Duffy's 1/71 Series 1 240z build

[hiyabrad]

Looking so sweet!

[duffymahoney]

14 hours ago, hiyabrad said:

Looking so sweet!

The block color was scanned and then matched, from pictures it looks a little light, but hopefully in person its perfect.  It's hard to judge block color, mine darkened with time/ age, but the parts with none of that the blue is pretty light.  

[siteunseen]

42 minutes ago, duffymahoney said:

The block color was scanned and then matched, from pictures it looks a little light, but hopefully in person its perfect.  It's hard to judge block color, mine darkened with time/ age, but the parts with none of that the blue is pretty light.  

Your's looks great! I'd give anything to go back to the 1st rattle can color I used, Ford blue. I ended up going to Pontiac blue and it's too pale. It has darkened some with time though so it's not as "baby boy blue".

 

[duffymahoney]

Vapor blasting is amazing 

[duffymahoney]

280zx alternator installed. That was easy! I found a rebuilt 60amp. Which tested at 65. I like the internally regulated aspect. 

[duffymahoney]

I rebuilt this 82-83 turbo distributor today. New bearing, all new zinc and a new z31 cas. 
 

only issue so far is the Cas disk I have might be bent. 
 

also

Cas turbo upgrade method #2. This is for a 82-83 turbo distributor. 

Instead of using long nuts and bolts. I thought this would be a cleaner install. 

Drilled out the base to allow m5 jis screws. Then threaded and tapped the maxima cas

[duffymahoney]

Pretty proud of how these vintage SK throttle bodies came out. 

All new zinc, shafts and butterfly’s. 

I can’t wait for them to sing on my 3.1L

[duffymahoney]

Making vintage 40mm SK throttle bodies into 45mm. Machinist was amazed on how square they are. .003 off of true center.

These are for Andrew Kazanis as a thanks for taking such good care of my 3.1L

[duffymahoney]

Well this looks good! Next project is to figure out is the single piece fuel rail and mounts plus injectors. Then they are ready to go on.

Vintage SK ITB is coming together.

[rturbo 930]

That looks really good. 

[duffymahoney]

From idea to test Fit in a week. Cnc cut next week. Only tweak is matching the step and radius of the step to the throttle bodies. This will be a decorative mount for a single piece fuel rail. 

[240ZBUILTBYME]

Hey duff 

Love your build mate! Safari gold, black RKRs, red calipers! Your taste is impeccable!

Few questions for you as looking at doing a few things the same as you, 

1. With the 15x8s RKRs did you get any rubbing with the bc coilovers or big brake kit?

2. How have you found silverlines stage 3 kit? Performance wise, done any light track work? Did the brakes hold up?

Ryan