RB 240z Conversion

[racer]

Nice job Dave! how's the gear stick position?

 

[datsun dave]

Nice job Dave! how's the gear stick position?

its right on the money - centre of the tunnel hole no mods required
when they designed the skyline they must have had a layout and drawning of the 240-260 at hand

 

[Russ]

Still find it interesting how similar the RB block looks to my L28

Keep it going!

 

[datsun dave]

Well you lot might have been stuffing your faces with xmas dinner over the last week some Z club members have been hard at it

1) All under side of car cleaned up and painted
2) Picked up the rest of the engine parts (boxes and boxes)
3) TB striped down and cleaned (built up again)
4) Starter & alt cleaned up
5) Sorted out the bits to go to the polishers (nice and shiny)


will post up some new pictures soon

 

[SKiddell]

Keep it coming Dave, I cant wait to see it in the flesh so to speak.
I wonder if the thought of a Skyline engined Z will tempt Mr Raynor out of the garage and onto the track??????

 

[pmac]

1) All under side of car cleaned up and painted
2) Picked up the rest of the engine parts (boxes and boxes)
3) TB striped down and cleaned (built up again)
4) Starter & alt cleaned up
5) Sorted out the bits to go to the polishers (nice and shiny)

all you need now is a nice lightweight tailgate

 

[datsun dave]

Keep it coming Dave, I cant wait to see it in the flesh so to speak.
I wonder if the thought of a Skyline engined Z will tempt Mr Raynor out of the garage and onto the track??????

Spoke to mark a few nights ago he has said that he will be getting his car sorted for 07

 

[datsun dave]

all you need now is a nice lightweight tailgate

Yes pete have seen your advert it did cross my mind but have other bits that are more important to get at the moment but they are one hell of a weight saving !!!

 

[Rob Gaskin]

Dave, I'm impressed with your enthusiasm to re-engineer the car, especially when it was so good before. However there are quite a few members in the club e.g. Skiddel, Phil, Mark, Steve Francis (and the other V8 boys) who have shown how well the 240 (in road trim) copes with the extra power.

When I replaced my chassis legs under the floor I too took them all the way to the back (seemed sensible whilst I was under there). It seems that you have two lots of gearbox mountings (ears) now, is that so that you could convert back to standard at some time?

It will be really interesting to see how this car performs both as a quick road car and track-day/drag beast. At this rate we won't have to wait too long either!

Well done.

 

[datsun dave]

Dave, I'm impressed with your enthusiasm to re-engineer the car, especially when it was so good before. However there are quite a few members in the club e.g. Skiddel, Phil, Mark, Steve Francis (and the other V8 boys) who have shown how well the 240 (in road trim) copes with the extra power.

When I replaced my chassis legs under the floor I too took them all the way to the back (seemed sensible whilst I was under there). It seems that you have two lots of gearbox mountings (ears) now, is that so that you could convert back to standard at some time?

It will be really interesting to see how this car performs both as a quick road car and track-day/drag beast. At this rate we won't have to wait too long either!

Well done.

Thanks Rob

Want to hurry the car along dont want it to be still sat there this summer 07 ,with it beening a early 240z the chassis only ran 1/2 way down so when i talked it over with Mr F it was better to make it stronger and run them to the back to stop the car twisting on a hard take off (The Pod).
The original gearbox ears have now been removed (so the later 260z ones can be seam welded into place and also to allow a little movement on the gearbox when under power) the chap thats done the welding for me puts V8s engines into his customers cars so is used to making up bespoke parts
the Z tunnel is double skinned where the ears mount on so with moving the new ears back (to allow the skyline box to sit right) he has also double skinned it as he put it "to stop the box from dropping out"

 

[datsun dave]

some more pictures

1) Head back from machine shop skimmed polished and ported

2) Head and TB (TB striped down cleaned and build back up)

3) Old ears cut out & new ones seamed into place

 

[Mr.G]

Nice one Dave!

Keep at it!! Your enthusiasm is contagious, after a severe lack of effort on my part I am getting back into my project now. Mission is to have it done by April.

 

[datsun dave]

Engine on stand to be striped down.

 

[Markp.com]

Looking good Whats the ETA on some noise?

 

[datsun dave]

Looking good Whats the ETA on some noise?

Thanks Mark
how long is a piece of string ?
Still waiting for a few bits to turn up, but there is light at the end of the tunnel but is all engine work for now.

 

[Simonh]

Looks like a cool project - what sort of HP goal/turbo configuration are you planning on?

I'm from a skyline background myself so find this sort of stuff hugely interesting who are you talking to about the engine build up as there are some nasty pitfalls to be avoided!

I'm in the process of rebuilding my R33 GTSt engine at the moment, just an RB25 but I'm expecting in the region of 500 or so BHP when I'm done.

Simon

 

[datsun dave]

Some new parts arrived today My engine bay is going to be full so am going to move the battery inside the car so to free up so needed space around the battery tray area new battery 1/3 size and weight of the old one !!!

Old Size 260mm x 170mm x 230mm

New One 180mm x 75mm x 170mm

 

[DJZ 60]

No Space!

Dave... No wonder you ain't got no space! where you gonna put 5 batteries

Only pullin your z! Nice progress! DJZ 60.

 

[SKiddell]

Dave... No wonder you ain't got no space! where you gonna put 5 batteries

LMAO

 

[Mr.F]

Your sump shipped today for Monday delivery Dave ! (No pick-up tube yet, though ?)