Arrace Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Hey guys, just wanting to share my 84 z31 that I'm throwing a sbc into. There's a huge story about me getting this car, bought it off ebay at the age of 18 so you know how that goes. Previous owner stated the oil pump went out, found out that oil pump still pumped like a champ but he never checked the oil. When I hauled it back home from Michigan (8 hour road trip) I checked the oil and had found out that the dipstick was bone dry. Ended up purchasing some of autozone's special cheap discount oil and dumped it in shortly after tightening the drain plug. Found out the drainplug was finger tight which I was surprised that it hadn't come out from the bumps hauling it back. Turns out the motor was going to be locked up anytime (kinda guessed from what the issue was thought to be) this is how it sounded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeHyT1FUtIw Got to drive it for 2 and a half miles. Pulled out of my lane and got up to speed, ended up going around a corner and slipping the clutch while grabbing second and there was a loud bang. Found out later that it ended up throwing a rod through the bottom of the pan. Gonna make a nice coffee table! Ended up trying to swap a VG30ET into it but I had a bad computer so I figured I would test fit the small block. We had this puppy laying up in some interlake steel racks in the shed. After finding out that it would fit I decided I would go with a swap to the small block. Anyways I haven't been taking enough photos but I'm going to go back and start taking some so I can get a decent build thread going on here. Especially since there's only been like 2 z31 swaps that I could find on here. The point I'm at now is I have a 350 mounted in with a 4 speed saginaw that I'm hoping can last until I find a replacement (would like to go for a T56). I've purchased the Taurus fan and made up a fan shroud as well. Haven't yet got those mounted in but I'm hoping to get them in this weekend. Here are some pictures of the build so far. http://imgur.com/a/Og317 Hopefully this isn't posted as a mess, let me know if you need anymore information or have any questions about my build. other than my drive to michigan for a car that didn't run... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domzs Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Nice ! Why not LS1 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrace Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Nice ! Why not LS1 ? Small block was free, already had one. I'm pretty sure its a 383 but my dad can't remember if he sold the one with the bigger crank or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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