TurboHLS30's '75 280z

[turboHLS30]

8/2/10 I went and picked up some new rims and tires for the Z last night. They are knockoffs but they look really nice and have some almost brand new tires. They're 14x7 0 offset with a 3-4 inch lip. The best part about it is that I gave the guy $50 and a strut bar for his civic. Anyways onto the pics

 

Also the person who put these lowering springs on put them on backwards, as in fronts in the back and backs in the front, so it sits as if it had no motor in it. So now I have to reverse them so that it will sit right.

[turboHLS30]

Yesterday I finished installing my rims. Here's some pics.

Little bro preparing to put on the rim

The front wheel well

Still preparing but now doing the one legged dance LOL

Rear wheel well

Little bro starting to put the wheel on after BSing for 5 mins.

He couldn't get it on the first time, so he started complaining about me taking pics of him failing LOL

He still couldn't get it on

He gave up so I ended up finishing it

Back on the ground

Front wheel gap because of screwed up springs

The Suburban and the Z in the driveway

[Pumpkn210]

You ROCK MANG! Good work, thats a bad ass setup youve got there! I especially dig the tripple blow thru turbo :cool: Sweet Azz! 2JZ is a awsome motor, but I personally would build on the drivetran thats in it now. Would be cheeper to make this one just as hot, not to mention the one of the Coolest Turbo setups I have ever seen! :thumbup:

 

Kudos to you, and either way that cars is the :poop:

[turboHLS30]

Today I washed her and cleaned up the exterior and the wheels. I also put in my homemade gauge panel and boost gauge. I have to find 2 more gauges but I don't know what gauges I want. Anyways here's the pics.

[turboHLS30]

Haha thanks you very much Pumpkin210

[turboHLS30]

2jz is coming today. The best part about it is that it's free, and it got delivered. Will have some pics later.

[Pumpkn210]

Could I get your old blow thru setup? :poke: Would be Boss on one of the my 210s!

[turboHLS30]

If you have $2,000. I need cash to do the 2jz swap.

[Pumpkn210]

:no:

[turboHLS30]

Haha yea I know it's not cheap.

[turboHLS30]

Got my 2jz today SOOO excited for this build now

My plans are to go through the motor check the bearings and everything and the throw in my 2jz-gte rods and pistons, and turbo cams maybe. FFIM (Forward Facing Intake Manifold), Single turbo manifold with a Precision turbo don't what size, R154, ARP head studs, and a head gasket and hope for 600hp LOL

[lil89ram50]

nice car man! lets hope it doesnt become an abandon project when you go to swap in the 2jz. good luch and hope to see this running soon!

[turboHLS30]

Trust me it's not gonna get abandoned. I'm trying to have it done by the end of this year. My dad's friend that gave me the 2jz is trying to get me as much stuff as he can. I'm ordering my gt40 turbo soon.

[turboHLS30]

Ughhh I can't get anything done until I sell the current motor. I have people interested but they want a vid of it running and a compression test. I can't do either because my harness is fried. I know for sure the engine starts and runs because I've started it in my old Z and it ran fine. Any ideas on what I could do to get it running?

[Pumpkn210]

Should be fairly easy to make an engine stand that you could start it on. And you dont need much wiring to make a carb'd engine run. Thats quite a bit of money for that setup, so it stands to reason that they would want to see it run! Good luck with everything, wish I could get that setup from ya!

[turboHLS30]

Yea I completely understand. I think I'm gonna hard wire it and see what happens.

[turboHLS30]

No recent updates, this weekend the car was supposed to be running but ended up having to go and meet my Dad's girlfriends parents, so the Z didn't even get touched. But yesterday I decided to take a pic with the Z so that I can have a new screen saver so here it is

 

[PurePontiacKid]

lowerit.com/rightnow

[turboHLS30]

Lmao it is lowered but the spring are installed wrong, I have to switch them around.

[PurePontiacKid]

if you leave it at that height, you might want to look into one of these:

 

http://www.truckcandy.com/TC/BrushGuards/BrushGuards.htm

 

JUS' SAYIN'

[turboHLS30]

Lmao no thanks I'll just switch the springs.

[turboHLS30]

Ok we have a problem. The motor that's currently in the car has a problem with the #4 cylinder. The compression numbers in order from fron to back were #1-115 #2-115 #3-110 #4-85 :( #5-115 #6-120. So I guess god wants me to sell this and put the 2jz in the Z LOL. I might still try to fix it and get it running though. What do you guys think?

[Aaron Datsun]

Well I can tell you with a bum cylinder people don't love to spend as much and I know you wanted to set up that 2jz with the cash so either you are going to have to lower the price of the engine, or fix it. I read your build today looks good man love the Z. I also love the monster truck stance don't let these guys mess with you, how cool is it to go off roading with your Z I mean you see a dried up river bed and you go for it!

[turboHLS30]

Yea I'm just gonna scrap the motor and sell the 5 speed, the triples, and the turbo kit. I'm swapping out the springs soon so no need to worry LOL.

[turboHLS30]

I redid the compression test with a Mac compression tester and #4 is a little better, it's now at 110 which is within the range of the others so I'll run some SeaFoam through the motor and change the oil and hopefully they will all be bumped up a little. I also bought a new battery which makes a huge difference when doing the compression check.