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I've been really busy now that the shop is up and running and without a thread to keep bumped I forget to take photos during the day. After some time away, I have returned to post pictures of the junk I am working on. Posts Worth Reading: - Rich buys and old Japanese sedan. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3572280&userid=135219#post419949071 - Starting to work on the S13. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3572280&pagenumber=1&perpage=40#post419949687 Current Cars I Own: - 1993 Nissan 240SX Convertible (S13) - Current project - 1995 Nissan Pathfinder 4WD (D22) - Donor vehicle - 1986 Nissan Hardbody 2WD (D21) - Dream project when I get time - Top Secret For Now Car - TOP SECRET Other Places to Look: I have a Instagram account I use during the day when I feel like it, I will probably be re-posting the images here though. May not always be car or welding photos! ultimateforce fucked around with this message at 22:19 on Sep 28, 2013 |
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Sep 28, 2013 18:02
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Rich bought an old Toyota from Japan or something.          
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Sep 28, 2013 18:03
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 Tonight I will be at Central Florida Racing Complex around 7PM to Midnight or thereabouts. For more info, check their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CFRC.Drifting
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Sep 28, 2013 18:06
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The stock KA24DE has somewhere around 200,000 miles and is really down on power in my 240SX. Not sure what's wrong but it needs to be opened up. I really don't want an engine swapped 'vert so I am going to pull this one and swap in a slightly fresher S14 KA and do a bunch of maintenance stuff while I'm at it. For once money isn't a problem, but time is. I hardly get time to work on it so it mostly gets pushed around the shop a lot. No, I don't have a Cummins engine swap. Don't let the soot fool you.  Pulling the donor drivetrain from a S14 at the shop. The S14 is getting a RB25DET swap.    The clutch and flywheel were TOAST.  The two sacrifices to the Nissan S-Chassis god.  My 'vert is starting to become my parts storage.  Stripping the car down to a bare frame so I can tackle everything while I have the chance. Discovered quite a bit of rust which is common for convertibles.   Going to try a few rattle can solutions.    I am not patching this hole. Naturally occurring drainage port.  More to come later.
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Sep 28, 2013 18:24
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Dat gear shifter 
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Sep 28, 2013 20:19
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It's a great way for the "top" gears to fall out due to the weight of the shift knob.
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Sep 28, 2013 20:24
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It's so brown, I love it
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Sep 28, 2013 20:31
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Rich did a lot of tuning up on it. The previous owners did a great job on the exterior but the engine needed work. Now everything, including the A/C, works like a charm. R12 A/C is so cold!
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Sep 28, 2013 21:04
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ultimateforce posted:Rich bought an old Toyota from Japan or something. 1G-GTE? Ew.
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Sep 28, 2013 21:22
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It's so old school the way the power band is. All top end. It's great.
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Sep 28, 2013 21:29
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ultimateforce posted:I've been really busy now that the shop is up and running and without a thread to keep bumped I forget to take photos during the day. Awww you couldn't stay away When you say the shop is "up and running", does that mean you're making some kind of living? If so, yay! Is the convertible the one that was your GFs or is that an additional car? Which one are you DDing, the Pathfinder? And when you say "own" do you mean, " that runs"? If so, it sounds you managed to off load a few of your hunks! Nice work!
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Sep 28, 2013 22:08
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I am making more money, not a ton more, but it's adding up. I am waiting for more to get done before I do the next photo dump of the S13 but I have wasted a couple grand "restoring" my turd of a S13, and it still doesn't even have an engine in it! poo poo! The Pathy runs but I am still using it for parts. I have my long bed (I forgot about till just now) and my co-worker Joe's truck that I am using the Pathy as a donor for. Like a chump I am still borrowing a truck from my mom and it sure is lame. I was using the shop's parts truck, but Joe's previously mentioned truck poo poo the transmission so he's using it now. The fact that the shop up and gave me a truck shows the difference with things at this place.
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Sep 28, 2013 22:17
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For what it's worth, I'm glad you're posting again. I wonder how well that appliance epoxy will hold up - usually refrigerators don't get left outside and driven in the rain where I live. Eastwood has some cool spray paint now that somehow does something magical and lets you have ceramic spray paint (only seems to be Chassis Black so far). That might be a cool finish if the appliance epoxy doesn't work out. http://www.eastwood.com/paints/2k-aero-spray-paints.html
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How the hell did a Florida car get so rusty?  I know the areas they chopped up to make it a vert will get rusty as poo poo due to  , but this is stuff that's not unique to the vert.e: I see the vert has seen a repaint at some point. Is that something that came with the vert conversion, or just from the previous owner? e2: on closer look, it appears as if only the LF ahead of the door is mismatched, with some questionable cut and paste going on around the LF shock tower. What the hell is the brown thing? I want to touch it in naughty ways.. ways that will make it make glorious noises. Also  at the baggy in the console, I did a double take to see if it was 
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Sep 29, 2013 10:51
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Seat Safety Switch posted:For what it's worth, I'm glad you're posting again. I've seen a bay done in appliance epoxy in white and it came out pretty good. I am on the fence about applying a gloss coat at all. The problem is that I lost my receipt for the paint so I am kinda stuck with it now.
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Sep 29, 2013 13:52
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some texas redneck posted:How the hell did a Florida car get so rusty? Convertibles got a ton of extra bracing, that is what you are seeing in the area after the firewall. All those spot welds are just left untreated in the process. The front core support has been cut off and reattached before. It is all straight, but a definite hack job. That is a Toyota Mark II, their version of the Toyota Cressida. They were used as police vehicles and taxi cabs in Japan when they were new. The baggy was full of quarters.
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  If you mean "approximately 25% of the car" when you say "front core has been cut".... That Mk2 is sexy as hell for some reason.
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Sep 29, 2013 14:31
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Pretty sure that's normal.
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Sep 29, 2013 15:14
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Welcome back, son. I knew it wouldn't take long to scratch that itch (to post). Love that old Cressida. Reminds me of nice old days before "Lexus" BS.
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Sep 29, 2013 16:14
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Helmet cam video from last night at CFRC. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10102161590591971&set=vb.5022919&type=2&theater Video may or may not work? Let me know if it is private and I will edit this post out. Edit: This video probably won't work for you! ultimateforce fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Sep 29, 2013 |
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Sep 29, 2013 16:42
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ultimateforce posted:Helmet cam video from last night at CFRC. It's unavailable for me and I'm even friends with you on FB!
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Sep 29, 2013 18:53
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That Mark II was/is up for sale on Miataturbo.  http://www.miataturbo.net/cars-sale-trade-6/1985-toyota-mark-ii-%2413500-74534/
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Sep 29, 2013 19:04
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Pictures from last night at the track, as seen from my crummy Android phone! Drivers meeting.  The pits. You can see how on slow nights you basically hang out in the pits. We were doing ride-alongs last night too. Formula D driver Pat Goodin was helping set up cars and letting spectators ride with him too.  This coupe sat in my back yard for a year while I stored it for someone. It now has a 2JZ swap.   It last looked like this when I saw it.  My friend's car I did the exhaust on. LS1 swap, pretty stock. Ton of fun to drive the way it is. I'll be doing some tune up stuff on it soon.  McNasty tailoring his insane LS1 vert home after chewing up his tires.  The cost breakdown was $150 for 9am - 12am drifting, unlimited runs with pro drifter Pat Goodin giving FREE lessons all day. After 7pm it's $50 to drive the rest of the night and $12 to spectate. I've priced it out a few times, if you spent your money smart you could have a fun drift car for $2,000. This is the best time ever to get in to the sport.
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Sep 29, 2013 19:35
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Phone posted:That Mark II was/is up for sale on Miataturbo. Yeah, Rich is trying to trade it. He said it's too nice to actually drive so he wants something he can beat on.
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Sep 29, 2013 19:36
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NEW DEPRESSING / HILARIOUS GAME TO PLAY Look at the people on Facebook who graduated from your high school the same year as you!
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There were 13 people in my graduating class, and the school ceased to exist a few years later. Gonna be a tough game for me..
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ultimateforce posted:
Go to your 10 year reunion. Usually in for some comedy/heavy drinking even if your not a drinker.
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Sep 30, 2013 04:33
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ultimateforce posted:
It's easier to find them in a federal prison search. 
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Sep 30, 2013 04:33
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I need to see how that appliance epoxy holds up. I've got a lovely motorcycle that needs some gloss black loving.
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Geirskogul posted:I need to see how that appliance epoxy holds up. I've got a lovely motorcycle that needs some gloss black loving. Don't know about that, but PJ1 makes some really solid epoxy paint systems especially for motorcycle frames and engines. Look at the bottom of this page for frame paint-systems: http://www.sudco.com/pj1.html
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Go to your 10 year reunion. Usually in for some comedy/heavy drinking even if your not a drinker. ...I graduated in 2001.
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Sep 30, 2013 12:07
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ultimateforce posted:...I graduated in 2001. But I have semi massive amounts of college debt. Around 25kish but whittling it down.
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Sir Cornelius posted:Don't know about that, but PJ1 makes some really solid epoxy paint systems especially for motorcycle frames and engines. Look at the bottom of this page for frame paint-systems: http://www.sudco.com/pj1.html That site was last modified in 2006
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Sep 30, 2013 15:09
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Geirskogul posted:That site was last modified in 2006 With just product numbers and no prices, why fix what's not broke. 
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Sep 30, 2013 15:13
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drat I'm kinda glad I didn't by that coupe from you now, it would have never been that cool if I owned it One of these days if I ever get a job with weekends off I gotta make it to one of those events 
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Sep 30, 2013 17:32
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I will be posting details for the Halloween event later today hopefully. TEASER: $12 admission if you come dressed as a zombie.
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Sep 30, 2013 18:08
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Groundfloor. I love project threads. Also, a Cummins in a 240SX sounds apeshit bananas and now I want one.
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Sep 30, 2013 18:18
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Geirskogul posted:That site was last modified in 2006 Whiner. http://www.pj1.com/
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N is for Nipples posted:Groundfloor. I love project threads. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpaktgSI1rs
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