Beau M Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 I finally have started assembling the engine for my Z. Because its an American engine in a Japanese car, I figured I would acknowledge that fact and paint the engine red/white/blue. What do you think so far? Be gentle. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 302? Lots of power and very light casting. Quote Link to comment
Beau M Posted November 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 Yep, its a 302. The block is an 86 so its a HO with the roller lifters and stuff. The pistons have been swapped with forged units from a '90 stang. The heads are GT40p's from a 2000 explorer I raped in the junkyard. Converted to carb for simplicity during the swap. I have been working on it for 6 months or so now, whenever time and money allows. It is a very budget minded build. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 I like it :D Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 Are you sure that American 302 isn't a Windsor from Canada? Quote Link to comment
Beau M Posted November 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 If it was made in Canada, it would be whittled from a stump of wood right? Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 nice motor. cant wait to start tearing into my 5.0 in the Marquis. and i want to do the explorer top end as well. Quote Link to comment
nismo dr Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 :lol: If it was made in Canada, it would be whittled from a stump of wood right? Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 :lol: x2 :lol: Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 X3..... wait, yeah I guess so. I have a wooden shotgun and a wooden air bag I made for my 620.:) Quote Link to comment
RoadRace Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 If it was made in Canada, it would be whittled from a stump of wood right? Yeah, i used to work at the Beaver Farm that made those. we have Beaver Farms as a Federal "Make Work" project to clear more land for hockey rinks and Tim Hortons Donuts stores, eh. we had a hard time finding enough stumps for the beavers to keep busy, but its all good, they just ate more donuts on break and then played hockey. Quote Link to comment
hacked521 Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 too bad its not a chevy, well i guess it wont much matter since its still a v-8...very cool dude, nice project i wanna see some burnout videos of this thing when its put together. Quote Link to comment
MAG58 Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Yeah, i used to work at the Beaver Farm that made those. we have Beaver Farms as a Federal "Make Work" project to clear more land for hockey rinks and Tim Hortons Donuts stores, eh. we had a hard time finding enough stumps for the beavers to keep busy, but its all good, they just ate more donuts on break and then played hockey. :lol: Quote Link to comment
elmerfudpucker Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 If you come near Tacoma, please let me know, I would love to see it! Quote Link to comment
freaky510 Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 too bad its not a chevy, well i guess it wont much matter since its still a v-8...very cool dude, nice project i wanna see some burnout videos of this thing when its put together. why so he can pay twice as much for parts and have half the power :eek: ford power nice i got a 351w and have been thinking about dropping it in a truck for fun:lol::lol: love the colors, what carb are you going to run?? Quote Link to comment
RoadRace Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 (edited) why so he can pay twice as much for parts and have half the power :eek: ford power nice i got a 351w and have been thinking about dropping it in a truck for fun:lol::lol: Ford Chevy, Coke Pepsi - whats the difference? I put a 455 Buick in my 280Z, ran 12.1 at 114 on garbage 245-60-14 dunlops, great car, had lots of fun, the most fun was letting people guess at what the motor was! do you think the driver of the car your beside you is thinking "he should have put a .... in there" no, he's thinking about WTF is going on because all he can see are Z tail lights. the ford makes more sense because the distributor is at the front, making for an easy setback - thats one of the reasons i put the Buick in my car, that and the fact the 455 only weighs 35 lbs more than a SBC. The 5.0 oem headers should fit ok in the Z as well, cutting the cost down. gonna be lots of fun when its done! Edited December 1, 2009 by RoadRace grammar - i wish more people cared about grammar like i do... Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 That's a nice Canadian motor, made in Windsor Ontario. But still the red white and blue colors are appopriate as they are the Datsun colors: Quote Link to comment
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