78_280z

Since painting was done on the block naturally I wanted to assemble it. Wound up watching some interesting videos with a interesting Japanese man on YouTube who explained some points in the re assembly of the timing and oil pump parts so I followed that and went together flawlessly. I have a lot of automotive friends and usually can find great deals. My one friend has a shop who was able to hook me up with a huge discount on all the engine rebuild parts I needed basically so I was set. Some odds and ends things need to be done/bought but that will be done later.

With the head done I decided to focus my attention to the block. Now with it completely fill of grime and sitting open for along time it was in pretty good shape. Hard to believe from the pictures I know. My pockets are not very deep so doing this whole car on a pretty tight do it your self budget has been a challenge. I had the block looked at by a few of my engine friends and they agreed to give it a shot and just clean up the cylinder walls and try it. So I proceeded to clean up the cylinder walls with various products and some steal wool on the top edges where slight flash rust occurred basted it out all clean and then started cleaning up the block for paint. I'm sure people will disagree on not taking the whole entire bottom end apart but it spun freely and perfectly took a main cap off when doing the rear main seal and the bearings looked brand new so its worth a shot for now. After a TON of paint prep and cleaning and more cleaning and prep I went with the closest thing in a can to stock color I could find that everyone else has used. and here's my results. (I for some reason have a pretty good hand with spray cans)