Hi
I am restoring a 280z and I am at the point where I need to decide what to do with the engine. I have a stock l28(N42 block, N42Head). The engine is out of the car, I have taken the head off and I am going to rebuild the whole thing.
Scenario
The car is going to be my daily driver for the next few years then after that I plan on it becoming a track car. Therefore it needs to be comfortable to drive but I also want to set myself up nicely to turn it into a track car in the future. I want it to be naturally aspirated and run of pump fuel. I plan on running triple Weber 45's and I have a ZStory race header already.
Current Plan (Please let me know any of these are a bad idea)
I am going to clean up the block and give it a light hone.
Get the crank balanced
Get the head ported and polished.
Skim 30 thou of the head to bring CR to low 9's, I don't want to add cam tower shims. (Is this worth doing or am I better of not skimming the head? What power increase would I get?)
Replace all the bearings, rings and valve stem seals.
Question
As the engine is apart, what other modifications/upgrades to the block and head would you recommend for my scenario? Potentially looking into a cam. I would prefer to do them now to the engine so I don't have to take it apart again when I turn it into a tack car.