Slow 75 280z Turbo Build Thread

[xxskcxx]

Hey hybridz

 i figured since its now getting colder up in mass and i figured theres not much i can do on my Z since im at college, id start my own build thread. I picked up a 75 280z back in may as a birthday present to myself i talked the guy down from $1500 to $800. i bought the car with 80,000 on the body and only minimal surface rust. There was no motor  in the car but the guy included a 79 zx that I've ended up adding a turbo to. Along with the motor the only thing that was in the car was seat and dash but when i got back from picking up the car it was packed full with boxes.

 

The day i went to see it

 

The front end was chemically stripped and the car was painted once

Home safe and sound

 

With my car home i got to work stripping the body down to bare metal and priming the entire car.

There was alittle bit of damage on the drivers rear quarter that i pulled the metal to get closest i could to original and then i used a light coat of body filler to get rid of the small dings.

 

The passenger side was in good shape besides right by the door

 

The front end was in pretty good shape

 

I did a little bit of sound deadening 

 

Once i finished most the body work and the massive 280z bumpers gone i got to work on the motor. i was a bit worried going into the motor since it appeared some  sort of an oil leak so i did most of the gaskets and got a new cam since mine snapped in half  but i fixed that and got some new spark plugs and replace the intake manifold off a turbo motor(not in pics) with injectors etc.

 

besides all the crap in the cylinders they were in great shape way better than i was expecting

 

so i cleaned out the cylinders and block then painted the block

 

i put everything back together and dropped it in

 

i picked up a stock turbo manifold off ebay that had been ceramic coated

 

i also picked up a small t3 garrett turbo that had zero shaft play but i didnt realize the wastgate had been welded so i had to buy a spacer with an external wastegate port but for $80 im not going to complain

 

i traded my old guitar for a set of brand new american racing steelies with adapters

 

Thats pretty much where im at with pictures the car is still model car status right now with me working diligently on trying to get it to start. i have the resistor delete with a 3ohm resistor coil and i have the distributor upgrade (which i think is why it may not be starting). i have Tokico 5022 F-R and im planning to pick up some illuminas after the holidays along with a new starter, alternator, distributor and a carpet kit.

 

ill update whenever some progress is made 

please leave some feedback/ suggestions 

Thanks for reading

Josh

Edited December 4, 2012 by xxskcxx

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Nice! It looks good, I'm excited to see those rims on it. I'm in school in Boston and can only work on my 75 280z on the weekends since it's up in NH. Hurray for slow, cold NE builds haha.

[xxskcxx]

Thanks! gotta love freezing your fingers off. i try to drive up sometimes and get work done but I've been putting most of my time into my daily getting it ready for the winter and making it a little faster haha.