DJZ's 280ZX

[Bartman]

Loc-tite for the win!

[85_Z31]

What length springs did you remove ?

I am in need of some 8kg ish 200mm or 220mm springs

I'm glad to hear that its all back up and running now!

[DJZ]

The ones I took out were 6Kg springs, I think they were 220mm long? I'm going to replace the current 8Kg front springs with 10Kgs but the front springs are about 40mm shorter than the rears.

[DJZ]

Got sick of the squealing from the front brakes so I bought some more. I'll keep the other ones for the DR, might end up swapping the rotors for some correct ones to match the calipers.

These are the biggest of the non Brembo Skyline brakes, R34 GT-t at 310x30mm. The rotors are Znoelli ones with the fancy thermographic paint on the sides. Will try and get them on this weekend and hopefully no more squeal! I have to drill out the caliper mounting holes to 14mm to match the calipers which shouldn't be too hard.

[Bartman]

Nice!
What size wheels will it take to clear those?

[DJZ]

Should be sweet with the 17s, not sure if you'd get 16s over them due to the caliper size?

[DJZ]

Changed the front springs to 10Kg ones, haven't driven it yet, possibly tomorrow. Coming up due for a warrant just before the Nationals so will have to see about getting it in this week.

Also adjusted the brake master cylinder push rod a little bit, the pedal still had a little too much travel for my liking. Will also bleed the brakes to see if they get any better.

[DJZ]

Passed my warrant. Car feels much much better with the new springs all round, just need to do something about the ride height. It doesn't look like it's come up much at the front but I think it's come up about 30mm in the rear if the cert plate is accurate. It's still not as bad as the DR though!



Also bought these off Kane, they are pretty sweet and I'm sure they are genuine Nismo ones, they are cool because they have hinges so you can lift them up to clean under them etc without having to remove them completely. Won't be fitting them to the car till I get some new headlight buckets sorted and painted, they are both cracked. I can't understand why anybody would go to the trouble of trying to fix them with more fibreglass instead of just replacing them.

[85_Z31]

Good to see you have got it sorted, headlight covers look excellent !

[Dattochriswagon]

They look awesome! Well impressed when Kane scored them at the swapmeet!