Matthew Abate

Probably as good as it's going to get without drilling holes. The depression is about 1/8" deep and about the radius of a softball. If I keep working this I'm going to have more disfigurement than when I started.

The key is remembering all this when its time to do it! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Almost done dissassembling the head for the machinist:

Look what came in the mail: Nearly perfect. The rectangular bowl where the drain plug is located is slightly caved in, but I have a plan to make a slide hammer out of 3/8ths square steel rod and use my dollies to tap it back to where it should be. Huge shout out to Mark Maras for finding, securing, and Greyhounding this to me. Gonna focus on this piece until it's finished while my head is off getting worked on. @Charliekwin, everything you said is why I change my mind every time I go online.

Shifting gears for a minute while I do research and continue dismantling the car, I thought I would go back to the topic of paint. I have this thread going on the subject of non-s30 Datsun colors, but it didn't get any tractions, so I'll stick it in here. Right now I am leaning in 3 directions: Orange, Grey, or Silver. Within those 3 are tons of options, but my main dilemma is… ORIGINAL or NOT ORIGINAL? Here's some pretty stuff I've been looking at: From Speed Shop Web by Willy Izaguirre Found at the Nisei Showoff in 2010 DUH! Next year BMW Z4 in Valencia Orange Aston Martin's Madagascar Orange (Also on Land Rovers I think)

I would have if they had not been disconnected when I bought the car. :/ It will be part of the rewrapping project.

I'll just leave this right here: http://www.rotiform.com/rbq-w-29630.htm

Crazy. In other news, I got the brain stem and spinal cord out tonight.

Question: are the rear lower control arms supposed to be identical, or did someone just flip one over and use it on the wrong side of my car? A quick google image search shows me that they are the same part and it's just upside down on one side, but I want to make absolutely certain. Did I answer my own question?

I just want to figure out the max size for a stock suspension lowered 1.5-2" and probably with an air dam. No flares, no aftermarket coil over setups. I might do something to give it camber but otherwise I don't think it'll be modified. 25" is the stock tire diameter, right?

F no.

Rad.

Also, I saw this steel Nissan wheel on ebay from a 1979 Nissan 200SX, which could be pretty fresh if made into a 15x8.5.

I know this is an old thread, but I started it, so This is what I'm talking about, but not so wide: Not Nissan/Datsun, but the same idea:

Sure, but right now my intention is to run the stock manifold with SUs, not triples (although I am investigating going that route), so not relevant to what I'm doing. However, that DOES remind me that I should ask if this setup works with the stock intake. I've seen that several don't (fujitsubo, possibly Trust). I assume they work on LHD given the people commenting, but haven't seen anything about the intake question, and I'm not sure if those limitations are due to the heat shield not fitting and therefore not providing a mount for the return spring, or if it's the crossover pipe or the carbs themselves interfering.

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Good news: Thanks to the kindness and generosity of a fellow forum member I may have found the resolution to my tank saga. Also, I am moving forward with reconditioning that head this week. Should have a progress report on that in the next week or so. Lastly, my builder (father) and I have had several conversations with Dave at Rebello about what to do with this ZX engine. We've settled on the details and the only outstanding question is how much wear there is on the crank, and whether that will move is into stroker territory. Bad news: I noticed that my brake system is leaking in a few places in the engine bay. No big deal until I noticed that the leak coming from the connection point between the master cylinder and the vacuum booster has gone down between the firewall panels and through the seam to the inside of the left wheel well. This, plus not being able to get into a couple of places to adequately strip the metal before welding in these panels means that I have decided to take the car into a body shop sooner rather than later. Thinking September/October now rather than February. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Please PM me if you have a 70 to 73 gas tank.

Few inches longer, dome on top, and pretty much all the tubes in different spots. I'm sure it can be done as I've seen threads about it, but they all make it sound like a project I don't feel like doing. Found a few possibilities when digging around on the web tonight, so we'll see. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It's definitely the classiest of the extreme wide body kits I've seen, I think. I even like the cutaway rear fenders. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Too late now. I passed on it and went home. Not making another 9 hour trip. it had a very different layout so I didn't feel like trying to make it work.

So this was my stupid day: Woke up at five, on the road to Rome, NY (4 hours away), at 5:15. Great drive the whole way. Pulled over for going 78 in a 55 (was going 68 by the way) 10 minutes from my destination. Get there and the tank is out of a 1975 280z, not a 240. Totally my own fault for being overzealous and not checking the photos more carefully. Now I'm on my way home having spent $50 on gas and whatever this ticket ends up being, plus all the damned cleaning solvents I've used on the tank that came with my car, and no closer to a good tank. Should have just sent the one I have to be reconditioned professionally. Some day I will learn when to do it myself and when to spend the money. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You're right. Even worse. It's so good though!

I've seen the zap stickers on a purple JDM G nose, although now I can't find it. I'm wondering if some of the JDM parts sourcers might help. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk