Ed

The L24 is not a bad engine. Some tuning and maintanance and you will have a good reliable engine. I went to the L28 because it was cheaper to go L28 then to rebuild my broken L24. If your looking for a little more power and keeping an original appearance then buy a L28 (280ZX motor), 81-83 seems to be the prefered years. You can pick them up pretty reasonable at a junk yard. And they are a direct bolt-in. Buy the book previously mentioned and you can start building. When you get the engine done then do the swap. If your looking for a lot more power than the L24 then go with a L28 turbo. If you want more power than the car can handle then go with a V-8.

Jack up the car as far as you can so you have plenty of working room. Take a punch and mark the center of the broken bolt (wear safety glasses). Drill out the broken bolt with the largest drill bit possible. Cut out as much of the broken bolt as you can without dammaging the threads. If your lucky the rest of the bolt will come loose while your drilling. If it doesn't then you need to use an "easy out". Available at hardware stores. These are reverse thread studs that tighten into the hole as you try and break free the broken bolt. Be extra careful not to break the easyout. They are made from hardened steel and if you break it you WILL be up the creek without a paddle (BTDT). I've been sucessfull on retapping the hole instead of using the easy out. You can do this IF the hole you drilled is in the middle of the broken bolt, if it's off to the side just a little you will be cutting into the nut and making a bad situation worse. Good luck

Are these hole's supposed to be black?

Here is a picture from the inside. You can see the opening at the top.

Dave , I've been following this thread because I'm interested in your harness. And I was planning on getting one when the time is right. But I just noticed in the previous post that your harness works on the 240 until the 72 1/2. Does this mean that it won't work for my 73??? Ed

It would probably be cheaper if you went and got some stainless metric bolts, cut the head off and replaced the broken ones. Carefully drill out the rest of the broken bolt and epoxy in the new ones.

I agree with Alpha, get a coat or something for your girl.

It would have had to have been a 3 piece wing. Do you have the same holes on the other side?

Hey Ed, Welcome. Ed

Yes, you need a mustache bar out of a 78 280Z. No modifications are required. There used to be a step by step write up on ZCar.com. Also I'm not sure about the half shafts. I compared the ones on my 73 to the shafts I got off a 81 and they appeared identical.

The latest craze is "Soda Blasting" it doesn't generate any heat that would destort large body pannels. It washes out with water and is pretty cheap.

You might want to look into metal fabrication. Seriously, your trying to match body pannels that don't match. Like putting VW fenders on a Porche. It can be done but your going to have to do some fabricating. Do a good job and people will say WOW. Do a bad job and people will laugh. Do some measuring first to give you an idea of what your going to have to do. Good luck.

Chris, Don't know if your interested but Phred and Escanlon have a technique for shooting POR-15 into the rockers and other hard to reach places. Ed

I vote for the bumper bolt. In my reassemble note book I wrote down in big bold letters. "INSTALL REAR BUMPER BEFORE GAS TANK!!".

How well does the powdercoat hold up to parts that flex? Will it flex a little or not at all?

Wow, nice and they are not cheap.

Are you 100% sure it's the pulley again?

Not exactly sure how much oil a tranny takes but your supposed to fill it until it flows out of the fill hole or starts to overflow. If you change the fluid all together then inspect the drain plug. It has a magnet attached to it and will have metal shavings attached to it if you have an internal problem.

On the left side of the screen you will see a list of links under Main Menu. Click "photo gallery". Once in the gallery scroll down to about the middle of the page and click "member gallery" then you have to click the letter of the alphabet of the member your looking for. Edit: to get back to the home page from the gallery click the club logo on the top left.

I probably will do another one (don't tell the wife). But not here in NY. When that time comes I'll build another one.

O.K. Guys. I'm getting close to putting my Z back on it's wheels and I will be selling the rotisserie (see my gallery for pics). Anyone interested send me a PM.

Sorry Carl, I missread your post in the linked attachment, my bad.