San Maru Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 Your best bet is to have the dual vacuum control rebuilt. Mine exploded and left a few little silver BBs stuck to my stator magnet. I often wonder where the others went. Make sure you use a fluid that is safe for brass in your transmission. There is plenty written on that already. You want to preserve your transmission, it too is unique to the 80. Its identicle gears to the 81-83 naturally aspirated manuals except 5th gear. Very nice. So is your 80 a Grand Luxury or Deluxe? Duuhh! nevermind... I looked at your picture again and saw the passenger door mirror. Its a GL. Quote Link to comment
Syncro Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Haha, It was 90$ for the fuel pump, about 20$ of gas, and a good 5 feet of various fuel lines. TOTAL was 125$. Not trying to be a 1 ups man, but.... $500 for the car, $45 for the relay and ecu I needed to get it running, then $80 on cosmetics(airdam, ducktail), $625 is where I'm sit at on my investment of a z, didn't add the fuel tank because I did all of that without spending a dime, as was the same with the header. Quote Link to comment
72240z Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Not trying but succeeding lol who cares exactly? Post more pics Quote Link to comment
Syncro Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 fair enough. 1 Quote Link to comment
ISPKI Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Thats pretty cool looking IMHO. Sort of has a grungy mad max appeal to it. I mean that as a compliment! You gotta get rid of those impact absorbers in the back though. That was one of the first things I pulled off the car. I dig the airdam too. Do want. Where did you get it from? I think a slender front bumper would really round out the look. Quote Link to comment
Syncro Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 well the impact absorbers are off now, pulled them after I pulled the tank, got the airdam at a junkyard but I'm pretty sure msa sells it. For the front bumper I cut up a wrecked 240z bumper for kinda of a split bumper look. Quote Link to comment
Syncro Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Should mention I'm still working on getting the split bumper installed. Quote Link to comment
San Maru Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Put some spikes on it like a dinosaur. RRAwwrr! :P Quote Link to comment
San Maru Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Yeah baby! Look at OmakZ standing tall! Is that the original color? I love the iconic orange S30. Everything flows here. 1 Quote Link to comment
Dev-Zed Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Nice ZX San Maru! I painted the center area between the taillights like your, it looks way better. OmakZ your Z looks dope! Super clean! Quote Link to comment
San Maru Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Thank you. I was thinking of painting it a flat grey soon. Its got a few bad spots in the paint that need to be addressed. Quote Link to comment
datrod Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 I kinda like the hood ornament on this one. Or should I say hood rat!!! Quote Link to comment
datrod Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 I kinda like the hood prop on this one!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
OmakZ Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Yeah baby! Look at OmakZ standing tall! Is that the original color? I love the iconic orange S30. Everything flows here. Nice ZX San Maru! I painted the center area between the taillights like your, it looks way better. OmakZ your Z looks dope! Super clean! Thanks guys. Yeah, it's the original orange. It's hard to see but there's not much left of it on the fenders. I've always thought the car flows really well this way, so I'm glad to know I'm not alone. :D I got hit just a few weeks ago (a few weeks after that picture was taken) and now my DS door is toast. I'm debating whether to repaint in original 918 or to switch to brighter Hugger Orange. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment
Alex Datsun Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Z Partay! Quote Link to comment
BRE510 Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 I kinda like the hood ornament on this one. Or should I say hood rat!!! ...I'M STILL WAITING!!!!!!!!! Tick-Tock-Tick-Tock... Quote Link to comment
San Maru Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 I had some wreck damage before I painted the 260z. I was ready to paint it, then blam! Lady does an illegal u turn without looking. Fender, headlight case, valance corner, hood, radiator, Fan, and some frame damage. I fixed it myself. I dont like to think about it so Im not posting pictures Quote Link to comment
speedgato Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 I kinda like the hood prop on this one!!! Uh, YES PLEASE!!! Quote Link to comment
San Maru Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Post pics of (ANY?/your) Z. Already did this at Z car.com and had 37? pages of girls with datsuns in the thread called- Wish I Had a Number. Started off as a pitty party, then a friend and I went into a rant (usual), then a tangent, pretty soon we had an epic thread. Let me show you what started it, the girl in green... Quote Link to comment
72240z Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Here is the link, I have looked through that threat many times lol http://www.zcar.com/car_talk_forum/wish_i_had_number_902927.msg2740228.html#msg2740228 Quote Link to comment
San Maru Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Oh ok. Then you know the girl in green. Quote Link to comment
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