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For those following this thread. Below are the follow-up activities that I took. - Re-checked the shavings, the largest shaving was non-ferrous. some of the smaller pieces were steel. - Removed the valve cover and re-inserted the thermostat housing bolt. It had no affect on the chain guard. Chain guard shows no signs of scraping. See pic. 2.5 mag - Did a more in depth look at the bearing play by placing each cylinder in a non-compression state. The feel test seem to be the same for each bearing. - Did a detailed inspection (strong lighting) of the top of the head and camshaft. Found no particles or scoring of any kind. As some of you have mentioned I am feeling the same. There must have been shavings from the re-build. I recall, after the rebuild, when we first fired the motor and set timing & tuning. I did an other oil change & filter. I did not inspect the filter (should have). Putting things back together and will do another oil change & filter inspection in 100 or so miles. Again thanks for all the support.

I figured I would let the cat out of the bag. From September 2020 at the unveiling, I thought that Nissan finally designed a Z I would want to buy new. I was too young to buy an S30 or S310 new. I was young and broke when the Z31 and Z32 came out, and I never was really taken by the Z33 or Z34. Yes, the RZ34 is a Z34 with a new wrapper, but I really liked the heritage touches. To me it looks more like a GT car and less boy racer. When I talked to a couple of Nissan people during the pre-sales road shows, they confirmed New Sight Orange would be coming. The first Z I remember was a 260Z in New Sight Orange. It was owned by a former NASA test pilot, and I lived down the street from him. A friend's father bought the car and got it back on the road. My friend got to enjoy it for a few years before the car was hit by an uninsured motorist. My first Z, a 73 was originally New Sight Orange, though someone with questionable taste had it repainted a color similar to Metallic Gold, though it looked worse than a MAACO paint job. I still have that car and hope to return it to New Sight Orange some day. I was excited to hear that Nissan was holding to its word that orange was coming back, but my excitement diminished when I learned it was on the Heritage Edition only with a sticker of $62K (plus whatever the dealers think they can charge for a special edition). So I set about looking for an alternative. I noticed that dealers were finally coming off sticker price for the Z. On the other hand most of those Zs were Gun Metallic. While I don't worry too much about color, I didn't really want grey. No blue Zs with manuals were popping up nearby, but finally a Z in Sport trim showed up at one of the closest dealers sporting Ikazuchi Yellow Pearl paint. I took it for a test drive, and the wife loved it. It felt right for my new daily driver, so a couple of hours later I drove it home. The new Z has very good acceleration as one would expect with 400HP on tap. The steering feels extremely light at low speeds, but the feel improves as speed increased. With no limited slip, it's easy to spin the tire a little getting into traffic. The seats are comfortable, and the shifter is in easy reach. The clutch engages higher than I think it should, but I am just going to live with that. The blind spots are huge, but the blind spot warning system seems to work well. The view out the rear window is small, too. I have an Android phone, so one of the USB slots is taken by the phone if I want to use navigation. If you want more creature comforts, or if you are planning on tracking the car, go for the Performance trim. The yellow pearl paint stands out, but it doesn't look like a taxi, even with the black roof. I have experienced one problem with the car so far. Yesterday, the TPMS monitoring system lost communications with all 4 tires. I drove the car around for a while, and the system found the left front, though that didn't last. I guess I'll see how good the local service department is.

So more exhaust work last weekend I can't load all the images I want to. I get an unknown server error -200 @Mike Here are the one's that did load Old next to new We couldn't get the exhaust back under the car once it was tacked up. So we cut it here and will add another Vband. It pretty much all tacked up up. Once we verify that, we will ship off the header for jet coating. The cross section on the new exhaust is 315% bigger then the stock exhaust (1.25" vs 2.5"). It'll probably be rowdy but Cody will like that

Getting close to starting it up. At this point I just need to finish the fuel feed and return, hook up the rest of the wiring, put on some belts, put on the intake, add some oil and some fuel, and see if it starts. Hopefully have it test fired by the weekend. It's been almost 3 years since I pulled it into the garage... everything has grime and sweat all over it because it's been so hot in the northeast but it should clean up nice...

Thanks Steve! That was a big help. Got everything working and just have to tackle reconnecting the heater control cables. Such a simple job but need two hands and hardly any room to maneuver.

Congrats Steve, Nice car with a special color these days.. i would have gone for the blue one.. but they are no longer available overhere!! A 240z was in the us a 3500 dollar car overhere they were 21000 guilders about 7000 US$ ! a 300zxtt was about 35000$ in it's time? Over here... pfff... i got a bill of 173300 guilders with my 300zxtt.. about 75000US$ ? A 370Z was at the end over 100000 € .. now a Nissan Z would cost easely over 120000 € So.. be aware your very priveliged to have such a beauty! Hope you have a LOT of fun with it! 👍

The funny thing is that many people at work have seen my 260Z since I used to drive it in to go to club meetings immediately after work. A few people asked if I had painted the 260Z thinking the new Z was the 260Z. The two main roads that lead to my neighborhood both have construction going on in different places, so on my commute home, I might take a roundabout way home even if it takes longer so I don't have to sit in traffic. There are also more curves, so that is a plus.

Congrats! I like the color choice too.

Fuse box. If you don't have a cover on your fuse box, copy the picture below to your computer and consider printing it: Or this: What I see in your photo is that someone put on some butt splices to connect wires. Unfortunately some people hack into wiring harnesses like that. You could tap into another circuit, but since you don't seem to have much electrical knowledge, I suggest you don't. Most people don't know how to splice into existing circuits properly, and that causes more issues. It's kind of like the problem you have now. Amongst other problems you can create is that you could cause a fuse to blow more often if there is more of a load than the circuit was designed for. The First Rule of Holes: When you want to get out of a hole, the first thing you should do is stop digging. There are references in the downloads section that include a PDF of the factory service manual. The BE section has some good information on the electrical system. If I can remember, I'll also upload a clean scan of the wiring diagrams I did from my copy of the FSM. Diagnose the circuits. Do you know how to use an electrical meter? If not, find some Youtube videos to start learning. Today is a great day to learn something new. You don't have a bezel. Here's the bezel: https://zcardepot.com/products/map-lamp-light-bezel-240z?_pos=1&_sid=bd9927824&_ss=r My guess is that you're also missing the screws. https://zcardepot.com/products/map-light-bezel-screw-240z Keep posting photos with your questions. It does help in composing responses.