What I Did Today
A forum showing progress or work done to your (or someone else's) Zcar today or during the week.
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Picked up a 1970 240Z that my aunt and uncle gave to me a few months ago and have been working on it quite hard ever since. It was my aunt's first car that she got in 1973 and she has had it since. 11 years ago a connecting rod put a baseball size hole out the side of the block and it has sat in their garage since then. I gladly took it off their hands and the project has begun! The plan is to do a engine, trans, and rear end swap in it. I already picked up a 1979 ZX that I took the complete drivetrain out. The body was junk but the drivetrain was good. Got a buddy going over the trans and rear end for me pops is doing a complete rebuild on the engine. Also ditchi…
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They're a lot easier coming off than back on. Ruined a set of pants and about 1/2 tube of grease under my finger nails. Tommorrow I'll be cleaning tools and enjoying cold beverages. Adieu!
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I am recovering from surgery and dying of boredom. I, while thinking of something to do I decided to finally reassemble my original 240Z Datsun Competition Mikuni 44’s. They have been sitting dry and disassembled since the early 80’s. A couple of years ago I got the urge to pick up rebuild kits, linkage upgrade parts, new air horns, ventures and jets for street use, (close to $800.00 in parts from Wolf Creek Racing). As I said earlier I just got around to putting them back together today. I ran across a problem, although I had told Todd (Wolf Creek Racing) what carburetors I had he sent me the wrong needles and seats. No problem, still in original packaging. So I thought…
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I bought a turbo L28 for a swap in one of my 240Z's. Hopefully everything will arrive by the 23rd. Super anxious to see how it drives when its done, but not anxious to swap 2 engines. The one i'm pulling out i'm putting in my other 240 as its getting tired. I'll post up some pics when the pallet arrives
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check this euro bodies and curves....
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Drove the Z across the Bay & Carquinez Straits bridges to my family's Easter gathering in Vallejo. Most of my family hadn't yet seen the Z on the road. Car drove great. Ended-up showing the car to various family members several times as they arrived. All approved and a couple suggested I let it "live" in thier garage. One young niece wants me to leave it to her after I can't drive anymore... Was more traffic than I anticipated, so I was being extra cautious and brought her home without a scratch. Did hit an unavoidable, "mother of all pot-holes". Steering seems fine, but it was a really a big jar and thump. Guess I'll have to take advantage of my free a…
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Hey guys. I haven't posted much here but I would like to start posting some of my progress. Here is what I did for the weekend: I changed out my headlight buckets. My car came with headlight buckets that were made of hard plastic and were cracked in several places. So I swapped them out with metal buckets that I bought off of ebay. My old front bumper was a poly xenon type 1 bumper, I liked it but I wanted something different. I bought a set of used metal lower valence along with a carbon fiber BRE style air damn. All in all, I like the updated look. The carbon fiber air dam goes good with my BRE style carbon fiber rear wing. well, here are the before and after pics: Be…
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Picked up a car today: Stored most of its 37k.
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I put all my front poly bushings and steering rack back today. Finesse and a bottle jack, not a bottle of Jack, helped with the front sway bar end-links. I was trying the bolt down from the top and after lots of cussing and slinging tools I came back upstairs for a break. Turned on AtlanticZ tech tips and Mr Blue had a note "bolt head is at the bottom" well everything went back together. Still a huge pain in the rectum but it's done. Thank You Blue.
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And since then have gone from this: To this! Removed diving board front bumper and frame supports, removed cheap tacky aftermarket foglights, changed the oil, and gave her a bath just in time for it to start raining! Next week I'm gonna see about bringing her down from 4x4 status. Apparently there are lift blocks on the springs. Why, I have no idea, but there's definitely something wonky going on under there. I have new shocks and springs on standby in case the reason the blocks are on there is because the factory suspension is shot.
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Here she is: I said I would get one soon and I picked this 72 up for 1000$ yesturday, 100% my own cash payed for it and Im really excited to finally have one. It has an L28 motor swap already and to me its perfect, i couldnt have asked for a better project. I got the hood latch to work so it now latches closed and it also holds itself up now which those bars are a pain to put in. Done: Hood opener Cleaned out the interior To-do: Put gas in it and a battery to see if itll start Oil/fluid change Find origional key blank and keychain I plan on doing all the cosmetics last such as paint and rims just incase I drop something on my fenders.
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