DJZ's 280ZX

[Bartman]

Fast cars are easier to sell.

[torqued]

There are plenty of fast cars about,

The cool and unique are the ones that sell

[Bartman]

"If you aint fast, you're last!"

[DJZ]

Yeah, we'll see what happens when I actually get round to doing something with it. The other option would be running a more stock twin turbo motor so I can use the factory computer etc etc, help keep the cost down and should still be good for more than enough power. I've still got the original exhaust manis so could maybe build up some steel wheel turbos and run a bar or so, should be good for 250rwkw ?

[DJZ]

So this thing has gone into storage for a while as I had to have it sitting outside which was making me sad. I've been collecting a few bits and pieces for when I get some room and the motivation to put it back together.

Bought another pair of LMs, these are off an R32 GTR and are 17x9 with a +20 offset with the centre mounting on the outside, the ones I've got on the car at the moment are 17x9s but with an offset around +30/35 with the centres mounted on the inside. It's good because now the centres will match front and rear and if I want I can move the centres to the back on the front wheels which should make the offset about 0/+5.



Also have a lightweight multiplate clutch flywheel on the way, it's designed for an AP Racing clutch but I'm 99% sure it'll fit a Tilton or Quartermaster which is probably what I'll end up buying.

I'm working on a few other bits and pieces to make it a bit better, I think I'll end up pulling the head that's on the 26 off and swapping it for another one with some cams etc or possibly sell the current motor and build another one from the bits and pieces that I've still got.

[DJZ]

This is what the flywheel looks like, it hasn't shown up yet but can't be far away.



I also found this manifold that I think is an HKS one it's 2nd hand and has been repaired at the turbo flange from what I understand, hopefully it's not too bad. It looks better built and with much bigger wastegate runners that my current one, it's made to fit a 60mm HKS wastegate by the looks of it so not sure what I'll do there, the HKS & Tial 60mm gates are really expensive so might just adapt it to take the 44mm gate I've already got or I could try one of the HKS copy gates, I did have one a while back but sold it and I believe it ended up on the V8KILR Supra so they can't be that bad?



Oh and I bought one of these FReddy copy inlet manifolds, 2nd hand but never used, it looks alright but will need a bit of work, I'm tempted to helicoil all the bolt holes holding the two bits together as the threads are straight into the aluminium and felt pretty average when I took it apart, one half of it isn't flat either as when you loosely put the two bits together you can rock them slightly.




And the last piece of the puzzle other than the clutch is the oil pump, I've got my eye on a 2nd hand Tomei one so I should know tomorrow whether it's mine or not. Might have this thing ready and tuned again in time for Nationals this year, if we have another track day hopefully it doesn't break again!

[Bartman]

Yay progress!

[DJZ]

Bought the Tomei pump, it was really expensive but hopefully I'll never have to buy another pump again.

Also bought some big Greddy cams which I'm not sure if I'll actually use. The head on my motor hasn't been notched for big lobes which I should have done when I built it even though I wasn't planning on running bigger than the Poncams back then but I'm working on this new head so if I end up deciding to swap heads I'll notch this new one. The new cams are 272 degree 10.5mm lift inlet and 280 degree 10.8mm lift exhaust, so they'll need new springs too. It might end up not idling very well either.

This is what you have to do to RB heads to fit big cams:



I need to sell a few things to pay for the other bits and pieces I need to put it back together, I want to do the cam gears and get either a Ross or ATI harmonic balancer as well.

[Bartman]

I like what you've done dude!
Definately run the big cams too.

[classicdat]

Lumpy idle ftw