Icehouse Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 Wow you're back!!!!!! Although I don't know much about Z's doesn't a Acura heater motor or something like that just bolt right in? I thought I remember reading that back in the day. Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted November 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 Good to be back and have something worth posting again 😂 Iirc it's like an early 90s Civic Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 Yes. Skibs back with something worth following! Brought Icehouse with him. nice fucking Z!! Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted November 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 haha Thanks man 😂 Im currently waiting for parts to come. I just have the coil and ignitor wiring to unfuck and I think I can start it back up and get to putting most of it back together. The wiring on this thing.... holy fuck.... idk how I got it running before I started, and I dont know how the PO ever drove the thing. Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted November 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 Waiting for my new coil to show up tomorrow and I upgraded it to a PRW-2 ignitor so hopefully get it fired back up tommorow. Dug the old Rattosan wink mirror from the stash to put in the Z lol iv had it in every datsun for like the last 10 years. 6 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted November 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Threw in a new NGK Z31 coil and PRW2 ignitor, and finally sorted out the POs shitty wiring. It ran before just on chance lol the main power to the ECU was run off a key power but not a crank power. So inbetween it would catch one random spark and fire up by chance lol Fires right up now, still need some work but she lives lol 5 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 Sounds pretty good from my house! 👍 1 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted November 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 2.5in strait pipe from the turbo back lol it's gonna need a bit of a muffler at least, she's a little loud 😂 timing is at like 30deg, should be at 24 but I'm maxed out on the dizzy so gonna have to drop the oil pump and re stab the dizzy shaft, looks like they have it a tooth off. Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted December 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Turns out the timing was off more than just the dizzy shaft... Pull the dizzy at DTC and the shaft is 180deg off... Turns out its because someone tried to band aid the fact that the cam was 180deg off in timing. How it should be... Runs decent now and actually shows up on the timing marks so I could set proper timing. Can still be running better but its better than it has been by a mile. Iv spent most of the last month just unfucking all this horrible PO work... 3 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Good old Skib with a thread full of win and tech. Nice B) Cam 180 out.... classic lol Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted December 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Lol I might actually get to start doing things now, instead of just undoing. PO ticked every classic box from stripped wires around bolts as grounds to the backwards cam lol 2 Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 9 minutes ago, Skib said: Lol I might actually get to start doing things now, instead of just undoing. PO ticked every classic box from stripped wires around bolts as grounds to the backwards cam lol RTV gaskets? 1 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted December 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, tr8er said: RTV gaskets? lol not yet... thankfully I don't think he got that far into the engine. PO said he had a buddy help him that was a BMW tech, you can deff see where his work ends and the POs begins... Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Door bell button for the horn Duct tape wrapped bare wires. Garden hose for heater hose. 1/4 inch blobs of RTV squashed out all around the water pump Four different makes of tires only 3 are radials. 2x4s jammed through the rear saggy ass coil springs. Stick for holding hatchback open Brick for e brake. 1 2 Quote Link to comment
Dguy210 Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 1 hour ago, datzenmike said: Door bell button for the horn Duct tape wrapped bare wires. Garden hose for heater hose. 1/4 inch blobs of RTV squashed out all around the water pump Four different makes of tires only 3 are radials. 2x4s jammed through the rear saggy ass coil springs. Stick for holding hatchback open Brick for e brake. Damn near need a Ratsun Bingo Card made up for that shit. OR: Let he who has not made a dodgy shit repair cast the first stone 1 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted December 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Lol don't forget the classic, about to snap in half bungey cord battery tie down😂 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted December 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Engine bay is starting to look halfway decent... 8 Quote Link to comment
Z23T Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 Hey, that cleaned up really well, nice work. How in the hell does an entire brake booster end up rusty like that? Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted December 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 No clue lol it's all just that surface dusting of rust, looks like it was painted silver at one time. 1 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted December 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Put in some sound deadener and just cleaned up the home made carpet and put it back in for now, lol got better things to spend $250 on atm than carpet. and seats back in... kinda looking like a car again... 2 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted December 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 It moves under its own power now lol couldn't help but give it a little rip down the road 😂 Still needs work but its alive lol 5 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted December 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Since I'm not using the stock heater anymore I don't need this area for the heater controls So I'll be 3D printing a little gauge pod insert I did up on Fusion360 Just need to get the printer out again and calibrated lol 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 19 hours ago, Skib said: It moves under its own power now lol couldn't help but give it a little rip down the road 😂 Still needs work but its alive lol Been a few years since I was in the passenger seat with you skib. 1 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted December 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 2 hours ago, datzenmike said: Been a few years since I was in the passenger seat with you skib. Lol a few years indeed 🤣 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted December 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 Welp this thing will run for the next 7 hours or so lol and hopefully a decent gauge pod comes out of it 😂 6 Quote Link to comment
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