HaZmatt

Thank you! Thats good to hear about your 5 spd /rear diff combo. I will try my setup as it is and hopefully it will work for me.

Hello, Im back. It ended up being an expensive weekend for me. I just bought my first brand new vehicle, a '14 Jeep Grand Cherokee. I really like it so far. Ok back to the Z.... I also purchased this bad boy. A 5 speed close ratio out of an 80 ZX. Now all I need is a new rear diff with some 3.90 gears and I'll be good to go. I may run the original diff for awhile but I think the gearing will make it sluggish on the low end. Maybe the torque of the 3.1 might make up for it, we will have to wait and see. I couldn't pass up the deal on craigslist for the tranny. I also installed my firewall insulator I got from Black Dragon. Its good quality material but the fit isnt the greatest. It required some trimming. I then spent most of my weekend rebuilding my heater box. The entire box was disassembled and cleaned. Replaced heater core, hoses, blower motor, foam seals, and re-greased all moving parts. It should work like new now. This was nasty. Clean blower fan and new blower motor. New heater core on the right. Hoses were brittle and leaking. New hoses and reassembled. Then I went to work on the wiring harness. Just scrubbed it down with degreaser and re-wrapped it with new harness tape. It turned out really good. I hope to have the motor back from Rebello soon!

I believe the shipping weight was 15 lbs.

Hi 240tom! Thanks for the compliment. Ive heard good things about the Fatmat as well. In my opinion, you can go as far as you want with sound deadening. The sky is the limit. I think going all out is a little unnecessary unless you are doing a stereo competition car. For me, I am mainly concerned with replacing the factory sound deadening that I removed on the floor pans. Along with taking care of some trouble areas like the doors, roof, and rear hatch area. I don't want to add too much because this stuff is actually pretty heavy. I have a little leftover so I will wait until I start driving it and i'm sure ill find a few more areas to put it. I'll probably wait till then to see if I need the padding or not as well.

Been busy with family the last couple weeks so I havent had the time to work on the Z till now. I covered the floor pans, headliner, door panels, and a few other inner panels with Dynamat. I used the 34 sq ft kit and worked out pretty well. Should be nice and quiet now. Also installed the door handles and hinge hardware.

Yep had them powder coated.

Beats the hell outta cleaning the house LOL

Yes, thanks. I needed to temporarily mount it so I can wheel it around.

Got some stuff installed in the engine bay. Horns Inspection light Hood latch and misc.. Pedal box and steering wheel painted and installed. (new steering wheel coming) New Muteki black wheel lugs Also just ordered: Brake booster Brake master cylinder Clutch cylinder Speedometer cable New engine mounts

Yea the springs with the .01 # are up front. I'm sure once it's assembled and the motor is back in it will sit nice.

Thanks man!

Yea I triple checked the placement of the springs. The longer ones are in the rear. I'll wait until the motor is in before I worry about it.

Yea I rolled it about a car length back and forth. Also the control arm bushings and spindle nuts are still loose. The only thing I can think of is that I tightened the sway bar while it was still up on jacks. Not sure if that would matter? ?

I reached a milestone today. The car is officially a rolling chassis! Rear drum brakes installed with all new parts. Back on the ground! Not sure why its sitting so high in the rear. Hopefully it will settle down once the motor is in. Also installed the wiper assembly today.

Ahh good to know thanks!

I got most of the rear suspension in over the weekend. I also had my wheels powder coated and my tires mounted. Dunlop Direzza 205/50 R16 Some random pics from my good camera

I agree. I really liked them too. Didnt look too close but they didnt appear to be functional.

Here are a few Z cars that were at a show I went to last weekend. I wanted to get some more info on them but it started raining. Anyone recognize any of these cars?

Finally got around to looking through some random stuff that the previous owner gave me. I found some pretty cool stuff. The original window sticker The "Guarantee Booklet" and card This is who the previous owner bought the car from. And some random brochures Plus all of the service records. Anyways I thought it was cool that he kept all of this.

OK thanks guys. I think I will just make my own.

Cool, thanks. Do you remember what the spacer looked like? Is it just steel tubing?

Looks great!

Just waiting for my Tokico HP rear struts to get here. They're on backorder. From what I have read the rears (HZ3013) are the same strut as the fronts just with a spacer to place underneath. So could I order another set of fronts and make my own spacer?