~KnuckleDuster~

Nope, designed for both.

8/27/2012 Rota RBR's arrived today. 17x9 -13 on all four, Hyper Gunmetal w/ polished lip.

Looks like I bought the last 4 17x9's

New parts! Aluminum Radiator New Amber Side Markers Tension Rod Bushings Poly Steering Coupler (not shown) Hatch Weather Strip (inner) Glove box - inner box 83' Turbo Wiring Harness to match up with the Turbo ECU *Just ordered!* Rota RBR's 17x8.5 +4 17X9 -13

The underside is pretty good overall. Just some minor surface rust in one small area.

Enjoy!

Heres my previous 71 interior: And heres my current project..havn't even gotten a chance to clean her yet!

Recently bought a Z that has had the bumpers, door handles, & locks painted to match the body. I like having the original chrome bling on the car and want to remove the paint. Is this possible without screwing them up? Would paint thinner work? Any help would be appreciated!

I bought my last 240 for 6,700 and sold it on ebay for 14,600. Even though I made money selling it I regretted it ever since. Thats why I got this one

Ahh cool. Yeah it's pretty much a basket case haha..nothing a pile of money won't fix. Atleast theres no rust that Ive found..yet

Thanks!

Yeah I have a buddy who lives up there so I visited him and checked out the car. You see this on c-list?

It came with an extra P90 head and I just bought an 80 something turbo ecu. Im not sure if Ill end up keeping this current set-up or not.

Hey guys, I just bought this 73 240z. I paid $6,500 and I have to ship in back to me which cost me $400, so call it $6,900. You think thats a decent deal for this car? It definatly needs work..the brakes are soft, the suspension & bushings are shot, and the interior isnt the best. It got some decent mods though and I see some good potential here. First step get rid of those awful wheels. http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/topic/108230-73-240z-project/page__pid__1012281#entry1012281

"Some say that it is Japanese superstition that black is a bad-luck color, associated with sorrow and somber times, and perhaps this is why, initially, you couldn't find a black Japanese car on American shores for love or money. They were happy cars, painted happy colors. Think back, and chances are a candy-colored parade of Japanese iron is driving through your memory, with whites and oranges and yellows and greens and blues leading the field. The occasional brown would crop up, but c'mon, it was the '70's. Everything was brown. But there is plenty of evidence to refute the idea of black. When you make a profit, you're said to be in the black. In karate, the untimate rank one can attain is a black belt. Didn't Chuck Norris himself insist that good guys wore black? Still, no early Z-car was available in the hard to photograph, harder to keep clean hue." -Jeff Koch

Here's what got me into the Z world..this was my dads 77 280z. This is the first car I ever drove and first learned to drive stick shift in. My dad and I would attend a lot of the Z shows back in the 90's. This car was super cool when I was a kid, loved the sound of it. It was eventually stolen and recovered missing the wheels and some other bits. My dad sold it to a guy who was going to ship it to Europe because the market value for Z's was bigger over there at that time. Anyway, this was the car that put the Z bug in me.. In May 2008 I was able to buy my first Z. A 71 240z. It was a great car. I came across a local guy here on the forum selling his N/A rb25 motor swap complete with everything needed, motor mounts, driveshaft, wiring harness ready to go in. I paid something crazy like $800 for the whole thing. Loved the motor, decent power and sounded amazing. I wound up getting busy with life, traveling for work and didn't have time for the Z at that point. I made a poor decision to sell it rather than have it sitting in the garage. Not long after I realized that modifying a newer car wasn't any fun and I missed my loud stinky old car! So began the search for another 240z. This time around I wanted it to have some more attitude, a little wilder. Well I bought my second 240z yesterday, 7/30/2012. My last 71 240z w/ RB25DE was sadly sold and Ive been regretting it ever since. So I just picked up this 1973 240z, made 12/72. Here's what had me interested when I saw it a Fresno Craigslist Ad.. Color: Black metallic Engine: N42 Longblock with STOCK 280ZX Turbo Transmission: 4 speed ECU: '79 280z Suspension: Stock Wheels: Gold DR20's w/ 0 offset, 2 inch spacers, Key Lugs all around Exhaust: HKS Hi-Power exhaust, 3 inch piping from down-pipe and back Other modifications: -JDMSport Intercooler and piping -SSQ Blow off valve -New spark plugs -Upgraded to H4 headlight bulbs -Carbon Fiber spoiler -Carbon fiber mirrors -'72 Bumpers -Fender Flares -Custom Fog Lights -Clear Side Markers -FairladyZ Emblems -Quick release steering wheel -Slim fan Cons: -Car Idles high at 1,500 rpm -Little oil leak from oil pan -Car overheats quickly -interior needs help So I drove 4 and a half hours up to Fresno with a pile of cash to check it out. When I arrived I realized that it needed a lot more work than expected, which seems to always be the case doesn't it? I could tell it had some real potential. I drove the car from there to my buddy's house 15 min away and parked it to later be towed home to southern California. Here's some pictures I snapped at my friends house right after I bought her. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8/1/2012 Got the first of many mods to come, Great shape 73 seats & a black turbo valve cover

Those are hyper black

Car is up on ebay now: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230547661146

Thanks! 370z

Im actually going to be listing this for sale soon. Want to buy her back?

225/45/15's

Thanks. At some point I would love to re-build it. Ive been researching doing the rb30 block making it a 3 liter with a butt load of tourqe. Right now the only ones Ive found are in Austrailia and shipping is very costly.

Who would do such a thing.. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1972-240z-4by4-lifted-/250619144126?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item3a5a10a7be

I happen to come accross a Mines tuned ecu! Pretty rare to find much for the non turbos...but I found this needle in a hay stack. Tuned for: Remapped fuel level rev up exhaust Intake filter All limiters removed 1 Eliminate 180km top speed limiter 2 Shift rev limiter timing 3 Eliminate boost limiter 4 Modification of fuel correction map and Ignition map 5 Change quorum (k) 6 Change lattice of the map (RPM, injection time) 7 Modify every correction points