Camshafts :|

OH GOD I AM SO EXCITED

.460 lift
.270 intake duration
.270 exhaust duration

ITS LIKE CHRISTMAS











SO BEAUTIFUL













BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE

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This doesn't look like my old camshaft... wat

Fuck.

Ron iskenderian was super helpful and found out what happened with my camshaft, it was sent to this guy who ordered the Buick V8 cam.

He's sending me a free shirt for my troubles.

Transmissions, lol

It lased me 15 drag runs, and 1500 miles before i killed it

Goodbye POS wide ratio 5 speed

I was driving normally, and my 2nd, 5th and reverse gears all went out at the same time, i found this after.

I also found a bunch of ball bearings inside the gear oil

More broken transmission

Previous owner never told me the clutch was brand new, i glazed that bitch over hard core

This is what drag racing does to a clutch with 200 miles on it.

it was a mirror shine, oddly the pressure plate still looked brand new!

Compared to my brand new one (which was the wrong size..)

They sent me a 240 mm friction plate instead of a 225

And finally, the coveted 1983 280zx close ratio 5 speed transmission.

this tranny is amazing, it shifts smooth, the gearing is tight.

now i just need to change my rear end gears to make up for the taller first and second in this trans.

8/14/11 Battle at the border Drift event

Took my car to a drift event, this is it in the parking lot before i got into the track

People were adding stuff as they walked by

Eventually the drifters got me onto the track free of charge $$$$$

Pic dump of the chalk progression

The camera girl was a real artist, she drew this

Lol


















Last pic







Video walkaround

Chalkboard painting the Z

I started by taking a sanding sponge to the entire car, getting all the grime and dirt off it. BIG difference on the hood...




I wasn't sure if it was going to rain later on so i taped it off crazy octopus style.

Top coat done

Weather improved so i decided to do the rest, goodbye playboy bunny we hardly knew ye

Took a pic with the tape off just cause'

 Finished first coat, this stuff was put on with a roller so im gonna have to wet sand the fuck out of it.

And here it is all put back together, it looks nice in pictures but is full of orange peel up close

head+camshaft

 Picked up an N47 head from a 77 280z

Unfortunately it has an oil bar, so everything in this post is pointless, but at least the parts are CLEAN!

Cleaning the shit off with aerosol seafoam

Took the gunk right off the camshaft

And ate all of the old oil and gunk off the parts


I'm just pissed this cam wasn't internally oiled.. looks like i cant get my cam reground until i find an internally oiled one.

BECAUSE RACECAR

Here are two runs from 7/13/10 cruise night

The in-car features the 10.28 pass, out of car is the 10.92 Both vs a 3000gt

Dat bunny ass

Haters hating etc..

Pictures

Temporary interior done

One day in this cars life time i will take it to an upholestry shop and have them completely re-do it nicely.

This is just temporary stuff because i cant take the sound / melting tar from the headers anymore.

Painted the floors with latex exterior primer mixed with microspheres, its basically paint on sound deadner.

Got some on the wires and stuff, but i dont care they wont be seen.

The only part i missed up on is i got some of it on the weather strip.. i'll have to go back and paint it with black paint to hide the fuck up.. no big deal

Racecar interior

Got some insulation foam from home depot, the stuff they use on interior carpets.

It makes a good padding and will help with the sound & cabin tempature even more. Cost me 13$

Next part is the velour fabric i bought, i got 4 square yards from joanne fabrics for 27$

The glue was 20$ a can.. 3M godlike spray on adhesive, my friend brendon got it discounted to 24$ for 2


Brenden also helped me put all this shit in, it took about 2.5 hours total, lots of spray gluing and fitting, but it came out great.

I might do the rear hatch like this too.

I need to finish glueing the fabric up towards the firewall, it was getting dark so we stopped.

Next day i used the old carpet as a template for a piece of hard cardboard to glue the sound deadner & Velour to, i had to cut it in sections so it kinda looks fucked up, but i don't care i can live with it for now.

I still need to get a few plastic pieces for the hatch area of the interior, also the fit isn't perfect but it cuts down on the noise ALOT

You can see one of panels here, its not that bad IMO.

The back part will be covered up by a plastic trim piece some day, they're retardedly expensive so i will most likely get it when im finishing up the car.

A deer hit my car,

I hate deer.

I braked and missed the first one coming from the beach, the second one RAN INTO MY CAR WTF?!

Fucking deer, i'm not that mad about the dent.. mostly the fender flare because i can't buy them single, sold in sets only.

Took the flare off, the deer bent the original flare back in on itself.











I was able to pound the upper dent back into shape, lower one was a pain in the ass.













It came out okay, lots of little bumps from the hammer, but bondo will fix that

I didn't take a picture, but i used a wirebrush to take down all of the paint in the effected areas down to the metal










Lots and lots of sanding











Getting there slowly.

Finising up with glazing putty











Not perfect, the extreme lower portion of the car still has a small dent to it, i can't pound it out without cutting the quarter panel off the car.. i was going to build up the bondo but in the future it would look terrible.

Its okay for now, maybe one day i will get it pulled professionally with the proper puller ( i dont own one)

Also the fender is still damaged, i fixed what i could.