DJZ's other other 2 seater 280ZX

[Datto_610]

Dayum they look good!

[85_Z31]

Lines arcs and circles i hear you say ?


Won't take me long to whizz up a CAD drawing for it, I can bring a laptop over sometime and do it right then.

[DJZ]

[2 doors]

ohhhh do like that a lot, very much.

how many rpm is that capable of ? the induction noise will be sweet.

[Ivan]

Nice,can't wait to hear this

[DJZ]

ohhhh do like that a lot, very much.

how many rpm is that capable of ? the induction noise will be sweet.

The RB25 Neo that I'll be running has solid lifters and the same rods as an RB26 so it should rev out to about the same so around 8000ish.

[DJZ]

So I've been mucking around with the Laurel trying to get it ready for recompliance, I've been having a nightmare trying to get a replacement steering rack, first I kept waiting on a brand new S15 rack that was on Trademe hoping it would come down a bit more, it was listed 3 or 4 times then went I was going to bid on it somebody else started bidding so I lost that, then I lost a 2nd hand S15 rack too!

I pulled the original rack apart last night and funnily enough it was actually bent, about 1/4 of the way into the teeth where the pinion runs, I have no idea how someone would have bent it there, the rest of the underside of the car looks fine.

But I've found a proper C35 rack now so just have to wait till that shows up. I'm looking for some wheels for it if anybody has anything, 16" or 17" 5x114.3, don't have to be anything fancy just with good tyres.

I got a brand new unused EVA rear wing for this as well, it's pretty cool, it's similar to a 280ZX-R wing but a little bit smaller I think.

It looks like this:

[Bartman]

That wing is boss!
It needs to go on your black car I reckon!

[DJZ]

I thought about it but I've removed the rear wiper on the black car so either I'd have to modify the wing or it would look a bit funny.

[DJZ]

Got the 2nd hand steering rack and new rack ends and tie rod ends installed on the Laurel on Saturday, gave it an eyelignment. New windscreen installed today thanks to Jeremy at Southern Autoglass, got 4 new tyres for it last week, one step closer to it being legal, then I can start on the throttle body conversion.

Have been looking for a set of extractors but haven't been able to find much other than yuck looking Coby ones, will keep looking. I'm hoping to come across a set off an Autech RB26 before it goes into the Z.

James has been working on the throttle body flange which is looking pretty sweet, need to print it out and do a trial on the manifold before going any further.