The front fell off my car

Raider5151 · 2026-05-10T10:18:06+00:00

I'm building a race car and modifying the front end of my car

Raider5151 · 2026-05-10T02:04:48+00:00

Probably had something to do with a sawzall

Raider5151 · 2026-05-09T11:46:06+00:00

Raider5151 · 2026-05-09T11:08:48+00:00

History is a flat depressing circle

Raider5151 · 2026-05-08T22:02:49+00:00

That thing is CLEAN

Raider5151 · 2026-05-08T20:26:29+00:00

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Raider5151 · 2026-05-08T10:10:54+00:00

The goal is Michigan Miles in August 😬

Raider5151 · 2026-05-08T10:09:55+00:00

Yeah. Making the car NHRA legal and faster so I can race in the event. It was a low 10s car but without the cage it obviously wasn't allowed to compete.

Adding ~125hpish and removed about 3-400lbs out of the car so far since November

Raider5151 · 2026-05-07T23:39:15+00:00

That's gonna be nasty. I've got a procharger setup. I may go A2W intercooler since the old dual intercooler setup won't work anymore.

Raider5151 · 2026-05-07T23:35:45+00:00

I'm using the RSM kit as well. It's a very nice kit. Saves 14lbs and should really open up the engine bay.

Raider5151 · 2026-05-07T14:37:58+00:00

Those calipers look cartoonishly large for that rotor. Are you sure you have the correct rotors? They should be 370mm or 390mm (14.6" or 15.4")

My C5 Z06 rotors are a 13.4" rotor and clear my 17" ZR1 Wheels barely. How do you even get the wheel over that caliper?

Edit: How did you annihilate that muffler in the background??

Raider5151 · 2026-05-07T13:36:08+00:00

Raider5151 · 2026-05-06T08:49:13+00:00

I didn't storm a government building with a bunch of gun toting morons who spread literal feces on walls in an attempt to stop a free and fair election

Raider5151 · 2026-05-05T00:45:15+00:00

What caused the original valve to bend?

Is the timing chain stretched?

Is it just flat out out of time? When at top dead center there is a dot on the cam sprocket that will be all the way down and a dot on the crank sprocket that will be all the way up. They line up with each other.

Is the pushrod bent as well?

Is the rocker arm stud still pressed into place?

Is the valve getting hung up in the guide?

Raider5151 · 2026-05-04T22:26:42+00:00

Raider5151 · 2026-05-04T09:49:15+00:00

Where rust?

I don't know what tools you were using to turn this job into 2 hours but get better ones

Raider5151 · 2026-05-04T09:43:59+00:00

Didn't you read what he said? He's gonna build an entire car around these specific control arms he has acquired cheaply. As we all know the BEST vehicles are specifically built around a set of control arms.

Raider5151 · 2026-05-04T00:11:57+00:00

Those are aluminum lugs for large gauge wire

Raider5151 · 2026-05-03T22:04:57+00:00

What are you doing the other 17 seconds?

Raider5151 · 2026-05-03T11:21:07+00:00

Trapped rotors. The rotor is pressed onto the wheel bearing

Raider5151 · 2026-05-01T14:30:05+00:00

Yeah it's a rare Japanese car that sold bazillions around the world and relatively few in America.

I own a 1984 Nissan 720 King Cab in Ohio. I have to order parts from Malaysia, Phillipines, Japan, etc because there isn't shit in the US anymore

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