RB260zdett Ulimate street car build thread. 56k gtfo

[urmyhero4now]

Originally Posted by S14DB

Yea....h... We don't use that language around here.

jesus christ you get on a high horse real quick. Nothing a pm wouldnt have resolved.

[irritatedmax]

awesome. i have been waiting for updates from the other thread but nothing ever came. this explains it. keep up the great work! subscribed.

[96Turbo]

finally we're on page 2 so i don't hafta wait for those massive pics to load lol

I like the theme of modern nissan/modern Z you're using (ie. 350Z seats...RB)

lookin forward to more updates...

when's this website you speak of going to be up?

[SexPanda]

you wanna get rid of that e30 m3?

I'll take it off your hands for you.

[blu808]

Ok. Well now that I had plasma cut the front diff casing from the pan. I took the pan to our machine shop and had Mike machine down all the un needed material.

Turned out looking great as usual.


While he was doing that machine work I also had him machine some billet aluminum plugs that were 3 thousands bigger in diameter than the holes.



I then bolted the oil pan to the block to eliminate any chance of warping. Then Heated it up with the torch. The heating of the aluminum will make it expand. That expansion will allow me to insert the aluminum plugs in place to aid in the sealing process.



Fit like a glove.



Then I preheated the whole side of the pan, and tig welded the plugs into place.



And now we have a completely usable Rb26dett oil pan. WIN!

After that nightmare was over we chained up the engine, and pulled it off of the stand.



Then Jason and I bolted up the transmission and lowered it into the car.



As we thought the oil pan does not clear the crossmember.



So out with that, and time to sit the engine where it will provide optimal weight balance, and clearance.







Since we wont be using the stock transmission crossmember brackets, we cut those completely off the chassis.



We will be tig welding new panels in place for a seamless apearance. Again another example on going the extra mile to create a factory appearing swap.



After aligning everything you can see we are still within the optimal placement for the shifter.



More updates coming soon, along with a complete cromoly, tig welded, custom subframe.

I hope you have enjoyed todays updates.
Luke

[cc4usmc]

Sweet! Nice to see how that oil pan turned out.

[tckracker]

Umm... Can I work for you?? That kind of TRUE craftsmanship and detail is hard to find. No "cut" corners.... Fantastic build. GL I hope everything turns out as well as it has started.

[ZilviaKid]

holy shit. i cant wait to see how this turns out.

[Addicted2Kouki]

This is my dream build.
Awesome.

Subscribed.

[TheArkitekt]

great fab work so far! subscribed!

**what diff and rear end will you be using?**

[my05panda]

legit build.... subscribed

[xs240]

Originally Posted by projectRDM

Why?? Throwing another 500lbs at a fast car doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to me.

YouTube - Mt Leura Hillclimb - 4WD V8 Chev Datsun 260Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jCHGsfQlTQ&NR=1

[blu808]

Originally Posted by TheArkitekt

great fab work so far! subscribed!

**what diff and rear end will you be using?**

R200 long nose LSD out of the jspec 300zx turbo 1989 clutch type.


Thanks for the comments guys.

[ThatGuy]

Exterior Styling motivation.

Nissan 240ZG by Garage Miya « Kultivate’s Weblog

Keep up the good work Luke. I haven't opened up a Thread yet where you've dissappointed me with your craftmanship, (except for the dead seal covered in shit ).

[96Turbo]

holy $H!T, a custom chromoly tig'd subframe?!??!?!?! Can't wait to see that...

[SimpleS14]

Good luck on this project.

[AWSneer]

Deeeeammmm

[derek_s13]

i support thatguy's suggestion of g-nose.

really good fab knowledge. good luck. i'd like to see how the car turns out.

[ROUGE180]

*a single tear of joy* ;-P Wow. I can't wait to see more updates so start building dang it!! lol But seriously this thread has already started out great. This is going to be a beast of a car. GL!!

[blu808]

Look what showed up today.



Billet aluminum CNC rear control arms.



These things are beefy.



The finish was top notch as well.



We were also able to finalize the position of the engine, and mock it up with the turbos and intake manifold.



Sits 1/2'' away from the firewall.
We will need to make some custom turbo elbows, and modify the firewall a tad to clear the dump pipes.





Hmm. What do we have hear? The stock crossmember clearing? Maybe... Well slightly modified.





Now that we were able to notch the factory crossmember we will b chopping out the middle, and building a jig. That way we can build the new tubular one based off the factory mount locations.

[gregfarz78]

amazing work

[s13silady]

Luke...... have my babys.....

[blueshark123]

so when do u think this will be done by ????

[mxsx25]

wow...drooling in jealousy haha keep up the awesome work

[GSXRJJordan]

Dudes I checked this out in person Saturday and it was unbelievable... Soooooo many crazy parts laying around waiting to go in, and everything is being done at top top top quailty - eg. using the RB26 pan, etc. SICK!

Updates!!!

[tricky_ab]

Damn...This is going to be one SWEET build. I can't wait to see the finished product.

[s14unimog]

nice work guys, we ALL appreciate the pic by pic explanation; keep em coming!

I envy your free time....

[redline racer510]

hey luke let me know when you start that thing up i wanna be there tell jason i said wassup

[bram StRoker]

amazing. this is one of my dream builds

[GSXRJJordan]

Originally Posted by s14unimog

nice work guys, we ALL appreciate the pic by pic explanation; keep em coming!

I envy your free time....

Free time? That's what he does, for a living. Dude gets paiiiid lol.