[tiltnose510]

Well, the latest is that I have completed the front end and steering as of tonight. The rack ended up going behind the sump and avoiding the exhaust route nicely. I re-positioned the lower control arms and got the geometry spot on this time. Camber comes in about 2 degrees (Maybe a little less) on bump and bump steer is not even noticeable. I have the engine wiring in and will be starting the V-mount IC/radiator setup next week. I will also be doing the firewall and remainder of the floor in the next two weeks. Then finish the wiring, exhaust and hopefully fire it. Gotta get a clutch before its all done too. I'll post some new pics next week.
Mark

[Icehouse]

Thats great to here Mark! You best get some pics up I may have to come by and take my own hehe I can't wait to here the RB, dam those things sound nice!!

[kiznook]

Jeff, you can't keep up with taking pictures of your own project! silly

Sounds like it's coming along...can't wait for pics and.....VIDEO!

[]2eDeYe]

Ya no kidding Jeff

[tiltnose510]

Friday...V-mount is done. Maybe I'll remember the camera tomorrow.

[tiltnose510]

I uploaded a few new pics to my flickr page. V-mount and some others.

http://www.flickr.co...s/14531931@N04/

[ka-510]

so its going to be flat black?????

[tiltnose510]

Pretty sure of it. Probably with Red chrome somewhere. My other possibility is orange with yellow true fire flames, but I may do monochrome true fire on the flat black.

[tnip]

oh man... flat black, matte deep red true flames with some red chrome accents... hmmmm

err.. no... flat black with some thinned out candy apple red true flames... to match the look of the red chrome accents... idk, whatever looks good and you like hahaha...

checked out the pics, thing looks awesome man, and you couldn't have just settled for the pimp factor of having an rb26dett in a 510, you had to use a silvia s14 floor and firewall.. HA "yea it's pretty trick... i think i'm gonna throw this floor in there to make it even rarer" haha

[tiltnose510]

That flat black candy flame sounds sweet! The "rare" part of the car is actually a little sad. The only thing left that is 510 is the skin. rear cradle-300zx, front spindles-300zx, chassis-custom tube, S14 floor, Skyline column, etc.,etc.. Poor thing doesn't have any identity anymore.

[tnip]

sure it does... it's the tiltnose 510. is this still street driven... i mean is it still registered as a street legal car?

and the candy flames... i was thinking if done properly could look almost have a red anodized look... to match the red chrome pretty well.

[tiltnose510]

Street driven, (like I ever go to the track) and license is current. They could ticket me for the cage chassis stuff if they wanted. I think fiveoneohray was ticketed for a cage setup in a car once. (Or so I heard-could be myth) I'll work with that paint scheme, it sounds like a challenge. I'm not "all out" on the true flame design but on my S14 Silvia I had true flame on the bumper and then morphed it in to a "Craig Fraser" type of ghost flame to give it a bit more of an old school hot rod touch.
I think the anodized look would be very cool. If I start with white and then silver then touch it with candy red it should look right. Candy over bright silver would be it.

[Icehouse]

Tons of progress!! I see the ecu is in. Have you fired it? My guess is yes I like the red IC piping Is the seat as far back as you wanted it?

[tnip]

that's what i was thinking... and if you wanted more of a ghost look just spray it right on the black.

and as far as the metal aspect, i was just reading about anodizing at home... it seems to be a simple process. you're basically etching the aluminum with an electrified acid and then adding dyes to make it different colors. not only does it look cool in the end but it's stronger than regular alum would be... it's pretty cool shit.

[tiltnose510]

I have looked into that too but never ventured into setting up the process. It looked simple enough. Of course I would then be tempted to take the I/C and stuff off and anodize them and I just don't need that right now thank you.
Hopefully I will have some more pics to post of the firewall since I started on that today.

[hang_510]

tiltnose510 said:

They could ticket me for the cage chassis stuff if they wanted. I think fiveoneohray was ticketed for a cage setup in a car once. (Or so I heard-could be myth)

is it an issue for a street car to have a cage, in WA?

i had mine out (bolt-in) when i regsitered it, but i dont think its an issue here

[tiltnose510]

My understanding is that if it is more than 6 point and interfers with the crumple zones they can write you for it. Aside from that, no problem. Mine is a little more than 6 point.

[]2eDeYe]

Crumple zone in an early 70's car? Ha very funny

Maybe they mean the guy you hit's crumple zone?

[tiltnose510]

My thoughts exactly. I 'm just trying to save myself from being squashed.

[tnip]

how many cops even know to look for a 6+pt roll cage? i guess if it becomes an issue in a certain area the cops get special training. in the st.pete clearwater area in florida where i grew up, illegal street racing was huge and so all the cops got special training in recognizing certain things. they started fitting certain cruisers with decimeters to catch people with exhaust that was too loud. turned into tons of court cases of overzealous cops ticketing people for stuff that wasn't even technically illegal. i guess it had a good outcome cause it resulted in alot of people getting a better understanding of laws affecting automotive alterations.