Thinking about installing an BMW M6 engine in my Z

[Careless]

so the new studs you got are the wrong size? I know someone that makes extended studs that may fit s30 hubs... he's local, and they're excellent quality.

pm me if you need em! good prices too!

[grannyknot]

No, the new studs are now proper length, the pic above shows how much thread is engauged in each case, the stock studs are technically not long enough for after market aluminum mags although I'll bet most of us have driven thousands of miles under the same conditions.

14 hours ago, Careless said:

i'd slap a baseplate behind that bottom corner bar

Like this,

Seems a shame to cut such a small piece off of a full rocker panel but then I haven't taken the car down to bare metal yet so who knows what other rot I will find it comes back from the dippers.

[wheee!]

I still have rocker work to do...

[grannyknot]

I know I have been busy working away and the shop is a disaster but I don't seem to have many pics to show for it, here are a few. Built a M/C - firewall brace to hopefully stop some the firewall flex and give a firmer brake pedal,

put together a fuel/brake line straightener for the up coming brake line job,

The passenger side rear deck was rusted out so ordered a new one from Tabco, I was only going to use part of it then decided to pull the whole deck plate. This is the good side, looked perfect before I cut it out.

This the fix that Careless suggested for the clutch line, works perfectly, thanks Raff

and I started in on adapting the 350Z seats today, just got the D/S done. Still have about 3" between the top of my head and the roof, the flash is making them look grey but they are actually black.

Edited January 1, 2017 by grannyknot

[wheee!]

370 seats? Nice! I like the tubing straightener... details?

[Captain Obvious]

Yeah, that straightener caught my eye as well. I'm going to have to show that to my Z buddy who was with me at your place. He's approaching that stage on his Z right about now as well. He's got the flaring tool and the roll of tubing and is going to be making lines soon.

[grannyknot]

Well there is not too much to it, you can do springs in between the bars if you like. The plastic wheels are off those clothesline thingys, I looked for the old kind with the aluminum wheels but my local hardware store didn't carry them. The welded piece on the bottom is some scrap that I put on so it could be held in a vice.

[zKars]

I like the tube straighener a lot, been meaning to build one for a while.

I spotted a bunch of sliding door hardware at a good door and window supply store in town (Chinook Glass on 16th near Center). There were several of these grooved style wheels in a variety of sizes, all metal, and some much smaller than the close line wheels. Not sure size matters in THIS case, but... 

Everytime I go to replace yet ANOTHER broken window crank or window opening mech. on a couple of the "better" window's in the house, I see them, can't remember the size I need, leave without them and the cycle repeats.

http://www.chinookglass.com/product-category/parts-catalog/sliding-patio-door/roller/

Edited January 1, 2017 by zKars

[240260280]

Copy Cat!

 

[grannyknot]

^ what that hell is that? Are those truck tires?

[240260280]

Submarine Cable Engine.... pulls cable into the ship and pays it out like a giant spaghetti slupper!

 

Here is one passing an optical amplifier

 

The older ones used tank track-like design

 

And then again... the early method:

 

[siteunseen]

That's cool!  Uses a little more electrical tape than what I'm used to.

Edited January 2, 2017 by siteunseen