Ricky Ricer's 240Z Build!

[Ricky Ricer]

Hey guys,

I copy pasted this to here. Let me start by saying that I am not a

mechanic. I do this as a hobby and this entire build is a learning

experience. I am diving in headfirst on it with guns drawn :pedo: I'm going to use this thread to document the build of my new to me 240z. Here is the car the day after I bought it. I found it on Craiglist for

$3250. An old lady was selling the car. Her husband had recently

passed away and she just wanted it out of her garage. I was able to

talk her down to $2500. The car had the original Nissan Motor keys,

owner's manual, and service records!!! Only 60,000 original miles. It

wasn't running but a new battery, spark plugs and gas fixed that. I

had it towed from Boulder to Highlands Ranch (thank god for AAA) and

had it running in about an hour and a half.

Here it is the second day. Look at the paint! After washing and

buffing/waxing it still has some gloss in it!

I immediately started ordering parts for it ::driver::

Here is the spoiler I put on it:

I also ordered fender flares and a front vented air dam:

I'm waiting to put the fender flares on for when I have my wheels. And here's a little teaser of what's to come:

I put my front air dam on. It looks pretty good for a quick rattle can

job. You can tell it's not the same as the original paint because its

WHITE and the car is off white from age.

My engine showed up a few days later.

I took the engine to a buddies shop in Sedalia, which is about 20-30

minutes south of where I live in Littleton. I had originally planned

on doing the swap there, but I decided against it. So there my engine

sat for the last two months. My girlfriend bought a house in august,

and closed the 1st of September, so we had our hands full with fixing

it up. (Thanks obama :doh: ) After it sat for two months I decided to

move it to our house. The day before I was bored at work and looking

for a transmission. You can use the 300ZX transmission if you bolt the

RB front half of the bell housing to it. I found a great deal just by

luck and called the guy immediately. The next day I had a 1992 JDM

300ZX TT transmission sitting in my garage.

And then the fun began. Seeing as how many people can be shady about

JDM parts, I decided I'm going to give this engine a nice refresh. New

piston rings, bearings, gaskets all around, hone, etc. I started

tearing into it and at first thought I was in way over my head. I had

never worked on anything Nissan before, let alone a GTR engine!

RB26 Bitches!

After working on it over the weekend/today here is how the engine sits

right now.

The right side is much dirtier...

This weekend I plan on pulling the head, rods/pistons, and crank out

to take the engine/crank to a machine shop.

Oh, and since I <3 JDM ish (fan boi?) here are the badges I have for

"her"

[Ricky Ricer]

Not really an update, but I picked up my plates a couple weeks ago.

 

 

Probably won't be spending much time on the car in the near future. I've got a two week trip to Japan planned in July. My GF and I are going, she's never been and it's my 9th or 10th time going. I'm pretty excited!