JDM_240z

Thanks for that, much appreciated.

Hey guys, painting my engine bay white again an wondering is anyone knows the factory white colour code? Thanks guys

This car makes me not want to cut up my guards for flares, it's such a clean look with the wheel size chosen

Been doing a bit of work over the last couple of weeks cleaning and painting components. Painted the rocker cover and sump in wrinkle paint. Brought a new oil pump due to some scoring in the old one.

great, thanks for the information guys, looks like the mechanical shall stay

Hey guys, I'm putting triple dellortos on my l24 in my engine build, I was wondering can I get away with using the factory mechanical fuel pump? It's not exactly going to be a huge hp engine but it has a few good bits in it an I want to make sure it's not going to starve on fuel if I give it a bit of a pedal.

That would great cheers

Cheers for that guys, might have to roll with 16's then as that car looks so dam tough! Got more work done last night, assembled the short block and tonight the head goes on.

just wondering in peoples opinions are the mags on this car pictured 16's or 15's? I figure they are 9 and 9.5 wide but not sure on diameter....

I won't be running any larger brakes than factory so I can't see any clearance issues. I did some wok over the weekend, fitted the crank, one rod and piston and put the head on to check valve to piston clearances. Plenty of room by the looks of it which I good, get the new pistons pressed onto the Rods now and put the short block together. I still need to do some head setup such as shim the cam towers and get some thicker lash pads then that is ready to be bolted on. Just need to buy more bits like new timing gear, oil pump and gasket set.... At least the ball is rolling now

My bosses have some dellorto 40's lying around which he is going to give me, so i'll re kit those and see how they are. I'd love to do the OER injection but due to $$$ that will have to wait. Its fine, thats very useful information and appreciate it. I wasn't trying to fit ridiculously large wheels but trying to get that nice stance look. I've had to go away and rethink the whole wheel side and think i may have to pursue going down the path of ZG flares to get the look I want with 16x9 -13 and 16x8.5 -6 maybe.

Did some more shopping in the weekend, picked up this manifold

Oh really, I'm glad you pointed that out ! Well since I'm not doing anything like that suspension wise that really puts shafts my idea, but I guess that is what forums are for. A lot more to do before wheels anyway, sand blast and paint engine bay, put engine together and in the hole, remove subframes and rebush everything and paint.

I see your point, that's why I'm thinking 15s with a slightly thicker sidewall to fill the guard but allow movement. I guess it's the kiwi in me, buy the wheels and make them fit This is my drift car to give you some of why I like a staunch stance, obviously we pumped the guards but you get the idea I think

15x8.5 will poke a little but it's what I want. I dummy fitted some wheels I borrowed from friends with the results below..... 15x8 -4 15x9 -10 which obviously poke to much but wanted to see And this is the look I'm going for and from what I can tell these are 16x8.5 -6 and maybe ill go 16s, just depends on my mood when it comes down to clicking the button.....

Yeah i was just fishing with the idea of the 9s, from the research I've done 15x9's +0 but the wheels i want aren't in that offset and I'd be kidding myself if i thought 15x9 -13 would fit without flares. I'm going to try fit 15x8.5 -6 which has the same amount of poke as the 15x9 +0. I need to work out the final Static compression ratio but it should be up around 10.5:1 i imagine. The camshaft company had 5 different cam options and I chose the one i think is best suited for my engine/what they car will be used for. which they specs are. I did ask the engine builder to shim the towers as required and actually haven't unwrapped my head to see, if not done will have to be done, but that's no major.

Finally got my engine back from the reconditioners today. I have to dummy assemble it to check valve to piston clearances. The block has been bored to 60thou and decked to raise compression. The "reconditioned" head I got off eBay ended up being a lemon, they just skimmed the head but valve guides were shot, seats fell out and it was bent across the top. So after much machining, l28 intake valves were fitted with new guides, has had some mild porting done, heavy valve springs fitted with its performance camshaft This should give me some motivation I've been lacking pretty badly, so very excited to get this engine together.

Bonnet has been sold

Hey, have a couple of things taking up space in my garage. Have a vented 240z bonnet in good condition, has a couple of spots of rust and need panel and paint etc. $80 Also have an A/C condensor and evaporator lying around which i'll never use. They are rather used but i'm sure someone might need the bits or can recon them. Carton of Beer Also have a 240z tow bar i don't need. Free to a good home If no body wants the parts they'll probably end up at the dump (except bonnet) Give me a message or a txt 0439 999 670, all located in perth. Cheers Jamie

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Thought i'd give you guys a bit of an update as I found some motivation and an engine crane today. I've finally got the engine block out and on a stand now. Once i got the engine pulled apart i found a piston skirt in the sump and the no.6 piston was the culprit. I also found a hairline crack around the pin area so i'm quite glad i made the decision to pull the engine down as a major failure was going to happen the engine still looks in pretty good condition, i think its had a cheap rebuild in the past and it looks like it has oversized bearings fitted and the crank looks perfect. Bores still show hone marks but i intend on going oversize on the pistons anyway. Still researching a couple of piston options but i'll be putting in flat top/high comp ones regardless for a little more power Still tossing up a couple of options on the head too as i'm not chasing huge power but don't want to leave it standard either so still doing my numbers on that too but its going to end up with a stage 3 cam and at least mild porting. This weeks work will be getting the engine assesed and measured. I will also finish pulling everything else in the engine bay out, including fuel lines, brake lines and components for sand blasting at the start of next month, so things are progressing. Its good at this stage of the build as its not costing me money .....yet...... that part is to come and i know its going to hurt.

It was the intention, I don't think theres any damage to the bore but i want to start with a fresh motor preferred.....

Hey, Just wondering where in australia is the best place to get an engine rebuild kit to suit my l24? i want flat top / high comp pistons to raise the compression up thanks

yeah i'm definately thinking about 16x9 and 16x8.5 now, just trying to get them i think might be the issue. I'm going to borrow some friends mags and see how they fit with 16's and 17's then make my decision. Purchased an engine stand last night so now the next thing is get the block out and start getting some quotes on getting a short block rebuilt. Any body have any suggestions ? I want to try raise the compression so i'm thinking flat top pistons and shave the head. I want to get a mild cam and run triples too.

I'm pretty much set on running generic Z Mags.... Rota RB, just keeps that nice clean look and they are well priced. I find in my opinion those mags look ok in 15 and 16, but with a 17 it sort of has a bit of wow factor as they are large for the car but still suit it. I want as much dish as i can possibly fit, i'm going to roll the lips of the guards up but from what i've read 17x8.5 +4 is what fits? maybe even run a tyre size smaller for a bit of stretch to get the wheels out that extra little bit (the drift car driver in me coming out) then lowering the car to suit. But mags are sitting at about step 3 at the moment but i'm constantly thinking about what to run