Jz260 Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 Hey guys, I bought my first Z about a month ago now and I thought it time to share it with you all! Upon buying it, I took it to my mate's workshop and had it all looked over to see what needed doing and get a roadworthy for registration. We found that it was in desperate need of bushes and adjustment of most of the wheel bearings. After learning this, a few days of research concluded that my best bet was to order a set of prothane bushes from the US. While waiting for these, I decided it was time for a tune on the carby's from the smell of things! I took it to a guy in Stafford with alot of experience on the L26 and he determined that my distributor was in dire need of replacement. Since then, I have ordered one just the other day from america so that hopefully i'll have it all tuned and running in the next few weeks. The dizzy should arrive sometime next week, all going to plan. Then I can send in again to be tuned. Putting the tune aside, I received the bushes a little while ago and took them and the car back in to be replaced. I picked it up today for $700 with all bushes replaced minus a few unnecessary ones, bearings adjusted and a few other things. I took her for a drive and it feels much much firmer. Definitely worth it! I've uploaded a few pics of the old bushes too. After I get the tune done, I think my next project will be to put an LSD in it. At the moment I'm looking at getting a Quafie through work brand new rather than a 2nd hand clutch type or other. Then I'll think about changing out the suspension; shocks and springs and lowering it a bit more. At the moment it has lowered king springs on the front and possibly Tokico's on the rear. I haven't been able to get any numbers or words off them yet... they're red. As well as this, down the track I want to do a brake upgrade to Wilwood calipers and rotors all around. They seem to be pretty well priced for such a good product. That should get me about ready for some track use too And even further away, maybe i'll put an RB25det into it for some more fun Hope you guys enjoy the photos and let me know what you think! Thanks, James Quote
Scoota G Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 Check out those Genuine mirrors (at least i think they are) Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted March 23, 2012 Administrators Posted March 23, 2012 Looks like a great car, wish my 2+2 was that nice when I had my P-plates. Welcome. Quote
EMPRACING Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 NICE! i want a front spoiler like that for mine looks good over all oh and if i ever get my sump you can see what a rb25det looks like in a blue qld 2+2 oh and driver carefully i used to get pulled over weekly in mine when i was on my p's (no p plates back then) half time the police just wanted to look at it the other half...... Quote
handsandwhich Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 She looks to be in pretty good nik. When you say 'adjustment of most of the wheel bearings' what does this mean? I didn't think you could actually do anything to 'adjust' these. They either work or they don't. EMPRACING, I have a sump that will bolt up to an rb25 and fit an s30 I could let you have for a good price if you are interested. Quote
Jz260 Posted March 24, 2012 Author Posted March 24, 2012 When you say 'adjustment of most of the wheel bearings' what does this mean? I didn't think you could actually do anything to 'adjust' these. They either work or they don't. Yep, you can adjust them so that the wheel doesn't wobble around on it. Quote
EMPRACING Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 maybe he means a repack with grease and properly tentioning the nut man if there done up wrong you know about it! i put new bearings in the front in the late 90s and they have garage pushed k's on them i might still replace them there only cheap when you compare all the other crap we have to get as for the sump thanks man but i got one coming (since december) from mckinnys if they ever get round to doing the pickup were blaming an email glitch? Quote
handsandwhich Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 Sorry to hijack the thread but that place where you got the sump from always seem to come up with the lamest excuses as to why things are late. Quote
Jz260 Posted April 5, 2012 Author Posted April 5, 2012 Got the new distributor last week! So nice and shiny I put that in straight away and booked her in for the tune. Since Tuesday this week it has been in the hands of Jim in Stafford for the tune. Things seem to be going quite well so far. Hopefully I'll be able to pick it up on Tuesday sometime. So far he found that the compression was running low in 5/6 of the cylinders and the jets were damaged somehow to the point that they weren't really responsive to adjustment. New jets are on their way to finish the job! As well as this, we've replaced the leads. They were showing their age and I'll change out the coil sometime soon. BIC290 according to performance ignition in Melbourne, recommended by Bosch. I went into work today to see if I could pick it up but we didn't have it, just the Fuelmiser equivalent cc202 which unfortunately doesn't come with the mounting bracket. I'll either make one or hunt the Bosch one down soon. Quote
d3c0y Posted April 5, 2012 Posted April 5, 2012 I saw this car about 10 years ago when the previous owner had it - always been a super tidy Z! Quote
Jz260 Posted April 5, 2012 Author Posted April 5, 2012 I saw this car about 10 years ago when the previous owner had it - always been a super tidy Z! Really? The paint job is only 3ish years old. How do you recognize it? Quote
53-681 Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 I've noticed you've only taken angle shots. Can you plz take a full side view pic of the car so we can see the 2+2's body lines Quote
Jz260 Posted April 16, 2012 Author Posted April 16, 2012 Got the car back on Thursday and went straight out for a drive to Dayboro, through Samford with some mates. It runs much better now. So pleased! Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted April 16, 2012 Administrators Posted April 16, 2012 Did you polish that thing up? Looks amazing. Quote
Jz260 Posted April 16, 2012 Author Posted April 16, 2012 Did you polish that thing up? Looks amazing. Thanks! But actually that was straight after picking up the car from sitting in the workshop for over a week so it was a little grubby. I'll give it a polish some time soon Quote
vramjee91 Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 Love this car, awesome more cause its a fellow P Plater!! Also do you mind popping up some pictures of the back of the car? Im still trying to figure out what to do with mine. Cheers Quote
AussieZed Posted April 18, 2012 Posted April 18, 2012 Wow that is a beautiful car. Do you know what the colour is?? R Quote
Jz260 Posted April 18, 2012 Author Posted April 18, 2012 Hey Guys, I will get a couple of photos of the rear up when I get home for you! And I was on my P's until about a month ago. Now I'm on opens and waiting for the $$ for an RB25 Wow that is a beautiful car. Do you know what the colour is?? R Thank you! I don't know the colour sorry. Apparently it was PPG paint... whoever they are. The previous owner didn't know a whole lot about it unfortunately. Quote
Patch Posted April 18, 2012 Posted April 18, 2012 The colour looks very close to the standard color of my lady's car, and changes with different light. It is called China Blue and came out on 306 Peugeot cab's. paint code is MOGE here is a photo of one. http://static.ccfs-static.com/images/car-adverts/large/old/peugeot-306-147908a1.jpg Quote
53-681 Posted April 18, 2012 Posted April 18, 2012 Vivek, ditch the 2+2 before you invest and grab a 2-seater!!! Quote
Jz260 Posted April 18, 2012 Author Posted April 18, 2012 Vivek, ditch the 2+2 before you invest and grab a 2-seater!!! Well the thing is with mine, as opposed to yours, is that it is already restored and I'm not having to do as much work as you have put into yours so far. I can relate to your feeling but I like my car. As well as this, 2 seaters are much harder to come by and more pricey. Quote
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