22 hours ago, AndysPlit said:

Good luck on the injector rebuilds. I’ve seen a few sets of the ZX iron cross wheels for sale. The ones you have on now are even more common. I have the 15” ZX 82/83 turbo rims. I’ve been looking for a single wheel to replace one of mine, which may take a while. What tire size are you thinking for the wheels you’re looking for?

Yes, the ones I have on right now are (I believe) the most common of the 280zx wheels. And just a bit too shiny and modern for me. If the seller doesn't back out, I'll be picking up the iron crosses this week.
215/70R14. Either the Cooper Cobra's, or Futura GLS. Futura is owned by cooper, it's just their cheaper non name brand option. Slightly different tread pattern. Either way, white letters are a must🙂

Yes, I realize that these tires are technically "too big". 1.2 inches bigger than the stock recommendation of 195/70R14 to be exact. But on stock springs, I'm thinking it will be OK and I'm hoping the stance is very similar to the blue car pictured above. We'll see.

The current tires are completely shot and dry rotted anyways, so this is an expense I'll be bearing regardless of how the smog test goes.

4 Cooper Cobra Radial G/T 215/70R14 96T SL

Cooper • Cobra Radial G/T • 215/70R14 • Load Index: 96T • Load Range: SL • Rim: 14-inch • All Season • Passenger • Touring • Made in: Mexico • Raised White Letters • 50,000 mi/Warranty

Set Of 4 Futura (by Cooper) GLS Super Sport 215/70R14 96T

Futura • GLS Super Sport • 215/70R14 • Load Index: 96T • Load Range: SL • Rim: 14-inch • All Season • Passenger • Touring • Raised White Letters

Yes, the ones I have on right now are (I believe) the most common of the 280zx wheels. And just a bit too shiny and modern for me. If the seller doesn't back out, I'll be picking up the iron crosses this week.
215/70R14. Either the Cooper Cobra's, or Futura GLS. Futura is owned by cooper, it's just their cheaper non name brand option. Slightly different tread pattern. Either way, white letters are a must🙂

Yes, I realize that these tires are technically "too big". 1.2 inches bigger than the stock recommendation of 195/70R14 to be exact. But on stock springs, I'm thinking it will be OK and I'm hoping the stance is very similar to the blue car pictured above. We'll see.

The current tires are completely shot and dry rotted anyways, so this is an expense I'll be bearing regardless of how the smog test goes.

2 hours ago, kcpope said:

4 Cooper Cobra Radial G/T 215/70R14 96T SL

Cooper • Cobra Radial G/T • 215/70R14 • Load Index: 96T • Load Range: SL • Rim: 14-inch • All Season • Passenger • Touring • Made in: Mexico • Raised White Letters • 50,000 mi/Warranty

yes, I think with 215/70’s you’ll fall in line with the blue car’s stance. Your ride will definitely be softer and absorb imperfections in the road. The raised white letters will add a classic / iconic look.

A couple pics of my rubber intake pipe, AFM to manifold. lol, gotta love the “just gotta use what ya got fixes” that you find on these cars. The massive paper clip + RTV is a new one for me.😅

Prolly fine, maybe I’ll reuse it.

Just kidding, new piece from resurrected classics also pictured below.

Well, that’s one possible vacuum leak solved.

Hot dog! Picked up some iron cross wheels this week and immediately dropped them off to be glass media blasted. Man, they came out great! Got home and noticed some small areas in the corners that they missed and still have coating on them, so I’m gunna see if I can clean that up myself. But overall, pretty pleased.

Now I just need to decide how I’m gunna paint these up, then I’m going to SprayMax 2K clear them. If my car wasn’t already a matte grey patina, I’d be tempted to just clearcoat them as is. 😅

I didn’t much care for the iron crosses, but I’ll admit they’ve grown on me after seeing them on that blue car.

Before and after…

Edited July 10Jul 10 by kcpope

Sand the ridges of the cross with super fine paper and clear coat. That'll give you some shine to match the bumpers while still having that matte aluminum look. Those look great!

Kind of like this...

Edited July 11Jul 11 by siteunseen

Had a few minutes today. Removed and inspected the charcoal canister. Not much to report. I understand these aren’t really serviceable. Filter on the bottom of the can looks acceptable enough.

The charcoal/carbon can get clogged. Somebody must have figured out a way to change it.

Found a possibility. Probably messy.

https://www.vaportrapper.com/product-page/charcoal-refill-kit-for-vapor-trapper

1 hour ago, Zed Head said:

The charcoal/carbon can get clogged. Somebody must have figured out a way to change it.

Found a possibility. Probably messy.

https://www.vaportrapper.com/product-page/charcoal-refill-kit-for-vapor-trapper

Interesting. Yeah, only option I can see would be to physically cut the can open, change out the charcoal media, then glue it back together somehow. I'm going to assume mine is functional for the time being, and cross that bridge only if I have to. Thanks for the link, glad to know that exists.

You might find a later model "smog canister" that would work. Maybe even fit it inside the factory bucket. Weird how these two words don't fit together, for some reason. Smog canister...🤔

PnP -

343-4

SMOG CANISTER

Car

$36.99

$0.00

Was getting started on cleaning up all my electrical connections and noticed one of my fusible link blades is hanging on by a hair. Ugh, anyone have a spare they’d be willing to sell?

Alternatively, if anyone has ever successfully repaired one of these spade connectors, I’d be curious to know how, because I believe it’s molded into the plastic holder base.

Did some research on just taking the opportunity to “upgrade” to a fuse block setup, but as far as I can tell, there doesn’t seem to be much benefit in doing that, so I think I’ll just keep it stock.

Edited July 15Jul 15 by kcpope

Here’s one set on eBay. It’s rough, but will probably work.

https://ebay.io/m/kDJHF5

Edited July 15Jul 15 by AndysPlit

Since it's under the white cover you could just punch the wire through from the bottom, put a new terminal on it, and glue it in. Nobody will know but you.