310z

Looks like you scored.

WOW, now that is a quote that will go down in history and it is so appropriate in this case. This is a case were a complete strip down and media blast are needed to help regain namesake.

I realized that I never got back here to post pictures of my completed engine bay. So here it is L-6, N42 bored and stroked to 3100cc, E88 with lots of work, TWM intake with Weber 45 and a custom made carbon fiber air box from Keith @ www.customworksproducts.com

cpexcel, Very nicely done.

Thanks for the complements. Keith at Custom Works 530-864-5846 built the kick panels and the install. You can check out some of his work at http://www.customworksproducts.com/ He drives one Baddd gen 2 Camero street/track car but he has a Z race car. The day my car was finished at 3:30 in the after noon it was put on a trailer and drove to the Solvang show the next morning and the Z Nationals the day after Solvang. The car new Odometer only had 0.7 miles on it at the Z Nationals. It was the kind of story that they make TV shows about. Riv-Nut are a kind of rubber mounted Pop-Viv-it that is threaded on the inside so you always have threads to screw into. I think the Shasta show is always the second weekend in June or July I need to look it up.

The car looks great in its stock form. Starting with a good body saves you in the long run. Your friend Dave's car looks great and he looks familiar from the Roadster shows that I attend specifically Shasta. I do not remember seeing his car, though I have many photos from the same event. Don't be in any rush to drill the head light buckets, Riv-nut work great there. Steve Pettersen is a great Z source at Perrersen Motorworks Chico, CA 530-895-3606. He will have the parts you are looking for. Steve receives a lot of work from the Bay Area. Good luck with the car. You should bring it to The Shasta Roadster Show if the Z is up to it.

Welcome to the site. It appears you are knowledgeable about the Z. It's going to be fun.

Looks nice daily drifter.

I found these photos and if you look closely at the lip area you can see the clearance work done. If you click on the photo it will enlarge so the clearance work is visible.

The pads were purchased directly from http://www.porterfield-brakes.com/ The front lips are rolled and with a BRE spoiler the 225-50-15 would fit in the front. With the 225-50-16 the tires would hit when turning at the lower front valence so I switched to the current air dam. To fit the BBS wheels over the brake calipers I had to grind off a lot of caliper material and add a 3/8 inch spacer. There is no front lip issue. The rear fender wells were massaged very slightly. I thought I had pictures on here but I could not find them, but this is what I did, because attempting to roll the rear lips will deform the finders. I used a hand grinder and ground in a smooth arch removing the material just up to the spot welds at the top of the finder arch. This is approximatly 1/4 inch. There is 1/4 inch of clearance at the lip and at the spring perch on the inside of the wheel. With these modifications I have absolutely no tire rub.

From the beginning the brakes felt as though there was no initial bite. Then there was the brake fade under track conditions. I wanted to remain with a street pad as that is were the car is driven most of the time. So I did some research and purchased Porterfield's R4-S pads. I went out to seat the pads and instantly noticed the peddle had feeling and there was a feeling of initial bite. Just what I was looking for. I have not had the opportunity to test repeated high speed use but feel sure that they will be more fade resistant than the stock Toyota front pads and Nissan rear pads. I also put on my sticker rubber BFG G-force KD in 225-50-15. The wheels look smaller and not as beautiful as the BBS wheels but I need to ware out the tires. This appears to be a great pad up grade for the Toyota four piston caliper swap and rear disk conversion.

I am not sure who makes those wheels but they are a nice light wheel. They are most likely 14x6 and a wheel polisher could have them looking better than new with little work. A 205-60-14 tire would look very old school cool on those wheels.

Congratulations, it is very cool to be in a magazine. Your hard work has paid off you have been recognized on a larger scale. I love the look of a Z with Watanabi's and flairs but I also did not want what is the most common cool modification. My Z's body was in way to good of shape to cut for flairs. The Longchamps are a really good looking choice and not as common as Wats. When I found the BBS I have, and then found how rare they are they were gong on the car no matter what. Nobody has a set in America. I had to make some adjustment for brake clearance and wheel well lips but minor work.

Those are really nice wheels and will look great.

Love your car. I saw it at the 2009 MSA show. The quality and attention to detail of your car is top notch. I felt there were five cars at the MSA 2009 show that were all at the same caliber and your was included in my top five.

Looks great, congradulation. Need more pictures looks to be done well.

Mine is at 2535 lbs. with a full tank of fuel and a 170 lbs. driver.

Being rare makes them valuable.

Nice car to start with. Keep up the good work.

ARP sells a 3 in. stud for a Subaru WRX that is the proper threads and they are way cheaper than the NISMO studs. I think they also have a shorter stud and one longer than the 3 in. ones I used.

Nice valuable and desirable lights. Approximately $1000 U.S. in great shape.

I got to take the Z to the track in spring 2010. Drove the car to Thunder Hill as a last minute deal (got the OK from my wife the night before). So I just got in the car in the morning and drove. I did not get a chance to put on sticky rubber or anything. The Z was amazing. It handled perfectly. I drove the car as is, I did not remove weight (amplifiers, sub woofers, passenger seat) the tires were Bridgestone G009 a high performance A/S tire. It handled almost flawlessly. When driven at 80% there were no issues. When pushed to 100% I found a limitation with the brakes. At the end of three laps at 100% on the back straight I was out accelerating a Corvette Z06 405 hp version and my brakes faded. No issue occurred but I found out something about the car. When I purchased the brakes from MSA I asked if the brake pads were a performance pad and I was told yes they are. After this event I called MSA and asked again if the pads are a performance pad (so I would have an idea of what to purchase as an up grade), and I was told no. They are a standard Toyota pad. So I will be up grading the pads. It was great to see how an old Z compared to the modern cars. I was there by myself so I did not get any action shots but here are some in the paddock.

Just saw one of these cars a 1971 Skyline GTR. WOW, what a beautiful car. It appears to be the same color as my Z, 100 liter fuel tank and sand cast Watanabes'