Nickanicus

Looking for a good L28E head in Orlando. You can PM me on here or call 772-559-4075 and let me know what you've got. Thanks Nick

Need one of these in working order. Let me know what you have. Thanks

I figured I'd report back. Decided to invest almost no money in the engine. New gaskets and seals, and toss it in... The thing runs fantastic. I've got a tiny bit of oil usage that's coming from the valve stems, but the bottom end is great. 190 psi across the board. Glad I chose the easy/cheap route!

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Someone decided it'd be fun to run into my 75' 280Z the other day and smashed the crap out of the tail light trim. I'm looking for the flat black and chrome pieces that go around the drivers side tail light. Let me know what you have, doesn't need to be perfect, I plan on painting it to match mine anyway. Thanks,

Hey guys, I usually don't have much to add here, but I dug through the catalogs at work (Advance Auto Parts) and found a part number that works great for duct tubing for behind the dash. Dorman #96002 (can be ordered from Advance, or google it... amazon.com even carries them!). I purchased two of these and was able to replace all my hoses. They fit the ducts nice and tight and make the small radius turns perfectly. I used zipties as a hose clamp of sorts, but it isn't really even necessary. Also, home depot has foam weatherstripping for around 4$ that I used to connect the blend door housing to the evap housing and evap housing to the vent system. I just reinstalled my dash after doing a similar job as the original poster here. I have great flow through the vents and no more nasty cigarette smell!

Any chance we can get a little more info on what year legacy? I'm really needing something for the hatch seal. Thanks!

Just as the title says, the rectangular piece of metal that goes around the shifter hole to hold down the boot. Thanks, -Nick

Looking for a pair of mirrors to put on my 75'. They need to be black since all the rest of the trim on my car is black. Bullet-style mirrors would be nice if someone has any of them laying around. Thanks, -Nick

Brought it home and started putting stuff back on it!

So we loaded it up and sent it to get painted... And now its one color! I'll pick it up Tuesday!

There are no stupid questions! Adressing the first post: I'm not sure if you mean what did I do with the distributor after converting to wasted spark, or how I did the wasted spark conversion... If its the former, I just used a freeze plug in the distributor hole to block it off. If its the latter, read up on Megasquirt, then PM me for some details. I HATE DISTRIBUTORS! Especially dealing with the trigger angle in Megatune. I'd much rather take the money for an MSD or some other CDI, and put it towards some 3000GT junkyard parts! With my setup, I'm not limited to the Ford EDIS rev limit, I can use all extra functions in megasquirt (rev limits, launch control, etc), I can control dwell, and best of all: if/when I go turbo, I don't have to make any hardware changes to my ignition system. Also, the 3000GT ignitor has a tachometer output, so I don't even have to build the Megasquirt tach output circuit (which works most of the time, at best). Not to mention the implicit increased spark energy!

I said bye this morning to my car... I should see it next week after its 1 color!

Once I had the engine working well, I pretty much began a strategy of working on interior and bodywork simultaneously. I'm not going to post a bunch of pics of the bodywork. Its boring and nothing to be that proud of. Instead, I'll post pics of my completed interior. You may recall that pic I posted in the first thread showing chaos in the interior. Blue seats, wires everywhere, household carpet, missing panels, etc. Well, this is the end result of the front of the dash area. I'm still working on things behind the seat, but the hard work is done: I posted those pics in the interior forum too. They're Nissan Pulsar seats of the late 80's vintage. Cheap automotive carpet that I cut myself. Overall I'm pretty happy with the inside. The bodywork required some basic surface rust repair in a few areas. Only a couple spots had actual rust-out damage. Mostly welded in sections and/or used fiberglass to repair flare damage. Again, I don't consider myself a bodywork fiend, so I'm not proud of it. The car is going in for its 20ft/20mph paint job this week. I'll post pics after I get it back...

...yes it is. The specs on the Megasquirt are pretty basic. I'm using a version 2.2 board that I put together myself. Glensgarage daughter card, Volvo s80t6 injectors, Pallnet fuel rail, crank sensor wheel & bracket from a board member on here (forget his user name), mitsubishi 3000gt ignition coils and module, AEM UEGO wideband and a Volvo TPS sensor. I also converted to dual electric fans that I let the megasquirt control. So yeah, the engine RUNS ok. It also SMOKES a LOT. Damnit. I ended up pulling the head off to find what had to be the worst cylinder wear on an engine I've ever seen. I didn't take any pictures, but its no wonder the engine smoked, and I'm surprised it even ran. I procured another engine from craigslist for 150$. It ended up being a low milage motor pulled from a 76' Z. Cool deal, just put new gaskets on it, swap all my current crap over, install, profit: I decided it looked good enough to skip any sort of rebuild on. If I'm going to rebuild a motor, I'd want to actually throw upgraded parts in it. I dont have the time or the money right now, so I let it go. The new engine runs well, and despite a little smoke from valve stem seals (which I plan on taking care of soon enough anyway), I'm happy with my decision.