Resurrection of Rolling Death 240Z

I purchased the basic frame and it was green oak at the time, I just left it on the garage base for 12 months before trying to put it together. Big mistake though as I did not realise green oak, when it starts to dry out, twists and shrinks, and I soon found this out when I tried to fit the joints together. So top tip - put it together as quick as possible or you will never get the pins in.

oh dear!! I have guessed you put it up and left it exposed! did you manage the get the joints tight? It looks well.
 

240Z Man

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Before I could get back onto the 240Z I had my mustang project, which has been lying around for 2 years, due to the fact I have given up trying to make a right hand drive manifold for it. I came across an engineer who offered to do it for me, which was a wise move. As it turned out, he was a Japanese car enthusiast. Owning several Nissan skylines and several other Japanese sports cars. So after he finished the mustang for me, he offered to help me finish the build, and do all the engineering for the Datsun project.
 

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240Z Man

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Before I gave him the car, I thought I better put engine in to make sure it did fit. So once the engine was fitted, the car was delivered to him, where he had a list of jobs to do, starting with fitting the gear box. Making a cross member for the gearbox, then it was onto making a steering shaft. Which he did, and I was extremely pleased with the quality of the work.
 

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240Z Man

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Onto the next job, I had bought a rb25 sump, and a rb26 sump, I had a choice of modifying one or the other. However I was not really happy about doing either of them, I was talked out of modifying the 26 sump, because it is quite a rare part now, it’s hard to get hold of. So I did a deal to let him have my 26 sump in exchange for fabricating me a custom sump which actually had the same bolt pattern as a rb26 with an increase oil capacity as well. The quality of his work speaks for itself.
 

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Huw

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Onto the next job, I had bought a rb25 sump, and a rb26 sump, I had a choice of modifying one or the other. However I was not really happy about doing either of them, I was talked out of modifying the 26 sump, because it is quite a rare part now, it’s hard to get hold of. So I did a deal to let him have my 26 sump in exchange for fabricating me a custom sump which actually had the same bolt pattern as a rb26 with an increase oil capacity as well. The quality of his work speaks for itself.
Beautiful job that. Very nice indeed!
 

240Z Man

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Moving on, fabricating pipes for the intercooler, which seemed to go quite well. Things on the turbo side didn’t work out as planned, I had bought a 6 boost manifold which ended up positioning the turbo too far forward on the engine, and was interfering with the body work on the car. So I had someone who was keen to buy the manifold of me, which i sold. I went ahead and had a manifold made for the car which positioned it further back on the engine and lower giving clearance on the body work.
 

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