillar? The joint between quarter panel and decklid?

Above the quarter window, where the rear quarter and the roof meet. I want to do mine right, and thought probably had some advice on that part of the car. I'd hate to crack that rather fragile part of the car after I redo it. Thanks, and, keep the pics a comin'!

Adamr

Well, my car didn't have an issue there. Others of mine have, so I know what you're talking about. We actually even went in, put the car on a chassis rack, and literally pulled the car so that the tops of each of the strut towers are perfectly square (they never are on hardly any car from the factory). Still, didn't have any issues on that weld. So I can't really help you there. The benefits of buying a Cali car, I guess.

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Jared,

Your right, December 5th.....I was thinking November for some reason.

I was there in October but didn't bring a car, got there late so I knew parking would be insane. The prior CC I brought the 308, and the time before that the 71 240.

I've known Hinkle for years, so go spill some oil on his shiny floor.

Look forward to seeing the Z

Randy

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I actually took today off and spent 9 hours at the shop working with them......well motivating them to do some more work. I am coming up on one year into this restoration, sadly not near the quality of yours. Hopefully will be done by Christmas, but I'm not holding my breath.

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Thanks. To all those who don't like the engine choice, two things:

It's lighter and has more power.

I'm rebuilding the L24 perfectly too and it will sit on a stand with it's 4 speed beside the car in the garage. I could put it in in 2 hours or so without any compromise. So, I think this is a pretty sweet setup. The intercooler unbolts out of the bracket and everything will look just great.

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OK y'all:

The exhaust for this car, if I might say so myself, is pretty wonderful. I told them that I wanted it tucked up under the car as much as possible so that it wouldn't be prone to scraping, and that I wanted to use stock hanger locations - not drilling into the bottom of the car at all. Here's what they've come up with so far. The welds aren't finalized in these pics. They have a tip on here that bends down. I killed that. Don't like it at all. We're doing with a straight pipe with a diagonal cut on it instead. Also, note the hanger system they made.

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Oh, and check out my clearance, yo.

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Sorry guys. Photobucket says that I've used too much bandwidth this month... too many people going to look at my account. How wild. I'm not going to pay them $25 to fix it. I just opened a Flickr account, but I doubt I'll be able to go in and change all of the links over. This SHOULD work long-term though. Here are the exhaust pics though...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredcullop/4092649542/" title="image060 by jaredcullop, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2631/4092649542_b0168b04c9.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="image060" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredcullop/4092649236/" title="image058 by jaredcullop, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2426/4092649236_87532e3a9b.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="image058" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredcullop/4091884053/" title="image057 by jaredcullop, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2595/4091884053_104dd075c6.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="image057" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredcullop/4091883913/" title="image056 by jaredcullop, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2531/4091883913_691023284e.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="image056" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredcullop/4092648682/" title="image054 by jaredcullop, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2623/4092648682_2e06a9632f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="image054" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredcullop/4091883495/" title="image053 by jaredcullop, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2506/4091883495_3ca658ee10.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="image053" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredcullop/4092648390/" title="image052 by jaredcullop, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2743/4092648390_d5b254f10b.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="image052" /></a>

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Glad you found flickr. What is your username so I can add you to my contacts. Mine is RVAE34

I love this car and I want to see all the photos.

BTW, it is totally worth upgrading to the $20 pro account. I have about 6000 photos on flickr and I think it is THE best photo hosting site. Not to mention the photos actually show up here on the forum for people who are blocked from many websites unlike photo bucket. I don't like the bucket :)

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