Z31: Serious morale issues.

[Crab Spirits]

MOD LIST/TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHASSIS
-Shaved door handles, antenna, rear wiper  Pg.1
-Custom molded spoiler Pg.1
-Custom rear bumper cap Pg.1
-Custom hood vent Pg.1
-Kouki front end conversion Pg.1
-TBO 200zr front lip Pg.1
-S30 G-nose blister fender Pg.2
-10-pt roll cage
-Buddy Club seats, custom mounts
-Rear strut towers raised 3" Pg.1
-LED Tailights Pg.12
-Flocked interior Pg.13

FOOTWORK
-Tanabe sustec pro DD for S14 10k/8k Pg.1,4
-Kouki front strut casings, modified Pg.4
-Largus sway bars for S14 with custom endlink Pg.5
-Megan tension rod for s14
-Kazama outer tie rods for s14
-Megan inner tie rods for s14
-Battle Version adj front LCA kit Pg.5
-S14 rear subframe swap, solid mount Pg.1
-Ebay adj links with Aurora rod ends Pg.1
-SSR Watanabe RS8 wheels re-shelled to 17x9.5, 17x10.5  Pg. 4,5,6,7,9

BRAKE
-Z32 Brakes and MC Pg.4
-CNC Hydralic inline handbrake
-F,Hawk pads, R, Project Mu titan kai Pg.4

DRIVETRAIN
-S14 4:11 final drive Pg.1
-Kaaz 2-way LSD Pg.1
-Custom prop shaft Pg.1
-Auto--->5sp swap
-Exedy stage2 clutch Pg.8
-Fidanza aluminum flywheel Pg.8

ENGINE
-ATP GT3071R .71 a/r turbo Pg.8,9
-Tial gate w/left manifold ported to empty both banks Pg.8
-Custom 3" exhaust Pg.9
-Left motor mount is a piece of 4"  pipe  Pg.8
-Treadstone FMIC Pg.8,9
-Stanza KA throttle Pg.11
-Gutted pleanum Pg.11
-550cc FC injectors
-Microtech LT-12s standalone
-Electromotive TEC GT standalone
-Tial bov Pg.9
-Relocated radiator Pg.8,9
-Maxima fans and alternator Pg.8,9


I've been working on this bitch for the past 3 years. I guess my  goal with this car is to make it look more S30-ish, and take the 80's out of this car.  I'll start off on the body since that's where most of the time has been wasted.

2002 spec


Shaving of refrigerator-style door handles. Steel patch welded in and some bodywork. Best tool to remove pinstripes: tire valve chucked in a cordless drill.

Door solenoid. Get some steel in the eye, go get it drilled out, and call it a day.

Removed the foam wing, welded up the holes in the deck for that. Shaved the rear wiper and antenna. Welded on some sheet to the rear of the deck. Hammered it into shape to form the foundation for the new spoiler. This is also the beginning of the new S30-with-no-bumper-style "bumper". Due to the sides of the Z31 having less curvacious lines than the S30, this would turn out to be a lot of work to get the look "sorta-good". I cut the mounting surface off of the plastic bumper and riveted this sheet to it.

Some cutting, bending, and hand forming.

Would have been a lot easier to shape some poly foam blocks to get a foundation to lay the fiberglass on, but i looked and couldn't find any of that shit.

Welding on more metal to form the sides, and laying fiberglass.

Kouki front end conversion. Replaced the headlight assy's, hood, and bumper cover. Got one of the last 200ZR TBO front lips before the company folded. It is probly the only one in the U.S.

Lip was cut in half for shipping.

Cut some vents in the hood above the turbo area. Used a pipe to flare them up. Here it is after much fibering and filling. Neato.

Took a long ass time to get all this poly primer off. Now it's off to sit in my garage for over a year.

The color is Ford sonic blue pearl effect. Changes from blue to purple sometimes, but I wish I put flake!


I don't know how you bodyshop guys keep your sanity.

[Crab Spirits]

[DudeyourSoooJDM]

Impressive man.  Always nice to see a non ugly Z31

[DudeyourSoooJDM]

[Cullen]

do you have a side shot of it?
car looks nice

[TIREKILLER]

You seem to find all of the best qualities about any car and accentuate them. Nicely done!

[Crab Spirits]

Now it's time for semi-trailing arm ----> S14 multilink swapu!!!
Remove tired Z31 stuff and throw away.

Gratuidous "hey look, I got parts" pic.

Your standard S14 subframe. Pink dots indicate the locations of the old mounting points on the car when installed.

See.

Yes, that IS a nissan part sticker stil on the subframe, and yes, that IS rust on the subframe. Welcome to the salt belt. Hey, check out this beam on the frame that just so happens to be in the right place. Dope.

The modified subrame. Now with solid front mounts extending out. Note tabs I welded to the back to bolt up to the old mount temporarily. I'll eventually weld the rear S14 mounts solid and mount them on studs welded to that cool beam. I threw a KAAZ 2 way in there too, cause I heard it helps make drifts.

This picture shows a spring mount that will never be used again, and areas I needed to bash in, notch, reweld to get this stuff as far up into the car as possible.

Suburban Driveline made me this driveshaft. It's longer, stronger, and lighter than stock. It also sodimizes the rubber S14 one.

Lower it down, and ......awww shit. (coilovers at min and max height)

Tried to use S14 knuckles up front with the coilovers. Not only is it set farther back, it has a wicked case of battleship. I'll have to weld the kouki Z31 strut tubes/knuckle assy's to the collars on the Tanabe DD's.


This is my solution for the rear. I think it should stop a .50cal round. Removed the top mounts from the sustec pro's and now they live inside gas pipe.

Overkill, maybe, but I'm trying to cover as much surface area as possible to distribute the load. Remember, this used to be the shock mount, now it carries the weight of the car.

I'll report on the front as soon as that gets underway.

[Crab Spirits]

[Night Garage]

HOT!! I have wanted to see this buildup for like....FOREVER!!!  LOL!    

[Night Garage]

[Bushido]

definetly one of the nicest z31s i've seen ever.. under all that cladding and 80's overkill detailing is a nice looking car. props to you for showing that a Z31 can be cool.
 what have you got in mind for under the hood?

[Crab Spirits]

Havent' really made up my mind yet, but it probly won't be Nissan. I'm gonna need a new job or sell the S13 before that happens though. The stock motor makes @230hp now. Coupled to the new 4:11 rear end, it should put down decent torque.

[Crab Spirits]

[DavidC]

wow impressive work  

[DavidC]

[zachmprs]

i had no idea how much work had gone into this z31. this is the best built z31 in the states hands down.

[zachmprs]

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i had no idea how much work had gone into this z31. this is the best built z31 in the states hands down.

i agree...

and i love you for this build. if i were a chick i'd be knockin on your door

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[Hypertek]

dam thats cool... Theres alot of z31s in the junk yards out here..
Looks cool.. I think the zenki tail lights look alot better then the kouki *ford probe* look

Do you got that funky zenki christmas tree digital guage cluster??

[Bushido]

yeah, are you planning on keeping the stock dash/cluster?

[GG Simba]

You've been working on this thing as long as I have known you, so glad to see it progress over the years, but your moto and pfieffer signature on the fender is now gone...

Batcave for the win! Awaiting completion of two purple things.

[GG Simba]

[Trouble]

That, is a super hot Z31!

[Trouble]