Stewiefied Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 (edited) Hello fellow Ratsun members. It's been awhile Decided to stop being lazy and to share the story and build of 260z. Back in 2015 after looking at bunch of dusty, crusty and rusty S30's. I picked up a "1 Owner" 260z with only "10k" from a gentleman near MN. Story is, he purchased it new in San Diego shortly after returning from deployment. Drove it back to the Midwest where he loved and cared for it. Honestly, I think this guy was just trying to butter me up. From the looks of the car it had to have 110k and maybe 3 owners.. He didn't have a good reason/excuse to why it was MAACO painted green. The OEM color is silver. Then again who knows. Car sat around for about 2 years gathering parts and coming up with a plan to how I wanted to build it. Off to the shop it went!! I was worried about rust like any Datsun owner would. So I had the car blasted with great relief the car was 98% rust free. Only a few pinholes. first location was where the battery sat and a few pinholes in the drivers floor. Both spots replaced and welded thicker frame rails for stiffness also stitched welded throughout the chassis. Mod list coming soon Edited November 13, 2021 by Stewiefied 1 Quote Link to comment
Stewiefied Posted November 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 Spent almost 2 years at the bodyshop after excuses and BS delays I finally was able to pick it. I had to redo a bunch things that wasn't done right. From fitment issues, bent window regulators and missing parts.. I was just happy to have it back 1 Quote Link to comment
Stewiefied Posted November 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 Before installed the pile of parts I had I decided to Color matched Raptor line the interior to go a long the underside of the car. 2 Quote Link to comment
Stewiefied Posted November 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 Wanted to do something I've never seen before and that was add some art to the fire wall I ended pulling the trigger on an LS3 paired with TR6060 I did the normal upgrades TSP Cam with supporting mods 4 Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 Very nice, looking clean! 1 Quote Link to comment
BrothersGarage Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 Oh yeahhhhhh G-Nose 👌 Interior paint looks great, firewall art is a great idea too. Nice titanium hood prop lol. 1 Quote Link to comment
Stewiefied Posted November 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 A few more photos of the build. During the build I wanted to make sure everything can hold more power if I decided add a lot more in the future 1 Quote Link to comment
Stewiefied Posted November 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 Diff is an 8.8 with Ford Performance 4.10 gearing LSD, DriveShaft Shop axles, Stubs and Driveshaft and the Hubs are WHP 3 Quote Link to comment
Tank. Posted November 30, 2021 Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 If I had to redo my rear end setup, this is exactly what I would do. Looks great, but more importantly it should perform fantastic. 1 Quote Link to comment
Stewiefied Posted December 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2021 a Little side by side 3 Quote Link to comment
Stewiefied Posted April 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 Damn I'm lazy. I should update this thread I got the LS3 with TSP goodies started and running with Holley's Terminator Max X ECU and the 12.3 for the cluster. Here's some photos from the past year Carbon Dash and console decided to flat clear it since they sent me the wrong stuff 12.3 dash Quote Link to comment
Stewiefied Posted October 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) A photo from Tuner Evo Chicago. Had the honor to display it at the Toyo Tire booth Edited October 29, 2022 by Stewiefied 8 Quote Link to comment
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