don't need that e-brake... might also delete rear factory tower bracing and replace with a cross member mounted at top of each tower, connected to cage

Brake is coming out after I get more done. Just keeping it in so I can push the car around and stop it while the motor is out. So far as the tower that's going to when I have the rest of the full cage put in. Which is soon.

Are you saying that you can just cut this out?

http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1373977534

Damm this car looks insane!!!! :)

I agree!

Yes. Cut that out and then add a roll bar up high in between the towers. It doesn't shave weight though. But makes a lot stronger.

My builder was talking about making a brace for the tops, never occurred to me that the lower section wasn't part of the main floor pan, but now that I actually look at the photos as well as the Courtesy Parts page, it's obvious that you can totally remove all of that if you're doing something aftermarket.

I might just have him cut that out.

Looks like those bigass bolts are the rear subframe bolts, correct? I don't want to pay him the labor of removing the rear subframe for this job, so I'll tell him to just cut off @ where the tabs meet the main structure and I'll remove those tabs and replace with big nuts and washers myself at a later date.

BTW sorry for ask but what mods that I need to have those whp ;)

You know what, if you cut that structure out, I think you'd probably need to brace to the floor with your own material since that area is where the subframe mounts....

I think seam-welding the existing metal might work better than all that, don't you? Just add in a relatively small brace between the tops for extra strength and call it a day?

I'd say not to cut it out...

from the Z33 having the strut bar style structure...to the Z34 having a invert style brace, I'd say only cut it if you plan on doing and extensive cage build.

http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1373997099

Yeah something crazy like that would be needed to not lose rigidity, I think.

We're going to leave mine in and do some stitch welding on it to strengthen it up, in addition to a horizontal between the tops of the towers.

That's not needed. It's more than fine with just a single bar to tie across. I know of two guys that have done this to there 370's. no issues. Those guys have tons of track time to back it up.

Who? Pics?

Pics???


Interesting folks reverting to that good ole z33...

Im NOT frost btw :ugh2:

This the first time I've been in here so :p
Great Build Chris :tup: