Engine swapped '73 240z

[Dome]

Man, I'm so jealous on your project, keep it up

[Robitussin]

This thing is coming together so nicely

[hinrichs]

love it, headlight covers are badass

[aprophet13]

Saw a clean 280zx also in black/gold theme so had to take some twin (fraternal, I guess) pics


And saw a nice 280z so, of course, had to get some pics with that



Added some stripes on the driver side fender and I think I might redo them- maybe shift them forward a couple of inches. Idk, something looks off with them.

And I love how the headlight covers capture the light at night..

[Louis_D]

Love this car! The louvers and mirrors goes really well with the theme you're going with

can't wait to see what engine you're gonna take !

[philohlean]

Love the direction you've taken this thing man!

[aprophet13]

Went up to CSM and then down to hillsdale mall for some pictures.

Here's my friends' Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/5dc/18...n/photostream/







So, the official plan is install the Techno Toy Tuning arms/links ASAP
And I'm starting to save for/piece together a plan for an sbc 350/sbf 302 swap.
Not even my ideal motor choice.. but dirt cheap and even 200whp would be double stock out put so it should be fun- stay tuned folks!

[aprophet13]

Well finally got the 225/50r15's mounted on the SSR's- I'll have more pics tomorrow if I can actually get the damn things to fit on Naomi..

[aprophet13]

Here's where I'm at with the wheels:

got them mounted at some random tire shop on el camino- guy was super chill.




Planned on rolling the fenders and seeing how close I could get to fitting them but even after cranking on 1 fender for a while I saw minimal results.

I think I'll have to slit the inner fender skin and then I can actually roll/pull the outer lip- its not that far from fitting though.

I'm ordering ZG flares with my first pay check so this is just a temporary fix.

[aprophet13]

A few updates:

1) Motor developed a tick after sitting for ~4 months while I was away at school.

Finally got around to adjusting the valves and this is what I found..


Took the rocker arm off and there was NO lash pad on the valve spring retainer- the retainer itself was also gouged up. Ordered a new lash pad/retainer and should have it back on the road this week.

2) Fitting the wheels has been interesting:

Left off here-


Bent some shit-


Cut some shit-


And realized flares would basically be a necessity-


So I got to chopping-



Didn't want to wait for/pay for ZG flares that everyone runs, and I thought how hard could it be to make your own flares?

Cardboard template


Sheet metal cut out







The shape is pretty much where I want it. Gonna clean up the cuts on the inner fenders and grind the flares down so they're shaped better/smooth. Then just rattle can them black for now. Left a little gap since I plan on going lower so it should be pretty fitted.

It's coming along! Once the flares are black it should help to hide any imperfections as well, but THE WHEELS FIT!! Pretty exciting, and I managed to only spend ~$40- plus it looks a little more custom vs the standard ZG flares that IMO are a little played out.

Things left on list:

1) Repair valvetrain to hold me over for item 3
2) Suspension- new arms+links+lower
3) v8 swap- carb'd sbf/sbc done on the cheap with 200-250whp being the goal (double stock hp should be a handful)
4) Paint- dark purple with either gold or black accents

[aLaFleur]

Now I really want to build one of these... thanks, dick.

[SnazzyQ]

DIY FLARES YEEEEEEESSSSSSSS

I love this car so much

[Zeshin]

Sent you a message regarding your 240Z!

[12vsex]

Now i need to buy one

[crazylegs]

nice car!!! im jealous.

You live in sac? i used to live there before moving to NC