240ZBUILTBYME

Very nice! that's how id like mine to look! Agree with the photos, its like a spaghetti bowl in there...

Yes had a little break, which was needed. My zx is down at the moment, all the injectors failed so i need to replace them, i have the new injectors just need the time to install, plus i want to replate the fuel rail and a few bits in the engine bay to tidy things up.

Haha its been a while but yes the dream is still alive. albeit a more expensive dream by the day...

few exciting updates The body shop contacted me and asked if I wanted to bring all the smaller parts in and they could get a headstart on a few things when they had gaps to fill. So I dropped the bonnet, rear hatch, front fenders, cowl panel and headlight buckets off to them. One of their panel beaters is a hardcore datsun fan so he couldn't help himself but make a start immediately. Certainly works in my favour! Pretty happy to see some sort of progress! I ended up ordering the spare wheel tub and lower front valance from resurrected classics, my tub had many non factory holes and the lower valance panels all came back a dogs breakfast from the blasters. My body shop advised that if there are decent reproductions it will be more cost effective to buy them instead of them fixing my mangle panels. Also ended up taking a gamble on resurrected classics new stainless yellow zinc plated bolt kit. I'm pretty impressed with how comprehensive it is, basically every fastener besides the suspension bolts. Everything was very well labelled, only downside i see is you are paying for some fasteners you dont need as they include 260z & 280z fasteners. Now to compare them to stock versions.... Also ordered the resurrected classic doors, mine were cooked and these will save me a tonne of money!

Its been a while gents. I hope you're all well and been driving those cars of yours. Speaking to the panel shop they are looking at Q3 to get the car in, I need to get my arse in gear and start sorting the bits they'll eventually need to fit up panels, hood/hatch/door hinges, bolts for fenders etc and not to mention the few panels I haven't already bought. So I pulled the trigger and bought the KFVJDM rear quarters, it hurt a lot to see the total price shipped, i also got slugged with import duties, however its the first time i have been stung and I've brought in thousands of dollars worth of parts so my number had to come up eventually. arrived all safe with no visible damage besides some scratches to that funky green paint. I have to say they don't use much foam or bubble wrap to protect the panels if at all. If you remember my rear hatch is pretty beat up so I thought Id get their lower rear hatch panel as well, at first glance it looks a bit off in places but hopefully it works well.

I can only imagine the feeling! congrats Dave! man this build is going so quickly!

Glad to see you back at it mate, love marveling at your posts. keep it up!

I always planned to go initially with the HJG46Ws I have but I'm unsure if they will keep up with the stroker. I totally understand what you're saying! The reason I'm not phased about spending money on the engine/driveline is that I have the 280zx as a fall back. So if I dont end up using the components on the 240z they will be able to go straight into the 280zx, 3.1 engine, gearbox, carbs everything driveline related.

Do you know which units he runs? there seems to be oer weber type which uses weber components and an oer type that uses oer components

which oer units did you run? 45mm? I just looked up the pricing, it is tempting

I have looked at those and they seem great value. issue is more the expertise to run and service them in Perth would be non existent. My Z guy has never worked with anything but webers so id rather stick with what he knows. I was keen to run mikunis but the price of them and lack of expertise in perth made me rule them out. I don't want to have to pay for my mechanic to learn all about mikunis lol

Initially I was going to run the original 4 screw hitachi SU's to start with and upgrade later to triples, but these popped up and im tempted to just go straight triples

Ill be running a 3.0 to 3.1L so I think 45's are appropriate from what ive read

So Im planning to pick up this set of triple weber 45 dcoe 152 3 progression hole, does anyone have any thoughts on this model of webers? I have not done much research on webers but I have seen some negativity around these. Wondering if I should be going for the 152G 4 progression hole model instead? These were bought new in 2021 and only been lightly used, basically brand new.

Yeah I still see importing a car from the US as a bigger risk than going with the devil i know.