73Fairlady

drilled and retapped the valve cover breather for 1/2 NPT so i could use AN fittings. came out looking pretty good. I have aslo been playing around with how to mount the fuel rail so it does not cover up the jets. i dont want to remove the fuel rail if i need to rejet the carbs. I tried this but its about 1/8" from clearing the tower bar. I ordered this 90 fitting that should give me a 1/4-1/2" more clearance.

I also picked up a 280zx distributor and a MSD coil, have yet to put it in. Im also having some trouble figuring out a filter solution to the velocity stacks. The T3 stacks are quite large and dont leave much of any room to slip a filter on. was playing with the idea of a base filter but not sure i like that much. but other then doing a full airbox a sock filter would have to be really thin to work. something similar to this would be the base filter

got the fuel rail all figured out, only thing is its going to be a real challange if i need to re jet the carbs. Otherwise i really like the location.

last month or two i havent done a whole lot since its been so cold out. But i did get a few minor things done I did a little modification to my cheap catch can and added a breather filter and got it mounted then i started the throttle cable conversion. made a bracket out of 2" angle iron. After i adjusted the arm and added the spring

I also got a few new things from T3, i got the tri strut bar and the shiny new velocity stacks.

few updates, I fixed the clearance problem with the front wheels. I swapped the RCA with NCRCA and everything cleared just fine. Thankfully I was able to pull just about all camber out with the top plates so i still have full camber adjustment as well.

4.38 wow let me know how that thing is to drive, I’m interested. The floors were defiantly time consuming and a royal pita, but other than that it’s not that difficult. Just don’t cut too much until you know where it’s going to sit, don’t want to make a bunch of small patch panels to fit it.

made a threaded block plug for the crank case vent. I wanted to be able to just screw in a fitting for a line to the catch can, so i went to lowes and ended up finding a brass fitting that was threaded on both sides. I milled down the outer threads just enough to press it into the block. Its solid enough for my use, ill be running a line to a vented catch can along with the valve cover vent. Also finaly got my super sweet gold heat reflective film, and got the heat sheild in.

Yes it's just the regular spray on can with the green label. Who knows how it will end up holding up but I guess I'll find out. but I sure like the way it looks

I found them on eBay, there is a guy on there that does it and sells them. User name arizonas30 and there well priced and no core is required. But he will buy your old ones too.

yes it is a R180, but its a "K stamp" so its out of the early S12 not a z. it has a 115mm ring gear where the R180 out of the z is a 110mm. i have only seen the OS giken in the 115mm R180, but i know that quaife makes one for the R200. Edit: they do make the OS giken for the R200

Last week i got the hubs all rebuilt and on the car. v I had a issue with the wheels clearing the T3 LCA and outer tie rods. I talked to someone who said they removed the RCA and it cleared, I did not want to have to do that so i opted to order the NCRCA from T3 and hopefully i can pull out enough camber with the camber plates. Possibly bigger wheels are needed in the future.

got some more work done yesterday. gor the oil cooler set up and oberg oil filter in and mounted. also got the more of the brakes together Then fedex man dropped off a package

Its 3M undercoat. inside just the floors and tunnel are done. In the engine bay I was using POR15 chassis black top coat but it would not lay even and i did not like how it came out. So i did the 3M over top and I think it looks good.

More progress Carbs are Mikuni 44mm but the manifold was a 40mm cannon. Thats where it sits today, still working a lot of small stuff here and there in the engine bay.

more new parts came in then a refresh on the motor and start rebuilding/replacing and reinstalling T5 Borg warner with B&M pro ripper shifter

body and finish work also got the brackets for the new heater welded in

after the rear was done I got the engine bay ripped apart. some of the, "fixes" that had previously been done were questionable at best. all had to be cut out. started making repair panels

got a 3.9 rear pumpkin and put the OS Giken superlock LSD in put the rest of the rear together test fitting clearance on wheels

after that we built some rolling stands to make it easier to work on in the small garage Oh I got new fenders too. From there i started working on the rear end all brand new SS brake lines rebuilt rear half shafts

at that point i started ordering parts, full suspension, brakes, etc. all of the suspension is pretty much from techno toy tunning. Summit racing heater, JDM taillights and mirrors.

from there i tore the rest of the car appart to see how bad rust issue was, ended up doing floors and frame rails.

once i got it home i was in the middle of another project. I didnt really get started on this one until January of 2015. I started stripping down the car. Whomever originally did the car did some questionable things that will have to be fixed, the fenders looked like hell...

Hi i have been lurking around on Hybridz for years and years for info but just recently joined. I have been around cars forever but just recently started a z project finally! I love these cars and have wanted one for years. I figured a good way to get myself out there was to start a build thread. I have had this car for a little over a year now, previously my dad owned it since 2006 but its been sitting for a few years. I started working on it last winter so i will try and catch up to where I am now. This is as of 2006 when my dad got the car. and this is when i got the car last summer