Hey men,

Bought a '72 on eBay. 14th Z I've owned in my 30 years of life.

Immediately took it to Miller Brothers Hot Rod Barn in North Wilkesboro, NC and had it totally disassembled and made, well, perfect.

They've been working on it over over a year now. So, here's where we are. The car is in the middle of assembly. I don't need to buy anything else. It's just a waiting game.

The engine is a Nissan S15 (2003) Sylvia SR20DET turbo motor and is getting:

Greddy intake

High flow injectors

Brian Crower cams and springs

New head gasket n such

Garrett 3071 Turbo (pretty big)

Greddy top mount exhaust manifold (the turbo will be up and in your face)

McKinney Motorsports Aluminum Radiator, Electric Fan, and custom fan shroud

McKinney Motorsports Front Mount HUGE intercooler

Walbro high flow fuel pump

Lightweight flywheel

Stage 3 Competition Clutch and pressure plate

Sylvia S14 5 speed (the 6 speed I have is on eBay. It won’t hold more than 350HP)

AEM standalone engine management system, tuned on the dyno at National Speed for 380-400HP, depending on lag. This setup will push upwards of 500HP if I didn’t care about lag.

The chassis has these mods:

Arizona Z Car billet differential mount

Suspension Techniques sway bars

Arizona Z Car adjustable control arms (all 4)

Nismo Limited Slip Differential

Carbon Fiber custom drive shaft

Rebuilt ‘87 300ZX Turbo drive shafts

Modern Motorsports 5 lug conversion

Arizona Z Car/Wilwood disc brakes all around: 6 piston up front, 4 in the rear, with a proportioning valve hidden at the old choke lever site on the console.

Motorsport Auto Quick Steering Knuckles

Motorsport Auto adjustable sway bar end links

Arizona Z Car coilovers. Fully adjustable.

Arizona Z Car camber plates (check out the install!)

CCW Classic custom 3 piece, 17” wheels

Michelin Pilot Sport Tires

The interior is going back perfectly stock. By ‘perfectly’, I mean that every piece of the interior. EVERY PIECE, has been bought from new, most from Cannaday. I also bought a new dash, all vinyl, and seat foam. The original wood wheel is being restored right now.

Should be good. Could possibly be driving it by Thanksgiving.

I hope you guys like looking at this as much as I do.

Jared

Hi Jared:

Looks like the Miller Brothers are doing a wonderful job for you. It will cost a little more than a new GT-R, but in the end you'll have a beautiful Z...... and ten years from now it will still be a beautiful Z.

thanks for sharing it with us.

Carl B.

I'm not much of a massive HP type of guy, stock or mildly modded is good enough for me. But I really love the idea of adding that kind of performance to a car with stock body and interior. That is going to be one fast, but great-looking car. Can't wait to see pictures of the finished product.

Wow, you are a hardcore Z fanatic. I can only imagine what this restoration costs!

Edited October 8, 200816 yr by mikewags

"WOW" is right, going to be one of the nicest Z's in the country.......

That is a really cool project. It should be very light with the mods you are making. I can't wait to see the finished product.

Jared....Congrats on a job done right! It's going to be exceptional.

Exceptional...

Man...I shoulda' Stayed in school....:stupid:

Tuck \o/

Nice to see another lime Z in NC! Looks great, especially seeing imports among the muscle car/hot rod crowd...BTW, why the SR20 and not the RB26--pretty obvious $$$ was not the issue. Don't know much about the swaps, so forgive the implied ignorance regarding fitment issues between the two swaps.

Hope to see it out and about by November! Are you in the Triad?

Jared,

I'm only 30 miles from you up in Boone. It looks like your project is going just fine and the shop you are in has a great reputation. I'd like to stop by someting and see your progress. Mine has been in the body shop for exactly 1 year today but due out in the next couple weeks. I should be getting in the paint booth next week (918 Orange), with re-assembly week after next.

Good luck on your project, it looks very thorough.