A 280Z

A280Z · Post by **A280Z** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 12:13 pm

Andy wrote:Nice Job, careful with the reinstall, wouldn't want to scratch it.

You have just jinxed me Andy, engine will fall off the lifter now...

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 12:36 pm

pad the bugger up old blankets and bits of ply

A280Z · Post by **A280Z** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 7:27 am

Got the brake booster, MC and steering rack back in.

Brake lines installed

Cleaning up engine now.

marrow · Post by **marrow** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 10:48 pm

Looks great, pretty inspiring stuff. How did you guys get out on that runway?

A280Z · Post by **A280Z** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 8:11 am

marrow wrote:Looks great, pretty inspiring stuff. How did you guys get out on that runway?

That shoot was organised through the club.

mike260z · Post by **mike260z** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 8:37 am

Man that engine bay is looking fricken awesome!

A280Z · Post by **A280Z** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:36 am

mike260z wrote:Man that engine bay is looking fricken awesome!

Cheers bro, hows your car going?

HasMilk · Post by **HasMilk** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 11:40 am

That engine bay is so clean! Makes me want to cry :')

waidez · Post by **waidez** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 8:36 pm

That's it. I've made my mind up. I'm getting and S30 and I'll put in my RB30/25DET.

mike260z · Post by **mike260z** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 10:03 pm

A280Z wrote:
mike260z wrote:Man that engine bay is looking fricken awesome!
Cheers bro, hows your car going?

The interior is almost sorted , it is just getting a few cosmetic touch ups this week.

chrismx5 · Post by **chrismx5** » Wed Sep 03, 2014 9:45 am

I like this - I just read all pages! I want to keep reading more!

bernjean · Post by **bernjean** » Wed Sep 03, 2014 12:27 pm

I did the same with my engine bay 8 years ago, its really hard to keep clean, my car has brass air conditioning pipes and i even polished them but unfortunately they just dulled off again. I had all the pipes and fittings plated, looked fantastic but it has all lost its luster again.

A280Z · Post by **A280Z** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:48 am

Few small bits done. Brake lines finished off and bled. Couple of leaks due to my poor flare technique but got them sorted so hopefully done for good.

Fuel regulator mounted up and new hose made. I am moving to a carter electric pump from the old mechanical unit.

I wanted a strut brace for both the front and rear towers. Yea I know they probably do nothing but I figure anything must help the old S30 chassis...
Rather than buy one from overseas I thought I would have a crack at making one.

Scored a crusty old R33 one from the Tarde for next to nothing. Purple for extra awesomeness.

Proceeded to hack it to bits, weld some stuff and drill some holes. Then paint black to hide the horror.

And now I have something that resembles a brace.

I have one for the rear towers too that I have started working on. But I need to focus on actually getting the engine back in the car rather than this stupid stuff.

My motivation, some guy has been driving this thing....

A280Z · Post by **A280Z** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:52 am

Attempted to make the engine look a bit tidier.

Sent a few bits out to be re-plated, still waiting a some stuff to come back.

Painted block and a few other bits

Removed sump, stripped and painted then threw back on

With motor looking a bit better time for it to get back in the car

Replaced some small stuff like leaky oil pressure sender and exhaust studs as old ones were shot. Still waiting on a few parts so reassemble the carbs.

Mounted fan on radiator. Still need to get piping to plumb it in.

Trail fit the rangi strut brace I hacked together and it looks to clear everything ok

Start on wiring this week

Pedey · Post by **Pedey** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 8:25 pm

Looking sweet! Not going RB any more I see?