Nismopunch's '71 Z buildup

Nismopunch · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 1:53 pm

in dec '09 i finally found (had money to spend and space) my '71 240z. since then i have grinded away rust on the floors, applied some por15, started welding up replacement pieces for the holes in the floor, and managed to find time to install weber dcoe 40s, msd 6al, and 280zx n/a dizzy. my friend took a short vid of the webers today with his phone. i'll post some pics of the body work later. stay tuned for when i have $/time haha

here are some pics of the dizzy/msd/weber install.

hand me down from my s13 KA days, making sure it still works lol

going away soon, just piecing together a full exhaust, ugh so ugly

youtube vid of L24 running
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPgutjV6Om0

Norcal510 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 2:41 pm

Lets see pics of the zed!!!

ben · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:11 pm

Yeah, pics of the whole car plz.

Nismopunch · **Posted:** Wed Jun 02, 2010 10:09 pm

eek i dont have too many with me, but for now...

driving it home for first time with the "beater"

meet @ shadow cliffs

Y30_Shonkbox · **Posted:** Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:44 am

Nice

Ive got a soft spot for the older Fairladys.

Capital15 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:02 am

Nice start. Keep us posted. :wink:

kyteler · **Posted:** Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:30 pm

What the hell is going on with that exhaust manifold? Emissions crap?

Nismopunch · **Posted:** Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:04 pm

kyteler wrote:

What the hell is going on with that exhaust manifold? Emissions crap?

haha i know i know

my SUs were leaking like crazy everywhere and i already had the triples, so to drive the car "safely" i put them on first. i haven't gotten my header/exhaust yet so those will be going on soon.

bLatantS30 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 07, 2010 1:10 am

cool video angle down the intake while on the throttle

gtr fan · **Posted:** Mon Jun 07, 2010 6:16 am

Nice car man. Will follow this thread with interest!

Nismopunch · **Posted:** Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:58 pm

thanks for the awesome feedback guys! im going to post up some of the work i have done with the pass side floor soon, since that is where the majority of the rust is on the car. progress has been a little slow lately, but ive managed to get some goodies for the Z since the last post...suspense...haha

HakoIsABox · **Posted:** Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:40 pm

Very Niiccceeee!

-Peter

Nismopunch · **Posted:** Sun Jun 13, 2010 3:11 pm

some of the work on the pass floor...havent welded in like 10 yrs since highschool..so those will definitely be ground down lol...eww ugly

just some grinding, por15, and welding action going on.

some stuff ive gotten in the last few weeks..

nice maintenance stuff like water pump, heater hoses, clutch master/slave cylinder..and in-line fuel psi/RPM gauges. my tach never worked to begin with, and its not worth the trouble modding it to see if it will work with the MSD. going to get a matching speedo sometime, but these will be replacing the stock gauges in dash.

Nismopunch · **Posted:** Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:35 pm

had some more time this week to work on the Z..filled up the holes on both door from the US spec mirrors as well as fixed a crack in my driver door. lots of learning with the welder on such thin metal and filling the holes was pretty fun!

looks like the PO tried to fix it with a glob at some point....

mmm sexxxyy...

in all it was a fun two days. learned a lot from my buddy Norcal510, and he was pretty patient with me welding and grinding lol.

Norcal510 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:01 am

Nismopunch wrote:

in all it was a fun two days. learned a lot from my buddy Norcal510, and he was pretty patient with me welding and grinding lol.

I had lots of fun working on the Z. Floor & the battery tray next on the chopping block.

HakoIsABox · **Posted:** Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:03 pm

Nice work. Mirrors looking good! Looking forward to seeing what you're working on, on Saturday.

aplyedmind · **Posted:** Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:26 am

Car is looking great man keep it up . How big of wholes do u have to put to install fender mirrors?

Nismopunch · **Posted:** Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:41 am

just drilled to fit the stud from the bottom of the mirrors through. very simple installation. it was interesting i was actually able to find "LHD" mirror placement measurements, most likely ones that someone made from switching the RHD ones.

Nismopunch · **Posted:** Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:22 pm

ahh haven't had time to work on the Z in a while. I did make some progress with the rust...to find more rust...and realize that im going to have to cut out a lot more out than previously planned on the passenger side. since work has been 10-11 hour days i've had no motivation to be in the garage lately lol. However I have a week off soon, so there will be some cool updates shortly. Got some more goodies from MSA courtesy of my fiance as a surprise....aka air dam, bre spoiler, and zg flares whoo hoo! Hopefully all repair to reverse the damage done by battery acid over the years will be done that week as well.

:mrgreen:

Nismopunch · **Posted:** Thu Nov 04, 2010 6:36 pm

wow its been a while. been so dominated with work and planning for the wedding coming up. been working on the car every now and then when some time pops up. here are some pics of the progress/test fittings the last few months...going slooooowwww

Nismopunch's '71 Z buildup

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