Search found 166 matches

by martysauce
Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:00 pm
Forum: Builds
Topic: 300zx racecar
Replies: 113
Views: 90552

thinking about not having a radiator support and making brackets with clamps on them to hold the radiator. then having bonnet pins mounted to the strut towers. here is the brackets made out of a cracker box would need nice rounded corners and a couple of adjustments but its the general jist http://i...
by martysauce
Sat Feb 17, 2018 3:52 pm
Forum: Builds
Topic: 300zx racecar
Replies: 113
Views: 90552

Image[/img]
by martysauce
Sat Feb 17, 2018 3:45 pm
Forum: Builds
Topic: 300zx racecar
Replies: 113
Views: 90552

new radiator turned up, aliexpress pulled through haha, it actually seems to be pretty good quality ill pressure test it at some stage its a pretty big 3 core radiador and only 240 bucks. also put my meisters on the front their 18x10 18offset with 8mm spacers to clear the brakes. tyres are 265 35 po...
by martysauce
Sat Feb 10, 2018 9:04 am
Forum: Builds
Topic: 300zx racecar
Replies: 113
Views: 90552

id have to build a box around it. dont worry i havnt gone and hacked a big hole in my floor and body panel for it yet, i have to sort the tube front 1st having abit of an isue getting a bender. also if anyone needs any z32 parts i have almost a whole car minus engine and a few little things , so let...
by martysauce
Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:42 pm
Forum: Builds
Topic: 300zx racecar
Replies: 113
Views: 90552

Well here is a video of my side exit 300zx exhaust but it doesn't go through the cab????? video link oh nice that was the original idea its nice to no that the exhaust was able to fit under the rail. thats why i was thinking about going through the cab were the foot well of the rear passanger is ,u...
by martysauce
Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:23 pm
Forum: Builds
Topic: 300zx racecar
Replies: 113
Views: 90552

as the guy who does most of the noise testing at Ruapuna i'm going to have a guess that the exhaust you've built there will give you one lap before we tell you to quieten it before doing lap 2 plus the body exiting issue as mentioned cheers for that. do you no the rules for exhaust going up through...
by martysauce
Sun Feb 04, 2018 4:38 pm
Forum: Builds
Topic: 300zx racecar
Replies: 113
Views: 90552

[quote="mikec(nz)"]Was chatting about racecar exhausts and my mechanic said the exhaust must exit the vehicle cant dump under the vehicle (like you does behind the diff). [quote]Ensures all exhaust gases exit the perimeter of the vehicle behind the mid-point of the wheelbase except where a...
by martysauce
Sun Feb 04, 2018 2:03 pm
Forum: Builds
Topic: 300zx racecar
Replies: 113
Views: 90552

i just found this. i took the car to ruapuna and raced it round before i cut it up

Image[/img]
by martysauce
Sun Feb 04, 2018 2:00 pm
Forum: Builds
Topic: 300zx racecar
Replies: 113
Views: 90552

Image[/img]
by martysauce
Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:58 pm
Forum: Builds
Topic: 300zx racecar
Replies: 113
Views: 90552

so today i was mucking arount with the pounting plates for the bottom of the tube front the doubled up peice is were theres a step in the chasis rail

Image
by martysauce
Sat Feb 03, 2018 10:17 pm
Forum: Builds
Topic: 300zx racecar
Replies: 113
Views: 90552

Andy wrote:
martysauce wrote: if anyone knows how to put pictures up without having to post a link to somewere else let me know.


You're on the right path tinypic.com is friendly to links unlike pinterest
thanks for the suggestion that helped alot im not to good with computers
by martysauce
Sat Feb 03, 2018 10:08 pm
Forum: Builds
Topic: 300zx racecar
Replies: 113
Views: 90552

this is almost how it stands now apart from ive welded some plate onto the rails by the strut towers. the wheels are just hanging there for reference the are 11.5x18s so quite big altho i probably wont be running something quite that big. im having ago at making a removable tube front, there will be...
by martysauce
Sat Feb 03, 2018 10:00 pm
Forum: Builds
Topic: 300zx racecar
Replies: 113
Views: 90552

sorry i dont no how to rotate images
by martysauce
Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:59 pm
Forum: Builds
Topic: 300zx racecar
Replies: 113
Views: 90552

this is a before pic. my friend jono and i decided its time to try our 1st proper bit of fabrication and if we were going to build a racecar lets make a racecar

Image[/img]
by martysauce
Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:55 pm
Forum: Builds
Topic: 300zx racecar
Replies: 113
Views: 90552

this is the 300zx before what we did to it today. it has nearly zero wiring no minimal interior and no dash

Image[/img]