Saturday, June 5, 2010

Next Steps

Once my wilwood parts come in I'll be saving up enough to move forward on the front suspension. Here's what I'm planning:
  • 280zx strut housings
  • Z31 300zx hubs/rotors
  • Wilwood Calipers and pads
  • Adjustable front control arms
  • Ground Control coilovers and camber plates
After that's done it won't be too long before I swap in the VG30e, but that has it's own set of prerequisites:
  • Fuel Cell
  • Fuel Pump
  • Custom Drive Shaft
  • Transmission/Wiring harness/ECU
  • Radiator and Fan(s)
  • Roll Cage
So I guess all in all I'm only about 25-35% "done" with the project. More to come when I get it back on the road and can test and tune the new rear suspension.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

It's Alive!

It's finally finally finally alive. I finally ran it around the block. Since my last post I ran the battery relocation kit and re-did all the front brake lines. Don't mind the mis-matched wheels :)

When I pulled back in the brake pedal felt a bit soft, so I started messing with my bias adjuster and that seemed to free up some air bubbles that must have been trapped in the line lock/bias adjuster lines. When I worked my way over to the driver's side rear caliper the Speed Bleeder bleeder value I had installed simply sheared off. Super lame! I have a spare, but I'll need to get a new bleeder set for the caliper since half of the thing is still stuck in there.