Slick's KA-T

[el_mata]

I don't want any credit... I just don't want everyone to know! lol... I'm stingy with my info! Dave is the first person I have mentioned that to.

...Cause he loves me 

well the secret is out...

[ak_slick]

Alright... sorry about the late update... had a couple beers at Crown and Anchor last night... oh so good.

Anyway here is my bang up fan shroud all finished. Used some trunk weather stripping to seal/cushion between it and the radiator. Sealed off the little holes in the side with some aluminum tape and painted it some Satin Black that was laying around the garage.

Primed





It's a little close to the top radiator hose but it still fits on with a clamp. I know the welds look nasty but I was too lazy to grind off the powder coating. So I just let it melt off as I was welding.


Working on the z-trans at the moment so expect more pictures later.

[s13yaobling]

fans..cool. get it ..cool?!?! my fans are still the loudest around! lol good stuff tho.

[-Elite-]

i beg to differ yao mine are louder

[ak_slick]

Alright,... so today was a little unexpected.  Work needed me for a bit, and then upon leaving work to come back and work on the car I got rear ended in my daily driver. It wasn't bad though. Ended up settling with the guy for some cash and then knocking back a few beers together so it turned out better than a long wait for the cops and bright lights with uncomfortable glances and angry faces.

So while I was having all the crap occurring DDS(Kyle) the best friend/mechanic in the world assembled the z-trans up to the rb26 bell housing. I am too tired to throw it in right now and I can't find the camera in the garage, but I will post pics tomorrow. It is pretty impressive if I say so myself.

Big thanks for the info to cfinch and Kyle once again... if you ever want to know anything just shoot cfinch a pm. He is really fuzzy once you get past the harsh exterior. Like a big teddy bear. And huge thanks to Kyle (DDS) without him (primarily) and a lot of my other friends my car would not be anywhere near where it is today.

Till Tomorrow I'm out.

[ak_slick]

So messed with the trans a little bit this morning and found a couple things... like my camera!
Anyway: First the trans looks beastly. Second the wrong plate is on the trans sadly and will be switched out today as you can see in the first picture. The clutch throw out fork needs to be mounted in the upper location which isn't tapped on the plate we put in there which I believe is the rb26 plate.




In another note: The starter holes line but the rb26 bell is not a bolt through starter; it is a bolt to starter  holes (the holes are threaded) so I drilled out the holes in my starter and it bolts right up. I will take a picture later.

I just thought I would show how I hooked up my GM IACV, and where the coil packs got cleverly mounted on the back of the intake manifold since it was just hanging there at eye level. Off to school/work again.

[My LS hates me]

trans looks awsome. Keep the pics coming it great to see progress.

[ak_slick]

Engine hoist is on loan for the night to someone in need. So progress will be at a standstill till tomorrow.

On the upside I picked up a Clutch Slave cylinder I think will work with this transmission and another package came for me.  The rest of my oil line fittings will not be in until next Tuesday which is a little sad. I will have to wait to hook up the Accusump.

[el_mata]

is that tranny for sale yet... i want it...lol!

[ak_slick]

Today's continuing Saga.

So the front cover on the transmission with the clutch fork pivot ball was the rb26 one... and it needed to be the z32 one due to the pivot ball being located in the wrong spot. So first thing I swapped that plate... Then I chased the threads on some bolts holes that were a little off.


After that we sourced a Slave cylinder... which I think is actually from an Accord. Anyway it is pretty close to the rb26 bolt pattern but still required to have the holes drilled out a little bit larger and then some washers to space it up from the bell to align the plunger with the fork properly.



Next was the 12lb chromoly rb20det flywheel.


And then the 350z clutch 6 puck which is 1" larger in diameter than the KA clutch


Next bolted up the frankenstien transmission


All the bolts line up GREAT!




The rb style starter apparently bolts opposite the KA style but with the exact same mounting locations so I drilled out the starter threads so the bolts would enter through the other side and fasten to the trans.


 and voila

[-Elite-]

dave thats so pretty lol glad you got it all together

[ak_slick]

dave thats so pretty lol glad you got it all together

Yeah... me too. Had a good amount of help on this one. I will be putting up a tech article on this one when I get a spare moment. Tomorrow I am going to have my drive shaft made and then I am pondering what to do with the shifter. This is definitely not a swap for the faint of heart. You really have to want this one, but all in all it came out REALLY good and pretty easily considering what all was involved.

[ak_slick]

Today ended up being a lot more driving around getting stuff rather than working on the car but here is what I accomplished.

So got the motor and trans dropped into the car. Next came the drive shaft.
The one piece was my 240sx shaft and the two piece is the one from the z32.
I went by Dan's Driveline and had them start making me a brand new one to the correct length. It will be ready on Monday.


I noticed that the shifter is a little farther back... which was expected after seeing Josh Guild's setup. It is also a little off center. I am debating shortening the linkage an inch so it will sit closer to the normal location. More to come on that.


Started fabricating the transmission mount bar. I cut some steel to the approximate good lengths. The welding comes tomorrow.



I love Do-All Saws.

[My LS hates me]

Looks good man. This thread has serious engineering work in it. Keep it up.

[Exiled Lakai]

I love the safety there.  Taking a pic while working with a band saw, with no gloves and most likely no eye protection. haha you would have gotten to ass a LOR if in the military. but your not, so you can do what the f*** you want which is what you just did!! haha