Perfect240z

Wow... That's freakin amazing! I wish I could find mine on here like you did.

His is about to be crushed! Someone save it!! http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/pts/2527798911.html

Whoops sorry, i was falling asleep when I wrote that. I meant to say their was a 5% loss in pressure in all the cylinders on a cold motor. Im going to pull the motor soon to work on body under the hood, also work on the motor a little. Im still confused as to why the motor didn't want to go passed a certain speed on the road. I pulled my plugs and they were so black since I was running rich. The carbs are so messed up that the carbs had to be set rich to keep the car idling steady. Could the car not want to drive if it was rich? Anyways I was going to as what you guys think, I was goign to repaint the car my own color and one thing I wasn't sure about was painting under the hood. Ive seen people paint blank which Im guessing is por-15 for the engine bay. Or should I use regular car paint? Thats far off but im just wondering what you guys would do?

Whoops!! Heres my Youtube name too! http://www.youtube.com/user/Perfect240Z?feature=mhee#p/u

Hey guys, I know that I haven't posted in a couple days, but this is whats going on. My friend came over the other day and helped me strip down the car till there's nothing else in it. He also let me borrow his air compressor and tools for it and a bunch of other things. We also did the leak down test tonight. In every cylinder there was about 5 pounds of pressure that was leaking, But we could only use about 40 psi because 100psi would make the motor move. Once I pull the motor out I'll be doing a better leak down test . I bought myself a few this weekend for my birthday. I bought a new engine crane and engine stand. Things have been moving pretty quick without my intentions. My wife is getting mad at me for working on the car too much but it's addicting so I can't stop at times. Im now in the process of selling my racing suit and motorcycle racing boots, and soon to be bike to fund my project and me needing a newer commuter. Anyways here are the pics I took tonight really quick, I'll also be using the air compressor to sand the car down and paint the car. Remember guys I also have a youtube account, so request me, I'll be making more videos as well hopefully thins week to document it more. My friend is even talking about making me a CF hood and then the car would be so lite!!! Anyways have a good night everyone.

As far as I know, I have a friend who welds and he might either weld it for me or show me how to do it. I also wanted to take a welding class so I could do it.

I guess I should expect some holes....I wish I didn't have any still lol. Completed about 90% of the driver side and about 1/4-1/2 of the rear hatch area. Ran out of dry ice Sure made things easier though. Alex

Wow!! I didn't know the z stoe sold replacement vinyl!!! Thanks! Yes it's def coming off now!

I picked up some dry Ice tonight, I started chipping away at the old sound deadner on the floor pans. Their doesn't seem to be much rust on the floor pans from inside the car, but im not done yet on the chipping away. The dry ice really worked well, i just should have used a bigger piece but it was late and I only wanted to try it. So the driver side is almost doe being chipped away just from tonight. I also took a pic of the center console, I really wanted to try and keep as much of the original leather as I could since you can't really get that stuff anymore. But I see rut coloring underneath so I think Its going to have to come off. Any suggestions on keeping it or getting rid of it? I was waiting on doing a leak down test for the motor till the middle of august to borrow a leak down tester, but it looks like I'll be getting that done hopefully this weekend, so then I could pull the motor our and start sanding and cleaning the motor area. Well here's some pics, gotta get going to be and be ready for work. Alex

I didn't tell you yet. My suspension.....my rear passenger control arm almost looks like it's going to fall apart from rust lol. Like we shouldn't had driven the car around the block even kind of rust lol!

HAHA! Funny! Yeah Im currently looking for some headers if I can find some that are used and still in good condition. I'll also be getting a exhaust system but that'll be awhile. I have to wait to do a leak down test till sometime in august. My friend has the tool at school and if I only need it once im not going to buy a 50 dollar or more tool to use once. But till then Im going to try and work on some other items. I don't know what to do about my seats. They are not ripped at all and I think they look great, but the foam inside of it is dead so I don't know how to remove the foam and put in new padding. Still debating on getting some racing seats and 4 or 5 point harnest.

I don't know what kind they are, but they weren't even attached correctly at the exhaust connections. they were were off and exaust was coming out all around, and there is a leak in the bottom of the headers where the 3 go into 1 big pipe. Hard to explaine, but its in a area you cant rap.

Well heres the headers and exhaust I took off. Fullfil your fetish needs? lol These were taken on my phone.

Umm I didn't, Ill take one tomorrow and upload it. Why? Want it? Lol

So I took today to work on the car a little. I took the rear tail lights and plates off found a common rust spot that was covered by some kind of glue to either hide it or stop it. Either way its not too good. I also finished taking off the headers, intake manifold, carbs, and radiator+lines. Going to get the stuff to do a leak down test soon, might take awhile to get the money to either rent the compressor or buy, I want one so we'll see how long it'll take to do that. Im also going to attempt a valve adjustment when I get a feeler gauge. Maybe The car is dieing for a valve adjustment, and fuel from my broken carbs. I took some pics of the engine bay and back hatch area.

A little upset tonight. I was given this car that was supposed to be almost original. Apparently the motor may have been rebuilt at some point, or maybe just the head was. I went searching for the head casting number tonight and what I found was a e88 head, not the e31 head that I thought I had. I found the block casting and that I believe is the e31 block. Very hard to see with those damn old headers in the way so I'll have to remove those to confirm but it looks like I have the e31 head. I was curious to look this up today because I realized I think IM supposed to have a oil bar for the cam and the head doesn't have that. Did the e88 head have the oil bar? because I don't see anything that looks like a oil bar. I also took off the little sticky trim on the side of the car.....someone thought it was a cool idea to add this trim to cover up holes in the body...also saw some bondo lookin stuff. I know this car is in relatively amazing condition for its age, but the little surprises are not making it seem easier for me lol.

New Oild pan gasket ordered and a por-15 starter kit. also ordered some tools for this build. DAmn tools are expensive lol.

Well the paint finish looks to be very bad...kind of bubbles and not smooth in some areas, Im wondering if it was repainted badly? Looks like theres a few layers from the chips I see. MAybe someone tried to do a cheap resto?

Yeah I know that, Id hope most would lol. I never thought about the numbers though, I'll get some in a little bit and throw it up to see if anyone knows.

Just put up a new video of the car, it's been awhile since putting this up since my wife and I bought a house and moved in, and im still not done yet with cleaning up the garage. But anyways. Here's what the car is looking like at the moment.

I had the same problem actually when my car was stored at work out side....I kinda just fiddled with the door pressing the door down and jiggling it. My key wasn't able to make the full turn to actually unlock it, i had to do a press and turn motion to open it. But if you can turn your key, maybe you can stick a screw driving or something right under the hatch door where you can see the lock? Use some wd-40 or graphite spray( That stuff stains I think so try not to get it on the paint of the car, unless your repainting it then who cares lol. Good luck!

Oh i will! Lol

Pics are now fixed.

The car was originally from new Mexico, it's not bad, there are obviously some rust spots, but so far I havent found any holes yet. Just took out the transmission and part of the exhaust that wasnt even really connected right. So it leaked everywhere. I have a build thread noe on here and I have a thread on classic z car. I also have a YouTube account with a bunch of videos. I'll be adding more soon. Just search my name on YouTube, perfect240z

Yup thats it. My current pics are on page 7. Il try and get those pics up soon.