Senza pari 280z build

[Unit01]

Why can't this just be done already!?

[ScubaSteve]

Your work inspires me to go buy a welding setup and just practice on anything i can.
Beautiful work. It's art. I've never been impressed with anyone's work very much after i have seen yours. Even the cleanest fall inferior to yours.
Just beautiful. Keep it up.

[laBeef]

WoW. Man I can't wait till the beast comes together. Keep the up excellent work. This has to be the best build on the internet at the moment.

[SENZA PARI]

Man. You are a huge inspiration. I'm not even going to ask how you manage to weld so smoothly. I was first linked to this thread by a car related page on Facebook. I constantly kept checking to see if any updates were made. You are the reason as to why I found this site, probably the reason why I kept checking out everything else there was to offer.

Keep up the good work. And honestly, I think the intakes sticking out of the hood will be sick! Keep us updated!

Thank you for the kind words. It's huge, it really it. As slow as the build has been going, setbacks or not, all of the positive feedback makes it more than worth it. So again, I thank all of you.
Right now the big hold up is the wheel uprights, which in turn is holding up the correct suspension geometry from being known, which is in turn holding up the front end of the frame and suspension pick-up points from being finalized.
I've chosen to fabricate my own uprights, as opposed to using a stock offering (say from a Rx7 or Corvette) which locks me into using their geometry, which would be less than ideal (not to say they're sub-par for the car they're inteded for, but in my case using the wheels I am, the king-pin angle and scrub radius would be way off).
Also, I want to design them to use a scecific brake setup. I don't want to fabricate a set of uprights only to have to use shims or additional brackets to get a big-brake kit to work. And as big-brake kits aren't free... it progresses slowly:-/

At any rate, here are a few more screen shots of the frame as it is now. The brackets for the A-arms will be revised to use heim-joint rod ends as opposed to the traditional bushings.


FRAME ASSEMBLY1 by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr


FRAME ASSEMBLY by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr

[Mr Von Smack]

Man. You are a huge inspiration. I'm not even going to ask how you manage to weld so smoothly. I was first linked to this thread by a car related page on Facebook. I constantly kept checking to see if any updates were made. You are the reason as to why I found this site, probably the reason why I kept checking out everything else there was to offer.

Keep up the good work. And honestly, I think the intakes sticking out of the hood will be sick! Keep us updated!

[SENZA PARI]

Theme song for this build "Tom Sawyer" - Rush. Any tips for beginning welders ? or like forums we can check out ? or better yet do you offer classes lol

I would have to say Asking Alexandria - A sinlge moment of sincerity, KC Blitz remix.... but that's just me. Actually there's too many that come to mind when I think about it... there's been far too many good/fitting songs that have been played while working on the car or updating this thread.
I posted a few tips the other day, they're on the page before this near the bottom. Again, I would say start with those (not enough people do), and just put in the time and get very comfortable being under the hood. Keep it clean, and keep it in position.

[Arteeste]

Theme song for this build "Tom Sawyer" - Rush. Any tips for beginning welders ? or like forums we can check out ? or better yet do you offer classes lol

[hi its me alec]

Something about this thread makes me want a cage in every car I own

[SD202]

THATS A LOT OF WOOD ! lol God i love your welding work. So impressive and inspirational

[MattyHacks71]

you're a machine! they're smoother than butter

[SENZA PARI]

I don't care what you weld, how much or little. your work is simply breath taking

Thank you! And ask and you shall recieve...


Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr


Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr


Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr


Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr

And a little of the rest, starting with our own mufflers. (and no they're not warped, its just the camera distortion!)


Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr


Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr


Untitled by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr

I should really just start another thread for the Forester at this point... oh well. More gonzo-ness to come!

[244Brick]

I don't care what you weld, how much or little. your work is simply breath taking

[jacbo]

In a sea of "wat coilover$ shud I get for my car?!" threads and "y all the **?!?!?!" comments, there is a light, and from the kingdom of real fabrication above (apparently Wisconsin?) shines a ray of knowledge, extending a warm embrace of SS304 and Argon to all modern generation Hot-rodders...

"Don't give up, don't despair. There is still hope. In a land without stickers, where aesthetics really ARE a quotient of functionality and knowledge is free to anyone willing to listen, there is still hope."

And with this, the young Hot-rodder gains the strength the fight on, torch-in-hand, for another day.

[TeckniX]

Thanks! Here's a shot of the inside weld seam:


BW400 TWIN 60MM MANIFOLD ID WELD SEAM by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr


IMAG0473 by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr

We spend alot of time welding reverse osmosis and nuclear systems where the welds undergo a number of inspections, so the inside of the weld seam is as nice as the outside by habit. We visually inspect all of our manifolds, and borescope anything we can't see.

Like a boss - looking good inside and out!

I'll see what I can find, your best bet might be something like craigslist... There are alot of old ones floating around that work just as well as the new ones, and can be had for dirt.

Do you have brand name for it? Offset turner doesn't really yield a lot of results (except for hamburger tools. haha)

[SENZA PARI]

Wish I could +rep for the tips and great info - Any links to some offset turners that could be purchased for the hobbyist?
I'd be happy to paypal you some IPAs if that also motivates you to keep going on the build too. haha

Thanks again for taking the time to write this out!

I'll see what I can find, your best bet might be something like craigslist... There are alot of old ones floating around that work just as well as the new ones, and can be had for dirt.

Do you have any picture from the inside? If not, you mind taking a picture of the weld from the inside with a flashlight?

Keep it up, welds and build looks insane!

Thanks! Here's a shot of the inside weld seam:


BW400 TWIN 60MM MANIFOLD ID WELD SEAM by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr


IMAG0473 by SENZA PARI #1, on Flickr

We spend alot of time welding reverse osmosis and nuclear systems where the welds undergo a number of inspections, so the inside of the weld seam is as nice as the outside by habit. We visually inspect all of our manifolds, and borescope anything we can't see.