kidistight

Can you post a pic of your 73 footrest curious what it looks like.

Can one of the admins change my username from kidistight to TitanG545

Any idea what wheel size and offset in these pictures?

Well put them on, I want to see how they look.

The ideal goal of the car is somewhere in the 450 - 500HP range. Obviously a new paint job and a few carbon pieces sprinkled here and their. I never knew their was so much research and information to compare and decide on when aiming for that horsepower range. As I get more pictures I will be sure to come back and update you guys on this build because it will be a real mother I'm sure.

The guy selling the car had parts on top of parts that he was selling, extra parts for a 280, brand new intact dash for the 240. Radiator, FMIC for the RB, 2 transmissions, cherry picker, front and rear glass for a 280 and 240. I took it ALL and anything else not nailed down. We went up on a Saturday and came back that same Saturday, to say the drive home was a struggle, is an understatement. We hit snow in Ohio, insane strong winds, sleet, you name it I think we saw it. Finally got her home and parked in the garage I coordinated with the shop doing the work, and the engine work and rented a trailer again. I had a few hiccups when trying to get the car on the trailer by myself. Eventually my brother showed up and gave me a helping hand it was off to the shop the day before Thanksgiving.

Hey guys was skeptical in creating a build thread but after seeing such amazing transformations I just couldn't pass it up. Let me step back for a minute and explain how we got to this part. Rewind back to 2014, finally took ownership of a brand new 2014 Audi S5 Everything was great, fast forward 7 months and 4 days two kids street racing late at night, totaled my car and the lady next to me. Didn't want people to think I was the reckless one street racing. Being as how we were expecting our first daughter, I couldn't exactly go back to a coupe now could I. So my days of owning a nice coupe were over and I got a Tundra. Fast forward a few months later after my daughter was born, wouldn't you know we are expecting our second daughter. Dad's days of getting a nice new fast coupe are just getting further and further away. Then something incredible happens, my wife says whatever happened with that car you and my dad were looking at? Oh I just gave up on it, she says why you should get it if you want it. WHAT??? Married guys know wives don't give you the go ahead to go buy a car you want often, you better strike fast. So I immediately began looking for a Datsun 240z, every dark alley I found one the got bought just as fast. Finally I found this horrible lime green 240 all the way up in Madisson, Wisconsin. I am in Northern VA, just outside of DC. I called various transport companies and they wanted an arm and a leg since it is inoperable. I guess that means road trip, a good friend of mine hop in the Tundra and take a trailer up to Madison to go take a look at it. I was so excited I drove the 13.5 hours straight stopping only for food and gas. When we got there it wasn't nearly as bad as I had thought it would be for a northern vehicle. Rust, however no major rust spots where you could see through the vehicle. The reason I drove up to WI without any hesitation, RB25DET already in the vehicle The interior is alright, but I already had plans to redo it with a custom interior so I wasn't to worried about it. I just preferred everything to be around. The car was completely in pieces once I arrived so it really gave my friend a body shop guy an idea of how bad it is.

I saw the first post you made down in what looked to be the SPAWAR parking lot and had to follow this thread. I was born in San Diego so I couldn't pass up following this thread. I anxiously look forward to see what you have next planned.

Your build is not my style in the sense you are going so JDM. However the work you are doing and the attention to detail can not be overlooked. Great job. I almost don't want to start my build thread because of the rust I will find.

I really like those side mirrors, where did you get them?

Ness that looks NICE.

That sounds like a good, how about I give you the finger and you give me my one phone call. j/K Watching a little to much Matrix. That is a GREAT deal for what I am seeing them priced at new, let me know if that deal falls in your lap again. LOL

Ok, cool that puts me at ease, I would much rather pay more money for a newer item that I know is high quality than risk it on one that has been used quite a bit. I would probably check the reviews on the tires as well as look for the best quality, same for brakes. If Brembo is the best quality then I will wait a little longer to get them, just as an example. The value of me and the wife's life is worth much more than the extra nickle in my pocket, or else they might only find that nickle after the accident.

Maybe my question was poorly worded, the 14K that you spent so far on your car does the include the money you put down to buy the engine. Or does that raise your total cost up to 18, 500.

I know I am replying to an old topic, but in light of this thread does anyone know the widest tires we can get on our cars. I plan on taking my wife out in my Z and I would hate for something like this to happen when I am hoving around 65 - 70 mph.

Can I ask you what made you go with the LS3 over say the LS1?

Does that 14K include the cost of the engine as well?

Where did you spend the majority of your money then, and how much more do you have to go? I am not sure what swap I want to do, leaning towards a LS3 personally.

I was starting to wonder did the link get removed with all the people posting there email addresses. Does anyone know if there is a parts list for this swap, I am going to have the swap done but the guy doing it asks that I have all the necessary parts.

If someone wants respect then they need to give respect, approaching my car window with an attitude then you won't get any respect. You can call me a punk if you want, but it makes no difference to me I will continue to drive the way I do. Do you live in VA if not then your comment doesn't apply here, you drive the flow of the traffic not the speed limit. If the flow of the traffic is going 45 in a 35, then you drive 45 or get off the road. I also think you might want to read my previous posts in this thread before saying I am complaining, I was swapping stories with other people and telling them my dislike for many cops but not all of them. If you did read my previous posts I assume you think it is alright for a cop to run my plates while parked at a friends house, then when I come out to move my car you go speeding off. The cop takes the long way around of the street causing us to pass by each other again, I stop so that he sees I want to talk to him and drives right by. I suppose to you I wasn't giving him any respect and I was being a punk for wanting to ask him why he was running my plates, and why he decided to speed off when I am moving my car.

I was waiting for any minute a senior member to say just kidding or something along those lines.

I can see why you might take offense to what I said, but I specifically said that some are but not all. Is that still an incorrect statement, I mean if it wasn't then we wouldn't have so many dirty cops behind bars, right or wrong? I have had many bad incidents with cops, most of the time they are hassling me because I don't bend and cower behind them like everyone else. I will say again most cops are punks with badges but not all, I take every cop I come across like a grain of salt and let them display to me just what type of person they are. I have cop stories for days because of my attitude, getting paced for 3 miles while the cop waits for me to make a mistake. Then speeds off after everything comes back clear for my driving record and my insurance, if they want to protect and serve go look for leads on how to take care of gangs and drugs not someone obeying the speed limit or going 5 over the speed limit.

LMAO, dude these are some funny stories. I haven't gotten trouble in a Z before, but I do have some rather tame stories compared to all of these. First speeding ticket was 55 in a 35, everyone was piled up in the left lane so I take my moms 99 Grand Am and race past on the right. Officer walks out into my lane and signals me over. Second ticket, was trying to race from Bowling AFB in MD to my house in Northern VA. I got pulled over after cop was chasing me for 2 miles I believe. Officer mentioned I wasn't going to pull you over I was going after the silver car doing 80 something, but you passed him. I was doing 94 in a 55, license suspended for 6 months I believe, because officer told judge I smiled when he told me how fast I was going. I did manage to make it home in 8 minutes though. Third ticket 57 in a 35, same thing, everyone in left lane, so I get in right lane darn motorcycle cops sitting over there handing out tickets. License suspended 30 days again because of infraction while on probation Fourth ticket 65 in a 45, headed off to a job interview left late come around a corner darn patrol man just sitting in the median. License suspended again because of a U turn ticket I received on probation Fifth ticket 88 in a 55, leaving a girlfriends house in Charlotte, heading home to VA, officer sitting at in angle facing oncoming traffic between both sides of highway. He pulls out races after me, tells me to get out of the car, lets me know my license is suspended in VA, gives me a ticket. Received a warning for rearending some lady, she stopped suddenly for no reason and I didn't see it in time. I did no damage to her car messed up mines a bit 4 door Honda Civic. Officer basically said get the hell out of here NOW, I see you have a suspended license. That was the only break I have ever received from a officer and I owe him big. Week later literally to the day not paying attention look to my right look ahead of me ram the back of a Mercury Mountaineer. Hadn't taken care of everything regarding getting reinstated, go to trial, try to throw 30 days jail time at me, lawyer got it knocked down to 5 with 2 years on probation. I also totaled my 97 Nissan Altima, back then there was probably about a solid 2 year time frame where my license was suspended for the whole year. I had at last count about 20 accidents, 3 AT FAULT in 11 years. Had at one point +18 points on my license and about 15 tickets, these aren't badges of honor anymore, but bone head mistakes I made in the past. Now I drive a 05 545 as my daily driver and I don't push it past 10 over the speed limit unless I am following someone going faster than me. I get pulled over plenty of times because I don't back down from police, I am not going to go the speed limit and walk on egg shells because the police are there. I will go 5 over the speed limit, I have actually gotten pulled over because of this. Officer: You know why I pulled you over? Me: Because it is a slow night and you have nothing else to do. Officer: Excuse me. Wife: Jermaine don't give them a reason. Me: Sigh. I don't know why you pulled me over, why don't you tell me. Officer: Because you flew past me when I was on the right back there. Me: Oh ok. Officer: Here is your warning. Had another officer run my plates, for no reason at all, but speeds off when I walk out my house to drive off. Cops are punks with badges, not all of them but majority of them. Edit: I have been to traffic school every other year, I in fact know the lady by first name. Her comment to me last time is Jermaine, do you want to start teaching the class next time because you already know everything we teach. Again it's not a badge of honor to get a lot of tickets, but don't drive like you are scared of the police either when they are around.

For the most part can I download this document and use it as a template as to what all I need to buy. I have a place close by that will do the swap but they ask that I bring them all the parts, seeing as how I am at work and we aren't allowed to download ANYTHING I haven't looked at the document yet. I am just wondering if I go down the list and buy the majority of the stuff you bought, since I am planning on dropping in a LS3 instead.

I see there is a thread similar in the Body Kits & Paint section, I am not mechnically inclined by any means, I work with computers all day and come home to work with them again. I want to get the V8 engine swap but want to make sure there is a shop handling the swap that is familiar with it and can tell me all the pieces I need to buy ahead of time to save time. I was wondering if we could create a sticky of reputable shops with links to there website so say someone in California could come to the sticky and say, "Oh this shop has a lot of people praising it let me take my car here." Since I am in Northern VA from lurking around the forums I have heard there is a place in Tallahasse that does good SR20 conversions a place in Texas that does the V8 conversion as well as a handful in California.