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thanks guys. I am currently trying to lay out my plans for the interior. I'd like it to remain stock-ish. It's going to need alot of replacement parts. Like all new carpet and sound insulation as well as several pieces of interior trim. I am curious about installing a JDM right side drive dash. I know it would be a bunch of work, but right now it's the planning stage so anything is possible.

two reasons, the cylinder head flows better has the potential for higher revs with a twins scroll setup. that and I've always wanted an RB26. I know that they're almost the same, but it's a personal choice.

well, all my plans are dependent on my ability to find work. I need to be able to eat before I can afford parts you know? BUT in the fantasy world where I have money I'd like to RB26 it. because I have a personal beef with any GM products so an LSX is a no. I need to rip out all the old interior because i'm fairly sure that it's a biohazard at this point. Before any of that though I need to strip it down and clean out all the cancer.

well, I figured that since I have come into posession of this thing. I may as well learn a little something about what I'd like to do with it. I'm normally a Subaru guy, but I've always wanted a nissan. so let me tell the tale of how I came to own this 280 Z One day I was helping out a friend out near his warehouse, I was hauling away scrap to go to the dump. I happened to see this sad little old Datsun sitting under a tree. My friend and I pulled it out of the mud and over to a nearby blacktop. It apparently owned to the people who had owned the warehouse before him. Imagine my surprise when I opened the door and found the title in the glove box and the key in the ignition. It was in pretty rough shape, needless to say. The smell gave away the fact that it had become the home for a mouse family. The other dead giveaway was the massive amount of hoarded leaves and seat foam that had collected under the hood. My friend and I contacted the people who used to own the property and found out that they didn't even remember the car. They came down to see it and it turns out that the husband had bought it for their son ten years ago and forgot about it. The son had a family now and they wanted it gone. So they offered it too me for the low low price of FREE! I said yes. and brought it home. Once home, I started to clean and repair a few things. and here is what we've got so far. It's a fuel injected five speed manual with it's spare tire and a massively cracked dashboard. She's got some rust, and some more rust. but i'm a pretty competent welder. I'm pretty sure that there are supposed to be some fuseable links here. but when I brought it home there was a solid piece of 12 gauge copper wire running between two of the leads that melted the hell out of the plastic casing. hooray for BS fixes. Now that she's home, perhaps I can get a job and do some work on her.