Hey guys,
I copy pasted this to here. Let me start by saying that I am not a
mechanic. I do this as a hobby and this entire build is a learning
experience. I am diving in headfirst on it with guns drawn :pedo: I'm going to use this thread to document the build of my new to me 240z. Here is the car the day after I bought it. I found it on Craiglist for
$3250. An old lady was selling the car. Her husband had recently
passed away and she just wanted it out of her garage. I was able to
talk her down to $2500. The car had the original Nissan Motor keys,
owner's manual, and service records!!! Only 60,000 original miles. It
wasn't running but a new battery, spark plugs and gas fixed that. I
had it towed from Boulder to Highlands Ranch (thank god for AAA) and
had it running in about an hour and a half.
Here it is the second day. Look at the paint! After washing and
buffing/waxing it still has some gloss in it!
I immediately started ordering parts for it ::driver::
Here is the spoiler I put on it:
I also ordered fender flares and a front vented air dam:
I'm waiting to put the fender flares on for when I have my wheels. And here's a little teaser of what's to come:
I put my front air dam on. It looks pretty good for a quick rattle can
job. You can tell it's not the same as the original paint because its
WHITE and the car is off white from age.
My engine showed up a few days later.
I took the engine to a buddies shop in Sedalia, which is about 20-30
minutes south of where I live in Littleton. I had originally planned
on doing the swap there, but I decided against it. So there my engine
sat for the last two months. My girlfriend bought a house in august,
and closed the 1st of September, so we had our hands full with fixing
it up. (Thanks obama :doh: ) After it sat for two months I decided to
move it to our house. The day before I was bored at work and looking
for a transmission. You can use the 300ZX transmission if you bolt the
RB front half of the bell housing to it. I found a great deal just by
luck and called the guy immediately. The next day I had a 1992 JDM
300ZX TT transmission sitting in my garage.
And then the fun began. Seeing as how many people can be shady about
JDM parts, I decided I'm going to give this engine a nice refresh. New
piston rings, bearings, gaskets all around, hone, etc. I started
tearing into it and at first thought I was in way over my head. I had
never worked on anything Nissan before, let alone a GTR engine!
RB26 Bitches!
After working on it over the weekend/today here is how the engine sits
right now.
The right side is much dirtier...
This weekend I plan on pulling the head, rods/pistons, and crank out
to take the engine/crank to a machine shop.
Oh, and since I <3 JDM ish (fan boi?) here are the badges I have for
"her"