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I think I’m going to just cheat and also get Kpowers flywheel instead of piecing together my own. More than I want to spend but will save a lot of headaches.

Excited about the new rail set.

Sold my 4Runner that I was K-swapping, new owner had no interest in the K so here we are! Dad said he’s giving me the 260Z when he comes and visits for 4th of July so it kind of makes sense to use what I have! Picked up this guy at the local JDM engine shop for a good price. The plan is Godzilla’s swap parts for the trans and Kpower’s BRZ adapter plate to get the engine working with the trans.

Slowly but surely we’re getting there…

So against some suggestions I decided to go with my Gecko package. I had everything including pre-terminated DB9 connectors. Passed everything through the cable chains and come to find out the terminations were the wrong gender. Bezozan to the rescue! I’ve officially got the green light, e stop is working and motors present holding torque. I need to learn more about Mach before I proceed so I can get these motors calibrated with the old system. Mach is working with the Gecko so far… so we’re in really good territory. I’m glad I pulled the motors from my Sieg project, the hand controls are damn nice to have, especially for the Z.

Really didn’t know what I got myself into, but the ad said $380 and I couldn’t walk away from it. Arranged the meet up at the storage unit about an hour away to discover this behemoth. Overall, about 300lbs or so, it’s a monster! Should be plenty rigid for aluminum and maybe stainless if I can arrange a good low torque spindle. Overall came with the cart it was on, two PC’s, some dust shoes and the Bosch router. I had to get the cart torn down but the machine itself just barely fit my Wrangler. When I got home, it wouldn’t fit through my door so I had to disassemble and reassemble in its new location. Sits next to my Carvera Air and 3d printers. Anyways, I need some help with the electronics… I’m not exactly sure what I’m looking at, does anyone recognize this stuff? The C10 looks to be an RS232 breakout but I’m not sure about the other boards, especially the ones with the segment displays.

Well it’s official at this point. I still don’t know what I’m doing but here we are. I did some machining for a random FBM seller in exchange for this engine. He was originally going to use this to make a stump grinder, but instead he’s going the JD route and I made an adapter for him. The Miata is for size reference, not looking to put it in there.

…so, now what?

Carvera Air and red oak.