^^^^ ahaha tripper!!

more piccies..

 

Fender polished

 

 

stoneguard on the bottom to match the sills.

 

Stoneguard on the underside to seal it all up

 

underside of inner fender body tarred

 

got my dash back from the trimmer. it was all warped and cracked. for $300 i'm stoked with the outcome

 

and scored myself a jzz30 ali radiator. just gotta mod the rad support to fit it up. hopefully i can just use stock jzz/uzz rad hoses now.

been a while. been chipping away at it. for those that have built cars to this extent will know its all the small things that take up your time and money.

 

so got the roof and floor finished off with the ping jing and acoustic liner. no photo of the floor as its filthy and needs a vacuum lol

 

 

been toying with fitment of radiator support and the massive soarer radiator. We have top and bottom hoses sorted out now too

 

 

mock up of the fender.. v8 was looking quite large in there before. once a guard goes on it looks small again. haha

 

Here mocking up placement of the stock AFM and filter box for that OEM look.

 

New hydraulic tensioner rocked up. it appears to be shorter than the stock one? any UZ gurus know anything bout this?

Mate has been getting stuck into the loom (which is good) as exhaust is done and fuel system is very close aswell.

 

Onto the ZORST!

went with stainless. Twin 2" as the log manifolds end that size. into a single 2.5" wanted to do twin system but there is just a distinct lack if space.

Cat converter. stainless 2.5" in/out 200cell

 

Straight through LUKEY muffler.

 

one section

 

first 3rd

 

kinda the rest.

 

Also these twin 14" thermos rocked up

 

fit quite nice on the radiator.

will be making a shroud for these.

Few more exhaust pics. Clearances are all nice and tight and the the exhaust hardly moves with the hangers.

Still have to weld it more on the car. then dismantle.. finish welding. Paint flanges and collector and the hotdog. refit.

 

 

3" tip.. this one is just a mock piece but gives an idea.

once a guard goes on it looks small again

 

No it doesnt!!

 

will be making a shroud for these.

 

You sure? They will suck air through nearly all the radiator when they come on (hardly ever!), and a shroud will only ruin the airflow when you're driving.

 

My miserable 4K runs a single electric with no shroud, and I can't ever think of a time it has come on. The nearest would be getting interrupted on a 100kph trip to sit at roadworks waiting for those fking abysmal temporary traffic lights!!! It gets up to halfway after a couple of minutes but doesn't get the fan on.

most definitely. The 1uz is a very hot running motor. The way i look at things is. New cars all have shrouds built into their thermo fans. who am i to argue with years and years of engineering. so yeah will be building a shroud.

Fair enough- because mine doesn't come on I"m always worrying about whether the sensor has packed up or the relay broken.. Do you reckon you'll run twin sensors & relays, one to each fan for when something breaks??

 

There's nothing more exciting than sitting in a queue of traffic at the lights wondering "will the fan come on?" "I'm sure it should be on by now.." What if it blows a head gasket just sitting here..."

havent thought that far ahead hey tbh. woulda thought to just have em both linked up. Temp guage should tell u if its getting too hot.

I reckon that a good idea could be to have a temp switch that shuts the motor down preventing damage.

few more

 

in/out fuel lines done for now i may/may not take it somewhere and have em redone to look a bit neater. for now i'm happy.

 

and carpet has arrived.

Excellent work.

 

Which trimmer in Adelaide did you use?

 

Is that a Knox carpet?

The carpet is knox.

The dash was done by brennon upholstery in lonsdale.

 

Progress hasnt really slowed just everything is so tedious now.

wiring mainly and exhausting exhaust.

so still been working on it. had nearly 3 weeks where i didnt though. Running my own business and trying to build this car has taken its toll. Work got absolutely spastic and well really i can't say no to the work.

Back at it now.

 

So Parcel shelf deadened.

 

under the fuel tank and sections of the tank deadened

tank pickup also modified to allow wiring through

 

Current state of the motor

 

wiring.. ergh

 

Here is my little bus bar type thing to distribute power up front

got one of these on the way to me

pretty stoked in finding one.

 

My rear power panel. Earth bar. Power bar. Quick release battery terminals

Once i make a decent battery tray it'll all be mounted nicely and covered by a fascia trim.

 

Also have run 6ch of RCA leads. Electric window wiring Speaker cables.

My central locking should arrive soon so i can run them as well. Trying to forward plan as much as possible.

 

So for power windows i decided to go with a universal kit. These cars had the option but the regs will be 40 years old and possibly unreliable. And hard to find.

its fairly neat and the switches cover the winder hole quite nicely.