eimkeith

the sound is terrific.

I appreciate all of this info, guys - learning a lot here in a short time. priceless!

thanks for that link! looks like a good read.

aesthetics, mostly. :shrug:

I understand that sentiment, and I share it, being a professional restorer myself. To that end, I’m completely comfortable with preserving the original, low mileage drivetrain on a pallet while enjoying a “play engine” so long as it is reversible when it is time move the car to a new owner. After all, I do intend to drive the car quite a bit during my stewardship.

ah - that looks like an easy mod to run the mechanical pump, then, no?

That's fantastic information, thank you. I'll look at the 240 engine today; I'm assuming then, that the mechanical pump has a cast mount on the block somewhere?

Oh, it will all need going through. A engine rebuild would be in order, certainly.

As I'm thinking more about it, I'm inclined to pull the entire low-mileage drivertrain from the '72 and put it on the shelf, put carbs on the ZX engine and install that drivetrain... Should be completely reversible, no?

OK, now I'm considering picking up an inexpensive '83 ZX project car for the 5 speed and rear end. I'm leaning toward putting my original stuff on a pallet on the shelf until it's time to let go of the car, so as to keep the mileage down on the original parts, while increasing the enjoyment factor in the interim. If I do so, what other parts should I harvest from the ZX before the shell is sold? Engine, surely. Anything brake or axle related?

Thank you so much! Lots of time saved right there; appreciated!

ok, first request for group wisdom: I'm looking at renewing all the rubber on the car, and my porsche experience dictates factory seals when & where possible. However, MSA advertises their Exclusive 27-Piece Weatherstrip Kit, 70-78 240Z-260Z-280Z Coupe (all aftermarket reproduction seals as far as I can tell) for $359.87; whereas if I go through that package and eliminate all of the year-inappropriate items and then substitute factory seals for the remainder where available, the price jumps to $950.77. Am I being overly conservative here with the bias toward factory seals? On 911s, aftermarket windshield seals are guaranteed to leak and create installation issues, hence my reservation to use aftermarket...

managed to grab a correct radio for it (got lucky here, I think)

E30 head - I did keep the JDM license plate and the emblems (really should have grabbed the mirrors and carbs too.)

unfortunately, I don't have any college photos - it was a long time ago, and pre-smartphone, we didn't think to document everything we were doing back then. 🙂