LS Swap Datsun Fuel Cell Mounting Fabrication Part... 3? Ep. 19
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- Опубліковано 9 січ 2021
- In today's episode, I'm finishing the welding and fabrication for my custom fuel cell mount / bash bar / jack bar / tow hook / fuel filter mount... thing? It's been 1 year since my first Datsun 280z project car build series video! Let me know in the comments when you first found my channel, and what's been your favorite part of the series so far.
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LETS GOOO!!! Missed you during the Holidays Grindhouse. Hope You and Yours are safe and healthy.
Doing well here Joaquin, I hope the same to you! 👍
Fav part 3d Design and 3d printing parts! for sure!
Ive been finding every excuse to use the machine that I can haha
The cradle turned out sick sick!
It's one of my favorite exterior parts of the car, it should look sick once the body's painted 👍
I love all the videos. Found your gauge pod video first now watching everything.
Hey that's awesome, I'm glad you're enjoying binging my series! 👍
simple is cool watching yiur videos
Awesome, glad you like my build series!!
DAAAAAAAAAVE
Hey Tom! I stopped myself from saying happy new year posting my first video of 2021 ten days into the year, aren't you proud? 🤣
@@GrindhousePerformance so proud!
Started watching over Christmas very finesse of a build good to see u back its all good craft man ship excellent detail about what u at doing 😄
Thanks so much Holly!
Gotta love some well-Nuts and captive nuts 😍 - I see you’ve been working on your tig skills!
I've been trying to practice TIG welding aluminum, not getting very good yet but it's making stuff like this go way smoother
GrindhousePE oh man me too, I just tried welding up a front grille for my Datsun and I kept blowing through the material (thin square tubing) I honestly just gave up and put it together with brackets. Turned out pretty sweet though :)
Hello Friend !! I admire your work 👍🔥👀👣
Thank you!
Finally more vids its always a joy watching this build
Hey thanks so much! Good to be back!
Thanks for the tip on SendCutSend. I've had problems finding a local laser cutting place to do small batch stuff, I just quoted some flanges and it seemed reasonable enough.
That's honestly why I turned to them as well.. even getting local shops to call me back seemed like an uphill battle all the time.. the minimum orders for sendcutsend are really reasonable and they turned around the parts to my door in like a week
Definitely liked your episode on the motor install. I took a ton of pointers from that particular episode.
Im glad to hear that Bruce! Yours is really coming along
Found your channel about 5 days ago, and absolutely loved binging on all your videos, super keen on seeing more! So sick
Stuff like this makes my day! Glad to hear it Matt, thanks!
Fantastic !!!
Hi Dave. You are a really skilled fabricator, I'm really impressed and learning so much from your videos. This Z is going to be sick. Can't wait for your next video.
How many gallons is that fuel cell? Do you have the model number? Thanks.
Hey thanks so much! I'm very much still learning, but thank you. The fuel cell is a 15 gallon (26" x 17.875" x 9.5) Race Safe FCST. The full SKU is a bit of a nightmare because it selects the interior fuel pumps etc: RS2-FCST-RS215-FCST-20-0197-FP-11542-FP-11542-GK6X10
Dang this thing is gonna be mean when it's done! LS swap is the goal for our 280z project as well. This thing is definitely inspiring!
Hey that's awesome, hope it helps!
Love this channel man, keep it up, i cant wait for the big finish. You've got alot of great tools too the right tools makes the job so much easier
Hey thank you, that really means a lot. Ive always put a lot of value into getting tools that will pay for themselves and it's done well for me. I still have a lottt to learn though
Another fantastic video, Dave! Saw your reddit post about a month ago and watched every vid on the build. Can't wait to see where this build goes
Thanks so much Kevin, I'm hoping to get a lot more content out to you guys! Glad you're into the series!
Just found your channel about two days ago when I was looking at fuel cells for my 67 Datsun 411 project and I'm really impressed! I love the design of the fuel cell cage with the dimpled fuel filter bracket and tow hooks! I also liked the video on the exhaust fab. The quality of your videos is really good too! Definitely binging your videos
Hey thanks so much, I'm glad you found my series!
Loved the thumbnail 🔥🔥🔥👌🏻
Hey thanks!!
Love this build you are amazing keep up the amazing work and looking forward to seeing it done
This means a lot to me, thank you!
@@GrindhousePerformance np looking forward to the next upload
Looks sick. Painting it bright orange?
Oh it's gonna be obnoxious 😂
Amazing work, really looks sick coming together!
Can I ask why you offset the previous opening in the floor and cut out the previous bolt holes that mated with the top flange on the fuel cell? Presumably that was already a clearance fit for the fuel cell as is...or am I missing something obvious?
Hey thank you! That's a good question with a complicated answer - being completely honest, when I first got the fuel cell I didn't really consider how I was going to mount it. I had cut the original floor out of it a long time ago, and had welded a large piece of sheet to replace the original spare tire/fuel tank area with a flat surface. When I got the cell, I centered it on the frame rails and cut the first hole. When I originally measured the frame rails, I didn't realize they weren't symmetrical with the body of the car, and when I went to fabricate the exhaust I realized the fuel cell was off center by about 1" (I couldn't tell this visibly because the back of the car was close to the back wall in my shop, and the places I did measure looked fine). It looked centered in the trunk, but the rails are offset to accommodate the original fuel filler neck. So before fabbing the exhaust, I had to widen the hole to put the fuel cell in the actual center of the body. This left a bunch of holes visible on the floor , and is one of the reasons the upper frame was initially built out of 2x1 rectangular tubing. As the design of everything matured, it made more sense to me to leave a lip of floor around the outer edge of the 2x1 frame, stitch weld the floor to the frame, then apply seam sealer on everything. The design has changed a lot since I first got the cell, and it's been a huge learning process along the way. Long story short, I'm making things up as I go and have no idea what I'm doing LOL
@@GrindhousePerformance ahh ok cool makes sense and thanks for the detailed explanation!
How's that saying go...experts don't avoid mistakes they just know how to cover them up? Something like that 😂
I'm writing that one down 🤣 ... what do they say about people who film their mistakes and share them with the world? Lol
What size dimple die did you use on the gussets
1"
Amazing project! @GrindhousePE Was wondering if you don’t run into any problems with your tungsten sticking out so far of the cup, or was it necessary for getting into those corners? At 9:56 it seems like a lot, or are you running more argon to compensate? Thanks!
Oh and another question about the side toe hooks, if the car is pulled from the side, those plates will put a lot of torque on the weld seam, maybe some gussets could be of use for those as wel? Again, really loving the videos so far, quality editing and good content!
Eagle eye there and good points all around. The side hooks are primarily for show and when the car is strapped down. The rear hook would be used in any off track situations. I have been trying different tungsten stick outs to get ready for redoing my roll cage. You wind up with all sorts of crazy limited access welding a cage in car, so I try to get used to different torch setups whenever I can. I was running more flow at the time but I couldn't tell you what it was now
Im getting the same Eastwood tig welder, how is it?
Will u build one to sale
I don't think I'll have the time at this point unfortunately, good luck!
No Nissan v8 like a vk56?
I love the way a VK56 sounds, and keeping things all Nissan would've been neat, but the vintage Datsun chassis doesn't really have the room for how giant that DOHC V8 is without having ground clearance, hood clearance, firewall, transmission tunnel, framerail, and strut tower clearance issues all at the same time.