Smartass' Projects

[ChiprZ]

Ok, it has been a while since i've done anything to any of my cars... but as the surface rust is building and i deferred uni i've had a spark of inspiration to get back into it...

 

have spent the last week getting rotisseries and engine stands built, painted and ready to go...

[ChiprZ]

Engine Stands being used

[Shahzan]

Nice, would want to get an engine stand and do something with my engine 

[RB30X]

OMG, thats my shed in two-three years.

 

Rotiseries, plural, as in you have more than one Zed to do at a time??

[ChiprZ]

OMG, thats my shed in two-three years.

 

Rotiseries, plural, as in you have more than one Zed to do at a time??

 

Yeah have a 240z and a 260z (2+2) ready to get blasted... hence 2 sets of rotisseries... 240z for me and the 2+2 for the misses can be the family car one day (haha, as if i'd be allowed to put a kid in anything without 8 airbags and power everything)... maybe it can just be the night out with the boys car

[FLEXZED]

any chance of spec's on the awesome car roitessire you have built,height width tube size etc

 

thanks

[waxhead]

Looks like thats where all the l28s go huh

[ChiprZ]

Car Rotisseries

 

Ok, I purchased a rotisserie made for a Torana and used it as a template to build my own for the Z (s).

 

I am now reselling the Torana one on ebay

 

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Car-Auto-Rotisserie_W0QQitemZ110452763469QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Car_Parts_Accessories?hash=item19b77f6b4d

 

I will do a parts list for the rotisserie for the Z for anyone who wants to make one themselves.

 

If you want to purchase the Torana one, most of the stuff is made, you just have to alter the rear mounting plates to suit.  and i think the front mounting bits were fractionally too wide (add a nut or something as a spacer.  Either way, relatively easy mod's.

[ChiprZ]

Looks like thats where all the l28s go huh

 

Think only 1 is an L28... how do i check??

[waxhead]

Check the engine number

[ChiprZ]

Cars are on rotisseries!!!  ;D

 

Next step is to blast them...

 

I reckon there is room in the garage for another Z now that they are on their sides.. haha

[ChiprZ]

Looks like thats where all the l28s go huh

 

Engines:

L24 021392

P30 Block

E31 Head

 

L26 159409

P30 Block

E88 Head

 

L28 773582

F54 Block

P90A Head

 

I've had a read through the engine section of the site and looked at info on what all this means... from what i understand the P90A head is pretty good, but why...

[hunterzed]

The P90A head is only really good if you're going to run boost. Some people like to use them on stroker engines as well to bring the compression down. If you're not doing either of these then there are easier and cheaper ways to get the performance. Ie the N42 head has the larger valves and is much easier to get a hold of (I have 4 of them) and you can get pretty good gains out of them with minimal work.

[FuzzyDropbear]

Hey Chris,

 

Good to see you've been able to make some progress on the projects. If you need some more inspiration, come along to the next Vic meet, there's always plenty of inspiration on display! 

 

Still gotta catch up and have a look at your Z's one day mate.

 

Oh, and as per what hunter said, if you're going to turf that P90 head in favour of an N42, give me a buzz and I'll probably buy it off you. 

[ChiprZ]

any chance of spec's on the awesome car roitessire you have built,height width tube size etc

 

thanks

 

Sorry for the delay, but please find attached images of the starting point for building the rotisseries, and the engine stand.  Slight modifications made along the way (angles of rear connection plates especially - they were angled downwards and to the sides of the cars making that a bit more difficult, but the basic idea of the rotisseries is illustrated in these images.  For the engine stand i added an extra bit of SHS under the angle simply due to the real height of it.  Got the angle and bolted it onto the engine, then made the bottom rectangular section... lowered the engine down and realised I needed it higher, so added some more SHS to get the height.  Also the upstand for the engine stand was 150mm x 50mm x 50, not 100 x 100 x 50 as shown on drawings.