skib Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 ok, so its about time I start this thing. this is my 1973 240Z and my daily driver. I bought my 240 from a guy in WA in Mar 08' it already had the header and 2.5in exhaust and 280z 5 speed swapped in and was running the original L24 with 3 screw round tops. it was mostly rust free and the batt tray and pass floor had already been replaced with new metal. the first day i had it i drove it around a little bit and about a 4 blocks from my house on the way home my clutch slave went out. lol so i was fixing things the first day. got everything situated and drive it regularly, it is my DD after all. i removed both bumpers and the rear louver. and did some selling and trading and got a pollished cam cover in the mix. i kept putting soda cans in my ash trey so decited to learn to fiberglass and made a cup holder to replace the ash tray, the cover closes over it and everything the the motor started going south on me and burning alot of oil. so bad in fact, i was pulled over for the smoke from when i hit the gas coming back form the JY: i was quoted about $800 to fix it and so i hit craigslist. i found a rebuilt L26 from a 260z that had been rear ended by a delivery truck for $200 i cleaned it up and gave it a new coat of blue paint and put all of my good/better parts from the 24 on it and got ready for a weekend garage swap. with me, my brother, and a rented cherry picker we swapped it in 2 days. not bad for my first swap i think :mrgreen: between that time and june i had a few little kinks, most of witch was bailed out of by HughDogZ, whom i owe a lot of thanks to in my Z progress. things like having roadster bowls on my carbs with bad floats, bent fan blade taking out the radiator, busted door handle, yaknow, the usual she then made an apperance at Canby, inside on sat and in the outside lot on sunday. [ya, thats me. somone snuck that pic in ] hangin out by the car on sunday a buddy i work with backed into my car, sweeeeet spot theres some timly gaps between eventfull things becuase of lack of money, i just turned 20 and im still in school and work so im not making a whole lot. i went out to the sat night drags at PIR and well.... long story short i had a crappy run and found this lovely little number floating around in my head after. FF>> i got that fixed and while it was down from repairs i rattled it black. i was tiered of the stripe and my primer patches i had all over it. with it just reattle canned for now i can paint w/e on it and now worry about it lol so it got a new hood emblem that i made i aslo shaved the pass side mirror... when i get my new mirrors they will be fender mount so the drivers will go as soon as i get the new ones on. [^ and ya, still havent fixed that dent] Hugh and I hangin out at the BBQ meet in the 'couve ok, so thats covered alot that iv done in the past few months and iv gotta get up for work in about 5 hours but theres plenty more to post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 ok so Iv been slackin and still dont have this updated. Iv since shaved my side marker lights, with the welding help of HughdogZ:icon14: still taking shape at the NWZ show n' shine thanks for the pic BRAAP! and made a LED hood emblem: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=138144&highlight=LED+hood+emblem Last week I picked up an L28et the tear down and cleaning is started to I can rebuild it. The blocks ready to go, cleaned, inspected and painted and I just need new rings, bearings, and gaskets and the bottom end will be ready. Ill have some pics of the motor on the stand a little later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 Heres some better pics. (ie. not from my crappy cell phone camera lol) Ill be ordering some ARP rod bolts, main bearing set, rod bearing set, piston rings and some gaskets next week hopefully. So then Ill be abel to get the bottom end together and move on to pulling the valves from the P90 so it can get a good cleaning, lap the valves, and some gasket matched porting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 meh, not much going on. New tires and bushings are taking priority over the L28et this paycheck and Im getting a set of ZX snowflakes I have in the shed blasted while Im at it losing the mangled 14's on there now. Ill post pics when there done... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Got the JY tires pulled off the snowflakes today and Ill be taking them and few other things down to the bead blaster monday hopfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted October 16, 2008 Author Share Posted October 16, 2008 Man, I hate waiting I want to see the snowflakes nice and clean and on the Z. I dropped the wheels, a valve cover and a timing chain cover off on monday. since Im posting again Id like to say thanks to everyone whos helped me along so far, Guys like HughdogZ, Reuel Mark, members of NorthWestZ, a ton of people here on Hybrid, Iv been reading Posts in the archives for about at year before I started this project, and Ill be reading many many more. Hugh(HughdogZ) and John(jgkurz) Im always extra inspired to get this turbo Z going strong when I see your Zs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted October 23, 2008 Author Share Posted October 23, 2008 :biggrin: got parts back from the blaster!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted October 23, 2008 Author Share Posted October 23, 2008 I have more Z goodies in the mail too [over 1,000 views, neat ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted October 24, 2008 Author Share Posted October 24, 2008 just another little update, wheels are clear coated and should have some nice new rubber on them by today the clear made the rougher aluminum turn out a little darker. un-expected, but I think it turned out nice [edit] and yes, my garage floor is red... Viper red to exact, result of my brothers 77 Nova project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 :biggrin::biggrin:finally! (just need some center caps) this is how I got them to the tire place to get them mounted lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 :biggrin:mailman came today! BRE spoiler I got from "240z!!!" mocked up ,just needs that crack fixed alum. fuel rail and 6 turbo injectors from "Rags" man I love getting parts in the mail, and gettings sweet deals to thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 whew, its been a little bit since I updated. Im still collecting turbo parts and Im nearly done. I have everything but the fuel pump, exhaust manifold, ARP rod bolts, main bearings, and piston rings. and then thos misc bits like hose clamps, a few bolts here and there ect. I also got bored and painted it again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 oh, and someone yanked my hood emblem, the backing gasket and all the LED's are still there, they just took the emblem thanks jerk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 well I havent updated this in a while but Iv been workin away in the garage Completed the L28et long block and did a last mock up theres some bits missing in that pic but its just a mock up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 5 days to D-Day I officially start tearing things down friday at 3pm and should have it done by the end of the week Iv had the car for almost exactly a year, 6 months of engine building, and 2 years of research here at hybridz are finally coming together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 ....... and so it has begun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 back under the knife... exhaust is off and trans and fuel lines coming out tonight. hoepfuly the motor can come out tomorrow if I can borrow a cherry picker, and I can start bending up the new fuel line and get that installed, clean up the trans and get that back in, clean the engine bay ect. its diiiiirrrty:shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 a little update: HughDogZ and Cheg came over to lend a hand and hang out, thanks guys well no need for much more explanation, Ill just let the pics do the talking.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skib Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 ok so I havent updated this in like 3 weeks, Iv been working away the whole time. so heres a few pics after nearly a month of snag after snag I fired it up for a few sec and shut it off (its late) and Ill be doing the break in tomorrow :mrgreen: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.