1970 Swinger Build Thread (PURISTS BEWARE)
Today was my only day off this week so I got very little done, but I did get the fuel tank and rear end removed. I have to figure out what I want to do for an in-tank fuel pump. I've been eyeballing the Aeromotive Stealth 340 system. It's got its own foam baffle which allows you to convert the old carburated tank to fuel injection without the fear of starving the sump due to fuel sloshing around. The rear end came out fairly easy. These factory leafs are trash. They were sagging so bad that they used these cheap generic coilovers to boost the rear up and it still sat too low. I'm all for low ride height, buts uts got to atleast be dampened properly...
I also dug out the Nissan transmission, set the G Force Crossmembers adapter plate on it and lined it up with the back of the block just to get a super rough idea where everything will sit. The external shifter puts the it way too far towards the rear. I've seen where guys who swap these transmissions into Datsun 240Z's run into the same problem and pretty much cut the center out of the dog bone and gain 2" or so. Worst case scenario is that I can run a small Z bend shifter forward to bring it to a comfortable location. Luckily being 6 foot tall means I like my seat back a ways so it may not be as big of an issue for me as others.
Today was my only day off this week so I got very little done, but I did get the fuel tank and rear end removed. I have to figure out what I want to do for an in-tank fuel pump. I've been eyeballing the Aeromotive Stealth 340 system. It's got its own foam baffle which allows you to convert the old carburated tank to fuel injection without the fear of starving the sump due to fuel sloshing around. The rear end came out fairly easy. These factory leafs are trash. They were sagging so bad that they used these cheap generic coilovers to boost the rear up and it still sat too low. I'm all for low ride height, buts uts got to atleast be dampened properly...
I also dug out the Nissan transmission, set the G Force Crossmembers adapter plate on it and lined it up with the back of the block just to get a super rough idea where everything will sit. The external shifter puts the it way too far towards the rear. I've seen where guys who swap these transmissions into Datsun 240Z's run into the same problem and pretty much cut the center out of the dog bone and gain 2" or so. Worst case scenario is that I can run a small Z bend shifter forward to bring it to a comfortable location. Luckily being 6 foot tall means I like my seat back a ways so it may not be as big of an issue for me as others.
