Rhapakatui Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 So I got some more time in on the truck this week. Big job got postponed by a few days, so I got this weekend off. Decided to tear into the rear end so i could have my tie straps back. I stayed late Tuesday, cut off the temporary setup,and built these towers out of some 8" pipe. There's a lot more, but gotta do stuff now, so I'll come back later and finish the update. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Haha I musta been drunk and second guessed what I posted or something... :lol: Quote Link to comment
Rhapakatui Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Deleting is cheating, but if I could delete some of my posts, I probably would. Meanwhile, back at the shop, I rolled the truck back in and connected those shock towers with a piece of t iron that I dug out of a scrap pile. Quote Link to comment
Rhapakatui Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Sorry for breaking this up in so many posts. I'm updating from my phone between chores. So, I got everything positioned and tacked before pulling the subframe for weld out. Quote Link to comment
Rhapakatui Posted July 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 So I typed up a nice long update with pics and witty stories and comments... then my phone crapped out and wouldn't post it, so I went to bed. Now I'm on teh wife's computer, so hopefully I can get this to the public this time. With the truck lifted into the air and the rearend pulled out, it looked a little like I was building a hover truck of some sort. Had to make some plates to tie the T down to the frame. Thought it would be a nice oppurtunity to make Kaoss jealous. Started out by finding some drop plates from the back of the shear that looked useful, and layout where I want to cut. Place in shear and line up with blade. push joystick to the left, and viola. Would've done time stamps, but it really took longer to take the pictures than it did to cut the plates. Got those welded on. Started to close it in completely with the plates, but decided that it was strong enough without that, and because I'm having the frame galvanized when its complete, I can't have any sealed chambers in it. Already need to go back and punch holes in some of the work that I've already done, so I figured I'd leave that section open. Got the rearend bolted back up, and sat it on the tires. Sits about like I wanted it to. I'm always happy when something comes out like I planned. The tires on there now are 2" bigger radius than what will be driving on it, so it's gonna be low, but the geometry looks right to me. Let me know what you think. Quote Link to comment
Rhapakatui Posted July 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 Okay, so here's the deal. In a bit of a pickle. 1st. The wrecked J30t that I got all of my parts from had a bent lower control arm. No biggy, cheap part from a junk yard. Bought a used one from Minnesota for like $50. Ball joint was roached, but the arm was strait. Popped out the old ball joint and ordered one off the interweb. Got it in. It's wrong. Way completely unuseably wrong. No bigs. Emailed to exchange it...... got a refund because no one makes a ball joint for a freaking Infiniti J30. Not even Infiniti. Thinking that I may find something similar and modify my peices to use. I'm thinking a Z32 one would be close. majorly need advice before waisting money on that. 2nd. gonna have to relocate the break master cylinder. Seems doable with some minor linkage fabrication. 3rd. Considering fabricating a bed with some checker plate. Wanna do it like a 30s style pickup using checker plate angle iron to continue the line at the bullet to the back of the truck. Questions, Comments, Concerns? Please let me know. Need advice.... really.... please. Quote Link to comment
king bee66 Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 the sa pick and pull inventory says they have a ton of j30s i may make a trip this week some time, anything i can help you out with? Quote Link to comment
Rhapakatui Posted July 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 I a appreciate it man, but I don't really trust junk yard ball joints. What I really need is a good reference that could tell me different ball joint sizes so that I can get the closest match and bore out my parts to make it fit. Quote Link to comment
GreenEggs&Ham Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 Starting to take shape, looks crazy enough! I'm very impressed :D Huge points for what you have undertaken. Good luck with that ball joint too... Quote Link to comment
Rhapakatui Posted October 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 Picked these up a while back. Got a set of used tires to throw on there for $100. The tires have an inch more side wall than the ones that I will be running when it's done, but atleast now I can have the same size wheels all of the way around. Up until now, I've had Toyota Rav4 factory 17s in the back and Infiniti J30 factory 15s up front as I didn't have a complete set of wheels and tires for it. Meanwhile, it looks like I'm gonna have to take Redeye's advice from a while back. 2eDeYe' date='08 March 2011 - 12:43 PM' timestamp='1299609817' post='440411']Those springs will be compressed under load so they really won't stick up that high. You might look into coilovers for better packaging. They obviously didn't compress that much, and I was prepared for them to stick above the hood. However, the springs take up entirely too much room under the hood. Haveing a really hard time fitting important things like.... oh, a break master cylinder. Been doing some research over at nicoclub.com and I think I'm gonna copy some of the work done by the J30 guys over there. That means I need to buy s14 spindles, a z32 sway bar, and some aftermarket coilovers. While I'm at it, I figured I may as well go for adjustable lower control arms so that I can bring my track width in a bit. Gonna be expensive. Quote Link to comment
Rhapakatui Posted October 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 S14 spindles check Quote Link to comment
collision and customs Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 S14 spindles check The J30 is very similar to all the S chassis. If you gat a set of fully adjustable coilovers like Tein Flex's, you can lower all of your upper strut mounts for better clearance. And the Tein Flex come with adjustable camber plates. Quote Link to comment
Big Schlink Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Sweet build man I dig the pipes for the rear strut mounts. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rhapakatui Posted November 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 The J30 is very similar to all the S chassis. If you gat a set of fully adjustable coilovers like Tein Flex's, you can lower all of your upper strut mounts for better clearance. And the Tein Flex come with adjustable camber plates. that's the plan. It'll look a lot cleaner that way than how I was planning before, but the price is kinda slowing me down. Has anyone tried the cheaper adjustable coilovers, like k-sport, or Megan? Quote Link to comment
Rhapakatui Posted November 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Godspeed adjustable lower control arms, check. (Narrows track width, and solves the ball joint issue.) Quote Link to comment
Rhapakatui Posted January 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Coilovers check. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Purty :cool: 1 Quote Link to comment
Rhapakatui Posted January 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 I'm so freaking stoked! This means I can finish my frame, finally!! Hope to be driving by canby! Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Hope to be driving to canby! fixed :cool: Quote Link to comment
Rhapakatui Posted January 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Old setup v. New! Its sooo tiny! Quote Link to comment
Z chopper Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 hmmm might have to alter your front strut towers eh Quote Link to comment
I'm BLUE Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I'm so freaking stoked! This means I can finish my frame, finally!! Hope to be driving by canby! Awesome :hyper: ... ive been waiting on this :cool: Love your build Rhap! Old setup v. New! Its sooo tiny! Those are sooo cool ... just so tiny :lol: :cool: Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 FYI, if you need any body parts, I have a mostly complete 620 you can have for free if you want to come get it? Body parts are in pretty good nic. Quote Link to comment
fuzz's '71 510 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 FYI, if you need any body parts, I have a mostly complete 620 you can have for free if you want to come get it? Body parts are in pretty good nic. Oh he'll take a free truck, then chop it all to hell!! :fu: Fuzz 1 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Much more compact. Very nice :cool: Quote Link to comment
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