Pick-up custom

[TEDJordan]

Cheers ross Workshops not that big but I'm grateful of the space all the same!

Far from restoring the car, got some major plans for it but at the minute, just getting the cab to a useable solid state.

Anymore info on your computer build? i've spent £1500 on my watercooled build so far

Jordan

[rossrox]

your workshop is double the size of mine! haha

my build set me back little over £2000 was thinking about upgrading to windows 7 but i cant actually stand it! prefer vista! and im running about a gig of ram because my corsair dominator ram malfunctioned doubt i will get it fixed becuase im spending all my money on my moggy http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=31380

[TEDJordan]

I'll be putting 7 on mine soon, I quite like it actually! I had the same Ram die on me, I've a spare working corsair dominator 1GB stick you mcan have that works though if you want it (cost of a stamp coz I'll post it)

Will deffinately be posting up an update this weekend lol

Jordan

[rossrox]

well apparently with corsair dominator is lifetime warrenty so ill try and send it off, cheers for the offer tho!

doesnt look like ill have any updates on my post for a while, delivery men have messed my order up and 'lost' my escort mk 2 axle

[TEDJordan]

Small update - havn't really touched the moggy, at a standstill while I try to figure out how to attack the inner arches as I have NO DATUMS!!!!!!

Anyway, bit of an update!

I have 320bhp sat in a shed now inside the donor car! Picked it up saturday from solihull (!!!):




Too cold to take good pics, but its got everything I need for running gear etc - chuffed!

Jordan

[rossrox]

is that your engine conversion???

[chrisryder]

i think it's still in the donor RR

[rossrox]

yeah, i know haha, i meant is that the engine he is going to use

[chrisryder]

ah fair does. i guess so! looks a bit of a big-un tho!

[rossrox]

exactly the same thought as me thats why i was asking

[hotrodder13]

i think he said on retro rides hes widening the body 6 "

[TEDJordan]

I'm debating weather to widen the body or take it up with wider arches.

I'm not plonking the morris body onto the 300zx - I'll be making my own chassis, but the engine itself would fit under the hood of a standard moggy with minor chassis mods, but some bulkhead and innder wing mods would be needed. Not that the standard chassis copeactually cope though lol

Jordan

[irmscher]

fantastic project but how are you going to sort the electrics out? ecu etc i wouldnt know where to start

[TEDJordan]

Thanks

Thats a fair question - Its partly the reason why I bought a complete running car tbh (albeit with alot taken off that I didnt need to get the price down a considerable amount). I'll start dismantling as I go along, labelling everything along the way and working out what I can discard. From there I'll be building a new loom up anyway most likely with aftermarket engine management (I've set my mind on the DTA S80) As this will manage both turbos and traction control nicely.

Jordan

[TEDJordan]

I forgot to update this thread last weekend,

dropped the front subfame/engine/suspension as one, the back axle as a whole and stripped the car of any other valuables too along with the complete and incredibly complex wiring looms. I had the shell of the nissan collected and weighed in for scrap after that for £50 which was some nice money back after forking out for the car to start with.









Jordan

[irmscher]

DTA a fantastic firm they have a unit near salford quays i used to work on the estate and was always going in looking around .i have seen some awesome cars being tested and the company race a westfield 7

[TEDJordan]

The local (very reputable) tuner favours these over many aftermarket ecu's and as such, has fitted and tuned around 110 varying DTA ecu's into cars. He also happens to be a friend of mine and as we're machining the rollers for his new rolling road I may recieve a reasonable discount!

Jordan