I had a look at a Toyota Surf one today, 100mm long, so no good I ended up getting a R33 GTS-T one out of Melbourne. Quite short, but still has a 30mm stroke (measured in the Skyline) and is a 5/8" bore like the Zed one. The AP ones are only a 1" stroke in the short masters they make.
Got some silicone and mucked about with the intake a bit. Got the filter in the pass side SMIC position with a 3" silicone 45deg elbow up under the headlight. I have an adapter to go off the AFM and reduce down to 3" to connect to the filter. Smaller than the stock 3.5" but still enormous. 3.5" wouldn't fit through under the headlight without hacking it to pieces and I' rather avoid copping a defect for that Also got my R33 Skyline clutch master. Compared to standard Z32 NA. Actual stroke length is the same. Will need to extend the rod thing a bit though, easy as. From the front showing the difference in bolt spacing Sitting against the firewall, HEAPS of room And I can reuse the standard hardline with some gentle persuasion. From inside the footwell, you can see the rod has to be extended a touch. I need to get off my arse and redo the oil pickup then the whole lot can go back together. Sundays job I think.
Gonna be registered and ready for Zedfest this year Chrispy? Would be great to hear this thing in the flesh!
Chrispy, if you remove the dust cover on the slave cylinder you will see a "C" clip. With a set of cir-clip pliers pop this out and the rod end will come out, with the piston still in place. Just swap the Gts one for the Z32 one. easy.
Already thought of that it would be too long. I'll just get a coupling nut and a bit of threaded rod. Easy
I got a bit of work done today Made the new pickup using a Z32 pickup and the VH block flange. The last one was terrible. Sharp 45deg corners, pinholes through it, just yuck. I was going to braze it, but ended up having another go with the MIG. Worked out pretty good, just a lot of little tacks rather than a solid bead. Passes the 'blow really hard in the end leak test'. Cut down and rewelded the standard VG dipstick to suit the new sump. I've erred on the side of caution and set it quite high, a touch higher than the stock sump, but I have less capacity. Welded some more metal onto the drivers side extractor, also put in the O2 bung and the WBO2 bung. All pretty and painted Extractors are now bolted to the engine with the new gaskets. Pickup is put on, and sump is gooed on too. A sump plug and we'll be ready to have a second start
Pretty much. Although I could legally have a turbo on it, I'll leave that game till later. When/if I do I will make a steampipe manifold, no way that thin wall mandrel bends would support the weight of a turbo.
Thanks guys I'll spend the next 2 days in the shed tidying some stuff up. Get a sump plug, stupid fabricators tapped it with the wrong pitch New gearbox seal New crank seal Put driveshaft in Connect all the wiring up Get a joiner for the top rad hose Extend the clutch rod thing and get some more bolts for various things. Hook up gauges Install FPR Then I'll be ready to fill it up with oil and coolant No driving until I get a clutch master adaptor made. I might make a dodgy one just to get everything going, really need a lathe to make a nice one up. If all goes well it will be out the door on Saturday for it's first bath since I've owned it $10 it doesn't happen :rofl: And Chris what's this Maverick thread?
