Tim's White 71' 240Z aka 570Z

[C.A.R.]

Starting to come together Tim

[chris240]

I seriously need some of those add-on speakers for the laptop...

thats the mother of all radiators 

great job !

[RB30X]

Thanks for the comments.

 

I'm looking at getting some 260Z bonnet vents and I need to install my flush mount bonnet catches so rather than chop up my original bonnet, I have a spare from a 260Z that I have spent a few hours removing the paint/bog from. Not real sure on the whole procedure once down to bare metal but I'm keen to give it a go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And it's not every day you get to grab an engine shot with the bonnet off.

 

 

[RB30X]

Just some underneath snaps while she's on stands.

 

 

 

 

 

[RB30X]

Well I've spent a bit of time on the shed of late. Firstly I bought some more stainless pipe to add two extra tips to the rear mufflers on my car, and also cut out around the tips so they weren't poking out of a hole. (FYI, Lurch if you haven't built your exhaust yet, 2.5" staino was $20 meter and $22 per 90' mandrel bend). I've also rolled the lips on the left hand side of the car. I didn't really care about the paint cracking as it will get a respray anyway.

 

 

 

 

I also started the install of my autometer gauges. Firstly the dash came out and the old gauges were removed. Then it got a few coats of vinyl dash paint. I think the satin black finish is very close to original. I then mounted the gauges which involved making up custom brakets for the three small ones as the original gauges holders had been removed previously. I made up a new dash loom for the gauges alone and I initially thought about stripping the old dash loom back to only what was required but it was such a birds nest with different coloured wires from the factory wiring diagram etc, and I just know I'll put it back in and something won't work. Maybe I'll do it one day but not today. I labelled and left the high beam/indicators/ and brake light indicating bulbs hanging down so I can splice these into a custom panel on the steering colum at a later date. I did not want to pull the autometer gauges apart and mount them like a few had done on HybridZ. The signal wires are labelled and also hanging down so at this stage all I have left to do is resintall the dash and run new signal wires to the engine pcm for the rpm and mph. The oil pressure and water temp senders will need to be installed and signal run to their gauges.

 

 

 

[Riceburner]

The pipes are cool, reminds me of a 250 gto. The dash looks great, must be so much easier easy doing it out of the car. You probably have already done it but when I rolled my guards I sprayed a rust preventative/sealer around inner lips to stop the rot before any moisture and dirt get trapped.

 

I must say White Zeds are by far the best looking 

[Bigfella]

Big fan off the twin pipes 

[MaygZ]

Love the dash.  You might have said earlier, but where did you get the gauges and what sort are they?

[RB30X]

Thanks.

 

I got the autometer gauges from the US of A, or ebay motors, I have the blokes details if you want, and got them shipped over here in a week for about half of what they go for in Australia.

[RB30X]

I installed the oil pressure sender and water temp senders today. The water temp sensor that came with the gauge, replaced a bung in the drivers side cylinder head, but required an NPT to metric fitting from Pirtek. The oil sender attached to a housing above where the oil filter is located. There was an existing port that just required drilling and tapping for the fittings required to meet the sensor that came with the gauge. The original hole was facing upwards off the block, and just too big to run a 1/8' tap into to suit the sender so I went out to 1/4' and stepped it down with an elbow which seemed to fit better anyway if I pointed it downwards.

I set the dash up on a wheelie bin outside the car first and got everything running correctly, so I didn't put the dash in only to find something was wrong. I've taken a vid of it all working but I am unable to upload it atm as somebody has downloaded too many movies and my net is slooooow.

 

 

 

 

 

I thought I'd better wrap the LH header as it was close to a lot of wiring (which still needs tidying).

 

 

The dash is now in the car and running, just need to tidy up all the wiring there as well.

 

[RB30X]

Not an in car vid but the one when testing the dash outside.

 

 

And FYI, I paid less than $700 for all these gauges as well as a fuel tank level gauge, delivered from the US. These would have cost me near $2000 to buy them all here in Aus.

[zed240au]

keep an eye on your heat wrap tim it can be a real rust trap But agree these motors do create alot of heat in engine bay

[Riceburner]

Looking real neat Tim, thats a huge saving on the gauges  There's some info on fitting the Autometer gauges to factory Z housings on HybridZ, if you are feeling very brave that is.... Has the dash been restored, looks better than new.

[RB30X]

Thanks mate. The dash got a light sand and a few coats of satin black vinyl paint. I did see that write up but I prefer this look and it's also much easier

 

[Riceburner]

Thanks mate. The dash got a light sand and a few coats of satin black vinyl paint. I did see that write up but I prefer this look and it's also much easier

 

 

Wow, that came up so well. The silver breaks up the interior a bit too 

[Zedman240®]

What model tacho did you use? looks good! Reason is the Wolf ECU can only run a -ve triggered tacho and not the zeds +ve tacho.

[RB30X]

Hey mate. It's just a normal one #4489. I'm pretty sure they can receive any signal and convert to revs. I currently have mine set as a four cylinder to suit the pulses the ls1 PCM puts out.

[zed240au]

i found ls1 ecm would not ru std zed tacho since i wanted to keep std look inside i bought after market tacho and pulled guts out and fitted it inside zed tacho housing works fine now

[Veloce]

This will be a beast when finished.

 

I know you are in North QLD, but where did you source the SS pipe from?

[RB30X]

Midway metals. They are all over the country.

[RB30X]

Got a bit of a surprise today flicking through a Zoom mag. I sent a few pics in a while back but never thought it would actually end up in there. Didn't include anything I mentioned about the PO completing most of the work. Oh well, hopefully it'll be worthy of its own few pages in a few years.

[Veloce]

I wish the LS1 was legal in NSW.... can only go up to just over 5L in an S30 down here.

 

Of course you could be sneaky and put in a 308 and stroke it to 355 or 383 but i wouldnt want the weight of a cast iron V8 block up from.

 

Does anyone know where i can buy a 5L LS that i can stroke back up to 5.7L? after engineers? 

[RB30X]

You can stroke any 5L but your money is better spent on an LS motor.

Looking good Peter. The ball is rolling now.

[Brabham]

Hi Tim,

          How much HP/torque will the T56 handle? May I ask what it set you back? Cheers.

[RB30X]

Well a mate of mine with a TT kit (the upgraded TT kit) is just starting to have problems with his box.

I couldn't put a fugure on it though, but anything you could throw at one in NA form at least??

I bought mine installed already but you can pick up LS1/T56's (motor/gearbox) from wrecked Holdens from between $2500/$5000.

cheers