mikey240z Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) I traded for this car when i was 18yrs old. It was running driving, i drove it for a few years, man it was fast, had 280zx block with 280z head with the tripple webor carb set up. well to make a log story short it broke down, and it got put in storage. "several times" life was not going my way and it got put on back burner till i could get on my feet again. 8yrs went by, then got a house with a garage "whew hoo" time to work on it again got it striped down going to do the body work and paint, then again life gets bad again. Move a few times, lost jobs, some college, kids, Well it gets put away back to storage "boo hoo". well 7 ys later here i am doing lots of reasearch to put a 302 sbf in. While im tryin to find a doner car "late model motor, fuel injected". Well i come across a 5.4 "whew hoo free doner truck" here is where i am today. Edited November 22, 2013 by mikey240z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey240z Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 Oops i made another thread gese can it be any more complicated to upload pictures to my first thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey240z Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) Day it came to new house all packed up Edited November 22, 2013 by mikey240z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280zfreak Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 that's about as rough as mine looked when i first got it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey240z Posted November 22, 2013 Author Share Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) Yea, its in rough shape now, its been moved, stored more than i got to drive it, but i hope to get alot done soon.time to finish stripping and get to blaster.will be posting more pics soon, these pic was about 4 months ago. Edited November 22, 2013 by mikey240z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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angelfdzp Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 I had a 3000gt 91 and i traded it for a 280z 76 i will never regret that lol.. im abot to be 24yo this december. this is my first project car and i really enjoy working on it... the Z is now running .. i have pics when i fist took it to my back yard the first thing i said was i want to make it a v8!! lol.. i live in the border of texas and coahuila mexico, i have the car in mexico when i drive it everybody stares at me and that makes me feel bad ass lol.. my Z is the only one that runs in this town of piedras negras, coahuila, theres like 3 more but they're not running... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelfdzp Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 this are the pictures that i took after i installed the v8 the car still looked rusty and in bad conditions.. thats the first day that my friends and i stated to work on it.. the old man with the oily clothe is a carburator master lol he knows everything bout carburated engines.. i've learned alot from him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelfdzp Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 this is how it is now ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey240z Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 (edited) That is cool. I can not wait to get mine finished, i just found a donor truck with a triton 5.4. I also found 2 more doner z cars and tons of new parts for cheap. Things are finally headed towards building this car, or maybe one of the other ones, which ever has least amount of rust, i wanna drive it again... Edited November 27, 2013 by mikey240z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey240z Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Well, its snowing outside. Had to cover the car up, and can give an update. 2 momths after i got my car home i was searching for a doner car for parts and i came across 2, one that has been partly restored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey240z Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) It came with a lot of new parts still going through to see what all is here Rust free rear fenders i hope will know after soda blast Little surface rust by the fuel door Head light buckets already painted i like the silver color Dash has cracks in it, not sure if i can find another one, but i know i dont Want to just cover it. does anyone know what material it is made of. ive read on A post that they used an epoxy, but they didnt say what kind it was? Floor pans look and feel solid Edited December 6, 2013 by mikey240z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey240z Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 I picked up this running and driving,for free, just had a 9 hour drive round trip to get it. Its going to be the heart a 5.4 triton f150 And the stripping of the endless wires, and electronics first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey240z Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Well, its started snowing today. now progress is stopped till it warms up or i finally get my shop i want... this is the way it is now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey240z Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Update: Today was a nice warm day, after 7 days of snow, i was able to go out and get some pics of my last car. I also was able to see what new parts came with the white and orange car. Factory ac? Wow...im impressed. . Battery box looks good. Here is some of the new parts that came with the cars Complete engine gasket set Stock Rotors and drums.. dont think ill be needing these since ill be upgrading brakes. Dont know why but somone cut the rear taillights in half from drivers side to passenger side. Here is the rest of it. As far as i can tell its all the weather striping for whole car, what a score.. Box of goodies..even some money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey240z Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 (edited) Update time, last 2 weeks have been nice weather so ive been busy. I found some old pictures of the teardown of the blue z. Here they are...well i guess ill keep trying it keeps telling me server error..hmm well i have been working on the white z also, found out thad it already has 12+8 front calipers installed on front. It also has i think it a 3\4 swaybar in the front. I got rims and tires switched so it now has matching tires all the way around. I made 2 good seats out of 4 bad seats, also I found out that the sound deadner on floors and transmission tunnel has been removed. I found out the frame is bent, it looks like it has been slid in to a curb because the passanger side frame is pushed in where i think is called the stability bar mounts to the frame. I also have been working on the truck removing parts, have front clip, bumper taken off and all the wires removed from the dash and dash it is gone "way more wires than i expected". I did have a nice conversation with a guy at archangel that asures me that what im doing is feasable and he can make the motor run with out all the extras kill switches "whew a load off my mind"..well thats all i can think of i hope what ever is wrong with hybridz servers gets fixed i really like this site... Edited March 9, 2014 by mikey240z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mikey240z Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Update time. Spring break is over, brother and sister in law came over and got alot accomplished. Truck is stripped.. motor,transmission is stabed in the z "oh yea". Here is some picture's of the fun.. Here is after dash removed Everything tagged,labeled, and cataloged Complete cab wiring harness removed Complete engine harness removed We removed the bed and the cab that was interesting... Then we removed the motor and transmission together and finished stripping the wiring harness off the frame that controlles fuel pump, fuel emmission canister, and tail lights the moment of truth will it fit?? It does just barely not much room left... Here is where we had to leave it.. Now the real fun begins motor and transmission mounts, wiring the whole car. Im going to use all the wiring harnesses to run everything even the lights.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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