First and foremost i want to say HI to all the old homies and homettes... SOrry... I dont hang out like i used to or even post.. i lurk more then anything.. I have kept in touch with a few and know ive been lost for sometime now...
For those who dont know I am now back in the big bad 310.....
and here is what i have been working on..
Had it 2 years but it sat for over a year and i have been attacking it steady for the last 3 months...
so here she is...
after some toying around i got the rear end fitted....
Toyota Mini van diff with 4:30 gears
Bogart wheels on 24.5 slicks



installed the front brake set up and mounted on the car

pressure washed the undercarriage and painted it




my 5gal. aluminum fuel cell

and thanx to my friend Marcos at teh SR20STORE.COM i got my motor and clutch delivered.


got around to doing a few things this week and today i mocked up the motor in the bay, needs some minor things but looks like i will have to do a tranny tunnel so i will be cutting away here soon..... :lol:

mounted my intake manifold


my material for my turbo manifold, i will mock up and make it once the motor is sitting where it needs to be.

and today as she sits

today i installed the side rear glass back on, mounted the FMIC and radiator to check clearances.


today i started mocking up the turbo location...

here is a picture before the final mock up i finished last night.
i will complete it this week and will update then...


and a peak at whats to come for 2010...

started the tunnel today and swaping my bell housing


manifold is complete, but need to clean up some welds as i was having a bad day, but for the most part is done just needs the wastegate elbow.

and a little teaser for you....

ACT stage 5 mounted today... still playing with the tranny tunnel. hope to have it buttoned up by the weekend

as my dad would say " llego el Truck" ( " the truck has came " )
-8 fuel line 20ft

850cc injectors, Fuel rail

Fuel Pump

blow off valve

power TB 75mm for a mustang ( flange made by my dad Santos Turbo )

Lug nuts

front wheels as they will look

rears came in


another stop by the truck today and left my front runners...



today i mounted the new rims and tires...





here is the final of the manifold i made... just need to place the wastegate elbow...




today i attacked the intake manifold to weld the mustang flange for the 75mm TB....
went from this

to this..






finally finished the manifold , had to do the wastegate elbow...


and another stop by the ups/fed ex truck... :lol:

Hello Kevlar....



started back up on her in aug. but 90% of the things posted here has happened within the last month...

 

Car looks great. Love seeing old cars coming back to life.

 

sweet ride!

 

HOLY ****, ol' skool boost FTW! This car is sexy!

Im gonna be keeping a very close eye on this build!

 

looks great man! it seems like you will have quite a few cars out this coming year. best of luck to you.

 

nice build, you got a lot done in a short time, nothing beats big power with small wheel base, should be fun to drive

 

Very nice!

 

Been comming together nicely doawg!!! I like that red truck in the garage.

 

Espera un momento y ati no te gustaban los Honda que paso?? Anyways goodluck, how come you didn't build a Toyota like your Dad??

 

ha ha ha well i still love hondas dont get me wrong.....
and im building the datsun because we already know we have the toyotas on lock here in the west now its nissan time

 

awesome

 

that thing is bad-***.... nice job.

 

today i modified the crossmember after having to move the motor foward and did the tranny crossmember....
started piecing the tranny tunnel back...

 

Como diria yo eso es un un pequeno nino con corazon de gigante, suerte con el proyecto se ve super...

 

nice bro car is coming along awsome! btw how is your dad's 1.8 project?

 

klean i like it

but this belongs in the build thread in appearance and cosmetic..

 

Subscribed....Can't wait to see more pics.

 

thanx man, my dads car is nearing its final stages. just assembled the motor so once things get buttoned up we are looking at spring time to hit the track with his again..

thanx you, its here because im not a hard parker as you know. this is for all the dragers to see people are still at it in socal altho we dont have tracks...

 

Glad to see it for sure. You are of a dying breed

 

sound's good bro, good luck on both cars man!

 

Very cool In for results and a street launch

 

sweet build!!! more pix please

 

nice setup, what seat is that, where did you get it and how much, i like it!!

 

Can I say I hate you without offending anyone? I haven't seen a Japanese car of that vintage, as clean as that since I was a kid. god I hate living in the rust belt

 

very nice build. thanx for sharing it. good to see ya back at it again.