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Hi, Got the door handles, need to check the number plate holder is there I'm sure it was, the boot struts were no good so can't help with them at the moment. I'll let you know after I check if the No plate holder is OK

Me and you are gonna cause another oil shortage

Still looking good and some nice numbers Nice daily to be fair

Then I made a frame and put the motor on The 2 bolts both align it. stop it twisting and allow me to tension the belt (from a 350 of course) Testing All went well so I cleaned it up and added a foot pedal Yeas a brake pedal from ............Ahh you guessed This week - Wiring Keyser Maximum Effort

Found this at the scrappy with this made by them Ok lets go with the flow and use what others have - search YouTube people have used various things from drills to garage door openers to do this but wiper motors seem a good option and I got it for free. 350 idler pulley plate welded on machined for clearance made another adapter and mated it with a 350z power steering pump pulley, tested that and speed seems better, but before I fitted it together I wanted to address another issue I had read about, these cheap bead rollers (compared to £1 to £3k for a pro one!!) can flex which causes an uneven bead, I could flex mine with my thumb! Also when I tightened all the bolts it was hard to turn, This is due to alignment, Top side That's a lot of run out! The bottom is bowed (hard to see) Few solutions, angle iron or 1" box section welded to the back - I didn't have any 1" box and I do like to overdo things so.................. Cleaned the paint off Clamped it up Yup thats 70mmx70mmx5mm walled box - lets see that flex All welded on Quick check shows.... Thats better This is the lower half befor the box That shows the "flex" That came true after I welded the box to it More coming ....................

Ever feel important? During the war they sent a couple of Mirage Jet fighters to be sure I was safe Don't mention the war!!!! Onto my next project - First new toy is a bead roller all assembled - I didn't read the instructions as it didn't have any Now you may think sorted - but no I didn't stop there, I've been doing my research and I saw one on Project Binky (the same one) that he had put a windscreen wiper motor on with a foot pedal as really it takes 2 people to use it otherwise. But I thought I'd be a smart ar$e and use a starter motor for the extra power I took a piece of pipe and lathed it Cut 2 thin lengths from a larger bit of pipe to make a small pulley Front pulley from a 350z DE engine on the lathe then add an adapter to fit onto the bead roller The I tested it Epic fail even with that much reduction in the gearing it runs at ludicrous speeds!! it was funny though So I added that to my list of fails and popped down to my favourite scrap yard Be right Back .......................

Right you lot, far to much sitting around going on - Time to bore you with what I've been up to which has at least a tenuous link to the Pop-Z build As I said previously I wanted some new Toys for the build but had to clear some space - I did that and had a good tidy up I was going to throw an old table out to make space but the long suffering Mrs K suggested I put wheels on it and use it like my welding table - what a good idea Here you go - Then a quick plane Little lip left Add a nice steel top One mobile workbench for the Shed Now I know you all thought that was boring but as my next weekend project was a partial failure I thought I'd start with a success So stand by for the next post as soon as I upload the pics Keyser

Thanks mate - I can't take all the credit I stole the idea from someone else after I decided my build had to many possibilities for alignment problems.

In other news, I decided I needed some new toys in the "undecided new name" Shed II BUT I have no space and the "machine room" is a mess after stripping a Zed, Mrs K painting a dressing table she didn't like (then deciding after painting it she still didn't like it ) and the arrival of a large amount of steel sheeting there is no space The big pile of boxes is new tools - so I'm going to have a tidy up and a rearrange to get everything in! This is probably not that interesting but it's another reason for slow progress on the PopZ build, well that buying new cars, selling cars and actually having a life outside of the garage. (OK the last part may not be true I don't really have a life outside the garage ) More this weekend

Drivers side That is all

I was there !!!! And back on topic Now @Beb thought he would sneak away in my 370z but while he was distracted with the boost I whipped his Zed into the "undecided new name" Shed II and took it apart That will teach him Why, you may ask, would I do such a thing? Well as you know I was trying to recreate this - and I had got to here However all the measurements had to be projected, that is to say as I had no solid datum point and the shape is quite complex. I had to take any two points create a straight line from those then take a measurement from that line to work out where the top shock mount and upper control arms should be located. I am worried that these are not accurate enough and given the lack of adjustment on the front of a Zed I am worried that the alignment can not be adjusted enough to be spot on. This is the very start and if the chassis or suspension is not spot on the finished car will never drive true. I will no doubt add adjustable parts where available to allow some ability to dial in the tracking but I really want it to be as close to OEM when I start as possible. My solution after getting my hands on a still together Zed - Make these - find out they don't work so change them into this - Then using my new toy tool I cut some 50mm blocks and bolted it all into the Zed repeat on the other side and then weld up a frame to hold everything in place, The frame is mounted to the cross member so it will always sit in line with the chassis rails. I ended up with a nice template The theory is I can now bolt it to my cross member attach the chassis rails then build the mounts in exactly the right place Keyser Maximum Effort

What he said ^^^ Have to be a lot of 350 to hit those figures - need pics and full spec it might be a stunner

Given the current range of vehicles in my collection we could go for - Popz Radical, GT-R, Invincible (occasional) Zed Shed II How does that sound??

Looking Good

Passenger side rear arch for reference

Clean the MAF and check the engine earth see if that helps - borrow Andybp (above) MAF to test, I've just taken a MAF out of the Zed I stripped if you need to actually replace it.

Following this be interested in another rear mount build Welding is practice, practice, practice - I spent a couple of weeks teaching myself aluminium Tig welding this year and got to a passable level

Glad you’re enjoying her already mate. I was fully prepared for the departure but I’ll still miss her He looks happy about the sneaking off

I'm sure that's not how the conversation went Matt

What a great community this is Thanks for the very generous offer but you'll have to get in the queue @mattross1313 has text me already and made a similar offer. But it's nice to know you guys n gals have my best interests at heart

I like to think that @Sam Mcgoo was just holding it for me, checking everything was spot on and then it just took him a long while to detail it before I could collected

Yup 370z is spoken for it will be leaving the Zed Shed very soon. i may keep the GTR for just a few weeks or longer

No real updates to add this weekend as I was sorting out my new practical car But all the new panels have arrived, Unfortunately they turned out to be self assembly More when/if I get out of the GT-R

Thanks Sam About the coffee machine Yes folks it's gone to a good home Couple of minor points to note - an @Beb won't fit in the back But it does fit on my drive Other points - its now 69K and BP share price has gone up a few points Keyser