Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
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Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Stock Datsun 2000 Rotors are almost $200-- so not sure what you were expecting for a larger brake kit? Is this something where you really want to skimp on?Ordered the rotors to match the Spriso kit and got nailed for $264 + shipping. Ouch.
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Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Gotcha, I was like "this dude just dropped $5k on an engine swap that's never been installed into a roadster, is about to spend thousands upon thousands more, and is whining about $200 in brake rotors for a proven kit???"
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Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
One of the best things on my roadster is Mikes brake kit. Very well thought out and works remarkably.
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Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Hey I'm feeling poor after buying the engine!
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Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Gotta start somewhere. It will be worth it!damarble wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 11:10 amHey I'm feeling poor after buying the engine!
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Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
You’re going to love those 300ZX brakes. I’m super happy with mine.
Karl Payne, Gilbert, AZ
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Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Yup. Can confirm, worth every penny.TurboRagtop wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 3:25 pm You’re going to love those 300ZX brakes. I’m super happy with mine.
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Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
I'm very excited for them, and my stinginess about the rotors cost is in no way a complaint towards Michael.
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Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
I have owned my car for over 30 years and never stopped my attempts to improve, customize or change the car to better suit me. This has taught me some basic truths when it comes to projects... namely, it ALWAYS takes longer, and it ALWAYS costs more than you expect. It's very important for most of us to set a budget and time-line for our cars, or things can quickly get out of control. I understand the concern when little things start creeping up higher than you had originally budgeted or thought. I recently posted about the multi-day effort just to find suitable banjo bolts for the EFI conversion, and the even harder struggle to find the right size copper washers! I had to pay $30 in shipping from England for a proprietary $9 connector that didn't get ordered in my original purchase... I hate wasting money on stupid things. The best protection against that is to simply realize you need to add about 1/4 -1/3 more to your estimate of the cost and the time, and then you won't be as concerned. Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet. Good thing is that you soon forget about it and just enjoy the fruits of your labor!
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Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
So I realized I had stashed away a new in box Intellitronix LED 6 gauge set. I could probably make them work with the padded dash but I don't think I'd be entirely happy. So now I have dash swap on the brain.
Also, I for the first time noticed the turn signal stalk is on the right of the column. How bizarre. Carryover from RHD?
Also, I for the first time noticed the turn signal stalk is on the right of the column. How bizarre. Carryover from RHD?
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Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
Gregs672000 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 12:34 pm I have owned my car for over 30 years and never stopped my attempts to improve, customize or change the car to better suit me. This has taught me some basic truths when it comes to projects... namely, it ALWAYS takes longer, and it ALWAYS costs more than you expect. It's very important for most of us to set a budget and time-line for our cars, or things can quickly get out of control. I understand the concern when little things start creeping up higher than you had originally budgeted or thought. I recently posted about the multi-day effort just to find suitable banjo bolts for the EFI conversion, and the even harder struggle to find the right size copper washers! I had to pay $30 in shipping from England for a proprietary $9 connector that didn't get ordered in my original purchase... I hate wasting money on stupid things. The best protection against that is to simply realize you need to add about 1/4 -1/3 more to your estimate of the cost and the time, and then you won't be as concerned. Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet. Good thing is that you soon forget about it and just enjoy the fruits of your labor!
Greg, could you please explain how a budget and a timeline can come into play with a roadster??? I started to do a quick prep for a paint job on my '67 in early Feb. 2015. Target on the road was sometime in June. By Nov. of 2017 I could say that I had turned the corner and had started to get closer to finishing rather than further away with everything that I did.
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Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
There a few options for aftermarket gauges to work with modern engines. Speedhut and others makes some direct drop-in gauges for the high windshield:damarble wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:38 pm So I realized I had stashed away a new in box Intellitronix LED 6 gauge set. I could probably make them work with the padded dash but I don't think I'd be entirely happy. So now I have dash swap on the brain.
Also, I for the first time noticed the turn signal stalk is on the right of the column. How bizarre. Carryover from RHD?
The ultimate, imho solution is have your factory gauges "electrified" to accept modern electronic signals. These are done by Jon Frampton, shown on RCMike's SR20-powered roadster:
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Re: Mike's 68 SPL311-17219
I did a flat dash conversion on my '69 sr20 car. Love the look. Pat
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