Nelsonian

Any one of these Victoria Secret models riding shotgun in the z.

My goal is to get a new accurate scale this weekend and then I can provide some aftermarket suspension/brake weights...

The photo of the dash is from the sr20det powered, Vildini motorsports shop car. They are the originators of the swap.I personally like the flow of it in an s30, as well as it allowing for more gauges once going with the turbo swap.

I will be using a Momo race airleather shift knob (presently have), and Momo race steering wheel (soon to get). I think the brushed aluminum accents will break up the sea of black nicely. I will also be swapping the 240sx dash and hopefully porsche 996 gauges( if I can make it work), or ultralite Autometer gauges. Dash photo for posible reference.

I did a little weight test of some parts and here are some of the results. Bear in mind that my scale is not to the ntthhh degree accurate. My stock '73 dash gutted, meaning without any gauges, wires, vents was roughly = 20.5 lbs My '90 240sx dash With vents, but (Without gauges, wires) = 12 lbs Aftermarket: Reaction Research "Subtle z" rear quarter panels (which bond over the cut, stock metal panels) weigh in at roughly 5 lbs. Hybridz vendor (Rayven14) fiberglass interior door panels (With my added tweeter hole and built up material) = 2.5 lbs I'm sure there is some fluctuation to my scale but this is what I came up with, and hope it helps some.

It's good to see you sourced a pair of buckles that work for you. After you first introduced this option to us here, I went and found a nice black set. Unfortunately the mounting spool that resides above and behind you did not fit with my rollbar setup. I will end up putting these up for sale and just use my retro belts, hopefully with a little hybridization of it's own. This has been nice and informative though.

^^ It's from a dimple die set.

"John’s quality is very good and he is a professional when it comes to customer service." I second this statement, as John more than went out of his way to help me with some extra attention that I wanted to give to my front fenders. He was in town on two different occasions, picked up, performed the work and later delivered these back to me. He has great products and even better customer service, great guy. I had him blend the headlight buckets and create a backing, or pocket for some bmw turn signals, so they don't just look like they are plopped on there. Wanted it to look as if it came from the factory that way.

Stony, Here is a nice build thread that was well photo documented awhile ago and titled "airport z". I contacted the owner about a year ago to check on it's current progress, but he ended up selling the car to someone in northern California. http://www.desertzassociation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=759

I stuck with the L series motor, because I scored a great deal on a rebuilt and warrantied (L28et) locally. My meager budget kept me in this engine line as opposed to a rb or 2jz swap. I intend to have a lot of fun with this engine one day

Looks like from the provided pics, you would be in for a lot of rust repair. Alot of time and energy/work if you can do the work yourself, even more $ spent if not,which I'm only stating the obvious. I must imagine that the bushings,hoses,etc, are in need of replacing as well being an original car. There are still plenty of other good candidates all over California, that I personally would pass on that one.

Try contacting Vildinimotorsport.com, they are a great bunch of guys who might be able to help you.

Welcome aboard, Looking forward to seeing progress on your build.

This might not be the cheapest route, but one of the more in depth complete options to eliminate any chances of more holes forming. http://www.gastankrenu.com/

231Z, Out of curiousity, what is the weight of those rims?

Another deciding factor comes into play if/when you want to change out the stock cam now or in the future, as the p90 will allow for this.

I was referred to this place locally, by a zcar friend. He had good luck with them. http://www.ababaqa.com/

I just stumbled onto this bad arse rotary powered s30 while viewing other z vids, very nice!

Since you are asking for opinions, I will pitch in mine. If I was at your stage and ready to paint, I would choose one of the blue's as you mentioned over red and keep it all one solid color. I'm not hating on the stripe or red color options as I like them as well, only as previously memtioned stripes need to be done right to pull it off. If you are thinking more along the red camp, the new cadillac cts offers a nice red color in their pallet. It's strange how hard it can become to decide on colors when it comes time for paint.

A few more to add. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HXvSsoYwio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-GcHNl2aiA

Yeah, sticky it indeed. I will end up going this route myself thanks to lumberjackj...

Is this in the ecology on Boyle Ave?

I will take a black with silver z. Just need to know payment info.

lumberjackj, You certainly have my attention here, as I have the Retro USA kit from MSA, but have yet to install or use. Would you elaborate on your experiences with the retro belt kit. I am only 5'8" and weigh a buck fifty so if I was to try your custom set up approach, I suppose there would be no issues for me, especially as I will be using a spal electric window kit. I'm liking this setup you have come up with.

You can put me down for one black anodised.