urbancustomz280z Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 So about a year ago i came across this 280z and decided to buy it, since it was in great condition and well in price range. Little back ground on the car. Previous owner converted the l28e in it to carborated for some reason but couldnt get it to run right so sold it to me. Now i have started the rebuild back to fuel injection with megasquirt2 v3.57 and much much more. Ill try and post on here and keep this an updated thread but money is not on my side lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamo3 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Looks good progress! I have same '75 280z car too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbancustomz280z Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 Thanks i have some big plans for this build ive got a monster turbo sitting in the house just waiting to go on the car lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_han_solo Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 What did you do to fill the cracks in your dash? After they were filled did you just paint over them or recover the entire dash somehow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbancustomz280z Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 I used great stuff its a expanding foam for walls and house stuff. Then i just sand it down smooth and Im either going to use bumper repair like everyone else is or bondo then sand it smooth and paint it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbancustomz280z Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 well i am fianlly back with some updates 3 years later lol. sooooooo first off i had to quit my job get a new one then bought my first house and then got married within the last year so time to work on the z has been very limited lol but i do have some updates. first lets start with i gave up on the stock l28 and ripped it out as well as the trans and decided to redo the entire car so i stripped it completely in the process of sanding and all the super fun stuff lol and I run into a good amount of bondo on the hatch looks like I will either have to do some metal work or get a new hatch. so at the same time I was sanding and all that awesome stuff I decided to remove all the glass from the car and all was going great till I got to the windshield and decided to go at it myself. (not a good idea) I shattered it. and now for the big fun part. so when I decided to do away with the l28 I had to pick what I wanted to replace it. now all of my friends said to just LS swap it and I said no I don't want a big v8 in it I know its easy and fairly cheap but no. and as I thought more and more about it I decided that I wanted to stay in the family of Nissan/Datsun soooo I picked the RB25det swap. and yes I know one of the most popular swaps but I saw it as easily accessed info for questions I will have as I proceed on. so I ordered to engine and trans and just the other day got it in, and started to rip it apart to check things and to clean it up. also while I was at it why not through the big PTE 58/57 turbo on it ive had sitting around for so long. anddddddd that's where the updates stop now I am just waiting on funds to get the rear sump pan I need to mock it up for some engine and trans mounts then off to make her pretty with some fresh paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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