E-tek RACING '71 Parts Car Resto

[e-tek]

Great Z Casey! I used to have a very similar set of wheels on a 240Z I had when I was 18.

[bartsscooterservice]

Moving along pretty well e-tek! The end is coming in sight

[Notorious Nerd]

Its always awesome to see your progress e-tek!

[e-tek]

Thanks guys. Lots of sanding today. I'm using Dupli-color's High-Build Primer for contrast an a little fill while blocking it all out.

[e-tek]

Got 'er all primered up -

Bottoms all undercoated too -

This weekend is all about sanding. At this pace, it'll be painted by May!

[bartsscooterservice]

It's moving along pretty well, soon another classic z saved

[e-tek]

Was sanding away today when I caught an edge -

Talk about working your fingers to the bone!

:stupid:

[bartsscooterservice]

damn must hurt ! I also regularly hurt myself , 2 weeks ago I was drilling with a very small drill, and put to much pressure on it, it snapped, and guess what was there..my left hand thumb. It went to the bone and a piece of skin from my thumb up near the nail was off. Now it's healed again almost, but another scar for the collection

[e-tek]

FINALLY.....onto some fun stuff!!

Valve train looks to be in good shape -

The SU's where real sticky, so a rebuild will likely make a big difference -

Tomorrow I'll tear down the bottom end and see if I need to pull the pistons. It ran well and had decent compression before going into storage, so if there's little carbon build up and the cylinder walls look smooth, I'll be leaving it as is and just giving it a "paint and gasket rebuild". I'll also smooth and match the manifolds.

Edited April 1, 2013 by e-tek

[e-tek]

Continued the tear down today....

and found some sketchy leak repairs

but the cam looked pretty much perfect!

Before taking the head off I made my own cam chain block to ensure I don't loose the timing -

The front corner had a leak repaired - the source of which was a break in the front portion of the head gasket -

With the head off, I could see that although the pistons had some carbon buildup, the cylinder walls were smooth as a baby's-y'know-what with very little ridge buildup -

I measured the cylinders for wear and roundness and they came in nearly perfect, so I decided not to go at the bottom end and just do the gasket and paint rebuild. By sealing up the leaks and replacing all the wear parts, plus gasket-matching the manifolds and rebuilding the carbs, I think (Ok hope) it'll be perfect.

Time for the cleaning to begin!

[EuroDat]

Now it really gets interesting:)

[Notorious Nerd]

Oh so much fun!!!