[EB89]

Originally Posted by Nugget

What happens to A pillar pods if the A pillar air bag goes off?

Free speaker forehead install.

[Socket]

May need to mount them in the dash instead of the A pillars. Good point peeps

[Torgus]

Originally Posted by Socket

May need to mount them in the dash instead of the A pillars. Good point peeps

If you glass them in they might not look as hideous as they do on the A pillar.

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Torgus

If you glass them in they might not look as hideous as they do on the A pillar.

Not a fan then Torg?

[Torgus]

Originally Posted by Socket

Not a fan then Torg?

I just don't like speaker pods. I find they look very...unnatural. Also as stated above a concern if the air bags go off...unless you code them out(i think you can do that) but that would be stupid and not worth the risk for a number of reasons.

Glass and leather wrapped kind of like this into the dash not pod like would probably look the cleanest. Might want to wrap the whole dash etc. in leather but then you might as well redo the whole interior:



Those should be some awesome speakers! You have an epic build man!

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Torgus

I just don't like speaker pods. I find they look very...unnatural. Also as stated above a concern if the air bags go off...unless you code them out(i think you can do that) but that would be stupid and not worth the risk for a number of reasons.

Glass and leather wrapped kind of like this into the dash not pod like would probably look the cleanest. Might want to wrap the whole dash etc. in leather but then you might as well redo the whole interior:



Those should be some awesome speakers! You have an epic build man!

Good point Torg
Focal make a OEM pod (mid box) which can be purchased out of Italy
The are about $260 delivered and also made for the A pillars
Might look mounting the tweeters in the window corner panel and the 3 inch in the door??? Might need to think through where the best position to mount for sound stage tbh... no point putting good speakers in the wrong spot

[Boganian Rubes]

Hang em off them rear view mirror

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Boganian Rubes

Hang em off them rear view mirror

Haha ...:. No seriously that won’t work Rubes

[101Duck]

Originally Posted by Nugget

What happens to A pillar pods if the A pillar air bag goes off?

be nowhere near where the bag comes out, i can take a pic of deployed on tomrorow, pops out of hood lining from top of a pillar to b pillar. more of a hood lining bag than a pillar one.


socks, have you swapped manifolds yet? I want to see fitment!

[Socket]

Originally Posted by 101Duck

be nowhere near where the bag comes out, i can take a pic of deployed on tomrorow, pops out of hood lining from top of a pillar to b pillar. more of a hood lining bag than a pillar one.


socks, have you swapped manifolds yet? I want to see fitment!

Car is going into Yoda MS end of next week, so will be fitting the new mani soon... will take some pics and show your how the old and new one sits

Also good to know these pods wont be in the way if they get fitted at the base of the A pillars Duck, although i'm having trouble visualising how they deployed

[101Duck]

Originally Posted by Socket

Car is going into Yoda MS end of next week, so will be fitting the new mani soon... will take some pics and show your how the old and new one sits

Also good to know these pods wont be in the way if they get fitted at the base of the A pillars Duck, although i'm having trouble visualising how they deployed

well, they are curtain airbags right.
so when they deploy, they pop down from under the hood lining and form a curtain between your noggin and the side window. if they popped out the bottom of the pillar they'd need to be about a metre long to get anywhere near saving you from anything.

If any part of you is near the a pillar in an accident in anything other than a datsun1200, then you dun fcked up.

[Torgus]

Interesting I always assumed there were a pillar airbags. In that case mount away.

I still think the pods look odd. Glasses in and wrapped with leather would still be the tits imo.

[Socket]

Manual conversion starts this weekend

[Torgus]

Which clutch are you going with again?

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Torgus

Which clutch are you going with again?

spec 2+ mate

[kookie]

[Socket]

Originally Posted by kookie

Haahhaha starts tomorrow
Vince and I have taken the day off work just to get started
Will take lots of pics for dem fans lol

[Socket]

Mod 100 - Auto to Manual Conversion + (Winter Build 2018)

After much collecting of parts, we have finally started on the auto to manual conversion

When I say we, I mean Vince (aka Vtl aka Yoda) I just hand him tools haha. That said, it is great to be part of it and be involved in seeing it all come together

It is almost a year ago that we did the ST install (which was a massive job) Unfortunately we decided to make this years project even tougher, by not only repeating the ST install, but also doing a MT conversion and a few maintenance tasks as well.

On the upside this year Vince has a hoist, which makes it 100 times more comfortable and accessible to work on then jack stands. Also we wisely opted to remove the engine from the car, which makes working on it, 200 times easier, until we have to put it back hahaha

So this weekend we finally got to get stuck in. After 3 days of solid work (with some extra help from Misty and Jim - thanks- ) we have the engine out, manual transmission installed, oil pan and valve cover gaskets done, test fitted the new ST manifold and pulled the interior of the car out to install the clutch hydraulic line

Is too late at night to write up a full report, so will leave a few pics below and will post more about the project later in the week

As always a big thank you to Vince who without his extraordinary skilz and knowledge of the N54 platform, none of this would be possible

Pics below

Pic 1 - Spcgry ready for surgery
Pic 2 - Half way through removing bits
Pic 3 - Engine out
Pic 4 - Engine back in, test fitting turbo on new mani
Pic 5 - New exhaust manifold is easier to install with the engine out
Pic 6 - Removing the auto transmission
Pic 7 - New clutch and flywheel installed
Pic 8 - Manual transmission installed
Pic 9 - Ripping out the interior to install clutch hard line
Pic 10 - End of day 3. Looking more like a car crash then a car right now

[Aus335iguy]

Looking good Socks. Don't forget to mod your coils bud!

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Aus335iguy

Looking good Socks. Don't forget to mod your coils bud!

Yep thanks for the reminder Aus 👍

[Hoper]

Originally Posted by Socket

Yep thanks for the reminder Aus

Solid work guys, can't wait for your review of the clutch

[vtl]

Was a big weekend, got a lot of stuff done for the single turbo manifold upgrade and manual conversion.

- Remove front end of the vehicle
- Removed engine and transmission as one assembly
- Removed single turbo manifold, test fit new manifold in the car
- Removed automatic transmission
- Replaced oil pan gasket, encountering some snapped bolts by a previous mechanic
- Instaleld spec stage2+ flywheel and clutch
- Replaced valve cover
- Installed manual trasnmission
- Removed seats, trims and carpets to install the clutch hard pipe from the master cylinder to the firewall (very big job)
- Degreased a whole bunch of parts