CG240Z

Had yesterday off so I spent the day taping up and priming the engine bay. Once again, I think it came out great. Next step is to lay the color down, but paint store is closed on Christmas, so that will have to wait until tomorrow. Just going with a satin black. I know it's not correct because it's not color matching, but I'm not sure what color the car is going to be so I'm just going to lay black down. I can always change it later. After painting I will be working on the rest of the front end. Basically right now I'm working firewall and forward. Already have all the parts so I'm just working on it step by step. Picked up 4 piston calipers, slotted rotors, Tokico performance struts, eibach lower spings, bigger MSA sway bar, all new bushings and a few other things. It's really going to make the car pop. I'm taking my time working on the car and enjoying every minute of it. No need to rush since I don't have anything else to do. Merry Christmas too guys!

Picked up a 1970 240Z that my aunt and uncle gave to me a few months ago and have been working on it quite hard ever since. It was my aunt's first car that she got in 1973 and she has had it since. 11 years ago a connecting rod put a baseball size hole out the side of the block and it has sat in their garage since then. I gladly took it off their hands and the project has begun! The plan is to do a engine, trans, and rear end swap in it. I already picked up a 1979 ZX that I took the complete drivetrain out. The body was junk but the drivetrain was good. Got a buddy going over the trans and rear end for me pops is doing a complete rebuild on the engine. Also ditching the fuel injection, going to dual Weber carbs, bigger cam, and headers. Body and paint are in surprisingly good condition, so that will be the last thing I tackle. Right now I'm focusing on drivetrain and getting her back on the road. This is the car the day I picked it up. Drove 15 hours each way to get her. Right away I snatched the engine and trans out. I'm thinking this is why the engine wasn't running right. All the wiring on the car is atrocious, it's poorly spliced and random butt connectors everywhere. The engine harness is going to need to be replaced and the dash gone over. So I pulled the dash. Hopefully I'll be able to get it back in one day. haha Engine bay had a few coats of grime and paint on it. It was looking pretty rough. Decided to start fresh, so I had the engine bay soda blasted. Unfortunately I'm working out of 2 apartment garages so I don't have anywhere to blast, but it was only $150 and it came back awesome. Couldn't be happier with the results. This is the engine bay just bare metal. Also picked up a cabinet blaster from Harbor Freight so I decided to test it out. Blasted, primed, and painted the brake booster and horns. Cabinet worked great and the parts came out great. Did this while I was waiting on the engine bay to get blasted.

Arizonacar.com makes a billet aluminum differential mount. I don't personally own it, but it looks really nice. I plan on buying it when I get to the rear end.

Thanks guys, I'll dig around the passenger side after work tomorrow.

Getting the engine bay ready for soda blasting and am replacing the engine harness. Im having trouble finding where the harness connects to. I can't find it on interior side of the firewall. Is this something I have to take the dash out to get to? I found some connections below the dash, but this seems to be to a different harness. Thanks guys

Good call on Z Car Source, a little pricey, but not much you can do when they don't make the parts anymore. You got to pay to play.

Hello guys! As you can tell I'm new to the forum, but am already finding a lot of useful information. I have a 1970 240Z (6/70) that I am beginning restoration on. The original engine had a connecting rod sticking out the block so a engine swap is in progress. When I pulled the engine I noticed the engine wiring harness has been tampered with severely. It has butt connectors throughout it and numerous homemade connections. Easily said, it's not up to par. I've been trying to locate a new engine wiring harness and have seen reference to a difference between the 240 years. Does anybody know what's makes the 1970 harness different? I've found other years for sale, but so far nothing for a 70. Thanks guys.

Hello guys! New to the forum, but I've already been using it for a lot of useful information. I just picked up at 1970 240Z, I guess you can say it's been in the family since practically brand new. My aunt got it for her first car in 1973 and has owned it since. 11 years ago it threw a connecting rod out of the side of the block and has sat in the garage since then. I drove 30 hours last mouth round trip in a weekend to pick the Z up and the rebuild has already started. Plans are to swap a 280Z motor, trans, and rear end into it and hoping to have it on the road by the spring. I already picked up a 79' 280ZX parts car and have pulled all the necessary parts and the engine rebuild should begin soon. Glad to introduce myself and hope to learn a lot.