Stealth-Z

Excellent write up. Many have talked about doing the bell housing swap and some have done it. But no one documented how and what was involved. I have often wondered if the bell housing off the GTR AWD trans could be used?

Not to rain on your parade but... The clutch on your motor is a push-type. If my understanding is correct, the later R32 GTR's switched to the pull-type clutch. Who knows what the previous owner of that motor did. That is the fun of buying used parts. Even the importer/dismantler does not know. Spend the extra money you saved on freshening it up. Be carefull not to get into the "As long as its apart" syndrome. The crank collar thing does seem a little over rated like J. Soileau said. Guess it all comes down to what you will be doing with the motor.

Finally got arount to investigating the pull to push conversion. It was not as difficult as one would think. Right click and save as http://www.fairladyzg.com/PDF/PullToPushConv.pdf This is my first attempt at a "how to guide" with Adobe Acrobat. Please let me know if there is anything I should add or change. Thanks

That is a pull type clutch. Now I am begining to see these clutch setups come up more often. And of course I just converted mine to a push-type!

That is a RB25DET R34 Pull-Type transmission. I have one myself. Did you get the slave cylinder with it?

If you are that confused or concerned, then you might want to re-evaluate what you want to do in the first place. These are used parts you are dealing with. Importers cannot crack open every motor to do a full inspection. The only ones that seem to make any money off this stuff is the shipping/freight companies. The only safe, least risk way to go is buy from a local importer. If something is wrong or missing, you take care of it in person. Fortunetly for me, Venus is only a few miles away. Have you contacted Racer98 here? Ask him about finding one. He posted an excellent write up in the classified section a while ago. http://classifieds.hybridz.org/showproduct.php?product=3539&cat=19

Venus has changed over the years. There is no longer what I would call a riff raff of employees. Ronald likes to work and get dirty. Last few times I have been there it has been only him and one employee. All my dealings with Ronald have been positive.

The Fairlady Z is going on 3 years. Today I am going to the machine shop to begin assembly of the motor.....about time to. The 280Z "parts car" runs great. Yesterday installed new Tokico's, Poly Bushings and used eibach springs.

You can find some stuff in Hong Kong with a little leg work. http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=109051&highlight=Hong+Kong

At least your neighbors are not on the phone to the county complaining about the eyesore! You are doing a great job. Keep it up. It gives me encouragment to get my butt in the garage and get some work done!

My avitar was a 3D object drawn using Softimage XSI. Stealth-Z just popped into my mind at the time.

Wow. a 2+2 Coupe. Must be rare!

Check this thread out. Should give you a good start on your research. http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=106436&highlight=280zx

It's useless to argue with an ignorant Law Enforcement officer. They have the badge and the ability to call the tow truck. They do not have to prove you are breaking the law, the courts do that. All you can do is smile, take the ticket and fight the battle elsewhere. Most likely in the future it will require a civil suit to get them to back off.

http://www.mckinneymotorsports.com/products Looks like they are making a kit for the S30's now.

L28et's show up often at the local area Pick-N-Pulls. I hate seeing them crushed but I have no room to store them.

I just bought a barely used twin plate version for my swap. ORC is good quality from reviews I have seen. It's up to you how high you would be willing to go. But to me anything under $200.00 would be a deal. This twin plate was sold to me for $560.00.

I have built several Shuttle boxes for work. They work great but have one annoying problem. The units are equipped with a BIOS feature called "Smart Fan". As the CPU gets hot, the fan automatically throttles up. At work you can hear the fans constantly rev up and down. Just my opinion and observations on them. Good dependable systems though.

The photo appeared back in October. A guy in Australia has a RB30/25 with a super / turbo charger setup that sounds pretty good. http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=115631

Got my first Z, a 1973 Fairlady Z in 1986 for 30,000 Yen. At the time that was $197.00 and was Okinawa, Japan. Shipped it to California courtesy of the U.S. Air Force 1987. Let someone drive it and they wrecked it in 1992. 1992 Purchased a 1972 240Z with G-Nose to try to fix the Fairlady, $500.00. Ended up selling because I could not repair The Fairlady. 2002 Purchased a running and drivable 1978 Fairlady Z 2+2 for $1,200.00 (Still working on it) 2003 a 1976 280Z Coupe was offered free on classiczcar.com to who ever would pick it up. Replaced the fuel pump, smogged, registered and gave it to my brother. 2004 purchased a 1976 280Z 2+2 for $300.00. Body was in decent shape and it ran so so. DMV fees were over $700.00 so I cut it up in the drive way for parts. 2004 was the high bidder on a 1976 280Z 2+2 listed on ebay, $155.00. Put a battery in it and drove it home. Used parts from the cut up 76 2+2 280Z to Get it looking decent. Sold to a friend. 2006 a 1978 280Z 2+2 basket case was offered on classiczcar.com. The guy spent over $4,000.00 for new parts from MSA. Included adjustable tokico's new bushing set, a factory new FI harness, and loads of other stuff. Gave him $500.00 for it all. Ended up cutting up the car because neighbor was pissed off and called the county on me. 2006 traded the fenders, hood, L28 engine, and R200 rear end out of the above basket case for a 1978 280Z coupe. Replaced the fuel pump and am now using it as a daily driver.

Finding a BRE style here in the U.S. for a 2+2 is difficult. You might be able to find one on Yahoo Japan's auctions. http://search1.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/search/auc?p=s30&auccat=2084016812&alocale=0jp&acc=jp You have to use a bidding service like http://www.rinkya.com to bid on them here in the U.S. At one point I was considering cutting a coupe BRE in two places and extending it. Now I have a 3 piece on the way.

I seem to spend to much time paying attention to Fairlady Z's for sale. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23019 He wanted 12K for it a few months ago.

Anyone know anything about this one? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Datsun-240Z-with-RB26DETT_W0QQitemZ170062814872QQihZ007QQcategoryZ6187QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

While looking through ebay I came across this listing http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Datsun-Z-Series-1975-Datsun-280Z-2-2-Local-Pickup_W0QQitemZ250061194658QQihZ015QQcategoryZ6187QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Anyone ever see this kind of intake system?

2 - sets of fenders 2 - hood's - 1 vented, 1 flat 2 - sets of 2+2 doors 2 - 2+2 roof sheetmetal 2 - 2+2 complete suspension L28 block & crank L20e block & crank (one day Tony D will come pick up!) E30 head L28 turbo & manifold RB20 block, head, intake & exhaust manifold Several sets of wheels & useless tires That is the big stuff I can think of off the top of my head. The side of my house is an auto parts garden.