OK – I think I know what is wrong with my steering.  I lowered the front end too much without making any modifications to the steering.  My tie rods angle up towards the wheels.  I believe I read somewhere that they are supposed to be level.  Car needs to be raised back up a little and probably need to remount the steering rack higher.  Sound plausible?

Why are all my pictures posting as a square?  Part of the picture is being cut off.

Drove car for a short distance.  All gears worked, brakes worked, steering is very heavy.  Clutch has to be all the way in to shift and all the way out to engage.  Maybe it will get better with use.  Front suspension is very stiff.  Chevette spring had two coils cut.  May have to get a replacement spring.  Any ideas?  May also look into power steering.

Checked internet.  Different sending unit for warning light.  So no more warning light since I have a gauge.

Installed remote oil filter and adapter for lines from old filter location.  After addressing several clearance issues, I finally got everything to clear exhaust and engine.  Used swivel 10AN fittings and aeroquip 5/8 hose.  Mounted new oil pressure sending unit.  MGTDR came with an oil warning light.  I don’t have the old engine anymore, but I…[Read more]

Wiring will be a piece of art.  I was just glad that nothing burned when I turned on the key.  Now I am solving the oil pressure issue.  As this picture shows, the oil pressure port is between the motor mount and the filter.

Yea, no way to get a sending unit on this.  So I am going to go with a remote oil filter and put the sending unit wit…[Read more]

My double contact is running light and turn signal.  My single socket is the brake light.  This way the brake wiring does not go through the turn signal controller.  Allen, are your bulbs the same size physically?  Do you have MGTD light fixtures or VW light fixtures?

Started on wiring yesterday.  Quite a challenge.  When originally built, the Chevette harness was not used.  So I have a mixture of MGTD switches, Chevette wiring, and now Camaro wiring for the engine.  First step will be to makes changes from Chevette engine to Camaro engine.  Later I plan to redo entire harness incorporating the Camaro unde…[Read more]

exhaust is not finished yet, but here is a picture of the muffler mounted under the running board.

Several other modifications made.  Removed Chevette pedals and modified Camaro pedals to fit.  Added power brake booster and Camaro hydraulic clutch.  Rebuilt rear end torque tube.  In process of cutting out some fiberglass from the rear floor of passenger compartment so seats can be mounted about 3 inches further back.  These little bumps appe…[Read more]

Here are the exhaust headers.  There were for an MGB, so required some mods to make work.  Also, they exit through the engine compartment side panel.

Right side required some twists to clear engine mount.

Left side was  pretty straight forward.

And here is radiator mounted to shell.  I just added a couple aluminum angles and put the fan as a pusher.

It is for a Datsun Fairlady and is about 17 x 17 inches. Supposed to handle up to  400 HP.

Have made lots of progress in the past months, just forgot to do any posts.  Here is engine mounted in car.

Sorry to be late welcoming you to the forum.  I just missed the posting since I was focused on the V8 build and my project.  Anyway, welcome.  As has been mentioned, you have a great project.  The TF is really a stunning car and in plastic it is even better.

Made motor mounts and tack welded in place.  Removed engine and trans so welding shop can finish the motor mounts.  Drive shaft is at machine shop to add a second universal joint.  The car came with a short drive shaft with only one universal.  The rubber mount in the torque tube was toast.  Luckily I found one for the Chevette rear axle.