Well i finally got around to working on the HO manifold i got from ruen (ryan) a few months back. The manifold was grinded down of all useless nubs im not going to use and sandblasted to hell, then powdercoated flat black. While i was at it i figured i would do my hood hinges too since my hood and the top of my fenders are both black as well.







For my next project to free up some space in the engine bay for some future pipes (cough cough) i needed to reloacte the battery. Well i said screw buying tons of wire and a battery box, and terminals and all sorts of other crap. So what i did was drill out the stock battery tray and moved it up and over a few inches then bolted it back down. Ill let the pics to the talking











thanks to MyZcar for help and the info he gave me.

Sweet man looks good. Install it!

Niiiice !

yay!







Portage, MI

Niiice, thats exactly were my battery and tray are goin..

btw, did you or Ryan take the 'nubs' off the manifold? Just wondering how hard it would be for mine?











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pretty neat idea

man i thought this had to do with snowboarding or skiing, lol
looks good!

WHITECAVY wrote:Niiice, thats exactly were my battery and tray are goin..

btw, did you or Ryan take the 'nubs' off the manifold? Just wondering how hard it would be for mine?

i took the nubs off and grinded them down myself, its not hard at all. Just take a strong cutting wheel to most of it and then a hard grinding wheel to the rest of it, when you get down to where its all gone go over it at very low speeds to sort of blend in the area around it to make it all smooth.

^^ Thanks man, sounds easy enough. I was just worried about going through one of the runners lol.. I'll do like you said, take most of it off then go back over it slowly at low speeds..













~2014 New Z under the knife, same heart different body~
______________________
WHITECAVY no more
2012 numbers - 4SPD AUTOMATIC!!
328 HP
306 TQ

looks good man! the battery tray was a good idea!

OneBadZ24 wrote:the HO manifold i got from ruen (ryan) a few months back.

and to think i almost got it.. just couldnt get the money quick enough.. *cry

yeah i just took the knobs off of my ho mani today and it took all of 30 mins. it took me more time to go and purchase my grinder then to take em off. i just used a cut off wheel tho a grinding wheel would have been a lot of help then after i was done i took some jb well and used it as filler for some scratches so friday i can sand it smooth like a babys butt

future pipes!? oooooh yeah!!

I just started on taking the nubs down yesterday. It takes too long with a grinding disc, I need to go get a cutoff wheel to cut most of it off then grind the rest down.. This is the first time I've used a grinder lol..











~2014 New Z under the knife, same heart different body~
______________________
WHITECAVY no more
2012 numbers - 4SPD AUTOMATIC!!
328 HP
306 TQ

so sexy.

we need to discuss the battery tray.







BeardLife / Club Awesome Reject Blog

yea thats pimp.. love your car man


-marc

hmmm..