seb280z

Did you get to the track? I would love to see some Pictures of if in the current state, the work and detail of this car is awesome and you are a inspiration and keep me motivated for continuing building my Datsun..

Sorry, the offset is not negative (changed it in the first post). From this perspective you can't see the depth, but they are 4" tucked in there..

so.. recap? What happened? Did you give up on the project?

It typically says that a YZ kit is 3" wider than stock fenders. I don't know why my car seems to be that much wider, I have Z31 front hubs, they might have a different WMS offset compared to stock, but then again, clearance to the strut would be no different. I will measure the stock LCA's and compare with my AZC adjustable ones but that will probably just give me 1/4-1/2" adjustments. I'm just worried that on the street a 12" wide front will be undriveable with tracking issues. On the track it probably will be fine. I have not seen tires wider than 275 or so in the front before on streetable cars...

Hi. I have a 1977 280Z with the Reaction Research YZ widebody kit, and a complete AZC suspension, 5-lug conversion and custom brakes (330mm rotors all round 8-pot calipers front, 4-pot calipers rear) 6-point roll cage. My intention for this car is just to have a fun toy, Occasional track races and hopefully lots of trips to the Ice cream stand... I bought 2 sets of used rims, Ultralite Hikari 18*8,5 +35 offset. I mocked them up in the front and I have abour 1/2" clearence to the strut, but to get the rims out to the fender I would need to widen them 4" and that would put me at 12,5" wide rims in the front. I am still working on installing the rear setup so I have not checked how much they need to be widened, but I am assuming the same. My assumption is that the usual setup is staggered setup; wider tires in the back. Q: why? How would the car be with equal size tires front and rear with like a 295-335 wide tire? Can you even steer? The reason for two sets of rims is of course to run slick and street setup. (plus it was a package deal)

Did you ever get these rims mounted?

No build thread? Do you have a link to the other discussions about this? Thanks, Sebastian

Any other info on this build? No build tread or website?

I tried searching but came up blank to my specific question. Have anyone procharged a "stock" L28? I was wondering if I could just slap a procharger on there and install a different fuel management system. The car is in sweden, and modifications are basicly illegal here, so I wanted to do something less obvious. hehe..

I found this a long time ago..

I got it figured out by looking in your gallery, very sweet setup you got there. I´ll take a different route, trying to cut some corners and save a few $$$. By the way, you got very good taste, saw the ducati, (I used to own a -01 996S, unfortunately i totaled it a few years ago). Best regards, Sebastian

Very nice job!! I´m working on a similar rebuild, and I was wondering how you got your stub axle adapted? I see that you have some kind of sleeve, and did you machine your strut housings? (I bought Z32 300ZX brakes and Z31 300ZX rear stubs.) Best regards, Sebastian

I bought the same bumper fron Jan 6 years ago, the price then was the same as today! So don't complain about the price, it all has to do with demand an avaliability. Quality is nice on Jans Z-parts and his Z-parts are unique! The turnsignals should fit from a 92 Toyota Celica, if my memory serves me right. Best regards, Sebastian

I assume this is NA engine?! The x-over is quite important if you want to get a tuned exhaust and all the HP you can. I don't know exactly how to calculate where you should have the X-over, but there is an old Hot Rod trick, you take a small brush and some regular paint, then you paint a thin line from the collector and back ~2-3feet. Then you drive the car and make sure it gets in working temp.. Then some of your paint should be burned away and where the "burn" stops is a good spot for your x-over! X-over location has to do with exhaust pulsation, speed and heat.. With all this said, your x-over should be before the mufflers. If you have stainless exhaust you get more resonance/metallic/hard sound aswell. Resonance mufflers will give it a more hollow/metallic sound. I prefer full flow glasspack mufflers. And also the length and diameter of pipe after the muffler will affect the sound. If you have a car to do easy tests on it's quite fun! Just a comparison, the identical bikes, just diffrent material in muffler shell!! (Carbon Vs. Titanium) Carbon:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvU_O0gmrPE Titanium:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xPBtvZXvm8&feature=related I don't know if you can hear the diffrence on the computer but in real life the titanium has a much harder/sharper exhaust note. ( I used to own one w. titanium mufflers..) Congrats on a very nice car! Best regards, Sebastian

Ok, sounds good! Keep us posted, and hopefully we'll keep you motivated to get her done! Best regards from Sweden.

progress? I want one too..

I've decided that I'm going to use the Z32 brakes, including doing a 5 lug conversion. The reason I wnat to do this is simply 2 reasons: $$$ and I want the wheel centering ring (or whatever it's called) Even if you have 4 or 5 lugs, you just can't center the wheel properly with just the lug nuts. Oh, and I want to have the disc on the outside of the hub, like on a modern car. My plan to do this conversion is as follows: I will take my existing 280Z hubs and turn them down OD to fit inside the disc, then I will turn down the hub to accomodate the ID of the disc. And finally I will turn down so that I have the 66mm wheel centering ring. (if needed I will fab a ring and shrink/weld into the hub to have the correct protrusion of the hub.) Then I'll let my buddy redrill to 5lug pattern, using one of the existing holes (similar to modern motorsports) In the rear I will, for sure, have to fab a centering ring since the one on the stubshaft doesn't protrude enough. Redrill for 5lug (just like modern motorsports), turn it down and make sure everything is true. Then just slap the discs on there! I will also manufacture caliper brackets front and rear. Emergency brake I will probably use a second set of calipers, wilwood have some nice ones. But the idea of a driveshaft brake have crossed my mind, but I don't remember how much space there is. (probably not enough.)

Nobody??

X2 I've already bought the Z32 front brakes, and want to go 5 lug. Anybody done this mod?