Indey's 76 280z

[I'm BLUE]

Don't think I've seen a mustache bar rip like that ! :blink:

 

How do you like the ArizonaZcar setup ?

[Indey]

Don't think I've seen a mustache bar rip like that ! :blink:

 

How do you like the ArizonaZcar setup ?

 

Yeah it was interesting to find.

 

As per the AZC bar, it's great. It transmits a bit more noise than I was expecting from the diff, but it's easily ignorable. Driving wise the car does feel significantly sturdier though.

 

It was a slight bit of a pain to install, and if I had been trying to install the bar while just removing the OEM bar, I would had to have dropped the entire diff/carrier etc. However since my oem bar was already ruined, I just cut it off, and the AZC bar is in 3 pieces, so I was able to assemble it on the car.

[Indey]

Alright well, I arrived home today, to open my birthday gift from my gf :)

 

N42 Non-EGR Intake Manifold, now I can clean this up, and start to mock up my fuel system..

[Indey]

I have my crossflow radiator now! and a picture of it! on my phone! and not on here! HAH!

[I'm BLUE]

Happy late birthday ! Your GF got a good gift !!

 

AZC bar Sounds like a sweet setup :thumbup:

Iearned to drop the whole mess as an assembly as well :lol:

 

and ... for shame ... really ... holding out oics ? haha

[Indey]

Happy late birthday ! Your GF got a good gift !!

 

AZC bar Sounds like a sweet setup :thumbup:

Iearned to drop the whole mess as an assembly as well :lol:

 

and ... for shame ... really ... holding out oics ? haha

 

Thanks! and not holding out haha, just hadn't pulled the pics off of my phone yet, but I have them now!

 

Arizona Z Car crossflow radiator! :)

 

Only issue is, that I expected it to be a bit...shiny..er.. nothing that can't be fixed though!

[I'm BLUE]

:blink: wow !! looks like a quality unit :D

 

Polish polish polish !!

[Indey]

:blink: wow !! looks like a quality unit :D

 

Polish polish polish !!

 

Thanks! quality wise it is amazing! and I know it needs a good polishing haha, I'll get around to it at some point im sure :P

 

I drained the old coolant from the radiator last night....and removed the intake arm.... PROGRESS! No but really it's just been busy the past few days with thanksgiving and all, and I'm the only one that cooks the entire meal...so I haven't gotten a chance to do much else with the car....and in my slight amount of spare time I've been playing assassins creed 3...so yeah! However tomorrow should be free and clear for me to get stuff done with the car...so we'll see if I end up doing anything haha

[Indey]

Alright! So I finally went about attempting to put my radiator in. Ran into a few issues, so for anyone who's interested.

 

- You must relocate the coolant overflow bottle, I'm taking the stock bracket and cutting some of it off, to allow it to bolt onto the spot where the charcoal canister used to be. Pics of this will come soon enough.

- You need new upper and lower radiator hoses.

- If you are EFI, the MAF is in the way. It sits too close to where the upper radiator hose inlet is. I'm going to be purchasing Samco 45 degree elbows, to allow the MAF to sit in a slightly different position, and I won't be bolting it back down to the bracket, we'll see how that works out.

and finally

-My stock clutch fan will NOT fit with the radiator. I'm sure it's possible to get a stock clutch fan to work, but I'm not going to waste time doing so. I'm going to order an electric fan..tomorrow.

 

Anyways! onto pictures and descriptions of stuff!

 

Old radiator, you can see the dark areas are where coolant was leaking out, this is the backside.

 

This is the front side.

 

New radiator doesn't REALLY clear the stock fan, I'm sure if i shaved the blades down or something, I could get it to fit.

 

Stock intake tubing near the upper coolant inlet.

 

Stuff taken apart.

 

Overall view with the radiator in place

 

With the AFM in place.

 

I started to sand down the back of the radiator support and the top of it, so I could hit it with some rustoleum for the time being.

 

Just a bit of surface rust on the bottom.

 

Just because..

[Indey]

So I got around to finally cutting my coolant overflow bottle bracket today.

 

Yep. Electric fan should be here tomorrow, but we'll see if I go pick it up...Silicone intake parts should be in tomorrow as well. Just hoses left really.

[Indey]

I picked up a dry erase board and mounted it my garage wall.

 

It helps me keep all my thoughts organized :P

 

uhh..nothing has come in yet...tomorrow should be the day?

[Indey]

So I finally went and picked some stuff up... took long enough right?

 

New hardware for the radiator.

 

Fan and fan ties.

 

Mounted.

 

Getting there.

 

For anyone wondering. My stock 280Z lower radiator hose worked perfectly. Still went around the alternator, and didn't kink at all. Some people say you need to move to a 280ZX lower hose, but I didn't have to.

 

And 2 poor quality pictures showing it in the car, along with my coolant overflow relocation. Again for anyone doing the same thing, the bottle will actually sit on top of the lower rad hose. I don't think that there will be any issues with this as it's far enough in the bracket where it won't just pop up.

 

Also I did get my silicone hoses for my intake, however I forgot to upload the pictures from it. I'll get to that tomorrow. But all that's left is to fit the intake system, and get an upper radiator hose. Which from what I've learned should be carquest #22373.

[spudly13]

Lookin good! keep it up!

[Indey]

Lookin good! keep it up!

 

Thanks!

 

Well she's all back together finally. Everything is in, it's a pretty tight fit, but it all works. The only temporary thing right now, is the fan is wired to a switch in my center console. I'll eventually get all the stuff so it will run automatically. For now though this works.

 

Pile o' stuff.

 

Like said, it's a tight fit, especially with the MAF and the radiator hose.

 

Workspace...

 

One more.

[Indey]

Welp... I picked up a big box of rubbers today.

[Indey]

During some cleaning..

 

Like said, brought home a box of rubbers.

 

Big rubbers, small rubbers EVERY SIZE AND SHAPE IMAGINABLE!

 

And a Nissan OK Decal! :)

[I'm BLUE]

She looks great :thumbup:

 

I'm glad those rubbers are new..

To many of us are hoping our 38 year old ones will last that much longer..

 

[Zeusimo]

Nice Work Fitting That Rad

[Indey]

She looks great :thumbup:

 

I'm glad those rubbers are new..

To many of us are hoping our 38 year old ones will last that much longer..

 

Yeah... mine are completely destroyed. Just washing the car soaks the interior right now, it's terrible.

 

Nice Work Fitting That Rad

 

Thanks!

 

So, my tags finally came in, and I was able to drive the car, I went for a test drive, and no overheating problems at all! Score! I stopped by a local shop that works on a lot of Z's, and picked up a pair of 240Z turn signals, with harnesses, and a 240z grill. Also score!

 

Then while driving home, my car kept shutting off. I would start it and it would act like it would run out of gas. I somehow limped it home like this, and got the car back in the garage. I'm relatively certain that it's the AFM, as the AFM has fuel pump contact points in it, and I believe that they're separating and effectively disconnecting the fuel pump. I'm going to just solder them together for now, because I need the car to work. Past that, all the starting and stopping of the car killed my battery....I'm ecstatic to say the least. So it's down again for more fixing! I'll post pics of the turn signals and grill later...

[Indey]

So, I fixed the issue with the AFM, I soldered the fuel pump contacts together, and car runs better than it ever has.

 

240z turn signals and grill!

 

I've already cleaned off one turn signal and put it away in a "body work junk box" now to clean the other and put it in there as well. I'll probably just clean and rustoleum the grill.

[Indey]

PS. happy end of the world everyone!

[Indey]

and today my ecu doesn't want to work fuckin mayans killing my ecu :l

[Indey]

Merry Sissmass!

[ComicArtist]

Wait, you're running a 16/17 stagger?

[Indey]

Wait, you're running a 16/17 stagger?

 

currently, yes

 

I won't be later on though.