Wedge Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 (edited) Hi, all its more then time i start a thread for my build so here I come. I got this lovely Zed form a nice man in Toronto I hunted on for month in Quebec but could only find finished project and over priced garage queens. So i hited the classified on the ontario Z club and found this beauty brought it back home with my wife. Loved the feeling the smell the sound everything it was my first ride in a Z. I had the most interesting looks and commments everywhere i went. So here it is. Edited August 26, 2012 by Wedge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 Then when i got back in quebec i had to have it inspected to have it plated and the parking brake didnt work. So instead of fixing it i changed to rear disc. Ordered a kit of MMS and sourced a set of 240sx rear calipers from a freind. Derusted and repainted the Hbrake arm. There she stands in front the old house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 Then I did the unthinkable and try to race a Viper I was young and dumb but I was keeping up on the curvy roads and then POOF white cloud and then nothing ! I was not proud of street racing and i was punished for it I blew the head gasket! Found the time to take off the head and see the wound I made to my baby ! To this day I never drove it again and im still mad at myself for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 After a winter of thinking and prep to build our new house the time came to build and I could do anything to it but sit in it and read the news paper with a cup of coffee but i wanted ... So after this and this oh god ! I came to the time where i could have the time to work on the Z again. So i made the decision to ditch the L28 and go RB26 so i hitted the interwebs to find a good engine I didnt want to have a afghan RB form a importer in Montreal so i tried to find one from a running zed. I found a guy in BC who wanted the body and all the suspension and brakes and all but had his own engine. It was match made in heaven so after a month I got the motor home ! made in heaven i SAID ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 The engine was suppose to have this ! but didnt have a couple of the advertised bits I worked it out with the seller and this is what it had in reality According to the seller: HKS Twin turbo kit GT2530 or equivalent Tomei cams Tomei gears Tomei Headgasket Bottom end refreshed N1 oil pump N1 waterpump New coil pack and new ingnition harness What I got for realz R34 N1 Nur turbos Unknown cams probly stock Tomie gears Tomei Gasket is still a mystery if its their or not N1 oil pump N1 water pump Coil pack and harness was brand new in a bag ! Nismo FPR 534cc injectors HKS inlet pipes . Anyway I had to strip some of it down for inspectin and prep for the swap. I found a nasty problem right away the first weekend. The front turbo inlet had a ... lets say special pitch to its impeller It was "modified" by a rag sucked in I was told. A freind told me he saw that once where he used to work. Garage takes off I/C puts a rage in to prevent stuff from going in and then forgets it puts everything back on then boom ! Had a long talk with the seller he couldnt know if hes not lying and he was honest with everything else and always up front so i had no reason to doubt him when he told me he couldnt have know he drove the car 1 bloc at low speed and it didnt show when he did the compression test for me. So we splitted the cost half. While i waited for the turbo to arrive i decided to dismantle the zed for rust inspection sound deadner removal and prep for L28 removal. Upon the day of the removal Big empty hole its so empty ..... I shall fill it with goofness Ya im fast as hell i must put down a good 10 hp ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 Then I did a couple rust repair but i kept on finding more and more and it made take a break form the search before i could find the mother load i was scared to find. I received my Mc Kinney mounts and Pat1 made me one of his amazing piece of art ! I paint the valve covers got bumpers and did a mild polish of my turbo manifolds. A peice of heaven came in the mail ! the bumpers the painted VC McK's Mounts I cleaned up the engine bay to removed all the brackets and the battery tray The polishing i did Then i polished my intake plenum What a PITA job it was ! but love the finished results I installed the peice of heaven on the RB to make it more holy ! Found some nasty peices of metal in the old pan probably somethinged happend the this engine before because the seller told me it had a rebuild done and a bottom parts refresh. Their are the peices found. I dont like that at all but hey ill keep going for now on closer inpsection didnt inside when i was installing the pan everything was mint up their. Turbo arrived in the mail ! Then I did more body repairs and fell into the bottomless pit of the while your at it ! I decided after founding yet again more rust to call in the special forces ! I brought the car to a sandblast shop in my village. So i stripped her naked in a hurry every bolts and nuts ! here she is in all her naked glory ready to leave for the special forces head quaters Oorah ! When she was gone i cleaned up the place it was a cluster **** of dust ,debris and parts. went to bbot camp to take pictures of the woopin. Quite a woopin it was ! then i had them fix the misc. holes left and the old guy their loved the zed so much he didnt some extra body work for free !!!! Then i had the car sprayed with POR15 ! sorry for the dusty cam. lense. Then got a Z32 5 speed tranny and did the bellhousing swap (no pics of that). All the way up to now i did recently a couple weeks of body sealer another one of those PITA jobs ! Put the crossmember back in and rear suspension to. This week recieved the MSA gasket kit and i did my firewall insulation. And thats up to today ! Ill keep posting in when stuff gets done ! hope you enjoyed this. Thanks for reading and watching ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZpickenZ Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Nice Work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 Thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat1 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Great work Wedge, keep it up! I can wait to see more. I must say that's one beautiful oil pan you got there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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