My goal to get at least one thing done a day was thrown out the window this past week or so, but progress is progress.
After trying a couple clutch discs, and paying return shipping on at least two, I finally found one that looks very promising. Being a DMF the stock Cruze clutch is unsprung, and I had to find a Nissan 1" x 24 spline matching disc. On top is the Cruze stock disc (short about 4 splines), then the Z1motorsports full face, 1"x24 spline unsprung disc.
I tried a couple different sprung nissan discs first hoping to find a cheap solution. The center hub on those stuck up so far from the disc surface, it was riding the Cruze pressure plate fingers before it was even bolted on. Not going to work. This new one clears and is the only full face, unsprung disc I could find.
Next I had a couple Mouser electronics orders come in with new pins to cleanly shorten up the stock harness. This will be a tedious task, but well worth it and not totally out of my comfort zone.
There are 73 pins per connector for the 3 ECM connectors. Out of the possible 73 positions, 72 are the same but there is 1 large pin per connector.
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I went thru the GM connector pin outs and counted exactly how many on each connector I would need, then added additional pins to be safe from screw ups, Bewilder mistakes, and any future issues.
I have also slowly been cutting out reinforcement plates to cover areas the PO destroyed on the "frame". The first area is under the radiator, just in front of the steering rack. The PO cut some of the sheet metal out to fit a wider radiator. Pretty common modification on this chassis for added cooling and engine swaps. However the large holes blown thru the top with a plasma cut were no bueno in my book. I cut out a few 11 gauge patch plates and welded them in over each frame rail. Not seen is a "c" channel on the outside of each frame rail that was created, but not closed off, from the cut out sheet metal. I tied this in at the top at the same time tonight.
Next is to recreate the stock cross member under the steering rack mounts.
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After that is engine mounts and a transmission mount. Once those are both made I can finalize the trans tunnel, weld it in, and make a cover for it. Then it's on to all of the other little things until complete....