AALAWS
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Gearbox complete - Pretty stoked for my first time working on one, thank God for youtube and the internet. Just need to find a shifter and give it another coat of that classy silver. Gave the throttle bodies a clean and a lick of black paint, once the trumpets go on they should really pop with the contrast. The cam covers also got some paint and look way better, still some imperfections on the top cover but we'll get there. $ is low so just trying to keep momentum and find the things I can do, should hopefully have the engine in before the end of the year.
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Yeah thought about that too, also heard that the COPS need good airflow or they can get too hot?
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Got my engine back from the machinist. Bored out for OEM .05 OS pistons and rings, Kelford cams and springs, everything balanced and ready to go. Water pump is a hybrid of a RWD rear half and a FWD front half so I can keep all the factory cam covers but have the RWD water lines, just took a little resetting of the impeller shaft. Tried grey for the cam cover but wasn't sold on it so went to wrinkle black. Started cutting holes for the cops, still not sold on that as it looks pretty good without it too. Fitted all the new coolant lines, thermostat and the Flos.ie RWD conversion kit, had the throttle bodies cleaned up and the manifold blasted. Need to figure out the vacuum lines and new water flow and the list goes on....pretty daunting the amount of work and $$ still needed but enjoying the challenge. Split my gearbox and swapped out the shifter linkages for the earlier longer ones so I can retain factory shifter position in the car. Never done that before and took me a while but everything went back together and looks pretty good. New linkages fitted, ready to be sealed back up with fresh seals and gaskets
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Cheers - that would explain it
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Hey - just found your build thread - well done mate! Mines taken a bit longer to get sorted but I'm getting there. Quick question - I'm just sorting my fuel tank and lines etc and I've got a tank/lines out of an early coupe and a late coupe and they have subtle differences. Does your's have 2 solid fuel lines running down the tunnel and coming through the boot up to the tank or just a single?
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She's a pretty potent shade of orange....
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"Very soon" meant 2 years......oh well. Today she is off to the paint shop to get the interior, engine bay and boot painted. Now I can start thinking about and planning all the other shit I can do......sound deadening, fuel and brake lines, little things like building an engine, gearbox and wiring etc.....
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She's alive! 100kms into bedding in the new rings and she is driving super nice. There's no tinny rattle coming from the loose turbo heat shield and there's even a rattle, that I thought was coming from the front suspension, that's gone so that's a win. WOF and Rego'd, aircon regassed and ready to cruise - but I do feel like a bit of a plonker having to rev it at intersections and not let it flat idle (engine rebuilders recommendation) but oh well. I should be able to get a good drive in this week and chew through some kms. Then when the oil and filter get done I'll put on a new crank pulley (squeaky and delaminating) and a few viscous fan clutch. The rest of the 'to tinker with' list is: Wheel alignment Cut and polish New radiator pipe bracket Fish oil rad support and refit front mudflaps and new bolts/clips for lower fender and inner fender liners Repair drivers seat Repair shrunken vinyl on T-Top trim and in back seat New clock Repair centre console lid Fix rattle from windows Tighten up door latch's - not perfectly flush Repair cracked boot plastic Secure sub When $$ Allows: New Wheels Closed door respray - fitting new windscreen, mouldings, quarter glass and door glass trim and Targa seals.
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Finally arrived..... Fitted and off to get the donk the hole with a shiny new pink heavy duty clutch
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Put on some new studs and got the turbo's bolted on only to discover that there was a gasket missing for the intake - only another delay...but they eventually arrived with a few other little bits and pieces. Got some reconditioned injectors from Oz which saved a few $$ and got them fitted along with some new VTC valves and an EGR delete kit. I also replaced all the fuel hoses and a bunch of water pipes ect at the back of the block. Gave the plenum a clean up and replaced the gaskets for the throttles and AIFF too. looks like at some point someone spilled some resin or epoxy on it but managed to remove most of the visible stains. Now i'm just waiting on one more pipe and she's ready to be refitted back into the car!
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Turbo's rebuilt and drivers side fitted - only snapped one manifold bolt ha ha.....waiting on a new set for the passenger side
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Bottom end got a total overhaul with new .5 OS pistons and rings, and the heads got tested, machined and a whole bunch of new bits thrown at them. Timing kit all done and turbo's are off getting tested. Slowly putting her back together in my spare time, replacing bits where I can.
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Next she was off to the body shop to get a dent out of the sill, the crushed sill joins straightened out and the radiator support replaced. So these are all fixed up and good as new again - the paint is so new it sticks out so might look at a quick closed door respray once it's done.
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Well it happened sooner than I thought it would but that's life. Back in....holey shit, September 23, I had to pull the engine due to a head gasket failure so it was time to refresh the whole engine. Definitely needs 'more low' with the running gear out Started stopping it down, going through everything to see what was needed and making a list.
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Car made another trip to a local metal magician to sort out some small dents and panel gaps. The fenders are aftermarket so needed some decent tweaking to allow the headlight surrounds to sit nicely and line up with the bonnet. He went to town with the hammer and file, cut out the inner door frames to get to the skins and pretty much tightened up the whole front end. I had to ask him to stop as it was getting pretty spendy - I have an engine rebuild going on at present on my 300zx too, the rest can get a skim of filler here and there. It's back in the shed, should be getting the final lot of body work and getting the interior and engine bay painted very soon.
