cardana24

Looking good! I'll be in touch with you about some stuff once I actually start working on my first gen...it's just sitting in my driveway now.

Listen to this^^^ I had an 85 Jeep Cherokee with this engine. My engine was in great running condition, but I took it out because the jeep was SO slow. I ended up installing a 3.4 V6 Camaro engine (also a 60* V6), bolts in the same as the 2.8 but has about 50 more hp. So if you do decide to do a Chevy 60* V6 swap I would choose a different engine than the 2.8. Most people either do what I did with the 3.4 or if you want to make a bunch more power and are willing to do more work use a more modern 3.4, 3.5 or 3.9 engine. 60degreev6.com is a really good site if you do decide to go though with it.

Thanks man, yeah I figured it out. I switched to Chrome and it works fine now.

sock lug for comparison

I finally got my wheel studs and I installed them yesterday. I also realized I already have some 10mm spacers that I had on another vehicle years ago and they are drilled for the 4x114.3 pattern too, so I am going to see how they work before I get anything else.

realized I have not updated this in a while. I have wheels on my car now but I am waiting for extended studs so I can space out the front a little bit. Here are a few pics: Before need to roll the fenders in the rear I don't like that I had to take my chrome fender trim off in the rear, but I don't think I can run it with out mounting it a different way so the tires will not hit it. My front studs are supposed to be delivered today. The fronts clear the struts but only by a very tiny bit, so I want to run a small spacer to make sure the tires will not hit the strut if the tire compresses a little bit.

Looks good! Where were you able to find a center console? I cannot find one anywhere.

yeah, I agree with the look aspect too. I am still waiting on my studs to ship, I followed up today with the company and they said the studs should ship today. I'll update the thread once I get the stuff on.

So I finally had time to put my wheels on. They do fit but they required some work. In the front the tires clear the strut by a very few mm's, but I am afraid that when the tire flexes it will rub the strut so I am going to put a 10mm spacer on the front. I went ahead and ordered the 50mm wheel studs that I posted earlier in post 13. As for the rear I had plenty of room inward but I realized that I needed to roll the fenders, so I had to remove the chrome fender arch garnish. Here are a few pictures, I am not going to drive it until I have added the spacers in the front. Before Rolling the rear fenders

Where were you rubbing in the rear. I will also be running a 15 but mine are 8" wide in the rear with a similar offset. I am hoping you were just rubbing up in the fender arches from the suspension being compressed....also I am not familiar enough with the differences in the wagon and sedan to know if they require the same wheel/tire specs

Okay that gives me hope for mine. My wheels are wider than yours but also a higher offset. How close are your tires to rubbing your struts front and rear?

you said it :thumbup: Can you post your wheel and tire specs again? Has your suspension compressed enough to see if your sidewalls are going to rub the fender lips?

I was googling something and I hit on my own thread and realized I had not updated it in a while. I figured out why my temp gauge was not coming up to the middle of the gauge...I was not getting much of any heat from the car so I replaced the thermostat. Now I have heat and the gauge comes almost up to the middle when up to operating temp. My horn still does not work, but when I push the horn button I hear a faint clicking in the passenger side area. Does anyone know where the horn relay is located?

I'm down. When do you plan on making them? I'll just need a little notice because the z is still on my car trailer, and I am not exactly sure when I am going to pull the rear end out. Can the proper mount be purchased new? Or maybe I'll try to get one off of a part out car...do you know what year cars use the mount that will work for us?

Please take some pics when you fit this to your car. I picked up a whole 82 zxt and will be taking the diff out of it as well to put in my maxima.