1JZ E30 Vert Build Thread with Pastry filled wheels

[Jdesign]

UPDATE!

- I am half way through relocating the fuse box under the dash. I started to look into Mil-spec connectors for the firewall and realized I'm getting carried away.... again. I will revisit this once I go standalone and just pressure myself to move forward. For now I am making my own firewall plug and connection.(pics to come)

-PCB for the fuse box has a compromised section on the underside in the corner. This looks to be from excessive heat or voltage. This was used for the "HIGH" fan speed on the AC condenser I believe. I wont need this particular circuit but I will fix it anyways just to prevent the possibility of opening the fuse box up again in the future.   

-Coilpacks came in and I got a great deal on them from some random site I found on google. $59 for OEM Denso's compared to the normal $98 they are each. ( I must note that they are NOT Chinese knock offs either!)

-O2 sensor also came in. I ordered a new one of these for two reasons. One, I was using a 5.0 mustang sensor due to research online, it was considered the same and I found one locally the same day. Two, I might have fouled that new one out driving the car rich for a month or so when I first got it running. Denso one was ordered from Driftmotion and showed up fast.

-One of my wheels showed up. Still waiting on the other 3. Turned out the centers are not painted at all. They are just clear coat over bare brush aluminum. i am really stoked about this because refinishing them will be super easy! 

Progress has been very slow due to late nights at work and lack of motivation. Hopefully the last things I really need to order are tires. I have a set of S.Drives waiting in a shopping cart online, but I want to wait till all the wheels get here before I order.

Some recent pics or the wiring mess:

[Earl]

Hell yeah to progress

[Jdesign]

So..... All kinds of Good and BAD things happened recently. Lets make a list shall we?

1. Good thing: Wheels actually came and the guy didnt run with my money
2. Bad thing: The wheels are all damaged because the guy "claims" he has shipped hundreds of wheels but packed mine like shit. Cool.
3. Good thing: He says he filed a claim already and it was for the whole price of the wheels. Anyone have any idea on how long a claim takes to process for the USPS and the odds I get any money out of this?
4. Bad thing: I need to buy new barrels or to take the wheels somewhere to get the bends out of all 4, and I would prefer to do it locally. I drive past this trailer every morning, but the guy has yet to respond to my calls or voicemail...

This is the worst one.

[Earl]

I wouldn't even bother fixing those. Contact Paul Ehrlich and tell him you know me=)

http://ewheelworks.us/

New barrels are probably comparable to how much you'd pay to have yours fixed. Either that or you can see if Paul could have yours fixed.

[Jdesign]

In other news, I got a lot of random stuff hammered out on the car including the mass majority of the wiring.  

1. Moved fuse box wiring into the car
2. Removed another large handful of wires from ABS,Cruise,A/C, and wipers
3. Made tidy with what I could to the mass of wires under the dash.(I will revisit this when I swap to a tan dash)
4. Drilled a new hole from the underside of the dash to the drivers side front frame rail and will have to reconnect all the wires for my headlight harness.

I addition there were other random things addressed that were on my list too.

1. Fix the leak in the PS reservoir from forgetting to use thread sealant on a fitting
2. Remove the O2 sensor and solder in the new OEM Denso unit
3. Fill all of the rubber firewall plugs with urethane to seal up the holes- I did this only for the large plugs that were not round.
4. Remove waste gate and confirm the Spring size and gasket is in good condition
5. Get new hardware for wastegate and for sway bar end-links. -Currently the new braided brake lines rub on the end-links at full lock. 
6. Start laying out the cut line for the hood nose piece. 

Also, if anyone wants a hood mat, I have an extra now that I do not need.

Polishing this like I wanted too may not be a possibility as finding a hood in great condition is not going to be cheap. I will take a stab at this first with a few metal forming tools. 

[Jdesign]

Earl said:

I wouldn't even bother fixing those. Contact Paul Ehrlich and tell him you know me=)

http://ewheelworks.us/

New barrels are probably comparable to how much you'd pay to have yours fixed. Either that or you can see if Paul could have yours fixed. 

I think that all depends> when I was a SEMA  I saw some awesome wheel repair machines. I will contact him and see what he says. Thanks Earl!

[Earl]

There are some pretty neat things out there. I have a feeling people charge a lot that use them though to have a quick ROI=/

[m42b32]

Wow that really sucks about the wheels. I called a place around here (I'm pretty sure it's that alloy wheel repair place you pictured) to get a quote on straightening two wheels and they quoted me $125 each for bent barrels.

[Jdesign]

Apparently my reply went missing. Yeah the wheel guy got back to me and said its $125 a wheel which takes him about 30mins to do...

So $250 an hour to repair wheels? I am in the wrong business....

I have him coming on Monday to take a look at them. But for $500, I feel like it would be cheaper to fix them myself with a lathe and a hydraulic press at my work.

New OEM barrels are $300 each from Germany WITHOUT shipping. If I would have know this was going to happen I would have just bought the ones in Chicago. 

[Earl]

Have you contacted Paul? My lips for the Breytons were only $175 a piece iirc (lips are barrels cost the same as width doesnt matter somehow)

[Jdesign]

Earl said:

Have you contacted Paul? My lips for the Breytons were only $175 a piece iirc (lips are barrels cost the same as width doesnt matter somehow)

Sent him a message via the website yesterday Im waiting to hear back. That's a great deal, I dont know if the eclairs are compatible with other wheels or not yet. I hope they are, it will make a big difference.

[Earl]

17" 40 hole is pretty common as long as the size of the face is standard

[m42b32]

Earl said:

17" 40 hole is pretty common as long as the size of the face is standard

Any idea what the standard face size is for the 17" 40 hole lips and barrels?

[Earl]

It would changed between brands from what I have seen. I know a lot of wheels were contracted to OZ back in the day. I would not be surprised to hear that OZ made these Eclairs. Almost all AC Schnitzer splits were made by OZ, as well as a lot of Fittipaldi wheels.

[Jdesign]

This is true and a very good point Earl. I will have to take some measurements as I wait for your friend Paul to get back to me.

[Jdesign]

Last night and today I made more progress. 

I figured out how to mount my ECU and Igniter for the time being: 3M DualLock Its like velcro but better

I routed the Battery Cable finally and Mounted the battery in the trunk. This entitled me to removing all of the seats and panels on the passenger side of the car.  I also removed the 50lb Weight/vibration Damper

I took a picture of the holes the previous owner cut into the space between the seat and the trunk which once contained large amount of pure Colombian Cocaine 

I chopped the hood into a nose piece today on lunch break 

And I installed a firewall plug that I modified with polyurethane so I didn't have a large hole. Its just to the right of the throttle cable. This will be later filled with metal when I shave the bay.

[jc43089]

Nice work!

[Earl]

Was there seriously that much coke hidden in there? lol Did you find it when you bought the car or was that a story from the PO? I remember you saying the car had a stash spot but wasn't sure if you had been the one to find it or not. 

You also cut that hood at the perfect spot=P

[Bassboy3313]

I say lexan the rest of the hood for that see through look

[Jdesign]

jc43089 said:

Nice work!  

Thanks!! Its getting there.

Earl said:

Was there seriously that much coke hidden in there? lol Did you find it when you bought the car or was that a story from the PO? I remember you saying the car had a stash spot but wasn't sure if you had been the one to find it or not. 

You also cut that hood at the perfect spot=P

I wish I found that much coke in there. It would make justifying a Toyota motor in a BMW easier to digest for some.  I wish i  could cut the hood closer to the front of the car, but the headlight core support is really deep for the headlights

Bassboy3313 said:

I say lexan the rest of the hood for that see through look

If you can find me a whole Lexan hood, I would totally rock it.