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Well, I'm undecided on what to do with the fuel setup as the factory EFI is working good right now. I know the EFI will be limiting to my setup (or at least tricky to tune), but the added cost of Webers and a new fuel pump is going to be pretty high given everything else I need to purchase. I was looking at the MSA Stage 3 fuel injected cam, as I was reading it would be the best way to avoid detonation with flat tops and the stock EFI system. If anyone has experience with this setup please chime in.

I acquired my 1976 280z just before winter of 2014 in non-running condition. Car was formerly a road course car with a certified cage and fuel cell. I was told that the battery shorted on the fire wall and it never ran since then. Upon going through the fuel injector bible I discovered the battery was poorly grounded to the chassis and the resulting short fried the ECU. Just swapping out the ECU and fuel in the cell resulted in the car starting immediately to my great surprise. I was told the engine was recently done before it stopped running two years ago. I was told the engine was refreshed, blue-printed and balanced and some minor head work done. The car does need some attention as everyone knows these things are so prone to rust. I have started the tear down process and plan to do a majority of the body work over the winter. Here are some pictures of the tear down from this week. My goal for the car is for it to look similar to this but with Summit single stage Plum Pearl Metallic paint. I plan on keeping the car an L28 based car for the time being and just aim for about 200rwhp with proper modifications. Things I'm set on for now: MSA 3-2 coated header MSA twice pipes exhaust for 3-2 headers intake to replace my non-existent factory air box Lightweight flywheel and new clutch electric fan setup (have from a previous project and never used) Things I'm up in the air on and need to research further: Upgraded cam from MSA Flat tops pistons (on my N42 block & head) Further headwork depending on what is done already 5-speed or diff swap if funds allow For chassis/body mods I'm planning on the following: ZG flares BRE spoiler Rota RB wheels (staggered setup) Still researching brakes and suspension setups. If any one has any good advice feel free to leave a comment as pointers are welcome.

Hey I told him I still wanted the hatch and to please just give PayPal the tracking number. I have not received a hatch or a tracking number yet. He choose to refund my money this morning with out explanation. The refund was not because of PayPal. I will keep you guys updated but I do not reflect to actually receive anything.

So here is my run down with Datsun Z Fiberglass. I purchased my hatch on Oct 3rd with an email from James saying he would be able to complete the hatch in about 3 weeks. I expected the hatch to arrive around the 31st as per our emails. During the last few weeks, I was given countless reasons why my hatch was going to take longer and ship next week. I was patient up until the Paypal 45 day window to file a dispute. Once the dispute was filed that's when James started posting all over his Facebook how I ripped him off because he already shipped the hatch. I merely told him to please provide a tracking number to Paypal in order to finalize the transaction and everything would ok, and I still wanted the hatch. Being a dispute, PayPal only had the funds on hold till we worked out a solution. Apparently the solution was to bad mouth me all over Facebook rather than provide an actual shipping number of the supposedly shipped hatch. Needless to say two days later after no response from James he just refunded the whole sale. I'm not sure if I caught him in the act or he just said screw you for filing a claim, but needless to say buyer beware until someone can actually show that a real part was received by this guy. I got my money back, but I would have rather had the hatch. I thought I was fair in giving him 6 weeks build time over the initial 3 weeks he quoted me. I was however not going to wait till I could no longer file a dispute through PayPal. Even if he waited the dispute out that would have given him a total of 65 days to complete and ship out the hatch.Am I really in the wrong here?

I've been waiting a month on my hatch, still keeping my fingers crossed.

I'm in need of a good shifter(main shaft) for a 76 280z 4-speed.