JDM_240z

Thanks for the info on the gearbox, that makes sense. He did mention he had changed it. Thats what I thought about the flares, i just wanted to confirm it. I'll still add a front air dam and rear spoiler but i think i'll leave the flares as there isn't any rust in front gaurds and very little in the rear. Would be good to meet some guys with cars, the info would be helpful and knowing the right people always helps!

I can't remember the guys name, i think it may have been Frank, i got the car down in Bridgetown. Had a bit of a play today trying to sweat out the hang over and got a bit done. Found a couple of things out about the car today as well. I took the gearbox out and noticed a couple of things that leads me to believe it wasn't a factory manual, such as the cross member not fitting nicely and the trim that goes around the gear leaver is homemade, but eveything else looks factory so not really sure. Since i was on a roll I started taking the engine apart and removed the head. Finding out why it started making bad rattling and metal on metal noises from the top end. I found that one of the oil squirter bolts was either missing or has fallen out causing starvation on the cam. Once i had the head off it looks like i made have blown a head gasket but looking at the corrosion in the water gallery it was very close to breaching the bore anyway. The more I go into this build the more I want to get silly with it and fit 17x9.5's and flares. What are your opinions on this? Bite the bullet and do it or keep the car looking more original by not cutting the guards and fit 17x8.5's.... I really do want to model my build on something like this as it just looks look staunch.

Step 1: Remove engine, gearbox and basically take the whole front of the car off. Remove everything from the engine bay and from the window forward have it sand blasted and repainted white. Had a couple of spare hours today so got stuck into it, as you can see the engine bay isn't the nicest looking so going to get this redone and then get the exterior painted at a later date.

Hey guys i'm Jamie and new to this forum. Thought i might share with you my now project 240z i purchased a couple of months ago down south from perth. I got this car and it barely ran, looked rough but the interior was still really nice and the car still has matching numbers and is build number 803. I gave it a buff and a big tune up, fitted electronic dizzy and had the front brakes rebuilt. I recently took it to a work track day and evidently did some damage (suspected run cam bearing by the sounds of it) so now i'm taking this opportunity to do some resto on it. I'm going to do it in stages so it doesn't hit me all at once in the pocket and so i can still drive it in between etc. I'm going to keep it as original as i can but modify it to how i want it. all mods will it basically bolt on so if the need ever arose to make it how it was , it can be. I really want to put flares on it but can't bring myself to cut into such an original car, so insted of going 17x9.5 i'll go 17x8.5 that sort of thing. Here are a couple of pics to show you what i have to work with as i go along i'll explain my steps on it and if you guys have opinions please let me know.