Breath Easy

Gettin Crazy with an inspection lid

One of the bigger problems with S30Z is Aerodynamics

This includes the area under the hood

Basically Air gets trapped in the engine bay

The explanations get real technical. Just trust me

That Air gets real hot, given its proximity to the engine creating a ton of problems

This is why Nissan came out with an optional hood "scoop" for S30s

And hood vents for the 78 S30s

Not wanting to cut a giant hole in the beautiful line of the Z hood

I decided upon butchering the inspection lid to get the air to travel a bit easier out of the engine bay

Step 1: Draw up a plan

Step 2: Cut that sh!t

Step 3: Drink High Life

Step 4:Start to Fab

Step 5: Make Corner Templates

Step 6: Cut Corners

Step 7: Weld it all together

Step 8: Done with Fabrication

Next will be body work and paint!

PICS - 2012

Just some personal pics from the last year

 

Drillin Studs...Manifold Studs

So here' my plan in the simplest of terms:

Take OG L24 as-is

Clean it up

Swap over OG carbed draw-thru turbo setup

Embrace the old school tech (soul) of the setup

Anyways

Not much is new

Trying to prep the OG L24 for turbo duty

Removed all manifolds, cooling junk, and other bits

Broke a stud off in the head

Not Surprised

Only managed to break 1

Surprsised

Better than I expected

Time to drill it out

Original Stud thread is M8 x 1.25

Gonna upsize to M10 x 1.5

Use an 11/32 Drill bit to set yourself up to tap M10 x1.5

Drill a pilot hole with a smaller bit

Take note of how far you needs to drill by inserting the bit into an open stud hole

Measure how far it goes in and be sure to not exceed that depth with the pilot bit

Once that's complete move on to the 11/32 bit

Understand I'm doing this all in my garage and I'm lazy

If you want this done right have a pro do it

With that said, I "eyeballed" the level and direction of the drill

Use a cutting fluid while drilling

WD40 or most any aerosol oil will work if you're in a pinch 

I have no idea where my M10x1.5 tap is so I'll cover that later

Added a Store

Got back in to graphic design

Made some stickers

Check em out in the store

Link to the right!

Good Things

So I have the original engine laying in the garage.

Time to build it up

Only when time & $$$ allow

Keepin it OG and period correct when I can

Should be fun