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Re: Project: track 240z - ScottyB - 02-21-2011
:thumbup:
nice anti-corrosion work, diggin the color too.
Re: Project: track 240z - Jeff - 02-22-2011
Wow looks great. Coming along well. I can say from having just been there that this is one of the longest parts.
Re: Project: track 240z - PDenbigh - 02-22-2011
nice!
Re: Project: track 240z - D_Eclipse9916 - 02-22-2011
Nice work, your more of a man than I am, I wont ever attempt body work. I hate it!
Re: Project: track 240z - Dave - 03-05-2011
Primed the engine bay, and after a little more sanding it will be ready for paint.
Went into the paint store this week and they have now almost convinced me to spray it with my compressor, rather than using their spray can like I have in the past. The spray can prices went up almost 50%, and I inherited a paint gun recently, so maybe it's time I learned how to use it. The guy at the shop offered to teach me how to manipulate my gun so I don't F this up too badly, and it's just the engine bay, and it will save me money. Seems like the right choice...
Anybody have any experience that might convince me not to go this route?
Current status:
![[Image: EngineBay%2010.JPG]](http://93anthracite.com/240z/pics/EngineBay%2010.JPG)
Re: Project: track 240z - Maengelito - 03-05-2011
is that an STi in the upper right corner on the pic?
Re: Project: track 240z - Dave - 03-05-2011
Maengelito Wrote:is that an STi in the upper right corner on the pic?nah
Re: Project: track 240z - CaptainHenreh - 03-06-2011
Dave Wrote:lolMaengelito Wrote:is that an STi in the upper right corner on the pic?nah
Re: Project: track 240z - JustinG - 03-06-2011
did you buy an sti and not tell anyone?
Re: Project: track 240z - Maengelito - 03-06-2011
oops, they're STI's now right? no lowercase i?
Re: Project: track 240z - Dave - 03-06-2011
You're sooooo close. Why would I buy an STi when I can get virtually everything I could ever want with this? :dunno:
Re: Project: track 240z - Dave - 10-02-2011
Quick 6 month update - not progressing anywhere close to the rate that I'd like, but progressing nonetheless.
![[Image: EngineBay%2011.jpg]](http://www.93anthracite.com/240z/pics/EngineBay%2011.jpg)
Since the last update, I have:
-Primered, sanded, primed again, and painted the engine bay BMW's Alpine White III, plus added a layer of clearcoat.
-did the same for the front crossmember, except painted it Baltic blue like the cowl.
-installed a few random bits back in the engine bay
-installed a new clutch master cylinder
-had my original brake booster re-manufactured. I originally ordered one bay in July from Autozone (Advance, Fisher, and NAPA didn't have one, and the other Z-specific companies were more expensive and more headache). That one took 2 weeks, and was actually manufactured incorrectly (clocked wrong, so my Brake master was actually 90 degrees off and would have dumped its contents out). They wouldn't take it back to re-man, and would only refund me my money. After a lot of fruitless searching for people to re-clock it for me, trying to get CarDone to take it back directly to no avail, and trying a later model 280zx booster (internet lore that they'll fit despite being bigger than stock, might work for automatics...), I discovered that Fisher would take mine and send off to be re-manufactured. It took 2 weeks, but it came back looking great - wish I had know and just done that immediately when the first one didn't work out. Ended up getting a refund for the original, but they haven't sent a FedEx ticket to ship it back yet...
-attempted to install a brake master cylinder...yes, attempted.
WARNING: the following will only be useful if you ever do this on an early Z. However, this specific information appears to be rarely shared or else I wouldn't have discovered this myself.
The OEM BMC is a 7/8" bore on all S30-chassis Zs. The 280zx got a 15/16" bore , which will be a good idea to have for future upgrades in this department where the calipers displace more fluid than stock. The '79-'81 280zx has a unit where the mounting ears are top/bottom, like the stock 240z unit; the '82-'83, has the ears on the sides.
Everybody likes to call the later one the "incorrect" one, but nobody goes into depth about why. Since I had acquired cores for both from prior parts cars, I compared them and despite seeing the later model would need a little bit of trimming on the top & bottom in order to install, it looked like it would work. The earlier model is much harder to come by (b/c everybody and their mom knows about this mod and snatches them up), and getting one seemed just as hard as a brake booster.
Unfortunately, AFTER grinding and smoothing the top and bottom and newly ordered BMC, I found out why people like to call it "incorrect": the holes in the mounting ears are not spaced out equal to the bolts on the brake booster. While this is far from a game-ending situation, it did bring my grinding to a halt tonight. I'll still finish the job, but I think I'm going to end up selling it off and just having my early-model version reman'd too like I did with my booster...
Re: Project: track 240z - JPolen01 - 10-03-2011
Sweet project. I love a nicely restored 240z. Since I am to lazy to go back and read, what are the engine plans for this thing? Rebuild the L28 (L something or other? I can't remember the engine code) or possibly an LSx swap?
Re: Project: track 240z - Dave - 10-03-2011
JPolen01 Wrote:Sweet project. I love a nicely restored 240z. Since I am to lazy to go back and read, what are the engine plans for this thing? Rebuild the L28 (L something or other? I can't remember the engine code) or possibly an LSx swap?I don't cater to laziness
Empty engine bay + empty wallet + many more plans before this will drive = still somewhat undecided.
Re: Project: track 240z - Kaan - 10-03-2011
1JZ
i wish i had more space to paint. well more space to have sylvia paint lol.
Re: Project: track 240z - CaptainHenreh - 10-03-2011
Kaan Wrote:1JZ
+1
Re: Project: track 240z - JPolen01 - 10-03-2011
I did just post that 33k miles supra for $5000 in the Cars for sale thread....
Re: - Goodspeed - 10-31-2011
ScottyB Wrote:i like your engine possibilities too. i wonder how much a VQ35DE out of a 350z goes for.... :lol:
Unfff.
https://sites.google.com/a/vq240z.com/www/home
https://sites.google.com/a/vq240z.com/www/videos
Sharp readers may notice the car. This is owned by a guy in NC, Austin Hoke IIRC. Same blue car I posted on pg. 1, that used to be a L28ET powered car. Absolutely gorgeous.
Re: Re: - CaptainHenreh - 10-31-2011
Goodspeed Wrote:ScottyB Wrote:i like your engine possibilities too. i wonder how much a VQ35DE out of a 350z goes for.... :lol:
Unfff.
https://sites.google.com/a/vq240z.com/www/home
https://sites.google.com/a/vq240z.com/www/videos
Sharp readers may notice the car. This is owned by a guy in NC, Austin Hoke IIRC. Same blue car I posted on pg. 1, that used to be a L28ET powered car. Absolutely gorgeous.
This, this right here. I know the Z probably fell a few pegs on the priority pole, but I think a VQ mounted way back would be tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittays and beer.
![[Image: DSC_0191Medium-custom-size-650-536.JPG]](https://sites.google.com/a/vq240z.com/www/DSC_0191Medium-custom-size-650-536.JPG)
unf indeed.
Re: Project: track 240z - caa337 - 10-31-2011
An HR motor out of the later 350z's(07+) would be boss. They sound so good.