Thought I'd come stalk another Zed Forum

[NoLongerHere]

Hi most people call me Shaddow (work, home, just not my wife or mother or the police for that matter).

 

I've a 260Z 2+2 which I pulled off the road for a rust repair five years ago. So it got fully stripped, the engine freshen up became a complete swap along with transmission and few other bits and pieces. My avatar is how it currently sits and drives. Yes it drives though its really hard to see where I'm going at night.

I also have a 79 Ford Escort Mk2 2.0L which is a little heavily worked (last owner went to far) and I'm slowly getting it more drivable which is my wet weather vehicle and 5 days a week you can find my on my Suzuki GS500F. Bikes are a recently found addition to my motoring passion.

 

Here is what has been done to the old girl so far, the list to go is somewhat larger.

Body:

  Rust repair - Still on going. Plus removing old rust repairs that were quite frankly very scary.

  Removal of 20+ Kilos of bog

  Rebuilt Dog Legs and Sill

  Rebuilt Rear Hatch Slam Panel

  Front Bumperettes

  Removal of Rear Bumper

Engine:

  L27 (3.8L V6 Series 2) (with no power steer or air con on it)

  2 x CT12A Turbos

  Custom chipset for standard computer to suit Turbos

  2 Bar MAP sensor

  Pacemaker Extractors

  Custom Turbo Dump Pipe

  Lukey Exhaust System

  Range Rover 3.9L V8 Air box

  VS Commodore Radiator (Just what I had kicking around at the time)

  TurboSmart FPR 800 Fuel Regulator

  Remote Oil Filter (Ford filter of some sort from memory)

  Ford XR6 Inter cooler

Driveline/Suspension:

  T5 Transmission

  Hilux Four Piston Callipers up front

  R31 Rear Disc Conversion

  Custom Built Tail-shaft (dam its light)

  Stainless steel brake flex lines

  Conversion from cable clutch to hydraulic for the T5 - Using a Zed master and a S12 Hilux Slave

  Urethane Radius Arm Bushes

  Urethane Steering Coupler Bush

 

Here are some pics of the old girl.

 

This is from when I first got her before the rust showed up.

 

I was doing the rear brake conversion at this time.

 

Here is is with the L27 sitting in the bay with its modified sump

[Zedman240®]

Welcome Shadow,

Looks like a clean 260 in that moving pic! Must be well motivated with that V6... Keep the pics rolling in! Enjoy..

[KatoKid]

Welcome mate.

 

Un naturally aspirated L27 is good bang for bucks.

 

Keep at it.

 

[Lynton]

Wow did the rust pop up everywhere or did you decide to do the total job and try and eradicate for good so to speak? Lynton

[Gordo]

Funny to strip the car down and leave the front bumper on!

[Scoota G]

Funny to strip the car down and leave the front bumper on!

Saves knocking your shins on the pointy bits!

[KatoKid]

Saves knocking your shins on the pointy bits!

 

Sounds like youre talking from experience Scoota!

[Scoota G]

Sounds like youre talking from experience Scoota!

Well i have rebuilt the odd car or 4 in the last 18 months, everyone has their little tricks to make work safer. I have another 67 Fastback Mustang in at the moment and after that is a 32 Ford. When you do such a high volume it's not if you hurt yourself but when!

[nizm0zed]

nice looking project.

I'd be interested in seeing how you have done the handbrake cable for the R31 calipers.

Im currently doing it myself in my own way, but im allways keen to see how others have approached the problem.

[NoLongerHere]

Which question to answer first.

Wow did the rust pop up everywhere or did you decide to do the total job and try and eradicate for good so to speak? Lynton

 

I originally had rust bubbles coming up in a few spots. Started sanding the areas back and found allot of bog. So I sanded deeper and found more bog and then some really bad patches under the bog. Borrowed a paint thickness meter and the only place I could detect metal was the roof. So the all the paint came off. Found all old repairs were just patches tact welded over the holes (rust not even cut out), the patches hammered down and bogged back into shape. So the blue photo that is a photo of how good bog can be used to create a car shape. Quite disappointed with what I found under the paint.

 

Funny to strip the car down and leave the front bumper on!

 

Not really for reason of legs but the truth is I put the bumper back on to work out where to cut it up. It is now bumperettes.

 

nice looking project.

I'd be interested in seeing how you have done the handbrake cable for the R31 callipers.

I'm currently doing it myself in my own way, but I'm always keen to see how others have approached the problem.

 

I am stilling using the original zed one flexed into place. Its broken on one side since the rear brakes went on so I'm not sure what will be the final setup. Next weekend I'll crawl under the car and take a photo to show you how it is set-up.

 

 

Thanks for the other comments guys.

I still have some tuning issues with the engine. Need to move to bigger injectors and more reliable fuel pump set-up but its getting there.

 

And here is an old photo of the R31 disc on the back end. I've got no behind it photos to show the handbrake, I'll get some during the week.

[Fairlady Z]

i was wondering where you have disappeared to you. you have a PM. lot of different things done to your car since last time we chatted.

 

 

regarding your disapoitment in plates welded over rust yep just did the same thing on my Rx7 check the off topics section and the cutouts i made.

 

[NoLongerHere]

Still been around but had kids, bought a house, bought a whole lot of other cars and a couple of motorbikes. I've been getting side tracked a little bit.

 

I saw your rust. Its heart breaking sometimes to find such what should be a simple fix has been made ten times worse because someone took "short cuts" the first time and made it longer even in that first time.