another Z31

[Benedict]

[Soulless]

Such and awesome car. You are the reason I want 18x10/12s now.

[wacko2]

pretty clean z u have nice an drop

[Wastegate]

Originally Posted by dsastr_clan

wow, the z31 alomost looks like a s13

Lol no S13s should look more like benes Z31. I love your originality.
May I ask how the FD rad swap went? And your welded diff hasn;t given you any trouble?

[Benedict]

thanks for the comments

the FD radiatior is still waiting in it's box while I'm away for work. I've already got the stock radiator mounted horizontally so it shouldn't be any more work than making new brackets and re routing hoses. easy.

I'm on my second welded diff. 1st one lasted 4 years in 3 shells for probably 75k abusive miles at stock power. Welds broke loose while putting around town and blew a hole in the diff cover. Zero problems from the second one and my buddy daily's his Z31 with a welded diff also.

[Wastegate]

oh yeah your in the navy or army IIRC. Tight man, keep it safe!

[Benedict]

Marines

More items on the way.

Precision 39mm wastegate purple
ATP .78 div housing
T3 divided turbo flange gasket
clamp and bolt set
3x 3" v-band flange mild steel
2x 3" v-band clamp
Greddy oil adapter w/ thermostat
5/8 hardline SUM-G2558
4x -10 AN/tubing adapter fittings SUM-2200079N
Earl's oil cooler core 5.865x13x2" -10AN in/out EAR-41910ERL
Coolant catch tank SUM-G1477
AEM digital wideband
AEM Tru-Boost
Powered By Max
Coolant swirl tank
Coolant hose adapter
EVDM-EGT
2x EVDM-press/temp
fuel press. fitting
Hydro E-brake

Still need IC pipes and tires. Can't wait to get to work.

[Eazy_tom]

more now, this things legit as fuck.
Powered by max what, coils?

[Benedict]

Coils are Stance S13 SS-D with 12/12k springs, helpers front and rear, and Serial9 Cressida front strut tube adapters.


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[RJs13]

Very inspirational build! waiting to see more progress!

[codyace]

so 80's it hurts

i love z31's, no clue why. good stuff!

[Benedict]

Tacking up heat exchanger mounting brackets and laying out some IC pipes tonight. Still in progress.

I have these for sale. Check classifieds.

[Benedict]

[wacko2]

man the blue z looks clean also, is there any more pic of that car, ur car comin along clean

[Benedict]

Blue 88 belongs to my buddy. These pics are from a few months ago.

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[adamvann3]

You do fast work. I really like the new setup, cant wait to see how it performs (I actually have a lot of parts similar to yours, just been too lazy to install/fab)

[Ratpack_Chad]

I found this thread today and was completely blown away. Awesome awesome car man! One of a kind forsure.

[Benedict]

Thanks,

It runs but needs a few fixes.

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[pandaroo]

your paint burnt my retina's. thanks alot lol.
cool car btw.

[jesse_s13]

niccccceeeeeee car

[Benedict]

Yesterday we cooked a gnarly spider

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Went to the yard and grabbed a vg for Taylor

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and saw this awesome sticker

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I has stickarz!!
A friend from back home sent me these so I can rep my local forum.

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Today we went to East Coast Performance so Matt could weld up a straight 3" for me.

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Here's where we started.

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The man at work.

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I still have some small oil leaks from the greddy sandwich plate and/or oil press. sending unit that need to be addressed along with rewiring my fans. I'm running with a 9.4lb WG spring and the tru-boost off for now and it rips hard. I'll spend some more time driving it as is and get familiar with operating the tru-boost and SAFC before turning it up more. 3/4 throttle in second gear shreds the rear tires between 3 and 4k rpm's :lol:

[Benedict]

YouTube - High Note

[Benedict]

Sticker time

[Benedict]

Clutch disengagement issue resolved. Defective ACT HD PP replaced with ACT XD PP and HD clutch fork installed.


Defective PP did this..


Replaced with spare from RB trans so needed 1 hole drilled/tapped.


HD clutch fork


And Taylor's..

[Megamarcx84]

still lovin the car man...once the insurance settlement for my april accident comes in, I intend to get back to work on my z31(so far ive done nothing but clean out the rear). as far as the vg you got for your friend, what was the pricing and condition? i try to research every once and awhile but pulled ones cost mucho $$$ and seem to usually be high mileage...and if you know the inside track on an inexpensive vg33 to pull/buy that would be helpful...

[Wastegate]

Damn clean man!! And no way in hell taylors was a NA?

[Benedict]

Yup Taylor's was na.

We got a used vg for him from Foss' in Havelock for under $200 and they had a couple other vg cars there.

[Benedict]

Pics from roadtrip to Greensboro months ago

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Taylor lookin like he needs a helmet to walk..



Heres a play by play from the roadtrip through Memphis to Branson for Z Fest. Copied and pasted from Z31p


Stopped along the way.












Bumper fail
Wind pwns




Over heated a few miles before Memphis. Then twice more while limping it to the parents house. Coolant disappears and smoke/vapor pours out of the tail pipe.

Well at least I made it home instead of being stuck in bumfuck.

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Felpro headgasket fiasco and fucked woodruff key slot was getting more sketch by the minute. Bro hookup landed me an 87na with a good motor and perfect body in primer for $400. Motor swap in progress and shell will be stored for later. Been up all night, about to crash for a few hours then back to work.












Big thanks to my old friend Jamie for his help and introducing me to Ty, David, Zach, Adam, and Barry who got me set up with the 87na, trailered it to my house for me, helping push it around and all kinds of other help.[/quote]


Done.
At BZF.













On the way back to Memphis we found out that my white 85's temp gauge doesn't work when it puked it's water pump gasket and coolant on the ground 70 miles from home while my dad was driving it. Luckily a dude with a trailer stopped and offered to carry it home for me for $100.

While following the trailer, Arkansas roads finally claimed a part of my front bumper, the passenger front corner of the kit is now gone. I can't believe it's taken this many miles for it to happen. I also finally hit wot in 5th and pulled on a new camaro SS, but traffic was too heavy to keep playing.

Once home the glitter beast started smoking like a motherfucker. IC and pipes were full of oil. So I picked up a t3 rebuild kit from Turbochargers Inc. this morning. Didn't start working on it until 9pm, been up all night and it's almost done; just in time for us to pack and roll east on I-40 back to NC at sunrise.

I'm on vacation but I feel like I need a vacation..






These are now hanging off my antenna. Mom's "Garden Club" got a kick out of that one.



Made it home in time to catch my niece play T-ball.

Had to cruise by my high school and snap a pic at the gas station across the street where everyone hung out and smoked.





In an hour or so I'll see if it runs or blows up.

Turbo rebuild done. Spools shit tons sooner. Still smokes a tad, probably still burning off all the PB Blaster. It's progressively smoking less. New motor has lifter tap now :banghead

Highway cruising asap. 8)

Road trip complete.

[Benedict]

Went autocrossing Sunday. Course was fun. Day ended with rain so once the course cones were picked up I went out and had some fun.

[adamvann3]

Other than that, it looked like a pretty mild summer so far.

Greet meeting you at BZF. Hope to see you there again on a less eventful drive.