FuFu'Z 240Z Project! 56K warning... too slow.

[sydney mike]

Cool!, what model Trueno have you got? pic?

[fufu]

I won't be getting it till January because the Docks are being loaded by manufacturers vehicles (end of year sale). So they reserve the spots over freelance shippers.

 

Anyhow i will have pictures up as soon as i get them approved.

 

It's a AE86 Trueno 83 Model with the Zenki kit (SUPER RARE) not to mention the red interior with analogue dash.

(I wonder where we got the idea from)

 

Yes its Initial D.

 

I have the best of both worlds. Ae86 Initial D drifter and the 240z Wangan devil. Anime freak? maybe!

 

ROFL

 

Pics be up shortly.

[zedevan]

man u'd have to b doing more than just selling a laptop to b funding an ae86 and 240z project! how r u going to decide which one to drive?? or are you putting off worrying about this until its an issue?

[fufu]

Actually I'm a twin and i have a twin brother and we share everything and we have twice the income.

 

So if i use one car, he'll take the other and vice versa.

 

But gotta love having both. When it comes to deciding it the hard way it'll be hammer, scissors, papers 

 

Also some of you may know i use to own a DC2R. I actually bought it really cheap, fixed it up cosmetically and resold it at a crazy price. Something along the lines of 10grand and 25grand    This then went into Shares and ultimately have moved towards the 240Z.

 

 

[sco_aus]

Cool, so 4AGE, 4AGZE, 4AGTE, 3SG, SR20, 1UZ (yes one exists) in the Trueno?

[Charlie Boy]

 

 

Actually I'm a twin and i have a twin brother and we share everything and we have twice the income

 

 

 

So you Fu and he's Fu too?

[fufu]

LOL,

 

Fu and Tri. Such viet names...

 

Anyways here some pics of the Trueno. It's a 4AGE motor and its only done 105 000 KM. Totally drift spec, suspension work and tuned. But one thing I'm loving is it does not have a roll cage... (WTF)? I thought all Japanese drifters valued there lives not only that but added rigidity. But yes it means i save heaps of time taking it out for compliancing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More pics of the Trueno when i receive the car.

 

[sco_aus]

Thats really clean.  I have a few mates here in Canberra with sprinters and one Trueno looks the same as yours, 1x 4AGE, 1x 4AGZE (SC14, only one in oz we know of) and 1x 4AGTE.  If you want to know any more info on their work, send me a PM.

[fufu]

OK back to the project. Getting things spray painted currently.

 

First up the rear brake calipers.

 

- Stripped them apart

- Painted them in Gold, as my car will be midnight blue wanted a color to highlight certain aspects so i chose gold.

- re-assembled

 

These have to be the easiest brakes to undo and paint.

 

 

 

Pics of the calipers when i first got them.

 

 

 

 

Just painted.

 

End Result. Lovely golden rear brakes. Will be doing the Fronts soon when i get the new rotors.

 

I also did the rear license plate section including the rear tail light housings. But not in gold but in Metallic Charcoal.

 

[Pigpen]

Just thought I would share this happy snap of the 1UZFE in a Hatchi.

 

Taken at the 2007 drift championship - Oran Park

 

Food for thought ...

[fufu]

Ohhhh nice drift spec. Want to see a Highway muncher? 

 

prepare to be blown away...

 

 

Japanese take there game to a whole new level. 

[sco_aus]

Mother of god!!! was that a 20B?

[fufu]

Yep a 20B twin turbo setup.

 

crazy stuff. 600hp in a super lightened AE86.

 

So for all ye Wangan Midnight fans, thats the kinda speed they are driving at 

[fufu]

 

OK, hit a bit of a snag.

Prior to me touching the brake system, it actually worked minus the small leaking rear passenger drum.

 

After i installed the new rear disc brake package (pics up shortly) i seem to have a lot of air in the system.

 

Let's say i spent two hours bleeding today... and realized that the brake system had 2 pots to fill but i only filled 1  Silly me (assumed it was like a new car where they only have 1 pot). So i went through 1 whole brake fluid bottle, then realized that theres a 2nd pot to fill up which mainly connects to the front brakes. However if either of them is empty then you get air in both the rear and fronts?

 

Anyways i just got another bottle and hoping to get it done tomorrow morning.

 

Though i think doing a whole bottle did some good in flushing the system because a lot of dirt came out. I'm afraid changing the brake fluid in a 30 yro brake system would kill the brake cylinder, according to a mechanic that i knew and that advised me years ago.

[gav240z]

Yeah bleeding the brakes on an early Z is a pain in the arse. If the brake lines are grotty it can definately leave you with a spongy pedal. I'm still not happy with the brakes on my Z after replacing the rear drum shoes and drums themselves.

 

The fronts are a bit better but I think its the most worthwhile upgrade on any Z. I want a set of Wilwood's and a master cylinder from a S13 or something like that I think.

 

Good luck!

[ZD44TT]

love the enthusiasm bud..........gluck with the build.

[Toecutter]

Might be a silly question but have you got each caliper on the right side. Remember the air will go up and that bleed nipple needs to be at the top not the bottom? 

[fufu]

Well to begin with the brakes were excellent. Nice and firm and wasn't spongey like it is now. I just liked the idea of rear discs, less problematic in the long run.

 

I've definitely got them on the right way i believe. The nipple is facing up.

 

But I'll bleed them again this time looking at both pots and see how it goes.

 

 

 

[JP240z]

oh sulio dont bring back those painful memories of having my calipers on upside down and bleeding my brakes 4 times before i realised...

 

the tears are coming back now..

[Toecutter]

yer sometimes it pays to ask the obvious but I find I make those sort of mistakes also when I do things in haste.

[pauly_adams]

just a question for you fufu are you bleeding your breaks while your cars runing cause i found my z will only bleed while running stupid question but i have i have done it till i was told how to do it properly

[fufu]

Hi Pauly_adams,

 

I've successfully bleed the brakes however its still slightly spongy from the looks of it, its the rear brakes that make it spongey because when i press the brake pedal a lot of brake fluid is sucked into the system about half the pot. Then it becomes really firm. I will have another go at bleeding the rears so that its super firm and not spongey like it is now.

 

But yea prior to changing to rear disc brakes the drums were really firm after bleeding.

 

The car isn't on when i bleed. But the car does run. Maybe I'll try it with the engine on.

 

Oh, can anyone also advise me on how to stop this fuel smell from getting into the cabin?

It's really strong smell very similarly if you stand behind the car.

 

cheers,

Fu

 

p.s. funny story happened, i went to Gloria Jeans to get a coffee and the girl at the front after paying asked for my name to put into the system so we can get called out when our coffee would be ready. I said my name is "Fu", she asks how do i spell that, i say "F" "and "U", she says "F""N""U"?, I said "F""U". She said "OMG F U too, don't make me come around there"

[JP240z]

Get used to that smell Fu..

The reason you van smell it is because the aero-dynamics of the 240 suck the air into the cabin from the back of the car.

Your best bet to get rid of it I reckon is to use a downpipe at the tip or have your exhaust tip coming out to the side...

I've got all new rubbers on my car and I still get some sick fumes inside the car...

[Toecutter]

I still get exhaust fumes at high speed when I open the front windows but if it's petrol smell then it might be the return hose (from memory), I don't have this problem but I hear they crack and fuel from the surge tank can then be smelt all the time. Look behind the inside cabin rear panel where the filler is and inspect for cracks.

 

Sulio

[JP240z]

yeah I've replaced that along with almost every other part on my car now too...

mine was cracked and was leaking when I filled the car right up..