@CW240Z72…..A real pleasure watching your work……great job. Like an amazing big puzzle fitting together!

RB positioned for fabricating engine and transmission mounts.

 For anyone who’s gone this route, you’ve probably dealt with the issue of the throttle body running into the inner fender, especially when using anything larger than stock. I’m using a Bosch DBW throttle body which puts me right up against the body.

I wanted to avoid modifying the car to accommodate this, so the flange on the intake was cut reoriented, welded, and blended back to better fit the S30. Still tight, but enough room for the piping. 

 

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Installed the Vintage Air Gen II Mini and made some progress on the wiring. For anyone who’s installed these, the harness that comes with the unit is long and bulky. Ended up pulling most of it off and tailoring it better for the Z. 

I see that you installed sound deadener.  What kind did you use?

  On 4/9/2023 at 11:02 AM, 87mj said:

I see that you installed sound deadener.  What kind did you use?

Those came from a kit I bought from a guy off of Facebook who was replicating the factory pieces. I don't know if he is still doing that or not, but someone off this site has uploaded a PDF of the panels you can print out and make your own pieces. 

I went that route for the last Z and used these 3M pads for the material. Was happy with the final results 

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b40068137/

 

 

  On 4/10/2023 at 12:42 PM, CW240Z72 said:

Those came from a kit I bought from a guy off of Facebook who was replicating the factory pieces. I don't know if he is still doing that or not, but someone off this site has uploaded a PDF of the panels you can print out and make your own pieces. 

I went that route for the last Z and used these 3M pads for the material. Was happy with the final results 

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b40068137/

 

 

That someone was me. 🙂 The templates were taken from my 7/70 car, there are some differences for later cars, mainly with the rear deck template.

 

  On 4/10/2023 at 1:24 PM, CanTechZ said:

That someone was me. 🙂 The templates were taken from my 7/70 car, there are some differences for later cars, mainly with the rear deck template.

 

Absolute lifesaver. These were a perfect match when doing my series 1. A personal thank you for your efforts! 

  On 4/10/2023 at 2:14 PM, CW240Z72 said:

Absolute lifesaver. These were a perfect match when doing my series 1. A personal thank you for your efforts! 

That's very good to hear and you're welcome. Gives me more confidence to use them on my own resto.

I will be checking into the 3M product you used, thanks for the link. Was it very difficult to cut?

  On 4/10/2023 at 2:34 PM, CanTechZ said:

That's very good to hear and you're welcome. Gives me more confidence to use them on my own resto.

I will be checking into the 3M product you used, thanks for the link. Was it very difficult to cut?

Wasnt bad at all to work with. A good box knife will make quick work of trimming these to shape. Only con to the material is the diamond texture it has on the top. Not 100% accurate, but the thickness/function/ability to paint was good with me. 

Front end plumbing is just about complete. Intercooler installed, piping from turbo to intake laid out, and giving a go at making stainless hardlines for the AC system that will package around the 3" intercooler piping. 

 

  On 2/28/2023 at 3:00 AM, CW240Z72 said:

 

Pacing myself and double checking measurements, the drivers floor board was a straightforward job. First removing the frame rail and then drilling out the seat bracket spot welds. This allowed me to use them as temporary locating features for placing the new floor. 

 

Once the panel fit the body correctly, we then removed the seat reinforcement brackets and staged the floor for welding

 

didn’t grab a picture of the drivers side, but the factory frame rail was first welded down before installing the Bad Dog reinforcement rails. In theory you could install only the Bad Dog rails, but I couldn’t get a good fit and finish with them alone. 

Looks like the typical wrong jacking up of the car.

The floors don't look bad at all from the pictures, why did you replace them , or was their hidden rott we can't see in the pictures? 

Don't forget to look at the inside of the outer beams (between the wheels..) that should be the place to lift your car.. not the inner beams! (use a endoscope, sometimes the lower part of the inner plate in the beam is completely gone, and it makes the changing a wheel with a normal jack a desaster.)

Take a look in the servicemanuals..

It's gonna be a nice car!!