juggernautjoee Posted January 5 Author Share Posted January 5 Head is here. Now I need to figure out if I want to send this off to godzilla raceworks or find a local machine shop to do some work on it. Or does anyone have any other shops they recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juggernautjoee Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 (edited) Reached out to Z Car guy Cincinnati to get a reference on a machine shop near me to get the job done. Ordered some Schneider retainers, springs, and some seals. Going to send one of my extra turbo cams out to get a regrind as well. Also, a local guy reached out to me and sold me a toyota big front, and rear disk brake setup for $100. I couldn't pass up that deal. Guess that'll give me something to do while I wait for the machine work to be done. I'll just strip the brackets and rotors off and put them on my spindles. I've got coilovers already welded on mine. Edited February 7 by juggernautjoee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juggernautjoee Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 (edited) Attempted to put the brakes on the front, but the calipers were hitting the rotor. After thinking about it for a minute, I realized these came off a 240/early 260z. And my frankenstein car with the 280z sized front spindles need a different spacer. So I've got a set of those coming in soon. Edited February 16 by juggernautjoee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juggernautjoee Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 Front brakes mainly done. Had to put a 1/4in spacer to clear the caliper. Longer studs too. I probably could have just shaved the caliper down a bit with a file, but whatever. Starting on rears now. One of the calipers already has the ebrake bracket, one does not. I'll have to get one from a vendor. Got some longer studs and the same size spacer for the rears too. Also went ahead and grabbed a 1in Wilwood MC. Hopefully I can get this all squared away before the head comes back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juggernautjoee Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 Head is done. They had to take off .007 due to warping. Valve job and cleaned. New plugs etc.. Gotta finish up brakes then I get to tackle putting these timeserts in. Schneider springs and retainers installed. Still waiting on the regrind on that cam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juggernautjoee Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 (edited) Timeserts installed. Lifters installed. Cam came back from Schneider. Slowly coming together. Got the wildwood MC on. Going to bleed those brakes and fab something up for the ebrake cable too Edited March 12 by juggernautjoee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juggernautjoee Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 (edited) Brakes are done. Had to bend the ebrake bracket a bit to get it lined up properly, but it works. I bought a headgasket for a later model 280zx. Noticed that it blocked a lot of the coolant ports. I went down that rabbit hole of reading posts over the past 10+yrs on this site and multiple other ones. Some people saying they saw more heat in those center cylinders, others said "why would nissan do this without proper cause?". Others were saying nissan blocked the ports on purpose to make the engine run hotter to pass emissions. Some people had data to back it up, others had feelings lol. I'm making the call to use an earlier gasket with the coolant passages open. I was already planning on doing the cooling head mod as well. So now I'm waiting on that gasket to get the head on. Edited March 16 by juggernautjoee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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