The cars are in my gargae so I'll go ahead and answer those questions. Yeah the passenger side mount was busted so we replaced that. And the AC question I'm assuming was about getting the lines loose, and yeah I had the tool and didn't know it. It's the same tool for fuel lines, learn something new new every day I guess. Tank and full rear have been swaped 9ver as of last night and now its odds and ends on the rear then onto starting it up.

 

damn ..... this is a best thread ive seen in a while ..... please keep us posted

 

Nice thread, looking forward to more

 

sorry ive been MIA for a while due to some broken bones.. finally back working on the project and im glad to say its almost done! ill post some pictures and answer any questions anybody might have.

 

also decided to add a few unnecessary features in the process..

 

Just curious, I'm assuming you got paperwork with the silver shell to register it? Bummer about the accident (and I suppose the silver one now has a salvage title?)

 

silver has a flood title and blue has a clean title.. not sure how im going to title it yet. need to talk to dmv and see if they will let me title it as the blue car

 

They don't let you just title cars as other cars , same chassis or not I think that's illegal man . Good luck with the car though .

 

I'm not sure how I'm going to title it yet. Still need to call dmv and see what they say. I've heard a couple different things on ways you can title it legally

 

What did you end up doing for the driver side frame rail that was missing?

 

My blue z was wrecked on passenger side so I was able to cut the driver side arm off at the same place and I had a welder put it on. It came out perfectly even

 

So im prepping for paint and decided to test drive it yesterday. Forgot to mention i put a aftermarke coolling fan on it, Which only had a positive and negative wire. The oem harness had 4 wires going to each fan. I figured out that its two positives and two negatives. It ended up working great to where it would cut on at idle. Keep in mind i hadnt tested it driving yet. So driving yesterday was great for first mile then temp got up to 60%. Pulled over and let it cool.drove it the one mile back to my house and that one mile got it to hot line. No smoke or any! I know it has to be my fans or my thermostat. When i pulled over i didnt hear my fans running, but that wouldnt be the reason it heated up so fast. Thats why i believe i have a air pocket in my thernostat. Ive ordered a new one but wont be here for a few days so i just want to hear what you guys think it might be

 

Your car wouldn't over heat that quickly because of fans, I think it is fair to say you need to burp your coolant some more

 

Thats what i was looking to hear, thanks

 

Im still having trouble bleeding the air out, tried everything i can and its still overheating. It shoots straight to hot almost as soon as i put it in gear. I can rev at idle and it wont heat up. Im really trying to avoid replacing my thermostat. Does anybody know what else it could be or any other way to burp the air out

 

Not trying to sound like a smart a$$ but after you run the engine for a minute, let it cool down for a bit and pop the radiator cap, refill the radiator and rinse repeat. Same thing happened to me with my G35 and ended up pinging it out and limped it into an Arby's parking lot after installing my headers and refilling the radiator.

 

I found it easy to bleed all the air out of my cooling system with the front-end of the car jacked up.

 

You really need a specialized funnel to help bleed out all the air from your system. Here's a link to what I use:

 

I did some searching and finally figured it out. Theres a plastic bleeder screw on heater hose the on the passenger side behind the plenum. I uncapped the radiator cap and unscrew the bleeder valve. Then i started the engine (a little coolant might splash out) then squeeze upper hose and simultaneously fill until it wont take anymore. Then i put the cap on and waited for it to get hot (while the bleeder valve is off) and it will eventually expand and overflow out of the bleeder screw, thats when i quickly screwed it back in. Now its perfect, no overheating at all

 

I knew it wasn't a thermostat! Congratulations sir!