74 260z "BUS" build - RB25det

[EMPRACING]

Ok the parts have started to arrive and theres a touch more room in the shed from selling stuff so it begins!!!
The cooler stuff wont come in from the states till the new year but theres a lot to do so i got a proper start on it today.....
First a quick reminder of what she was aaaaawwww
Then whats this box? 20 x trouble!!!!! haha

Ps sorry about the size of the wire box pics i forgot to resize those and cant seem to change them just now.

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Yes that's a 20 circuit ez wire harness that's going to keep me awake many a night.
It wont get started till i find what i need from the Half cut when it arrives i also want to refit ac to this bus!
So next i thort ide make a start on removing the parts that wont be used for the new engine.
The last lines and wires of the zx"ish" motor are disconnected.
Radiator and fan gone.
Lucky some punk kid went crazy with the spray can in here theres little to no rust that wassent already there all those years ago so far.

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The CRS engine mounts are sitting at TNT to get tomorrow and i may be picking up the new wheels for the car if i can ill keep that a secret for now
but just to reassure lurch there will be NO flares at this stage  hmmm wangan mightnight bus?
And for a closing first day some gratuitous eoi pics of stuff i will be getting rid of

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Shiver just got real!!
more stuff today b4 the hols hit and theres no more delivery's to deal with (TNT long story!!!)
so yeah the new CRS mounts came looks good so far
theres a bit where they missed with the paint can on the trans mount but they did a great job to get them here quick.
To bad i don't have the engine sump to try anything hell the l28s still in there anyway 
And just to be bad i got me some rims not sure i did the right thing yet but they will do for now.
16x8 +0s all round probably could have gone the 16x7+4 on the front there pretty out there.
Seem fine on the back.
And while i was under there i found some stuff i did years ago ahhhh i remember that hylux well.....

[peter t]

Hi, good to see another bus coming together. God there is some serious wiring under the bonnet. Reminds me of a girl I knew once. LOL. Check your strut clearence at the front with those wheels as I couldn't fit my 15x8's at the front without going to coil overs. Where are you in Brissie. Send me a PM if you need help.

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Thanks for the offer peter t probably will need help a few times along the way 
Don't let the wiring fool you its all been disconnected from the car and just laying there in the later shots.
The cars loom is pretty buggered and some young owner made it pretty nasty trying to keep it going at one point ha ha
Hes a bit older and wiser now hence the new wiring kit.
The front rim is REAL close to the spring perch i think I'm going to need a very tight tyre weird thing is it looks like it will hang outside the guard too freakish?
Hanging out is easy to fix rubbing suspension parts not so much i may still go a set of 16x7 +4s but when i do the math ide gain 8.7mm i guess that is better.
I started pulling the lights and stuff out of the front today to get that all rewired,cleaned and repaired.
The indicator park light buckets are cracked up and stuffed!!! more parts go on the list at least i did the h4s headlights before i broke it for good last time 
Till next time.....

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Had a real good time today see if you can spot the things i took out!
Oh and im not sure this is where the fuse box will end up but i made a start the engine bay wires are routed
I'll probably remake my mount then strip all that stuff out and restore that kick trim.
Next stop get that dash reskined (you know im going to be asking about that) then get gauges to suit RB engines
and vintage air gen II mini to replace all that other junk.
Good times are just around the corner!

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Semi good day on the car went backwards at first i cracked it at the location of the fuse box
so put it in the passenger side lucky i wassent to far along on the other side!!
Now I'm onto the rear tail light section but i want to replace all the bulb holders anyone know where i can get them?
Oh and in a moment of sanity while i was looking at other z's on a certain other forum i came across an idea....
and when you have a paypal account and eBay open anything can happen 
so here's a few pics of the other head ache i got my self in for!

[chartoo]

What seats are those? Look great

[Lurch]

The Honda S2K seats won't fit in the passenger side of the later 260Z's (& 2+2's), because the trans tunnel hump gets in the way.

[saxon]

I read something on hybridz about being able to bash the trans tunnel bump in with a hammer to get it to fit.

[garvice]

Nothing a bit of a hammer work wont fix.
I had the same problem with my rx7 seats. Just needed to get a bit persuasive with the old metal. I'll fix it properly oneday.

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Yeah hybridz made me do it haha
The seat is just sitting across the standard pads and the s2k rails in those pics.
The seat seems to clear just nicely in a 74 and the 2+2 bit seems to make the documented head clearance issue a little less of a problem?
I can get some better pics of it and when i finalise a mounting plan with the engineer (hes off work injured till mid jan  ) ill show that too.
The seats feel awesum and look just about right in the car i thort!
Anyway i had to leave the seats and get back to the real work so the rear lights are wired into the new harness i need to sort out what pump etc ill be running to finish the back half.
Now all i need is the dash repaired buy up some gauges get the vintage air unit in and buy a half cut to finish off the front of the cars wires etc
It's starting to get fun now!!!!
Oh and if anyone knows of a decent set of tail light plugs and harness (300zx is same and newer apparently) for not much let us know ide go close to putting up with the drivers side but the passenger side is a mess not enough left to splice and rear crispy from age etc its getting covered up anyway but I'll know!!!!!

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Went and got new tyres for 2 of the 16x8s at first so i can test fit them on the front
I know they go on the back easy.... and now i know they go on the front too clear (just!!) everything but hey hang out the guard hmmmm
The car is pretty high at the moment i bounced it a few times to settle it down they may just come in at the proper ride height?
Anyway i busted my leg up riding the cr250 so i couldn't do much more than look at it 
I'll get better pics of it when i can walk again!

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Been busy trying to tie in the wipers to the ez wiring that has to be the worst kind of bastard Ive ever seen!
So I'm now looking into hot rod style wipers and head lights to do away with that bugger entirely any ideas or opinions?
Next up we have a totally rooted indicator stalk etc that i may be able to fix but it wont be fun either 
So to cheer my self up i finished stripping the dash and had a look at what i can do about fixing it.
I really want it to look nice now since i went mental on the interweb an hit up speedhut for 6 of the best!!!
All this and i haven't even got a half cut yet!!! the budget is certainly going to have to slow down soon.
oh and if anyones got some ideas on making the front guards a touch wider without making it look crap I'm all ears.
I got some kmac camber adjusters coming to tuck the front a tiny bit but i think ill need more to get them inside 
I cant see the 16x7 +15s helping me enough at this point the measurements just don't want to add up on my car for some reason?