Intro

[Z Tyler Z]

So I've been browsing this forum for a couple months now and with Canby coming up I'd figure I should register. I know a couple people on this forum already.

 

I own a 76 280z I've been working on for about a year now. It's recently turned into my daily driver. When I started I knew almost nothing about cars but since then I've learned a ton and met a lot of cool people in the process. When I frist got my car it came with a horriblely ugly homeade body kit. Anyone that went to Golden gardens probably saw it. It was the black primer 280z in the second lot with the horrid body kit. On top of that the interior was gutted minus seats, dash, and center console. Rear brakes were shot and exhaust cut out half way.

 

Since then I've installed 240z bumpers, new rear brakes, new interior, 2.5" exhaust and a ton of other little mods like getting rid of the engine fusible links, power locks, ect.

 

Also did full urethane bushings, Eibrach lowering springs, and Tokico Struts. Hoping to paint it soon, then eventually do a zx turbo swap and call her done. Just need anther job first got laid off recently. For now I'm just doing little cheap stuff trying to clean up my engine bay a bit.

 

My cars the black one, rest are my friend Daves, he's been helping me with mine since I started.

 

 

 

 

 

Hope to see you guys at Canby, I'll be driving my friends 72 green 240z pictured above. I'll drive my car there next year when it's a bit more presentable.

[lilblackwagon]

Nice Z!

[hardhead320]

Holly crap triplets in driveway! Your lady must be way cool. Most wives would have been jealous after #2 ! What model motor is that in the picture?

[Z Tyler Z]

Holly crap triplets in driveway! Your lady must be way cool. Most wives would have been jealous after #2 ! What model motor is that in the picture?

 

Naw don't have a lady this is at my friend Daves house and ya his lady is cool about the cars (at times). You can actually barely make out the chassy of a 74 260z in the garage. That's his long term project that's he going all out on (push button start, sequential blinkers, full led lights, ect) He got the green Z in the picture for free, it'd been sitting for 15 years without an engine or tranny but Dave and I managed to get it running in 4 days, (thanks to Adam selling him anther L24 and tranny).

 

The motor in the pic is my dead stock L28e. Currently I'm trying to polish an extra valve cover to make my engine bay look a little nicer. Want to also paint the block. Also have anther non erg N42 manifold in my room I plan on boring out to match a 60mm stanza throttle body. Won't really add any power but will allow me to clean up some of that wiring mess you see in the engine picture. Should be able to get rid of the Bcdd and air regulator too which are causing my car to have a shitty idle at times. Just trying to do cheap things that will make everythign look a little nicer, probably just going to keep the motor stock. No use in making it anything special because I will end up just swapping it out for a L28et.