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    1972 240z Beast

    in S30 Series - 240z, 260z, 280z

    Posted

    Sounds like a pretty good start. Might I suggest some things first.

     

    Rather than getting camber plates, get adjustable LCA's from techno toy tuning (buy your coilovers through them too), or AZC if you want a show car that won't see track time. You can get more camber than you'd ever want on the street out of adjustable LCA's, plus you get toe adjustment, and if you go with the TTT (I plan to), you can position the rear wheel in the wheel well the way you want it, so it's not so far forward like it is stock. The GC coilover set up is very high quality. I'm in the middle of putting the fronts on my car with sectioned strut tubes and illuminas for the rear of an mr2. Electronic cut out would be cool! I was thinking of doing it for my car but decided it was a waste of money for me. Make sure you read up on poly bushings, some of them, such as the T/C rod bushings, are not ideal for performance. I would recommend going with the TTT adjustable T/C rods instead of using poly bushings as they use a teflon coated rod-end instead of a bushing which takes the slop out and makes the rod much more effective. Plus you can then adjust caster which the front suspension on a Z lacks. I like the red interior, always been my favorite color for interiors, and mine was originally, so I am putting in a red interior as well. MSA (thezstore.com) sells some good reproduction interior pieces which are awesome and will go into my car! Let me know what diffuser you find to fit, I want to put one on my car. And honestly... the AZC brake kit isn't really worth it if you ask me. It seems like you want a show car, so that makes sense. But if you're just looking for a fun car, I'd save your money and get the vented front toyota 4 piston calipers and a 240sx rear disk conversion from modern motorsport. Use the money you saved to beef up your rear end and maybe do a cv conversion. That vq is gonna pump out some torque... and a stronger rear diff/axles will really save you some headaches in the future. Have fun with registration... my car has a lot of back fees that I'm still saving up for haha.

     

    Dang back fees....i hope i dont have many. ill have to sell one of the 260z if its a lot. Thanks for the suggestions, ill look into them. Going for a fun car with a little bit of show.

    1972 240z Beast

    in S30 Series - 240z, 260z, 280z

    Posted · Edited by santanawhite

    Nice clean car. The RL tower appears to have some welding on top of the tower support. I may be wrong... But that doesn't look like a factory weld. With the tar on the floors I had good luck with a chisel and a hammer. In tough spots, I used a heat gun as well. It took me about 2 weeks of a couple hours a day to get all the tar off haha. 9,934 miles seems too good to be true... Especially if it has no engine. I'd bet that it has been tinkered with or the odo has turned over to 0. My shell had 80,500 miles on the odo but it sat for most of it's life and only had 2 owners when the car was running, so I believe it to be true. Anyways, nice car! Looking forward to seeing what you do with it! What are your plans besides the future VQ swap?

     

     

    Yeah probably right, its too good to be true. I'm gonna get the Rota 17" Stagger package for the car, ZG flares, Custom fuel lines, custom fuel tank, custom surge tank, Tokico struts, GC coil-overs, Camber plates, Dual exhaust in similar fashion to 350z or single exhaust with electronic cutout :), Austins Shifter re-locator, Custom Speedhut Gauges, 1" wilwood brake master cylinder, new booster, Red interior, with dark grey exterior (Cyber gray or Graphite grey pearl) New weatherstripping, Poly urethane bushings, AZC wilwood brake conversion. Rear diffuser, custom engine mount, tranny mount. Not sure which rear diff ill use yet. There's a lot more. Ill keep updating.

     

    Pictures are better,

     

    also modify the Flares so that they blend in better with the air dam. Like so...

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    Basically this stance, same wheels also.

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    If i can get my hands on a Competition hood scoop ill add that in.

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    And a custom Dual Exhaust with Rear diffuser ( I Photoshopped this )

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    sorry if i used any members photos, i love your rides!

    1972 240z Beast

    in S30 Series - 240z, 260z, 280z

    Posted

    Is it a clean title? could be the cause of the damage up front and the RR strut tower.

     

    I'm not sure what the title of this car is, i forgot to mention this. All i got was a bill of sale from the person i bought it from. He said the cars came from Georgia and the law there is that vehicles older than 86 don't require a title. I asked about the cali plates and he said that's how he bought them, he had a total of 5 and i bought the 2 off of him for $500. Ive yet to go to the DMV to try and register it. I wonder if it will be a big issue. He also gave me a notarized document stating since its from Georgia it did not have a title.

    1972 240z Beast

    in S30 Series - 240z, 260z, 280z

    Posted · Edited by santanawhite

    Finally starting a build thread. I have three Datsuns. Two of them are 260z and one is a 240z. This thread will be on the 240z.

    I picked one of the 260's and the 240 as rollers for $500. I chose to work on the 240z because I like the rear lights better and the typical rust areas are not as bad on it. It has a flawless dash, i haven't found any cracks on it. The extra tire compartment has absolutely no rust, and there seems to only be some minor surface rust on the floor pans. It doesn't have an engine but the 2nd 260z does, which i'm going to pull and drop in the 240z for now. Im gonna get that running till i can get everything i need for the VQ35DE swap.

    Here she is along the new school, Still has the Blue and yellow license plates, hard to see from this angle.

     

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    Stripped it down a little.

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    took of some insulation from the passenger floor pan.

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    could it really be? it says 9,934 miles!?

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    Driver floor

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    RR tower, im confused about this, i grinded it down a bit thinking it was just gunk on it, but looks like someones done some welding on it. I have no idea why.

    Maybe it was bent or cracked? any ideas?

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    The RL seems fine

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    i do have the fenders, hood and valance but they all are gonna get replaced. Seems like it might have been hit in the front right of the car. Ill take pics of that later.

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    Well thats it for now.

    to finish or not to finish vq swap into 240z

    in Nissan V6 Forum

    Posted

    wow, sorry to hear about your job. You are like 99 percent done. Honestly, you would probably get more if you parted everything out, but that takes time. Not everyone wants a vq35 powered Z, i do, but that's me, someone else might just want/need some of the parts you have. Then you could also just bolt up and finish everything you have right now and sell as is. Just depends what you financial situation is. I would hate to sell my Z, but you have to set priorities and see things for what they really are.

    Anyone with US-spec tail lights ever try a green bulb?

    in Body Kits & Paint

    Posted

    Just to try out the green light thing, i got a bunch of Christmas lights i was putting up and took all the green ones in a bunch and crammed them in the tail light lens. Its not as bright as i thought, the red lens filters out all other colors besides red so obviously its dimmer. But there is a slight yellow/amber huh to it. I'm gonna go ahead and try it with a custom green led array that is a lot brighter. Hopefully i can create amber/yellow turn signals without having the Euro/JDM style lenses. Ill try to update with pics soon.

    Help With Air Dam Identification

    in Body Kits & Paint

    Posted

    I hate whenever that becomes the only answer. I mean if its available in Japan, wouldn't someone be able to purchase it and then have it shipped to the states anyway?

     

    Sorry I cant help you either. I searched and failed in finding further info on the air dam.

    I do have these better quality pic of it though. I considered just modifying a regular non slotted airdam.

     

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    Dark Titanium Metallic Paint job.

    in Body Kits & Paint

    Posted · Edited by santanawhite

    Well after looking at the ZR-1 Cyber Gray I too have fallen in love with it. Ive been trying to visualize it on my Z but couldn't get a clear picture, so after a quick edit in PS i came up with this. My car will have the red Interior with red s2000 seats. That's why i added a hint of red to the seats. I used IceHounds Z, hope he doesnt mind. The Corvette is there for reference. I did the best i could. what do you guys think?

     

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