running 1uz v8 swapped s12

[asparagus]

too cool joe, come help me do my timing! haha

[silvia love]

too cool joe, come help me do my timing! haha

ive never set the timing on a twin cam, just these crappy single slammers. is your engine in yet? *off to henrys build thread*

[asparagus]

Haha, not yet! But I have the new head, so if I can manage to get everything together this weekend it'll be in soon. I'm just worried about fucking up timing

[silvia love]

well when sterling comes up we should meet up at your casa and solve the timing. i have to go out in the valley and could just catch pacheco over the hills.

[silvia love]

so this is ghey. i got my car all wired up, everything works. i cant turn it over though cause i still need a damn flywheel and clutch. but heres a vid, you can hear the pump and the starter cranks.

[asparagus]

lol that noise is so nostalgic, ONE STEP CLOSER MAN!

[silvia love]

lol that noise is so nostalgic, ONE STEP CLOSER MAN!

yeah i know, tell me about it  
well i had a scare today. tucking the rest of my harnesses and got everything connected while i noticed my brake lights we on at all times   so i looked around and found my brake switch wasnt getting pushed off. after further inspection i noticed the little rubber plug on the brake pedal assem. was gone! so the striker on the switch was going right through the hole where the plug is suppose to be at. why nissan used a rubber plug rather than something stronger i dunno, so i got a nut and bolt and made a far better peice. now my light work properly. so if anyone has brake lights that stay on check the pedal up inside the dash, make sure the switch has something to push it off.

[silvia love]

heres some shots of my bumper. again with the rustoleum rattle can. this paint can flex pretty well, no cracking. i was standing on the bumper, giving it the pressure test. i was going to leave the bumpers flat black but it turned out to work pretty well.

[silvia love]

can you smell what silvia love is cooking?

close up of my polish job, i still have to polish a little, my buffers a little too big. im going to have to use my dremel for the rest.


this week im gunna order some goodies! finally have some cash to waste....stay tuned for updates.

[200sxkitcar]

OOH excited

Did you get it to run?  Have any ?s on the wiring?

[silvia love]

OOH excited

Did you get it to run?  Have any ?s on the wiring?

me too!come wednesday i'll have a few q's for you. i'll be picking up the rest of the stuff needed to finish this up.
my short list...
plugs, wires, dist. cap, belts, hoses, intake piping, clutch, flywheel, clutch fork, driveshaft, filters and fliuds. theres a little more i  to get but not really needed.

i wonder if this is a real exedy, the price is good. i just need a oem replacement, i'd assume this is better than autozone clutches.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/_Car-Truck-...0254284503&

[200sxkitcar]

Allright cool, yeah any ?s give me a call...

That clutch is a good price, not tho how it says it only comes with a warrenty if its not been repackaged?? hmm

[silvia love]

Allright cool, yeah any ?s give me a call...

That clutch is a good price, not tho how it says it only comes with a warrenty if its not been repackaged?? hmm

i might just save and get a spec clutch. we'll see.
im gunna pull a henry...HUGE UPDATE, haha sorry
made a sticker thats all....

[Arro]

I looked on the XXR website for specs on the Sportmax wheels... they don't list the offset. Do you know what they are?

[demonic s12]

I looked on the XXR website for specs on the Sportmax wheels... they don't list the offset. Do you know what they are?

if they are 8" they are 0 offset

[Arro]

16x8 w/ 0 offset will fit without fender flares or whatever?

So I take it 15x7 w/ -6 offset will be out a bit farther than 16x8 w/ 0 offset....?

I mean thhe 16x8 w/ 0 will be 6mmm further in, but a quarter inch larger.

Man they need a wheel calculator like that miata tire calculator.

[asparagus]

16x8 w/ 0 offset will fit without fender flares or whatever?

So I take it 15x7 w/ -6 offset will be out a bit farther than 16x8 w/ 0 offset....?

I mean thhe 16x8 w/ 0 will be 6mmm further in, but a quarter inch larger.

Man they need a wheel calculator like that miata tire calculator.

it's simple math man, approximating that 1" is 25mm, x8+0 will stick out 12mm more than x7+0 because the extra inch is halved on each side. so x8+0 compared to x7-6, the x8+0 will stick out approx 6mm more.

[Arro]

I know the differences, I even have a ruler that shows both back to back, what I'm saying is Andrew says Joe has 16x8 w/ 0 offset, and I see the pictures, and it fits fine, doesn't stick out past the fender lip.

But by my calculations, taking into account our stock offset (which I read somewhere was +35, or was it Sterling who said that? I don't remember), 16x8 should stick out more than what I see in the pictures here if they're 0 offset.

Maybe I drank too many beers tonight LOL

[asparagus]

his wheels are 16x8+10

[demonic s12]

i was going by what the XB guys ran... maybe theres other offsets like the +10 mentioned