1JZ E30 Vert Build Thread with Pastry filled wheels

[Earl]

You can already assume what I replaced mine with...

[Jdesign]

Earl said:

You can already assume what I replaced mine with...

Diamond plated titanium that was sand cast using the eye crustys of orphans then hand carved by Jesus himself using only tookpicks?

[Jdesign]

I need some opinions. I desperately need to get a turbo blanket, should I get a chrome one or a Black satin one..

Here is a pic of how the engine bay looks at the moment. The battery will be soon moved to the trunk.

[B C]

Black blanket

[wasnt m3]

Black

[YoungCR]

Once you go black...

[Earl]

Black

[Bassboy3313]

I have one for you if you want it. Brand new, never installed

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[patsbimmer1]

Black

[Jdesign]

Bassboy3313 said:

I have one for you if you want it. Brand new, never installed

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Good deal. Maybe when the tools come in I can scoop this from you. The vote is certainly in favor of a black blanket.

[Bassboy3313]

Sure thing!

[Jdesign]

Finally started cranking away at this again. I preregistered For Euro District so I would have a hard deadline to  push myself. As of the last two nights, I have made brackets to relocate and install my new power steering reservoir, and relocated my fuel pressure regulator under the intake manifold. My goal is to remove everything I can from the chassis in the engine bay, so that when I shave the bay, I will have a lot less work.

Although I fabricated a new bracket and moved the PS reservoir, I decided that at the end of the season when I do respray the bay, I am going to run a Z4 manual steering rack to help reduce some of the clutter in my engine bay. They are cheap and from what I have read, they have great feel and response.  I started looking into running a electric pump system or an electric rack as well, but cost, and clutter changed my mind there.

Besides all of that, I also modified the radiator brackets and made new intercooler brackets so that I could add 3mm between them providing more room for the Spal fan that I bought from @Snap 

I failed to take pictures of pretty much everything besides the PS reservoir as I was "IN THE ZONE" crannking on shit in the weeee hours of the morning. I will provide some more pictures later on when I button everything up.

[Jdesign]

I finished relocating both the PS reservoir and the FPR and I am quite happy with the result. I no longer have anything besides the fuse box mounted to the engine bay of the car. I am a little worried about the new location of my fuel line as it is a few mm away from the main power wire going to my starter. I think I am going to build some type of plastic cover to keep the two divided "just in case." But other that that I was able to clean everything up and hopefully this winder I can shave and paint the engine bay.

I also installed this nice Turbo blanket I got from @Bassboy3313 and it will really help keep the heat down and it looks much better than the rusty hot side.

[Jdesign]

I realized I didn't post any pictures of the complete engine bay in awhile. I accidentally spilled some chrome polish on the ground last night cleaning some wheels I have so I used it to clean some of the metal parts in the engine bay and snapped some pics quick.

Also, I am on the look out for some 17" staggered German Eclair wheels. If you have any leads, please let me know.

[KaiserRolls]

What wheels are on it in those most recent pics?

[Jdesign]

KaiserRolls said:

What wheels are on it in those most recent pics?

Dont Judge me, but they are reps from my civic. 16X9 varrstoen Es series wheels. Thats all I have at the moment that fits. I have like 4 sets of 5x120 wheels and all of them require spacers or tires.

[KaiserRolls]

Jdesign said:

KaiserRolls said:

What wheels are on it in those most recent pics?

Dont Judge me, but they are reps from my civic. 16X9 varrstoen Es series wheels. Thats all I have at the moment that fits. I have like 4 sets of 5x120 wheels and all of them require spacers or tires.

I don't judge man, just curious!

[Jdesign]

KaiserRolls said:

I don't judge man, just curious!

I am judging me. LOL

[patsbimmer1]

I never realized Varrstoen had a reputation of being a "rep wheel".  I was under the impression they built a decent wheel, is that not true?

[Jdesign]

patsbimmer1 said:

I never realized Varrstoen had a reputation of being a "rep wheel".  I was under the impression they built a decent wheel, is that not true?

They build "quality" rep wheels. They are certainly not at the bottom of the food chain like rotas or xxr, as they do make nice 3pc wheels too. The wheels I have are CCW Classic reps for sure, but they are a decent (1pc) cast wheel. Although they are not 3pc like they look like they are, the wheel hardware is threaded into the casting. I have seen and owned rep wheels where the hardware is part of the casting OR glued!!!! into the face of the wheel.