norbert

thanks so much!!

Ive looked through 2 manuals and can't find anything, hopefully some one can help me out.. Between the bpt and erg valve, theres a little nipple for a hose, unfortunately i didn't label it, or the hose when i took the engine out, now i can't figure out what am i suppose to hook up to it. any help would be great, (its the one with the blue tape on it)

i dont know if it would work on the carb set up, but what i did to mine was run it on starter fluid for about 5 min, until it started to feed gas again

looks clean! i payed more for mine and i have no floors lol, your interior looks great!

I most likely am gonna go with su, or most likely do an rb25det swap, not too worried about performance just yet, so we'll get there in time, but for now im gonna have the head rebuilt. Man the past few days have been long, I started of sanding down the top half of the Z, with 80 grit, didnt get to finish it, but soon ill have it sanded, and get the body work prepped for paint. But before that my dad and me, decided to fix the rust, on the frame and front wheel well, We also started the interior floor pan, but just wanted to have today off, all I can say is, i think this will be one of the last restoration projects i do, so much work, its nuts, any ways here are some pics from what we got down the past few days. Also im thinking about switching up to a 5 speed transmission.

So last night my dad and I, started stripping the interior, like Pharaohbq said, its a flinstones car but not suprised. The only thing that bothers me is the frame rust, it didnt seem so bad, but when we start jacking up the car, we just saw the frame bending where it was rusted out so thats the worst part and also the first thing we're gonna address, we don't want the car falling apart when we are gonna flip it on its side. After the interior we got the exhaust out, which was connected only in 2 places, by the header, and by the muffler, real easy to get off. Since we had the rear end in the air, we decided to get the fuel tank out, so it doesn't wreck up the garage, in its, 36 years I don't think it has ever been off haha. Then we started with the transmission, compared to a chevy turbo trans this thing was light, like I thought some thing was still connected because it was too light haha. After that we secured the back end of the engine and called it a night. This morning we got the engine out, and it was covered with about half an inch of grime, So i spent the last hour or so cleaning it making it good looking. It turns out it has a; n47 head and n42 block, which is standard for a 77' but correct me if I'm wrong. As for the engine, I plan on getting stage 2 cam shaft, new injectors, rebuild the engine, add headers, intake.; nothing too serious but if any one can give me some tips to making 250-275hp I'd love to know, (want to keep it n/a don't want to go turbo)

I'm not too worried about the rust, as i stated before i had a 260z that we redid the whole underbody and rails, so welding, i think is gonna take about a month to get it to decent shape, but yea everything is rusted for the most part i guess thats why it was so cheap. The head is a stock head dont think there was anything done to the engine will find out saturday after i take it out and get a closer look. pic of the 260z half way done.

So this is my first build thread, thought it would be cool to document, and look back and just get opinions as i go. Little background, Im Norbert, this is my second Z, first was a 260z 2+2, but i ran out of interest, so i ended up selling it. But with time just couldn't forget the car, so while looking on Craigslist for no reason really I came across this beauty for a steal of a price. Compared to the first Z this one is in alot better shape, no bond, but a tons of rust (to be expected as I live in Illinois, the snow and salt did a no, on my car) When I bought her she wasn't running, the previous owner said the fuel lines ware clogged. As soon as we got her home, my dad and myself got to work, aired out the hoses, which non ware clogged. check to make sure the new fuel pump was working which it was. Turns out there wasn't enough gas, or it was never "bled" after tinkering for a few hours we got her to start She was misfiring, started to play around with the engine, bought a new coil pack, and checked to spark plugs, cylinder 6 spark plug cable was ripped, so my dad throw in an old cable as a temporary fix, now she sounds way better (is it wierd that at idle it goes from really low rpm, to really high? Wish i can give you the exact rpm but the gauge doesn't work). Anyways today after work both my dad and myself started taking her apart, we got the fenders, the doors, and hood off, and decided to leave it at that since we both get up before 6 to go to work. We plan on rebuilding the l28e, fixing the floorpan and rails, just making this car an over all beast I'll try to update this every time we do something to it, we hope to be done before May, as this is a Father son project, and just a hobby for us neither of us are mechanics or even work in the automotive field. Looking forward to the build and learning as much as I can from all of you guys.