Sik_bb_trx Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 Hi all, im from south coast of NSW and am building up an RB powered 280zx finally found a mint rust free shell to start on its getting a respray in black over the coming months, will try and keep a build thread going on here if anyone is interested Thanks Shaun Quote
Moderators Zedman240® Posted May 29, 2011 Moderators Posted May 29, 2011 Welcome Shaun, Its always interesting to watch a members build. Being black it should look exactly like another members 280 2 seater.. except yours will be RB motivated. Good choice of powerplant! Quote
jamo240 Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 Welcome! There are a few of us here who have done RB conversions, so give us a shout if you want any ideas on how to do it. Cheers Jamo Quote
Sik_bb_trx Posted May 30, 2011 Author Posted May 30, 2011 Great, I wasnt sure how popular the RB conversion was so Im glad to hear I dont have to re-invent the wheel, Il post up some pics soon including the body kit, it came from a guy in sydney and is supposed to be fairly rare, thanks Shaun Quote
FuzzyDropbear Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 Welcome Shaun, Seems we are getting a few more of the antrx members on here with different projects. Can't wait for the pics, sounds like an interesting build. Cheers, Rob Quote
Sik_bb_trx Posted May 30, 2011 Author Posted May 30, 2011 Hi fuzzy drop bear, how many other antrx'ers are on here? car modifying what a small world ! My 280 is a 4 seater, im still trying to pick up early model late model etc mine is the one with the cool bonnet vents not the 2 that are the same and the 5 spoke wheels, early model I think Cheers Quote
. Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 Welcome. Is it auto or manual? You might want to double check if it has an R180 or R200 diff and if it has CVs or Unis in the rear. If you are planning to squeeze a few ponies out of the RB you should really make sure it has the R200 diff and CV half shafts to handle the horsepower. You might also think about double checking which rear brakes your car has. The 280zx series 1 has smaller and uglier rear brakes. If you have those it would be well worth an upgrade to series 2 calipers (or something better) Good luck with the project. Quote
FuzzyDropbear Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 Laurence is here every now and again, he came down to one of our meets as well. There was another bloke, but I'm not sure if he ended up with a Z or not. So this is going to replace the trx as the track car is it? Did anyone end up buying your KA, or did you end up sticking it under the bench? Cheers. Quote
Sik_bb_trx Posted May 30, 2011 Author Posted May 30, 2011 My 280 is a manual, unfortunately it has the R180 rear end in it, isnt the R200 rear pretty rare? how do you tell? I think I landed the crap brakes to they are a really weird looking caliper The 280 is a just a comfy cruiser project my new track car is a 200sx Silvia the Pinatara was fun but limited with the amount of power the FWD setup could handle, I still have the insane KA under my bench kinda hopeing to drop it into the 910 bluebird body I have laying about, but alas never enough hours in the day for toys to much work lol Cheers Quote
. Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 The r200 isn't particularly rare unless you insist on lsd. The series 1 brakes are significantly smaller than the series 2. If you are truely just going to cruise they will do. But anything more lively realy would lend itself to the larger brakes. Quote
zzzzed Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 hi and welcome. I am also a member of antrx but I havnt been on there since i sold my pintara years ago I also have a RBz in the making. Will be interesting to see another being built Quote
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