I call that a perfect time for wetsanding the car :D
patgizz wrote:DatsunS130 wrote: Is your son old enough to use a paint roller?Old enough to be dangerous. Spraying it when it dries out enough to sand outside, we had 19 straight days with rain.
I call that a perfect time for wetsanding the car :D
patgizz wrote:DatsunS130 wrote: Is your son old enough to use a paint roller?Old enough to be dangerous. Spraying it when it dries out enough to sand outside, we had 19 straight days with rain.
Man, this is cool.
Shame i didn't see the turbo setup earlier.
happy to report that last night at 11:30, after not giving in and being defeated by a small japanese car, it roared to life and made lots of happy angry noises with no muffler. time to get the exhaust buttoned up, tie up a couple wires, and get the car down off the stands.
proof it runs
http://vid1134.photobucket.com/albums/m619/patguzowski/2015car/9DB1C5F5-E08E-4347-B367-1C55084C463D_zpsscdgmj1x.mp4
random under car shots, because i was under it today getting rear sway bar bolted back on(dropped it to run fuel line easier).
new fuel line, clamped overkill, passing through 1/8" wall 18" long steel tube in bellhousing area per NHRA fuel line rules.
andrew nelson built strong as heck driveshaft loop
got more done today, but can't remember what. i believe i have the distributor in one tooth off, as i have number one terminal pointing at 4:30 to get it to run when looking at cap from above, and all my other small blocks it's at 5:30 or so after timing is set. i've never put a small block distributor in a tooth off before, in 20 years of assembling chevy stuff.
drag tires acquired. $100 for lightly used 26x11.5x15 hoosier quick time pro's with tubes. i knew craigslist would help me out eventually. wheels were $50 for the pair on clearance at summit racing retail store.
working on cobbling together the muffler right now. have a 2.25" in/out thrush chambered muffler off the engine donor that i cut the inlet and outlet off of back to 3" and welded 3" pipes on it.
it is muffled now. in my sleep deprived state last night i welded the hanger tab and tailpipe on with the muffler at the wrong angle, so i had to do a little cut and paste of the hanger tab, and the screwed up pipe angle actually tucks right up into the exhaust cutout in the rocker so dumb luck there.
timing baseline set, need to drive before i tweak timing and carb. lots happens before i can drive it, like go get a title and some plates. it is insured already just in case it burns down the garage around it. thus far the car treats me as if it likes me and that i got it out of the field it was in and back to life, so hopefully there is no camaro-esque car fire in my future, that E36 M3 needs to stay in the past.
I remember working on that car with my dad.
It's a shame that the duct work that went around the front mounted gas tank and through the radiator is gone. I remember making that. I learned a lot about engineering from that little project. Figuring out how to put it together was the easy part. The hard part was making sure it could come apart easily.
Also I remember painting the safety loops for the IRS, yellow (or maybe it was red), so they could easily be identified by the tech inspectors.
Lot's of little bits keep coming back to me as you post more pictures. I think this may have been the project that we were trying to get over 1000 weight reducing holes in.
Glad to see it being brought back to life!
the ducting was gone prior to me getting it, or it would still be there. heck it probably would not have overheated at $2010 with Don if it had ducting as the radiator was all but blocked by the fuel cell. i sold that to my buddy for a dedicated nitrous system for his caprice and did a rear mounted cell in the hatch, to move some weight back for drags and get more air through radiator.
the safety loops are yellow and hopefully they are just there to look pretty, but with these slicks i can't see it doing anything but hooking hard, and that's when the weak link gets found.
there are lots of lightening holes for sure. might be 50 in the front bumper alone, and another 70+ in the battery tray. i have a rear bumper from a 67 camaro that i am going to section about 10" out of the center and it should be perfect. i've been trying to shift a little weight to the rear to balance out the v8. i have also been trimming lots of little loose ends that don't need to be there. took in $50 of scrap from the car last week(stock hood, broken engine, and misc cutoffs).
tonight some progress was made. i had a little help, so i was able to unbolt the shifter(nuts under floor) and reposition it. it was too far forward and to the right for me. i know i got something else done but i don't remember what, as the shifter was the main goal. he stuck it out with me until 9:45.
new shifter location, much closer and very comfortable for me.
out of garage under power. rear coil overs will need adjusted up for drags, as car currently sits right where i want it to squat to while launching.
and this is what happens when you are sanding the car at 10pm after working a very long week and starting sanding at 8.
team alavanche, car must be white right? 6 years ago today we got married. today i spent our anniversary sanding, masking, and painting. then she told me about a caddy for sale by work. i married an enabler who doesn't mind having a ton of cars.
somebody had to wait up until almost 10 so he could see it, then told me i needed to paint part of it blue.
I always wanted to do a 240z two tone. White or grey bottom, satin black top following the edge on the quarter. Broken with a bright silver 1/4 inch pinstripe.
Car is looking great. And it's even better to see your son involved.
Looks awesome!
I agree with your son, needs blue and some red:
i was thinking more BRE.
i wetsanded the bugs out and laid another coat this morning and think i did more harm than good, will have to see what happens when i hit it with 2000. may end up going a different color from the top bodyline up. no black for sure, because racecar with no a/c. that's why i went white to begin with, plus i was doing minimal bodywork and not block sanding so what filler i did use was hit with the DA and called good. i have to remind myself that racecar is going to get nicked loading and unloading from the trailer, it's going to eat cones, and it's going to get helmet sat on it and stickers put on it and everything else that befalls the paint of a racecar. this isn't a car to restore, it's a car to have a blast with and look decent doing so.
tires mounted and balanced. vintage aluminum rims sure are not very balanced from the factory... went with nt01 due to i can put a couple street miles on them dialing stuff in and they have a Z rating because i'm planning on running the ohio mile event either fall or spring.
took maiden voyage up the driveway before pulling into garage. i had a big grin, that's all i'll say. light car + torques = fun squared. now to wrap up wiring, put the fan back on, and start putting crap back together. few fabrications left to do, nothing compared to what's been done already, then i can think about getting it out and dialing in the carb and timing.
Nice! That first time a project moves under it's own power is awesome!
oh yeah. there was also this project before paint.
yes, in the interest of cheapness, i used half a can of leftover great stuff and rags made out of my wife's old jeans instead of fiberglass mat. i'm currently in process of sanding and filling as it didn't come out as smooth as i wanted. was hoping to leave exposed denim, because "hey look my spoiler is wearing a canadian tuxedo!" but didn't work.
little bit done after work. worked on hood and filled some holes. hood came with car, hole fillers are leftover from door panel project.
Nice work. 
Man, this thing is really sweet! Great job bringing it back to life. That engine looks mean with the black valve covers and red lettering!
It's looking great!
This should be a really fun ride when its all done. Old Z plus v8 torque is stupid fast.
Freakin cool. I bet that thang will be a hoot.
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