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So worked on the brakes some more today I received the disc from Rockauto StopTech disc Centric 12742011 L&R this is a 240z disc that I am using with toyota 4 piston calipers Centric 12742016 L&R this is the 280zx rear disc used with the maxima caliper I had to recoat my rear calipers. I had used caliper paint on these a fear yeas ago and this is what happened So I stripped them down in the bead blaster and plated the hardware and repainted them. We will see if it last. If it doesn't I will zinc them or have them zinced by a vendor. This is the pads I have for the rear Here are the rears now I may end up reversing the brake line bracket on top of the hub and run a hard line from there to the caliper but I am trying to get a custom SS line made up. The custom line would run from the chassis bracket straight to the caliper. I have a tip from Fedhill on a source. We will see how that goes. I contacted MSA about just buying their rear lines from the kit but they want $58 for each side just for the lines I have metal masters for the front. It appears that Axxis has been bought or merged with PBR. They don't offer a track ready pad for the 240z but they do for the Maxima rear caliper. That seems odd? Here is a front caliper installed now that I have the right disc I used the short "S" lines I made on the front and twisted them 90d and they seem to work good. I have to find some shorter grade 8 bolts for the calipers. The ones I have are too long but are good place holders for now

Compression test: Cylinder 1 ------ 180 psi Cylinder 2 ------- 182 psi Cylinder 3 ------- 182 psi Cylinder 4 ------- 182 psi Cylinder 5 -------- 182 psi Cylinder 6 --------- 182 psi

Post up your MRI’s -lol Just time to get it over with. It’s affecting my play time with the Z

I found one of the old threads/articles about that custom tool. Click the arrows to go back and forth, it's a pictorial. Search the name and you might find more. Somebody was loaning one out for a while.

Got the brass freeze plugs in. Also got the crankshaft and new bearings in as well. Probably won't get to the pistons till Monday as the wife has me busy restoring her 1989 Suburban..........Home. Tile work in the living room. Ugh. I'd much rather be working on the car in the heat than working on house tile in the cool AC. Oh well, need to keep the priorities right.

It’s not static. My cold start procedure is near full choke until motor tries to fire then back it off until it starts. Then back off the choke until I get steady idle around 1200 rpm. I let it run and continue to back off the choke until it will idle without choke. It won’t need choke after that for the rest of the day. 72 body with 71 interior, Eibach, Illumina, R180 CLSD, 83 close ratio, 3.90 gears, Zstory, SUs, BRE Libre wheels and front spoiler.

I would say no. Leave it alone and enjoy driving your tuned Z!

He did. We did. We know what you're talking about. Those aren't supposed to be there. They are not bushings. They are rubber seals, to keep dirt and moisture out. Somebody added them to your car, they are not normal.

... and there’s no V8 in the garage... But if I found a stray RB25DETT lying around.... I might be tempted!

I've seen these all over FB lately. I'm skep-tickle that the low temp 'solder' bonds to the wire the same way that regular solder does. And it would be subject to failure in high temp under hood conditions as ZED Head warns. It's the "Adgesive" that I'm really worried about.....

Why hello there little fella!... you look lost. I’ll give you a good home!

Base clear with 3 coats of clear and no buffing. Also, my license plate came in and the color is close to the 920!

That car is sooo...sligthly worse than my 27th! If you get the car and want to cut the roof off, I might go for the roof. Is that rust or dents on the leading edge? Otherwise, it looks pretty good? Agreed, that car is toast. I did see some interesting parts, though. And never discount the hardware you can salvage. All the little clips and tabs, the nuts and bolts. They can get polished up and re-plated pretty easily. I would be interested in the steering shaft, perhaps the rack. Does it have tool lids behind the seats? I could go for those. The a/c compressor is vintage. How's the wiring harness? Let me know what you decide. I say the car is worth $1,200

Hi Acemon, I am thinking same thing, I hope some one can recycle rubber bushing, same for all the mounting parts like for engine , transmission, rear final drive etc. Sorry for uploading many pictures, they are my questions and studies. My 1970 Z432 and 240Z, both have later style upper and lower stopper for the bushing, this is not original but I took this solution because it worked quite well for deleting noises and vibrations. Kats