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Manuel's NA 240Z (tons of pictures)


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Well I've finally dug into this unnamed project.

Most of you know I got this 11/72 240Z for a steal from a guy who had no idea what he had. When I first saw the car it was busted up, would barely run , and in tons of pieces. I towed it to a nearby relatives house the next day. I threw brake pads on the front and charged the battery. A little gas and it fired up. NONE of the electrical worked not even the brake lights. It ran off battery power only because the Alt was not working. I then drove it 40 miles to the dealership where I work.

 

The car as I got it:

L28 flat top block

E31 L24 head

Triple Mikuni 44's

4 Speed

Aftermarket rear sway bar

Horrible wiring

Not a lot of rust surprisingly

And the rest was old and stock.

 

When I brought it to the dealership (its current home)

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Videos of the first day after juspstarting it

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A couple in the shop

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Starting the teardown

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Motor out man I wish it was this easy on all Nissans

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WOOPS notice anything

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I love this machine

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This is the rust (besides the doglegs)

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The plans now are:

 

 

ENGINE

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Larger valves

Good cam

Port

Turbo head bolts

Race oil pan

Rotating assy. balance

Block refresh (rings, bearings)

LD28 main bolts

Aluminum radiator

All on the E31 head and my low mileage 83 zx flat top block

 

 

 

BODY + SUSPENSION

Rust repair

Color change

Lots of POR15

Full EZ2WIRE kit

Hopefully all AZC suspension

CV shafts and LSD

Toyota front brakes and ZX rears

 

When finished it will have between 10.8 and 11.6:1 cr and 4 sticky tires to run wheel to wheel hopefully in "pro-auto"

 

This is the beginning of a long haul project but I love it

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