280z that replaced the TT

[itwillboost]

Originally Posted by makaofox

^ Yea newark is just dow the street from me lol. I live smack dab in the middle bordering newark, elizabeth and union. Mini meet soon to come, once I have it all done. I'll post it up soon hopefully next week or the following we can do it. Alot of people want to have a meet.

I sold my panasports to a guy in cali that put them on his 240z. He restored them, they look brand new! I would have loved to keep them but they were way to small. The xxr gives me a bit more space, but im browsing for 17in wheels now. Have my eyes on 5-zigen fn01rc.

Almost bought the fn01rc's for my car awhile back lol. They would look good on your car. Only reason I didn't get them was because I was broke. Btw I am working on a meet for September and the end of the year Nissan Meet now.

[makaofox]

Yea I told jas ill buy his off the silvia.I think those were 17x9 all around.

Nice let me know when the date is so I can post on my group.

[makaofox]

Well now that work is over and the semester is also over, I can get back to working on the z some more.

Havent done much with the z, started the car up yesterday and has a lumpy idle. At times it jumps 300-500 rpm for a sec then dies down. With a faulty tach not sure how low it dips. Im sure once I drive it on a daily basis it will iron out. But I ordered new NGK spark plug wires, and that should come in on the 27th. Going to order cap and rotor as well, just to be safe.

Had some spare time and I was sick and tired of hitting my head on the roll cage. So I cut it out and just left the rear hoop. Eventually im thinking about adding a 1 3/4in piping for the upper roof but angle it at a height that wont bonk my head and possibly run the rest of the cage through the dash.

Also had some difficulty with a front sway bar that came with the car. Since it came with the car and not on the car, I have no clue if its even for the z. So I purchased a Summit racing sway bar for $194 and should get that on the 27th as well. Im probably going to scrap the old sway bar since its aluminum, but wasted $20 on 28mm bushings :/





So cut it all out and shed some SERIOUS weight. And then proceeded to unbolt the rest of the cage to grind it down and repaint it.





All Done and reinstalled. SO much more room.

Confusing sway bar


Looks more of a rear than a front, so ive been told.

Browsing around and a possible idea for a diff mount to prevent clunking. Since ill have extra sway bar endlink bushings, im definitely going to try this mod.


And me clowing around I want to have a beanie that says this. I already have a place that might be able to do it, just waiting on a price. Guess after the holidays.


Datsun
Sun: "Oh stop it you"

Just something to look it, older pics from november:




^ Notice it says my name ;) I always get a kick out of it lol.


^ Fixed the exhaust also, it has MUCH better fitment now.

Thats all for now until I get my parts in next week, then more current pics of the z.

Also forgot to mention my locks all work now! Went to a locksmith and he was an awesome dude! Took out my hatch lock, gave it to him $26 and boom done. But had a difficulty that the door locks have an extra tumbler. No biggie, 5min with the door locks and boom he did it again. Now I have proper working locks, and windows that roll up with my pinky :thumbsup:

[makaofox]

Been awhile since my last update. Brought a working tachometer for the z and that greatly helped getting the z running properly. I had a timing issue, which wasnt that hard to fix. Got the car registered and on the road about 2 weeks ago. Has 125miles on it already....and then slave cylinder took a poop on me and left me about 10min from my house. Had to get towed and actually had parts in the trunk to repair it. But the part is a cheapo slave and just slapped it on to drive it briefly. I ordered a Stainless steel clutch line hose for $25, a slave cylinder with a 5year warranty for $30 and purchased 2 new front 91 4runner v6 calipers since mine started to leaak. Adjusted the push rod on my booster since the wilwood mc is different from stock and drive the car around the block again first time today. WOW what a HUGE difference that adjustment to the brakes made. I stop on a DIME now, its awesome!

After driving it for 125mi the car handles and feels great so far. Welded diff is interesting at times lol, but feels really good and I even think im getting about 18mpg even with all the breakin driving and no emissions crap.

[DriftCrash]

Looks damn good now, think I gonna copy you a bit with the euro tails and the xxr's really liking the look. Just gotta have the time and money for mine now lol

[zmainiac]

Nice Z. First time that i have really read this post and its sweet that you saved another one. You don't need a lot of power in these to make them pretty fast. a 280zxt setup with a t3/t4 60 and a megasquirt or chipped ecu could make 400 whp. my buddy did a ls1 swap and keep it basically stock and loved it. got 28 mpg on 87, ran a 12.3 at the track and could road coarse the hell out of it. I hope to see it in person this year as me and my z will be out a lot more. I want to do something like this but cant ever find a non rusted out chassis these days.

[makaofox]

Originally Posted by DriftCrash

Looks damn good now, think I gonna copy you a bit with the euro tails and the xxr's really liking the look. Just gotta have the time and money for mine now lol

Lol yea no biggie copy away. I plan to sell the xxr's to go bigger, 15's are way too small for my set up lol. Euro tails I got lucky, but you put an ad and hopefully get some good deals.

Originally Posted by zmainiac

Nice Z. First time that i have really read this post and its sweet that you saved another one. You don't need a lot of power in these to make them pretty fast. a 280zxt setup with a t3/t4 60 and a megasquirt or chipped ecu could make 400 whp. my buddy did a ls1 swap and keep it basically stock and loved it. got 28 mpg on 87, ran a 12.3 at the track and could road coarse the hell out of it. I hope to see it in person this year as me and my z will be out a lot more. I want to do something like this but cant ever find a non rusted out chassis these days.

Nice brian! Cant wait to see the monster z! But Yea its so light power isnt needed. I plan on doing a VQ35 swap down the line. After I enjoyed this motor. Look for a western s30, ca, az, tx or even ga. Pa has some hidden gems too.

[makaofox]

Went for a photoshoot last week! The z now has front flares but the weather was too nice and I was given a 50mm as a gift from my gf so I hada do a shoot! ;) I will do another soon with the front flares, rear bumper, adjusted mirrors and different turn signals. Currently she is running great and starting to think of boosting it.










^my favorite one