Project Z

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well the story started when the timing belt broke on my 84 300zx and pretty much tottaled the car so i had my mind set on getting a new car........ i had my mind set on a turbo z31 or the thought of getting a 240z was in the back of my mind, anyways like a week later im going to the bank and i see this 240z sitting in this driveway with a inch of dust on it, sweet maybe they will sell it? i checked out the car, no rust at all, clean body and it was a early 71 with the vents with a 280z hood and nice airdam.

i come back later that day befor i goto work and check out this car again to see if the owner is home, nope, nobody is home. so im checking out the car more and this guy comes walking down the street and askes me what im doing and he said its his car and i asked him right there if he would sell it, "yep 1000 bucks" but he said it had a blown head gasket........ i wont go into the details of getting the pinkslip and all that good stuff as it was a big mess but in the end i got it towed to my garage to start this project.

this is after a good wash and wax job for the paint it had

ewwwww dirty non working motor

i tore everything down and stripped and cleaned parts and took the e31 head off and looked at the gasket and dont see where it blew.....hmmmmmm anyways i take the head to a friends shop to get test done repaired etc..... turns out i had a 1.5 inch crack right down the combustion chamber in number 3 cylinder, got it pressure tested, cleaned, new valve guides, grinded valves, welded the crack and milled the head a bit all for 205 dollars.....sweet huh?

threw everything back together over a long two month period, put new gaskets on and fianlly got this motor together and now it runs and drives......... just need to get the carbs tuned. im working on getting current pix up but theres nothing like bringing a classic z car back to life after sitting for years. :classic:

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