man this thing drives super duper smooth, im inlove with it and to think i only payed $1000 for it with 101k miles on the clock


the headliner is sagging so i just ordered some tan suede online and im going to redo the headliner my self in the suede

 

its been a LONG time guys! i have finally spent some money on my car again and have a bunch of parts on order!

here is a sneak peak of what im doing and heres a hint its all Nissan

 

some of the first parts to come in!

 

got the bell housing from the machine shop they did a good job

 

ok small update i put the tranny back together now some pics

cleaned the back of the bellhousing for the RTV to have a smooth surface to adhere to



got a piece of 2x4 so i could stand the tranny up for easy bellhousing alignment


got it all lined up and bolted on now installing the snap ring on the main bearing


i temporarily put the cover back on but i need to head to nissan on monday and get a new front cover seal, mine looks ok but Nissan recommends not to reuse them and i will not risk it for a $4 seal.


now this i did not realize there was a little ball under this spring and it had fallen out do not lose this!


here she is all put back together


thats it for today i have parts coming in on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday so ill update when they come in

 

hey man, my name is Kiel I was following your posts and was wondering are you a mechanic or you just do this in your spare time? Im moving soon to Hollywood Florida (im from New Zealand). Im new to the site and the US car seen. so was keen to get to know some people. Any ways keep up the good work man and look forward to seeing some more progress. also my guess was you replace an auto for a stick? what happen with the box?

 

no im actually replacing the factory 5 speed transmission with a 350z 6-speed trans mission

i was a mechanic but now i work in a more comfy and better paying job. i kept my tools because i like to work on my 240

 

hey my Shaft Masters drive shaft came in today and man does it look good, they use Spicer joints.
here is a pic of my testing to see if the yolk fits properly and it does!


also my Dakota Digital speed calibration unit, im going to use this box to get the ABS signal from my j30 diff to make my speedometer to work with the z33 tranny.


i already had the Spec flywheel but i wasnt sure if i needed a new friction plate or not so i just ordered one it was $80 i would be kicking myself if i needed it and not ordered it but other then that im still waiting on more parts and i will try to pull my SR out of my s14 this weekend

also my wiring specialties harness came in too

 

my ACT Extreme 6 puck clutch came in last night.

 

my replacement spec Flywheel friction plate came in today. now im just missing a few parts but they happen to be the most important ones

 

a little something i picked up today i cant believe i found one localy with the same damn color as my car!

 

 

im Still waiting on parts Chasebays their 3 week long wait on back ordered parts is turning into 7 weeks now and Brett from Collins Performance told me my stuff would be shipped out this week so i decided to pull my engine out.

i didnt really document this part very thoroughly because its been done a million times! anywho here are some pics.

getting all set up with my tent in the morning you need this down here the Florida Sun can be killer.


unplugged everything and pulled everything off she is ready to come out


out and nasty dirty!



i noticed that one side of my turbo had lost the nut lock and both nuts and studs on one side had worked them self loose! awesome more stuff to order


Spec Stage 2 Clutch DONE! this thing did not perform like advertised



i Also noticed my rear main is leaking so this would be a good time to replace it.


here i am comparing the SR and Z33 Tranny curiously the SR tranny is a bit longer.


thats it for now untill more parts come in im stuck i really didnt think things would take this long

 

ok i did quite a bit and i did run into some problems.

ok now the SR starter has this ring about 1/4" high on it and to fit on the adapter plate you need to grind down that ring flush but not all the way around just the part that will make contact with the adaptor plate




here i replaced the friction plate on my flywheel


here is the adaptor plate with the fly wheel and clutch going on.





now here is where i ran into my first problem, im using the SR bearing carrier with the Z33 fork and z33 spring clip.
left is SR spring clip and right is z33




it ll went together fine but when i mated the tranny to the engine i find that the fork has full movement and does not even reach the pressure plate. my solution is to buy the collins bearing carrier made for this swap but i had thought the SR one would work.

all bolted up


i used 1/8" thick washers and the bolts are just slighly too long still so i will switch for 1/4" washers

i put her back in the engine bay to check drive shaft clearance and i noticed i had a much harder time putting the engine in with the bigger tranny but it did go in



beefy! i do have to remove the factory rubber vibration absorber from the tranny it just makes it too tight


anyway my driveshaft is about an inch too long i will have to contact shaft masters to see if they can help me out or if im just shafted.

so main problems i have to deal with now is that the drive shaft is too long and the throw out bearing carrier is too short ill try to update asap guys thanks for looking

 

Still dealing with the 240sx huh? (and still on s-chassis huh?)