my kraut burner

[hakhawk]

received some more shiney bits today

small surge tank w/ pump bracket and a small(VERY) washer bottle.

i have to relocate the current fuel pump and filter, and when i put the throttles on, im going to need an efi pump, so i thought i might throw a small surge tank in to help with corners a bit more, plus it means i dont have to sort out a pump bracket :p just need a good lift pump to make sure its always full

[hakhawk]

i wrote out a list of everything i need to do on this thing to get it on the road again, and im going to tick each thing off as its done.

today i worked on getting the clutch master cylinder lined up and bolted on. adjusted the angle a bit more, tapped some threads, bolted it up for test fit.(ignore the brake masters, i cbf bolting them up, its a prick of a job :p)

i finally broke down and modified the firewall a bit to make it fit though, original plan of the build was to modify the firewall cutout as little as possible/preferably not at all, so i folded the lip of metal back on itself around the bottom of the adapter.



rhd e21s suck for pedalbox space. i have to bend my clutch pedal a little bit to clear the steering column, because i moved it left half an inch to clear the brake pedal bias bar. i may move it over more yet.

[hakhawk]

thought i better do something on one of the cars this weekend, so dad helped me align the rotors, then torqued the bolts, and i safety wired them up. waiting on some carbide burrs so i can do the diff, and clearance the rear control arm to fit the caliper(i have burrs, but theyve gotten lost in the abyss that is the shed)

[ChristopherJason]

Sick itb's man, love the carbon trumpets

[hakhawk]

throttles needed a tps sensor, i could buy an adapter for $70 plus tps, but i have a few tps sensors lying around, and plenty of scrap alloy

so today i attacked some 10mm alu sheet, and this is what i got. i still need to shiney it up to match the throttles, but it works.



close up with tps mounted(tps is off a holden commodore, can get these through work for stuff all, bout the cheapest tps available in aus)



and lurking underneath the tps(need another m4 allen head bolt). cutting the slot in the shaft was fun, the black plastic bit is also off a commodore throttlebody



and i port matched the manifold to the throttles

[jared1988]

Those trumpets make me happy

[Freddye]

Looks awsome. Canīt wait

[hakhawk]

throttles turned up today, so i threw the on the manifold temp, to see how well they fit. just need to port match the manifold now.

[hakhawk]

so my manifold arrived today, will be for future stuffs :p got it cheap, couldnt pass it up

looks like its been on a motor, but hasnt done any work at all.





the inlet has had the ports cleaned up, but the head side is untouched

[hakhawk]

received my lsd center today, for the skyline diff.

went for a obx helical lsd. obx are known for low quality rip off products, but ive done a whole heap of reading on their lsd's, and it seems with some attention to areas the manufacturers ignored, some new preload washers and some loctite, these things can take a beating and then some!

unit straight out of the box



ripped the casing apart, took almost no effort to loosen the bolts(imagine that over time inside the diff, KAPOW once one loosens off enough)



and one of the flaws in the outer casing, not a biggie, but potential area for metal to come loose and chunk around the gears




so im going to give it all a bath, deburr the casing and bevel the edges of the gears that need it, essentially taking away any spots for metal to chip away from. then ill put the new washers in and loctite the shit outta the bolts.

then ll get a bloke dad knows to throw it in the diff and shim it if need be

[hakhawk]

been doing some measuring up and designing for a bracket for the new alternator, today i decided to make it, to see where it would sit/if i got measurements right.

bracket, will get my mate to make me a shiney good one i think :p



and in the car(only bolted in one position at the moment, need longer bolts for the other mount points, and one point i have to tap a thread into.(if i use it)

ignore the kinked oil hose, i think ill need to get a 120deg fitting since ive had to move the hose to clear the alternator



the 2 bolts here i need to get longer ones and make spacers, and the nut down the bottom i need to make a spacer and tap the hole in the timing cover(later years used this hole for factory alt brackets i think)



eyeballing it, looks pretty good. maybe a little bit out, real test will be running the motor

[hakhawk]

bolted on 2 of the trumpets, definately need to space them out. looks like ill have to start working out a new manifold to allow spacing them.



2x 5mm spacers i had lying around



such an awesome view

[frdtns]

Subscribed.

[hakhawk]

so i received some more goodies in the mail today, some brake pipe fittings, trumpets and a new speed sensor for the diff(couldnt find one specifically for the diff on ebay and was too lazy to call wreckers, genuine, etc. so i did some measurements and found this honeywell vr sensor on ebay for a grand total of $20 delivered. will test it out when i get a chance. if it makes the speedo needle move itll work, as the speedo is programmable. if not, im only losing out on $20 :p

picked up the jenvey carbon trumpets for a goood price(read just over half price of what they are on the website). unfortunately i think my bike carbs are too close together at the moment to fit them without cutting, so i might look at spacing the carbs a bit.

also pictured is some brake fittings i received a couple weeks ago, but they werent worthy of a post by themselves :p

the brass joiner will be replaced with a steel one before finish





and one down the neck, for the hell of it really :p

[brat]

Good job man!