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Tempered

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  • Birthday 05/26/1981

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    Hughson California
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    Crossfit, shooting guns, working on my cars.

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  1. Hey there, I am getting ready to post my eibach progressive springs. I have posted them before and no one was interested but it was as a complete kit. These were put on my late 260z and had less than 100 miles on them. I'm assuming they will work on the 280zx but I could be wrong. The year shows 9/74-78. They've been sitting around for a year or two. My asking price is pretty dang low because I just need to get rid of them. I'll PM you with a price
  2. Hows it going just wanted to let u know the mirrors came in today a lot faster than i thought.

    Thanx again

  3. Funny you should be looking, I bought some off of ebay a year or so ago "used" from thailand. I'll PM you
  4. Yeah thats the reason I am looking to pull the strut tubes. I basically rebuilt the late model suspension completely, new everything, SS spring, Tokico's, r200, drub brakes, urethane bushings. I pulled that whole unit out and put it under the early 260 and found out the strut tops were different, then found out that the strut tops were 90 degrees off when swapped, because the SS springs were for the late model location, making my strut top bolts off place. I put the original early springs in the upgraded late model suspension with the early model strut tops. They fit! HOWEVER, the car sits like 4" too high, the camber is nasty looking. So I am just assuming that is completely wrong and wont be good. MSA said just by pulling the tubes out of the a-arms and swapping them would fix it. So thats what i'm looking for. I've pulled out the suspension, struts and springs about three different times trying to fit it. So if there is no good way to do it, thats the answer i'm looking for. Thanks for the replies and I appreciate the information.
  5. I am actually looking how to remove the part that has the spring perch attached to. The spring ends on an early model are about 90 degrees off of the late model. So to use my late model SS drop springs I need to have the complete strut housing of an early model. However I was told I could remove the whole tube (swap them). There is not bolt for the tube so it was pressed in, welded in, screwed in. I am just seeing if anyone has done this kind of removal and if so what is the best. I know that an easy way to do this is to just swap out the A arms, Just not lookin forward to rebuilding the brakes and cleaning up the old arms.
  6. Hello all, i'm in the process of switching all of my suspension from a late model 260 to an early model. After learning through trial and error i'm at the point where I need to remove the strut tubes and swap them. I have the original factory repair manual and i've searched on here but I simply cannot find it. I had called MSA and asked if the suspension would work and they said yes, just swap strut tubes. So I am kind of at a loss. I hope it does not involve cutting. Anyways any direction anyone can provide would be a great help. Thanks a bunch.
  7. Thanks for the good advice. I'll try to sell it as a whole and then will work my way to parts. I know it is a tedious job to part out and I don't look forward to it, but I am sure thats what will end up happening. Thanks again.
  8. Hello everyone. I am looking for some advice on how best to approach selling my Z project(s). This is definitely not an advertisement. I had bought a late model 260z a couple of years ago and went into it, upgrading all of the suspension, new interior, stereo, fancy wheels and tires. I build a v8 from the ground up and started the full JTR kit finishing to the point of only needing wiring. At some point the body/frame of the car crossed my mind as being too rusty. I was able to get a hold of a clean rust free early 260 and just started the process of transferring everything over. As life would have it, I am too busy with work, a bigger family and just not enough time to undertake a project like this. I have too much money invested in these and will definitely take a loss on some of my investments. My biggest question is as how I should go about selling this stuff. I thought that maybe selling it all in one package would get the biggest bang for my buck. I mean I have everything, extra parts new parts for a hybrid. However, I have way too much money in the motor and perhaps my best bet would be to just hold on to it. So I am just seeking advice on what would be the best approach. I could sell both cars with all parts as one or would parting out be better. Parting out would be a bit harder as my schedule is always busy. I could slap everything on the cleaner car. I am not really sure how to do this. Am I asking a question that has no real good answer because the buyer would dictate how I should approach this? Anyhow, I appreciate anyone who can give me some insight on the best way of going about this. Thanks.
  9. what exactly do you need. I have ECU's and a 85 turbo i've completely stripped down. I have all of the harness is still in it. If you could describe what area's I could get it.
  10. I finally got up to the car and it was a 77. I pulled the belts still but your post says they won't work. SOrry about that.
  11. I happen to have a junked 75-76 at my father in laws. I'll look into pulling the seat belts out next time i'm up there. I live in modesto so not that far for shipping.
  12. Finally in and tying up about a million loose ends.
  13. This is a great thread. I built a 327 that the shop says will have 300+ Hp and I have the 4.11 gear ratio. This scares me because my suspension mods are limited to the toyota caliper upgrade, sway bars and the tokico non adjustables with SS technique springs. Now I've never had a hybrid Z and my L6 was stock. I have rusty frame rails. All of the above posts make me think this thing will run and stuff will start to brake without further modification. Perhaps all of the experienced Z builders on this post can collaborate and create a graph or FAQ on this. For example Say 200-240 hp = mild brake/ suspension upgrade. 240-300 hp = brake(wilwood or greater)/suspension/tire and chassis upgrade. Just an idea. If this already exists I apologize I am just respnding off this post alone and didn't search the site.
  14. Hey man sorry but the kit is no longer available. I apologize for not deleting that for sale post or updating it.

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