well finished off my adapter plates, so those are all ready and just have clean up and assembly on the rest of the intake. Should be start getting heads assembled soon also. Ordered last of the parts I need for steering shaft so next time I get to the car shop I will be putting that together.
The main girl friend aka the reason I'm broke
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vern_k
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vern_k
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- Joined: Fri Apr 28, 2017 3:14 am
- Name: Vern
- Car: 2000 G20
The main girl friend aka the reason I'm broke
Put the steering wheel I'm going to use put in
welded up the lower steering shaft, the spline stub is welded into the plug I made then pressed in and welded.
road block
had to make a bearing holder
have some clean up and trimming yet, but think I still have room for exhaust to squeeze though with some heat shielding
https://youtu.be/lW0dMTMfukU
welded up the lower steering shaft, the spline stub is welded into the plug I made then pressed in and welded.
road block
had to make a bearing holder
have some clean up and trimming yet, but think I still have room for exhaust to squeeze though with some heat shielding
https://youtu.be/lW0dMTMfukU
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vern_k
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- Name: Vern
- Car: 2000 G20
The main girl friend aka the reason I'm broke
What do you mean you forgot the nip
started putting some parts back on to get them off the shelf, I have a rebuild kit and ceramic pads for the calipers, might even clean them up really well and paint them when I rebuild them. I do need to get new bushings for the torsion bar
did my tension rod bracket spacers, will have to drill and tap some holes in them for bracing but not sure how I'm going to do it for sure yet have a couple ideas
"just a few more parts and the box is ours"
picked up my hose for the center diff clutch last week, think I'm going to use the carrier bearing stud for a holding bracket
then open up the extra slot a little and use the E-brake bracket
up along with the fuel lines
and in to the pump
"so what about that nip"
so ran into a issue, which I should have brought up when I picked the hose up, but had to get to work and thought I would just going in to pick it up since I had left the parts the week before, but I walked in and the guy started running around looking for the parts I left which the fitting for the transmission would be impossible to track down if he lost it, took him a few to find them and by the time he got it done I didn't think about the issue just needed to get to work and get the shop opened
he mentioned about making this part (banjo to AN) 6 inches long and I said no it needs to be like 3 inches other wise it will hit the spare, well it's like 8 inches
so I need to take that back and have it redone, I wanted them to just make that part a hard line with the sensor bung but the did the banjo to An then a T for the sensor which is fine other then the one part being to long
other then that just a couple more parts and front suspension will be complete, need to get lower ball joint pins and outer tie rods, think I'm going to end up using the ball joint pins from a GM since I think they are the closest to the Altima size have to call to make sure, then for outer tie rods think I will end up making the insert for drilling out and flipping it or if I can find a pin that will be big enough on the small side and a taper reamer..... but the geometry isn't to bad.
I will have to take a BFH to make a little more room here
"don't forget the nip next time or else"
think I'm going to get my engine up on the stand and start getting it taken apart so I can start getting that all ready and use the heads to start working on the exhaust which is going to be a adventure, there are a couple tight spots where it needs to run although a side pipe has crossed my mind
started putting some parts back on to get them off the shelf, I have a rebuild kit and ceramic pads for the calipers, might even clean them up really well and paint them when I rebuild them. I do need to get new bushings for the torsion bar
did my tension rod bracket spacers, will have to drill and tap some holes in them for bracing but not sure how I'm going to do it for sure yet have a couple ideas
"just a few more parts and the box is ours"
picked up my hose for the center diff clutch last week, think I'm going to use the carrier bearing stud for a holding bracket
then open up the extra slot a little and use the E-brake bracket
up along with the fuel lines
and in to the pump
"so what about that nip"
so ran into a issue, which I should have brought up when I picked the hose up, but had to get to work and thought I would just going in to pick it up since I had left the parts the week before, but I walked in and the guy started running around looking for the parts I left which the fitting for the transmission would be impossible to track down if he lost it, took him a few to find them and by the time he got it done I didn't think about the issue just needed to get to work and get the shop opened
he mentioned about making this part (banjo to AN) 6 inches long and I said no it needs to be like 3 inches other wise it will hit the spare, well it's like 8 inches
so I need to take that back and have it redone, I wanted them to just make that part a hard line with the sensor bung but the did the banjo to An then a T for the sensor which is fine other then the one part being to long
other then that just a couple more parts and front suspension will be complete, need to get lower ball joint pins and outer tie rods, think I'm going to end up using the ball joint pins from a GM since I think they are the closest to the Altima size have to call to make sure, then for outer tie rods think I will end up making the insert for drilling out and flipping it or if I can find a pin that will be big enough on the small side and a taper reamer..... but the geometry isn't to bad.
I will have to take a BFH to make a little more room here
"don't forget the nip next time or else"
think I'm going to get my engine up on the stand and start getting it taken apart so I can start getting that all ready and use the heads to start working on the exhaust which is going to be a adventure, there are a couple tight spots where it needs to run although a side pipe has crossed my mind
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vern_k
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- Car: 2000 G20
The main girl friend aka the reason I'm broke
went though my computer today and set up a gallery, here are some of the old pixs, if there is one that you want to see that I didn't load let me know and I will do my best to find it, I do just dump my computer on to my external from time to time so I should have everything I have posted in one place or another
link
https://vernk.imgur.com/
in the S12 album
link
https://vernk.imgur.com/
in the S12 album
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vern_k
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- Name: Vern
- Car: 2000 G20
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had to bust out my cheat sheet to put valves away for fresh keeping while I get the head cleaned up one last time before I put it together
don't think they need to be refrigerated just stored in a cool dry place
ok so that might have not been necessary, but titanium......
new bolts in, cleaned up, have to make a stand for balancing, and a good battery for my scale. I put WD40 in my ultrasonic which makes clean up super easy drop them in for a few mins, take them out blow off with air and done
so when you run parts through the dishwasher do you use the heated dry cycle, asking for a friend
don't think they need to be refrigerated just stored in a cool dry place
ok so that might have not been necessary, but titanium......
new bolts in, cleaned up, have to make a stand for balancing, and a good battery for my scale. I put WD40 in my ultrasonic which makes clean up super easy drop them in for a few mins, take them out blow off with air and done
so when you run parts through the dishwasher do you use the heated dry cycle, asking for a friend
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vern_k
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- Joined: Fri Apr 28, 2017 3:14 am
- Name: Vern
- Car: 2000 G20
The main girl friend aka the reason I'm broke
Step 1: Put in the first part then the other 167
having proper tools makes life so much better
So it turns out that the factory VQ retainers are aluminum, so I need to call JWT on the limits with the cams and springs. I didn't see any info on that while researching but know now, when I pulled it apart I noticed they were super light so was thinking they had been switched to Ti, but nope just factory....
having proper tools makes life so much better
So it turns out that the factory VQ retainers are aluminum, so I need to call JWT on the limits with the cams and springs. I didn't see any info on that while researching but know now, when I pulled it apart I noticed they were super light so was thinking they had been switched to Ti, but nope just factory....