YoBrother Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Very nice. I think its smart to do a little at a time. Take some fix it, put it back. I see to many projects where people just disassemble everything. It becomes too much for some people and they never get it back together. I mean, if you have the skill, time, organization, and tenacity, full disassembly\reassembly is fine. But life gets in the way for most people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 It DOES get overwhelming. I changed my focus to "just a driver"....and "build it for me", as the scope of the project and the cost would have skyrocketed if I tried to maker it "like new". I had to do it, as it was getting stressful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57GMC Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 As a rolling driver you will keep fixing and repairing and before you know it you will have it like new.. Good job.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 On 8/6/2021 at 2:40 PM, YoBrother said: Very nice. I think its smart to do a little at a time. Take some fix it, put it back. I see to many projects where people just disassemble everything. It becomes too much for some people and they never get it back together. I mean, if you have the skill, time, organization, and tenacity, full disassembly\reassembly is fine. But life gets in the way for most people. What I am doing right now is what I call my "firewall forward" project. Literally concentrating on the firewall forward, and luckily I have a good grip on it. Big job left is both front struts, they are coming out, and getting new inserts and sprigns, painted all up and then the lower arms and everything sanded up and painted....already have new ball joints and new end links for the rack and pinion steering....everything there all cleaned up and re-assembled. That is the big job left on "firewall forward". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 12 hours ago, 57GMC said: As a rolling driver you will keep fixing and repairing and before you know it you will have it like new.. Good job.. thanks. one step at a time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57GMC Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 11 hours ago, A to Z said: What I am doing right now is what I call my "firewall forward" project. Literally concentrating on the firewall forward, and luckily I have a good grip on it. Big job left is both front struts, they are coming out, and getting new inserts and sprigns, painted all up and then the lower arms and everything sanded up and painted....already have new ball joints and new end links for the rack and pinion steering....everything there all cleaned up and re-assembled. That is the big job left on "firewall forward". Very nice, are you going to upgrade anything like poly bushings etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 maybe later. There are a couple of bushings that are shot and I got rubber to replace them. I want it cruise nice on the street.......do you think the Poly's might make ride it too rough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 August 9, 2021, I got a few more things done today. Opened up the box for my MSA exhaust system. All of the bends are mandrel bends instead of muffler shop crimped bends', and it comes with a Walker performance muffler and a chrome tip. The 2 into 1 manifold extension is really nice I think. I painted it with 1200 degree temp flat black and install it. Then I adjusted my hood to close correctly and used a variety of sandpaper gits to sand the top if it down along with the top of the cowl and the top of the fenders and headlight buckets. the front of the hood gave me another unknown spot of bondo, but it is a thin coat. As you can see I gave it a coat of filler primer, and I will need to block the area a bit before color coat and clear. After wiping that down with a wet rag, I went ahead and pulled the horns apart and painted them, and sanded down the grille and painted it as well. before stopping for the day, I sanded out the edge of my wheels, which all 4 had minor road rash, as well as sanded down the backs of them, so they are ready for new tires. Afterward, I will polish them back out. I found that using my orbital sander with 60 grit paper, I was able to lay the rim on my lap and just run the sander around in a circle until the edge was clean and back to new looking. Then I went over the area again with 1000 grit to smooth out all the scratches and make it smooth. Here are some pics of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57GMC Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 On 8/9/2021 at 11:15 PM, A to Z said: maybe later. There are a couple of bushings that are shot and I got rubber to replace them. I want it cruise nice on the street.......do you think the Poly's might make ride it too rough? It will make it more firm.. I like them as it might compensate for all the years of wear and get it closer to new original quick response steering etc... Your choice.. Can always change it out later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 8-12-2021. Knick knacks day. All the little things you ignore to get the big stuff done.....well, I decided it was time to get them done. In doing so, I went ahead and dropped in some new NGK plugs, and a set of Taylor spark plug wires that are meant to be custom cut to length. There is a video on YouTube of a guy doing it to his Z car, and after watching it, I went to Amazon and bought the plugs and the tool for 30 bucks or so to do the job. After more Knick knacks I put the grill in and it was dark. Here are a few pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 the grille is in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyce_mor Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 The progress looks amazing, I am excited to see how this build will turn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 oh....thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 I snapped a quick pic today of the grille in the light. Everybody is blackening theirs out, I wanted a bright grille! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoBrother Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Looks great. I like the way you routed the spark plug wires around the front instead of over the valve cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57GMC Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 5 hours ago, YoBrother said: Looks great. I like the way you routed the spark plug wires around the front instead of over the valve cover. 5 hours ago, YoBrother said: Looks great. I like the way you routed the spark plug wires around the front instead of over the valve cover. More room down the road for the Turbo piping.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 Somedays, you just can't seem to make any headway on the Z car. Today was one of those days. I managed to get most of the MSA exhaust on.....the center pipe has to be turned 90 degrees. I located the source of my starting woes, the Neutral Safety Switch and fixed it.....I got my headlights in, but they need some more work.....I'm, telling ya, today it really fought me on everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 previous owner unplugged the wires looking for the issue....never plugged them back in...took me all of 1 minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 Halo bright and Halo Amber are going to be on toggle switches under dash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A to Z Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 headlights coming around, need a little bit more work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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