Triperformance

Did you do any port work on the Redtop?

cmr333

NOPE. i have a spare engine that neds to be rebuilt that i am going to go nuts on over the next year. cams headwork, arp everything blueprinted forged bottom end and all that goodness. i would really like to get the valvetrain worked to where i could get 8500 rpm or so just so it will be a screamer.

cmr333

anyone still paying attention? If so heres a really late update. for the past few weeks i have been busy doing things i gotta do and dealing with the hurrican season here in fl. as well. over the past few weeks i have installed the radiator, fans, and finished the steering shaft. sometime this week im going to finish the crazy custom swaybar and pick up alot of parts that have nickle and dimed me to death. ill post some pics thursday of whats been done so far. im going to try to make it this month dammit. in reality if all the funds were in place for parts and materials this could have been done in about a month or less, unfortunatly it hasnt been that way for me. a great deal of work and thought have gone into this project to make sure i still have a very nice car when this is all said and done, not just a thrown together pos. stay tuned i see the ligt at the end of this long *** tunnel

kersh4w

iTrader: (3)

dude, i cant wait. it looks like you managed to fit the engine behind the front axle too, right? its still midship. and its inline. cant wait to see it finalized.

cmr333

yep the front of the block is 4.5" forward of the axle so close enough.

sixgen3sgte

i have a few questions, what did you use for your throttle cable and pedal

i am trying to figue out how to keep the stock pedal

also what about the shifter location



i just got through sitting my motor in for the last time hopefully

i have a little wiring left to do for the motor to run and start with the key

cmr333

i used a lokar throttle pedal and cable from summit. there is no way to use the stock assembly. one of the reasons we shoved my engine so far back is to get my shifter in the right spot. i just have to shorten the lever a bit. i still havent got power to mine. im trying to figure out how to integrate the engine electrical with the body harness thats in the car already.

Deathwatch

Good Luck!!!!!!

cmr333

so here is a lil update. ive been dealing with money problems just like everyone else in this country and i have been having to put off alot of things with the car but i have been doing a little here and there. i have some more pics to take with my nice camera, but heres a blackberry shot of my exhaust that i just built. its a flowmaster crossflow muffler and i stole the design of the system from borla. im going to be running a resignator of some sort where the stock cat used to be to quiet it down a lil.

kersh4w

iTrader: (3)

*resonator

is that 2.25" piping?

636

*slaps kersh4w* Dammit i wanted to correct him. *resonator. Let me know how the exhaust sounds , hope it doesn't turn raspy :o

cmr333

Lol thanks for the spell check. Its 2.5" piping, as for being raspy hope not but we will see stay tuned

dillsrotary

I don't think it'll sound raspy, sr20's usually produce a real nice deep sound

cmr333

ok heres pics of the exhaust installed and how it looks leading up to my tips. ( iahev to paint the inside of those black btw) and a pic of my new throttle pedal that was surprisingly easy to install





sorry this one is blurry

romycha1

Wait.... from what I remember (unless I missed a post or two)... weren't you going to leave this motor pretty much alone, so you'd have a "reliable" car with decent power to drive around.

cmr333

Yes I said that but that was before I got a spare engine to play with. It will be a year or so before anything is done to the spare.

Rotr8

iTrader: (2)

Nice work would like to see a pic of the tip and and bumper from a little further away...

romycha1

OH ok... my bad... For some reason I thought the motor in the car was the "spare"... I forgot all the little details since it's taking you 5 years to finish this project

cmr333

Lol it feels like 10 years I will post up pica of the bumper later tonight.

cmr333

ok here we go i did a little bit today. i ran the sr harness through the firewall ( bitch) and mounted the ecu to the passenger firewall under the dash in place of the plastic footplate under the carpet. I put the e manage and the eo1 brain in the glove box but i havent wired it up yet. also included, the pic of the exhaust coming through the bumper from farther away.

romycha1

Dude... fab up something to make your exhaust tip match up to the bumper opening... kinda looks funny... But that's just me, don't take offense

cmr333

none taken, im going to black out the inside of the tips and shorten the pipes a lil bit. i still have concerns about those tips getting hot and melting the bumper.

Asmoran

I'd be more worried about the hot exhaust gasses melting the bumper than the tip itself. There's a reason exhaust tips either stick out past the bumper or direct the exhaust away from it.

Triperformance

Don't forget Nissan engines are known to backfire every so often also! Good work and I can't wait to see it driving around.

cmr333

heres a shot of the engine bay with the new radiator, fans and what not. i got the steering shaft installed as well. ill get shots with the charge pipes installed again later. sorry everything is so damn dusty, the bodyshop isnt really a clean place lol.