RemieGino14

I said the same thing when I saw it person. Lol. To be honest, its whatever you feel like doing first. - RemieGino14 -

I didn't get your number. Lol. - RemieGino14 -

So after weeks of debating and lagging the hell out of the engine (In which I'm still having a hard time putting on the hoist by myself) I've come to a conclusion, f*ck it I'm getting a different shell instead of dealing with this one. Why pay for 5k, where theres a shell near by me for just $100+ at Pick-A-Part. I just need a manual car up and running before I finish schooling, that way I can still use UTI's garage and work on my damn car. Lol. - RemieGino14 -

Been lagging the damn thing, since I was getting a cherry picker and a engine stand. So heres an update where I'm at so far. The Manifold was completely frozen so my buddies wanted to saw it off, eventually we got it off by just being smart and WD-40 the bastard off. Apparently my tranny is fine. My crankshaft spins fine, so were gonna take a look at it tomorrow since it got dark since we were doing other things. As you can see in the engine bay...well I guess I'm going to have to go for a new shell. Found out the frame was rusted through under the car. - RemieGino14 -

Other than that your doing a nice job. Lol. Wished I had the funds, barely even stripping the damn car down...which is taking a while. - RemieGino14 -

I'm completely jealous. I'm planning to do a full restoration project on my 78 280z, but I'm debates on what I should be doing. Any tips? Alot of people are telling me to stop and find a new body, but I mean this is my first car I get to work on since I'm a student at an automotive school. It being my first car, it being my first experiences, so yeah... - RemieGino14 -

Just and update on stripping this dreadful car. Came to only realize, the rust really wasn't that bad. Lawls. Need to keep it on jacks till I can find a replacement tire. The heat blew the tire. - RemieGino14 -

I'm really having trouble deciding what to do first. If I work on the body, I can restore the shell to a workable project car instead of worrying about looking for another shell. Downfall is that I lose time and don't get to the engine yet. If I work on the engine, I can finally apply my skills on what I've learned within 3 weeks. Downfall is that, whats the point on working on a engine and no shell to put it in. Especially in my area if I were to look for any shell, there isn't gonna be any. Their either gonna be already working, or something else. Well, just waiting for Saturday for an engine stand and a cherry picker...if I'm able to borrow one or buy one. - RemieGino14 -

I'm actually heading to that type of plan, just gonna bring her back from the dead. I'll post up the pictures tomorrow of an update of this ferocious beast of just trying to strip it. Lol. - RemieGino14 -

So we were taking off the grill, the green bumper, and the radiator, didn't even know there was fluid in there. It was all...basically water....orange water. Tried taking off the water neck, actually it was all corroded. So I'm guessing I'm gonna need a new water neck. I'll take pictures when I actually get the dash out...which I'm currently having a problem with right now. Lol. - RemieGino14 -

Oh I already finished Basic Engines, which is why I wanted to get into the engine are start tearing it down and seeing what I'm looking at. Yeah, I've been trying to research on this model, but I can't seem to find some specific information I would need, otherwise I would treat it like any other OHC straight 6 engine would be like. Taper, Out of Round that beast, just to put my studies into use. [: - RemieGino14 -

Me and my buddies ripped the seats, took a bunch of stuff off, and are trying to get it ready to have the engine out. Unofrtunately...well I'll let the pictures tell you the story. Btw, I didn't get a chance to take a picture of the driver side, but yes, there is a big hole in that area. EDIT: Nevermind, found it. We were also amused to find this, but couldn't figure out what it is, and what it does but some of my buddies say it looks like a air metering valve. Me being just a student, don't know much maybe some of you guys could shed a light if you can. It'd be great. - RemieGino14 -

I'll look into ripping the interior apart tomorrow when I get back from class. Just finished Basic Engines, moving onto brakes now. - RemieGino14 -

Decided to go outside and take some pictures of some obvious rust spots to see if the body has some bad rust cancer. Any opinions? - RemieGino14 -

So I'm gonna keep this short and simple since I don't know alot of terms yet as to I'm am still learning, but getting alot down so far. Basically my project is to rebuild and overhaul my father's '78 Datsun 280z thats been sitting in the back yard for years. Since I'm going to school for this, I've decided for this to be my project car. Basically I'm looking for to ripping apart the engine and transmission, getting the whole thing cleaned out with brand new or close to new parts, and up and running like it was when it first came out. This process will take a while, but the learning experience is gonna be fun...I just know it. I will SLOWLY update at where I am at with this though. First step, tow it to my new house I'm currently living in. Heres some pictures I took of it a while back: - RemieGino14 -

Hey where you posted at in SoCal? I got a 78 280z I just towed to my new house. I have completely 0 experience on how to overhaul a car, but currently attending UTI to learn all of this. I chose this car to do a project since I've grown up with my dad fixing up 3 280z. Thought it'd be nice for me to fix up the last one. One thing for sure, mine is a complete rust bucket, but I don't know how bad the rust is. Other than that, good going with everything so far. :] - RemieGino14 -