Mr. G. Brettin's Slow Motion Leg Hump

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For what it's worth... I'm cracking myself up when I do these images:

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Posting this one from my phone because it's F'ing amazing and I'm not waiting to use my laptop.



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Rusty

That's a chit load of welding. Do you know if he purged the piping before welding?

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gbrettin

I'm pretty certain he did a back purge. I did some quick math on the welding and it's like 34 linear feet of welds.

on a side note...

I have the crash bar out for powder coating, k-member mount (not sure on the name) and shock tower rings. Both the crash bar and k member mount are going to be black. There was a small amount of surface rust on the k member mount, just like the rear suspension stuff I had to take care of. Not a lot but it was annoying. The shock tower rings will be high lighter yellow. I want to paint the turbos highlighter yellow but I'm unimaginative when it comes to paint. Doing the trim rings allows me to dip my toe in with out paying a large fee. Also, if I don't like it... I can paint them black easily.

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Happy to say that I was the first person in the world to purchase Brian Tooley LS1 Rocker arms that were just released last week. I wasn't allowed to say anything because they were kind of hush hush. Now that the official release has been done and I received them today, I can talk about them. Well, I'll just post a link to their site.
https://briantooleyracing.com/btr-ls...r-ls-1-7e.html

I put them on the shaft mount rockers... and they look magical. I can't wait to twist high RPM now!

I also got the spider monkey back (intake tube). The tube is only a little off which is absolutely amazing considering how many pie cuts there are!.

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madwi

Wow.

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I had to slow down my activity on my car the last few days because I started to get a burned out feeling. On Sunday I tried putting on my long awaited oil pan but the custom flange was off. It started out with all the bolt holes being too small. Then after that, the holes didn't line up. The fabricator of the pan took it back to his shop to make adjustments, which turned out to be opening all the holes up more. No biggie.

A new issue popped up now that the pan fits. My Morosso oil pan pickup doesn't fit. Pretty simple fix really. Cut the pickup, extend it further (straight) and then come back down at angle that parallels the side of the pan.

One thing you might notice is the location of the starter and two of the pan bolts. Spanner wrench is the only thing getting in there. Amazingly compact, but... there's a price to be paid with that. Not a bad thing but it is worth noting.

There's two reasons why the pan is custom if you happened to have forgotten. 1. There were no rear sump options for the 370z, There is now from Sikky. 2. The original Morosso pan didn't clear the steering rack. The notch is specifically for the power steering lines (PITA). I need to get with Sikky to see if they will sell me a power steering line ... hmm. Less work I need to do at this point the better.

I'm still needing to measure pushrods yet but Dave has been busy AF around the shop. I'm not a paying customer so my stuff comes last. I'm not complaining about that either. They have to pay bills first and foremost, and I don't ever expect to put my car infront of any customer.

I'm still waiting on my powder coated parts. I expect they will be done sometime next week. I'm pretty excited about that.

No other good updates other than that. ...

Spring is 60 days away... lol

Rusty

I don't see a drain plug in the front section of the oil pan. By the looks of that front section. You will have about a quart of oil laying in it.

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gbrettin

Yeah. That's on order. double drain. The oil pan also has to come off to have a section coped out for the starter bolt. There's no way im pulling the engine, pan and then starter just for a change.

Rusty

Be thankful that you're not working on a Bugatti. Think there is around 18 or so oil drain plugs.

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Just got this image in from the powder coater.

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My buddy Kirk is working on a fender and bumper badge for my car. A billet option would be bad a$$... but it's in early early development. So, you get to see the first 3d printed potato photo of a badge.

The pan was fixed to allow starter removal. An additional drain will be added and a -16 oil drain in the front. Back off to the welder. I also gave him my swirl pots to have -16 bungs welded on. This also reminds me that a -16 bung needs to be welded onto my radiator.

To make sure no aluminum burrs go in the intake, I hit it with "uncle bumble fcuk", 180grit dingle ball that went balls deep. I still need to go back and clean up the middle section with a long die grinder bit.

To keep the difficult stuff to a minimum, I decided to clean up the intake. It was scuffed with a red pad for a few hours and then scuffed with a black pad for a few hours. I then took the intake home and hit it with Eagle One Never Dull ... which made a mirror finish. I'm not quite done buffing it. Also, I didn't think it would go mirror that fast. Not that 5hours of cleaning is fast.

Lastly I decided to clean up the k member with some degreaser since it was out. Then me... being me... I ordered some Moog wheel hub assemblies because it's 95% disassembled. Then... the hampster kicked into over drive and thought it would be a good idea to reach out to SPL to see if they want to do a light sponsorship (I offered to pay for the parts, I don't expect free stuff). I offered them 10's of views with my YouTube channel and IG posts. ... pretty much what I do with all my stuff. I'm not a great sales man am I? Oh, I also gave them this link to this page So they will also see how deep the rabbit hole goes.

SPL - If you are reading this. Please look at the tags at the bottom of this page for additional information.

Happy Tuesday everyone.

Rusty

I would stay away from Moog parts. They don't have a good reputation anymore. The guys on the Power Wagon forum won't use anything with the word Moog on it.

To really polish the aluminum. You should try Flitz polish. I think it's better then Never-Dull. I have a 2 lb can of it.

https://www.amazon.com/Flitz-Plastic...xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

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Well shoot. The wheel hubs are on their way already. I guess we'll see how they do.

I need to hit the intake another time yet. I was burning out last night. I'll try making my Never-Dull work because I already own it. lol. but! thanks for that heads up.