Poundz9oh9 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Before: Latest "during" pics, right before I put her into storage for a while. More pics here: http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m22/poundz9oh9/Z Car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arif Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Before: Latest "during" pics, right before I put her into storage for a while. More pics here: http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m22/poundz9oh9/Z Car Put her away for the winter? San Antonio doesn't have winters. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OilKiller Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 (edited) I just pulled mine out for the winter to work on it! Very nice Z by the way. I hope to be hitting the SA roads in about a year with mine. Edited November 24, 2013 by OilKiller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelsonian Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Arif, The car is looking great! What width tire are you running on the rears? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arif Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Arif, The car is looking great! What width tire are you running on the rears? Nelsonian that's Poundz9oh9's car. I agree it does look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelsonian Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Doh! I should have put a little more effort into looking before posting. I think the Rota's look so right for the s30 chassis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_3 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Before: After: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenState Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Maine plates?! We need to have some kind of a classic New England Z meeting/drive next year. There might only be like 12 of us, but hey, it's a start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol doc gully Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 R_3 what exhaust is that? Looks very clean and well suited to the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clocker Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 This is a '77 280z that my friend Sigfrid and I are working on. An ex-Arizona car, it sat for 7 years before we picked it up. This is what she looked like on day one: And now: We're getting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zster Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Here is mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Infidel Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquick260 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Here is mine That is an awesome car. So understated but over the top. Like to see more pics of the interior! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDgoods Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) Edited December 3, 2013 by SDgoods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceVance Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I love how you used banjo fittings on the valve cover and fuel rail. Very 'OEMish' level of fit and finish you've achieved. Few Questions: 1.) What is the chrome pipe on the spark side of the head? 2.) How is the line off the valve cover plumbed (catch can, A/O sep., direct to mani, etc)? What about the block port? 3.) I see a dizzy but the spark plug cables don't go to it,what's going on there? 4.) Did you make the hardlines lines yourself? Couldn't find a build thread, but I'd love to see all that you've done if you have one (the brake MC resivoir raises more questions than I'm willing to ask in a picture centered thread)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol doc gully Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 ^ He has many more pictures in the photobucket album those pictures link to that answer some of those questions. Incredible work there, such attention to detail, I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clocker Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I love how you used banjo fittings on the valve cover and fuel rail. Very 'OEMish' level of fit and finish you've achieved. Few Questions: 1.) What is the chrome pipe on the spark side of the head? 2.) How is the line off the valve cover plumbed (catch can, A/O sep., direct to mani, etc)? What about the block port? 3.) I see a dizzy but the spark plug cables don't go to it,what's going on there? 4.) Did you make the hardlines lines yourself? Couldn't find a build thread, but I'd love to see all that you've done if you have one (the brake MC resivoir raises more questions than I'm willing to ask in a picture centered thread)! Thanks, an optimised OEM look was what I wanted. The banjos are a particular fetish of mine, way more work than plumbing fittings but I like 'em. After grinding down the unused bosses on the valve cover, I bored out the stock breather hole (I never did figure out what thread it was...) and pressed in a plug tapped for 16mm x 1.5. The fitting on the cover was part of a power steering hose from an Audi, the one on the fuel rail is from a Jaguar. The chrome pipe is plumbing stuff from Ace. I machined spacers/connectors from delrin to connect the tubes. The spark plug wires run through it. The distributor is a 280ZX part and the wires will go to it as normal, I just haven't finished making them yet. The throttle body is a 60mm 240SX cable operated unit. I made the spacer from delrin and incorporated the throttle cable stop/bracket into the design. The cable is a shortened Toyota part. I put a bung on the intake mouth of the throttle body and the valve cover is fed from there. It's basically a simplified version of the original system. Because I already had the feed to the valve cover handled, I didn't need a bung on the rubber AFM coupler, so this one is a plain jane replacement from a SAAB. The AFM is from a S5 Mazda RX-7. The brake booster/MC are 280ZX parts. I was unaware of the oddball booster/firewall bolt pattern and my normal preferred upgrades don't work, so this was the next best option. I'll probably build an unboosted twin MC system after we get her running and sorted out. Now that most of the major components are in place, wiring will begin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPN_Garage Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 (edited) Done with the build now to start the 260Z Edited December 5, 2013 by shakotan_culture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~KnuckleDuster~ Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Done with the build now to start the 260Z Saw it on ebay then listing was ended early. What's the story? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicArtist Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Some dude took some cool pictures at CCM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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