1976 280Z Restoration Project

[rcb280z]

That's a cool mod! Is it something you fabricated or a kit you purchased?

[wheee!]

That's a cool mod! Is it something you fabricated or a kit you purchased?

Just built it out of parts from Princess Auto. It’s been done a few times before and I just copied others.

[wheee!]

This will work! Now to do the other side...

I will clean up the chassis area a bit more before welding in the brackets. Then I will spray body colour in the chassis area and powder coat the hinges in a satin black. 

[wheee!]

Satin black looks awesome on these. Keeps them hidden behind the grill. 

Edited December 20, 2018 by wheee!

[wheee!]

And because I’m a focused individual... squirrel!....

where was I? Oh yeah, port matching the throttle body to the intake!

A sharp blade to trace the wider opening on the throttle body  

This is a significant amount of extra air!!

Then overlay the gasket on the intake manifold for tracing

All that’s left is the grinding...!

[Patcon]

You are gonna use the hood hinge torsion bars also? Will they clear the gas struts?

[wheee!]

You are gonna use the hood hinge torsion bars also? Will they clear the gas struts?

No. The torsion bars will not be re-used. I will keep the mounts on the hinges for them just in case, but I don’t plan on using them. Just didn’t feel right cutting them off.

[grannyknot]

I've had my hood shocks working for a couple of years now and I wish I had included some kind of adjustment mechanism to just trim them up a bit, one side has a bit of slack. It's nothing really but I notice it.

[wheee!]

Maybe new shocks....?

[Captain Obvious]

5 hours ago, wheee! said:

port matching the throttle body to the intake!

This is a significant amount of extra air!!

Well to be clear... It's a significant amount of extra area.  It'll only be a significant amount of extra air if the rest of the system will pull it.  

Edited December 21, 2018 by Captain Obvious

[wheee!]

Well to be clear... It's a significant amount of extra area.  It'll only be a significant amount of extra air if the rest of the system will pull it.   [emoji185]

True. However with a larger displacement of 3100cc, and better exhaust flow through 2.5” headers and tailpipe, I expect that the engine should use most of this new ‘area’ effectively!

[grannyknot]

11 hours ago, wheee! said:

Maybe new shocks....?

The shocks are new, I guess what I'm suggesting if you are interested is attaching the lower pivot points on some kind of a slider that can be clamped down with a bolt so you can trim the position if needed.