terse Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Loving your updates. Mind I ask you how much it cost to seal your gas tank... and cost of plating parts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattMatthewZ Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 Thanks. The place charged me $150 for the tank. The plating ended up costing me a couple hundred. I ended up making 2 trips, if I did everything at once it would've been cheaper because they charge by the batch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattMatthewZ Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) New brake booster painted black and installed with new master cylinder. Also installed misc brake lines. Edited February 5, 2015 by MattMatthewZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookr68@gmail.com Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Incredible work I have the fever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 What did you use to paint your brake/ fuel lines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattMatthewZ Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 I had them powder coated. Its held up pretty good so far, there was one spot that chipped off while I was bending the fuel line putting it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattMatthewZ Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 (edited) After a much needed week long vacay in Maui, I'm back to work on the Z. I focused my attention on the lights and the rear area of the car.Pretty rough shape. Repainted the taillight panel in factory gunmetal Disassembled Cleaned housings Then polished the lenses. New foam gaskets. Installed new bulbs. Purchased some cleaner chrome bezels off Ebay. I still may get mine replated in the future. And.......Walahhh! On to the front turn signals. I purchased the 240Z turn signals off Ebay as well. I got them fairly cheap but they were rough. The lenses were in decent shape though. First I disassembled them and soaked everything in degreaser overnight. As you can see, it stripped the chrome off of reflector piece. So I got some chrome vinyl wrap and covered it. Turned out pretty good I think. Hopefully it holds up to the heat. Cleaned everything up and reassembled. Also polished up the lenses. Edited February 5, 2015 by MattMatthewZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattMatthewZ Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 (edited) I wasnt happy with the hatch seal that came in my Precision kit so I bought a NOS one. Installed my spoiler. Also put in my rear quarter windows.New rubber. Edited February 5, 2015 by MattMatthewZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 My favorite part of a project is when you can click the the ratchet back to righty tighty I've been following your thread since before I got my Z. Amazing project and detail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattMatthewZ Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 Agreed. Thanks for the compliment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattMatthewZ Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Started working more on the interior. Installed my rear strut housing covers. Didn't turn out too bad. Also test fit my rear cargo carpet piece. Looks nice but has bends in it that wont lay down flat. Hopefully they will eventually. Also refinished my steering wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattMatthewZ Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 I picked up my valve cover from the powder coater yesterday. Its red wrinkle coat but not as much wrinkle as I thought . Nice texture though. Also I got my passenger side regulator from a fellow forum member zKars. Good guy! Now I have 2 fully functioning doors. And I received my new center console from MSA. I took advantage of their free shipping over black friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattMatthewZ Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Motor finally showed up. L28 with N42 head 3.0L Stroker 89mm Cast Pistons L24 rods with ARP bolts Turbo oil pump 63DI 109 Hot B Cam Triple 45 DCOE Weber Carbs Port & Polished head Port matched intake 11:1 compression Dyno Sheet: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattMatthewZ Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 With the help of a couple friends and a few beers, I got the motor installed. Here's some pics. Headers and carbs dry fitted to see how they looked. I will need to trim a little off the intake manifold. I'll be replacing the valve cover soon, just need some new bolts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) Looking really nice! I'm impressed with the dyno pull. That's almost 80% more HP than the stock L28. Hopefully you have your gearing right to keep it in that power band. I was looking at that valve cover a bit askance when I saw you're comment about replacing it. A good polish on it would have it looking pretty nice. Edited January 11, 2015 by Phantom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattMatthewZ Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Got my valve cover on. Red powder coated and I sanded down the letters. I think it turned out good. Im not sure whats going on with my older pictures. I'll try and repost them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattMatthewZ Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 I "re-chromed" my door panel strips today. I bought some chrome vinyl wrap off Ebay and cut some strips and applied it with a heat gun. It turned out really nice. Heres what they looked like before, typical chrome peeled off exposing blue plastic. Much better.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zekialstone Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Where are all your pictures hosted? I'd like to see them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattMatthewZ Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 You can see the rest of the build here until I get it fixed. http://www.classiczcars.com/topic/49193-my-datsun-280z-rustoration/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grretc Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 HOLY CRAP! Those door panels turned out great!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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