Project 240K

Here are some more detailed pictures of the front suspension setup including the r33 gtst brake adapters, custom front coil overs (i am pretty sure they started life as C210 struts) and the japanese adjustable top hats

Time to pull out the original L24 from the new car and to put it aside (it too, will eventually go with the old car, unfortunately breaking the matching numbers, but the RB26 will hopefully more than make up for that!)

to fit the new rear crossmember bushes, we removed the rear end of the car which gave me the opportunity to grab a few more photos of the rear brake conversion. I was hoping that there would be some identifying mark’s on the disc’s but unfortunately there isn’t.

The first photo shows the banksia hand brake setup and the second shows the backing plate which is bolted onto the standard arm and the caliper mounting holes. I will get another photo showing the hand brake cylinder next time (it is underneath). 

While i am at it, i am repainting the crossmember and trailing arms with black POR paint. It is interesting to see how messy the factory welds are on the crossmember.

I decided that i would paint the brake calipers using Dupli-colour Metalcast

It requires a base coat of the silver primer, then a top coat of the transperent colour (in this case red), this results in a chameleon effect

I am not sure how this will hold up to the heat of the brakes, time will tell

The rear brake pads are marked as PBR (the manufacturer) BM709, unfortuntately it still doesn’t help me work out exactly what the rear calipers are from

Since my Watanabe’s arrived without having the rims polished and i had arranged to have them done locally, rather than getting the payment for the polishing, i had Watanabe send a set of their lug nuts.

I picked up a set of 12 watanabe lug nuts, and a set of watanabe security nuts, they were also nice enough to through in a collection of watanabe stickers!

The Car has come back from SWR motorsports, The car had gone in to have the following fitted:

• fit supplied DR30 10″ Brake booster and 1″ Master Cylinder
• fit supplied R33 GTS-T front brake calipers and discs (they supplied and fitted the welded on brake adaptors
• fit supplied front camber plates
• supply and fit new front adjustable shock absorbers and springs (250lb)
• manufacture and fit new gearbox mount to suit RB25DET gearbox
• supply and fit new R200 differential mount
• supply and fit single piece driveshaft
• supply and fit rear disk brake conversion package
• fit supplied late 260Z/280Z hub’s and supplied CV conversion plate
• supply and fit 1/2 roll cage

Although complete, there are a few little issue that need to be addressed such as getting better clearence between the CV conversion plates and the rear control arms as well as fitting larger driveshaft to differential bolts (from a 100 series landcruiser). They also managed to burn the roof lining of the car when installing the cage. I also have to get some shorter front brake lines (they were off a Nissan Stagea)

The rear brake conversion package includes brand new Discs and calipers (presumably the whole rear banksia assembly too) from a Holden Commodore, presumably from a VP or VS commodore (i will confirm later with the pad and disc part numbers)