Shemyazaz

NAh...then somebody might actually buy it. The wife would kill me for getting rid of her baby.

For sale. $3500 or trade for a unmodified daily driver. Drive it away. I have too many hobbies and not enough money.

Look back through my build thread and you can see the offset. We eyeballed it. Did you clearance that header before you sent it off for coating?

http://youtu.be/nK68bOmpwok Trip to the local drag strip. Best time was a 12.811@111. Having trouble not redlighting. trying to flash the converter high enough to get a decent launch. This crappy B&M 2000 just isn't right for the setup. But I had a money constraint. Next time.

Replaced the tired old SO 302 with something a bit stouter. Now its a 347 with trick flow heads and a nice forged rotating assembly. http://youtu.be/agZ_4TUW0bc

I'm not aware of any that would fit without modification. I am using summit huggers and they still needed to be dented a bit. I suppose you could relocate the steering knuckle...but that would be much more work that just heating the header and smacking it with a hammer a few times. You could put a turbo on it. Drop the exhaust in front of the crossmember....problem solved.

Will 16x7 with a 40mm offset fit on a stock 280?

Planning to use the stock suspension configuration, and I might consider rolling the fender, but I have no plans to do that just yet. The front brakes are stock...but the rear I have not identified yet. I think they might belong to a 280zx. Thats something I have to figure out now as well....since they need a rebuild. The wife is in love with these: http://www.andysautosport.com/custom_wheels/datsun/1975_1978_280z/group_detail.html?submodel=75-78_280z&upc=MOTE00152769 They only come in 15". There are some Rota wheels on the same site that I kinda like that come in both 15" and 16". I'm considering just getting the Motegi's and dropping the whole ground clearance issue.

Managed to get 2" of elevation on the trans tail. Driveshaft angle shouldn't be a problem now. While chasing vibrations I have discovered that two of my wheels are damaged. Time to dig for wheels. Any suggestions? I'd like to go pretty large on the rear in hopes that I might gain just a little bit of ground clearance.

Looks like I get to spend this weekend shimming my trans and diff in an attempt to get more favorable driveline angles. On the plus side though....I have no rear end clunk.

Bought a RT style diff mount from Technoversions this Sunday. I'm hoping to get it installed this weekend, but I have no idea about how quick they are to ship.

Thanks. I'm chasing down little problems now. Have to go through the transmission and replace the torque converter. Having issues tuning the accel enrichment. The TB and GT40 intake are too big and cause a massive difference between throttle position and manifold pressure. This wouldn't be a problem if I were running a MS2 or later, but the MS1 does not have any TPS/MAP blending. I've also got to address the usual issues with the differential mount, as well as an angle issue with the driveshaft (need to lower the nose of the diff a bit to reduce angle). Oh...and someone ran a truck into it last night, so I need to buy a hood.

Appointment made. Friday it gets pipes. Going to drive it to the shop. Roughly 5 miles. Hopefully I can keep the cops at bay long enough to get there.

Youtube is having problems with the titles. It got them all screwed up. Also waiting for it to rotate one as well.

First start. Had an issue with the vac ports we had chosen not being actual vac ports. Still have to plumb signal to the FPR. Pretty close base map though. After I pulled a little fuel out of the map to compensate for the dead FPR it smoothed right out. Time to make an appointment with the muffler shop.

The wife took two days off this week. She is getting everything but the wiring finished up. I hate being stuck at work.

dropped the driveshaft off yesterday. Should have it this weekend. All the little loose ends are starting to come together. Might get to hear it fire this weekend if I'm really lucky. then its off to the exhaust shop.

GPS speedometer. Never worry about it again.

Almost 40 years of people splicing, cutting, grafting, elimninating, taping, twisting, grafting, and amending. Not one bit of solder or heat-shrink was used. There were piles of stuff that led to nowhere. switches...with nothing attached to them... Just amazing. MY jury rigging will look artful by comparison. lol

Got the main harness cleaned up and hooked back up this weekend. I have no idea how this thing ever worked/diddn't catch fire. I've never seen so much crappy wiring and jury rigging all in one place. also got the back floor all cleaned up and glassed. Ready to install the battery box and fuel cell. It made its first noise since the teardown this weekend. Clicked the start booster a few times to check the start signal.

Tecreatta- I'm probably going to end up with those cherry bombs, or the flowmaster equivalent. I'm just not too sure what sounds right on a ford since this is my first one. And the kanji is because of my longstanding obsession with the akuma Z. Octopus- Does that Thrush drone much? I've been considering them.

Quick question for you Ford guys. I'm about to be at the point where I need to drag the Z to the muffler shop to get the eshaust installed, but I'm not sure what sort of mufflers to get. I'll be running 2.5" true duals all the way out the back. I want loud but deep. I know the 302 can sound really nice, especially with headers like I have. Any suggestions? I've been considering Cherry Bomb extreem or something like that.

Nah. It was nasty and raining. No ice yet...thnak god. Hopefully I still have a few weeks before the really cold weather hits. Ordered the fuel cell and sch this week. Should have it this weekend. Still left on the list: 0.Batt cables 1.Fuel cell 2.Drive Shaft 3.Trans cooling lines. 4.Finish wiring. 5.Exhaust 6.Base tune. Only a couple big money items left...the rest is just tedious labor.

Got the dash back in. All the guage wiring and such is done. Feels like this is taking forever....and the weather has not been on my side the past couple weeks.

Guages finally shipped. Took them two weeks. They will not be here in time to install this weekend....damnit.