soundwave89 Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 So today I got my new project car, a 1981 turbo 280zx. It's in bad shape, but somehow it runs and drives just fine. The body has been spraypainted, it has a little rust in some places, but nothing too bad. Interior is nasty, but I'll be reupholstering it once I get a sewing machine. Other than that all it needs a new quarter window and t-tops. Here's how it looked this morning: Then I pulled the interior out to see what I was dealing with. There was tons of dirt and pet hair, and about $3 worth of change, but nothing too bad. The floorboards aren't even rusty. Here's how it looks now, after pulling everthing out and vaccuming up all the junk. (ghetto wiring for the window switches) Quote Link to comment
Z Speed Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 That'll buff right out.... :D Welcome to the forum. Looks like you have a great winter project.... ;) Quote Link to comment
Zeusimo Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 Welcome To Ratsun:P Quote Link to comment
gokiburix Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 Welcome to Ratsun! +1 for 2+2! ーゴキ Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 Did you know that you could not get a 5 speed with the '81 turbo option? Nice project! Quote Link to comment
Bleach Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 Welcome! That looks like a big project. Warez the turbo? :blink: Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 Welcome to Ratsun, looks like a solid project :cool: but I hate to tell you, thats not turbo..... Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 :lol: didn't notice that! OK that '81 did come with a 5 speed but you couldn't get it with a 4 speed. Quote Link to comment
Bleach Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 You don't really need a turbo on the engine, just get some turbo stickers! :lol: Quote Link to comment
Pumpkn210 Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Welcome to the fold, way to get right into it! Quote Link to comment
FricFrac Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Welcome! That looks like a big project. Warez the turbo? :blink: It's the optional Electronic turbo. You can see the piping to the intake is just broken and now it just blows air over the injectors when they get too hot ;P Welcome to Ratsun! Good news is your strut towers look good from here - those have a habit of rotting out in our neck of the woods. Parts for the S130s are pretty reasonable still although there are typically less parts for the 2+2 as far as body panels go. Quote Link to comment
Bleach Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 I took the electric turbo off of my turbo Z and threw it in the garbage. +5hp!!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment
soundwave89 Posted November 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 yea I don't know why I thought it was a turbo, probably because the salesman said it was, and I was more focused on the interior and body to be looking at the engine too much.:blink: Anyway today I'll be taking out the rest of the interior plastics and the headliner, tomorrow or monday I'll be pulling the dash out to fix all the bad wiring behind there haha. Quote Link to comment
soundwave89 Posted November 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2010 Update: So things have been slow on the Z until the past couple days. My firebird (DD) had been giving me some problems, but luckily it was nothing major and it's all fixed now. I also had to fix my dad's Audi (overpriced hunk of crap) so I could get it out of the garage and put the Z in. But now I've got the Z out of the rain, so I was able to get to work on it this week. I took off as much trim and weatherstripping from the body as I could, found some more rust but nothing I wasn't expecting. I also removed the hatch and quarter windows. Pretty soon I'll be ready to start sanding down the body, fixing all the bad rust holes and putting it in primer until I can get it to a body shop. I also got the dash out today, although I still have a couple of wiring problems I haven't found yet. The bumper is being held on by only one nut that's stripped out and spinning freely. I have to find a grinder to borrow so I can get it off and tackle the rust underneath. Does anyone know an easy way to get the t-top rubber off? It seems to be stuck on pretty good, but I haven't tried to remove it yet. Quote Link to comment
justin 620 Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 Gotta love how people think spray-painting over rust will make it all go away, haha. Quote Link to comment
WAGON JON Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Cut and weld. That is the only way to go! Quote Link to comment
Unfriendly Garage Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 Gotta love how people think spray-painting over rust will make it all go away, haha. All mine went away...... but its back now. Time for more paint. :lol::lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment
yellowdatsun Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 You do realize that's *not* a turbo......right? Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 You do realize that's *not* a turbo......right? yup, been covered Quote Link to comment
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