Brycey

hey mate long time no see! thanks for the comment there are 2 colours i have in mind, either Ford Blood Orange (which is a ford colour that has been used over the past 4 or 5 years, basically a orange similar to the datsun orange but with a red pearl) but these days im more leaning towards BMW Army Green, which came out on such cars as the nissan A33 maxima etc, really nice colour and would go hand-in-hand with the 240 curves as for the wheels i purchased some 3 piece ROH modina 18x8 fronts and 18x9 rears second hand not long ago, they were custom made for a R34 and i thoguth it would just be a matter of putting some spacer blocks in to make up for the offset differance.. but with the 240 having the most "in" offset and the skylines having the most "out" offset it would need a spacer block that is about 2 meters long so im either going to get some new outer rims made to the 240 offset or sell them and get some custom made wheels. this is what they look like id like to keep them because they would really suit the orange or the green, but if it becomes too unrealisitc or too expencive then ill just sell them to some skyline nut

thanks for that mate :-) sorry for the delayed reply but the site wasnt loading for me for a few days yeah im really happy with the fuel setup the diff is a short nose R200 from a 1993 (im pretty sure)personally imported (so its jap spec) z32 N/A, same deal with the drive shafts. my mate wrote off his 300 and decided to part it down, you would think the first thing i would say to him would be "ah man thats too bad" but it was more like "BAGS THE DIFF!" and also the rear drive shaft is a modified Ford Falcon XR8 shaft (with the 300zx yolks, and with the shaft being more or less cut in half ), for everyone out of australia this is what the falcon looks like p.s. 74260zt - i love your zed :love:

Hey lads! How has everyone been? Sorry its taken so long for any sort of update, but here goes Zed74 – well the reply is over 12 months late, and my answer is …. Im not entirely sure. I got it posted from Sydney to my city (Newcastle) from a mate who highly rates them.. but im sure by now you would have sorted out your manifolds, sorry once again! Well as for my 240.. here is a picture-based-timeline from the last update http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/7685/img1833uo5.jpg the rest of the pictures are fairly boring.. so there you have it, any questions feel free to ask! Im more then happy to help. Basically where its up to now: Z32 N/A R200 diff is in, ford falcon BA XR8 custom driveshaft, rear new Z31 5 stud hubs, front R33 hubs, GTR brakes all round (not yet put on), fuel setup is done, mechanically done, electrically done, exhaust needs the final welds + flanges, few other little things but its getting there Whats happening now: stripping it down to rebuild the engine to handle around 600hpatw, and stripping for the body work/strengthening work. Engine work will be rods, pistons, rings, all gaskets, all bearings, cams, cam gears (plus springs, lifters etc), RB26 N1 water and oil pumps, pully kit. I already have most of the other stuff I need – manifolds, ECU, injectors, turbo etc. so it should be good! Body and strengthening wise, new floor pans, extended rails (stitch welded), medium sized cage (havnt decided on design yet), fiberglass front half with carbon fiber hood, shaved body with the relocated fuel cap, carbon fiber bumpers, typical front air dam(havnt decided which one) Thanks for looking! happy newyear!

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another update, heres the new guages [drool] autometer ultra-lite serise, all electronic guages, full sweap speedo ( with KMPH! OH YEAH!!), tacho and water[/drool] i love them, still need to get the oil guages but that will come in good time, anyway enjoy

from what i can see it looks great wouldnt mind seeing a bigger picture tho, but it looks very nice try www.imageshack.us to upload your pics mate looks great mate, very nice indeed

looks very tidy mate! what a great example the only thing i would do is get rid of the wheels so the hubcaps are gone, and get some fatter tyres hehehe but thats just me love the blind in the back window great work, love it

im not aiming for massive power, after all i still want it to be driveable on a semi-regular basis but the reason why im getting the aftermarket intake is for 2 reason, first of all like you said about simplifying the pipework because of the front mount intercooler, an aftermarket intake will make it alot more straight forward, much more efficient and simple, but to also add some more torque to the final result. also i have been told that i would get more power out of it if i sent the same amount of money that i would on an intake, if i spent it on such items as cam's and cam gears. but you dont need to modify anything to install such mods, if i was to stick with the standard intake then later down the line move to an aftermarket one then i would also have to get the intercooler pipework re-done. but none the less once the engine is out again and its at the body shop im going to consider such things as internals, cam's and all those goodies because the engine will be out and easy to work on i realise that its not a necessity because the standard one is still very good, but i like to stand by the saying " do it once, do it right" hehehe.

exactly my thoughts when i was first told about this guy, but like i said im getting pictures sent to me from him on products that he has currently made before and he is a well known creator of these products, but its not asif im going to jump in without getting detailed information on what sort of design and research has gone into these, heck for all i know he could be livin in a caravan making these out of newspaper and toffey apple from designs he bought from ebay but i will make sure its a good product before i spend any money on any of his products rest assured no dodgy product coming near my car

thanks mate yeah iv been told that the RB's are a rare find over in the US, i guess thats why you guys are always putting in them big V8's i had a great deal of trouble finding my engine, and its still not what i wanted. originally i was looking for the Neo RB25DET VVT which would have been great, wish i found one, but it took me 5 months ( no joke, daily searching) to find what i wanted, i eventually found this engine, has around 8x xxxk's on it which isnt the best, but there isnt much you can do, time was running out. iv had this car since the beginning of 05 and the conversion started and this is where its up to now, obviously there should be alot more progress down but had alot of trouble finding an engine. like i said, in the end i got this one, got it without turbo, turbo manifold, ECU, AC and wire harness just so i could save some cash, so i got it for $2200 AUD, should be quite good when shes done another update - i had the Greddy RB25 air intake manifold on order for a while now but it turns out that they no longer stock this item ANYWHERE which isnt good, so i soursed out another type of intake manifold and i found a XMS ( i think thats the brand name, cant remember exactly, i just remember that there was a X at the start and it was 3 letters long) and this item was significantly cheaper and apparently proven better then the greddy intake. anyway it shows up and it was horrible, worse polish job on it, no runners, it was just the plenum, so i sent it right back because it wasnt what i wanted. after much more sourceing i found a guy that makes custom intakes from scratch that is ment to be " 10 times better then the greddy intake" so im getting him to send me some pics of some products he has made and it looks like this is the direction ill be going, one of a kind intake very unique so im likeing it anyway ill get some newer pics up soon hopefully

hey rob, thanks for that ill keep you updated on what im doing with the rear setup especially so be expecting a email in the near future g'day mate the transmission is rubber mounted then bolted directly to the body the crossmember i used came from a Holden VL Commodore, as they have a RB30 standard and a RB30T on the higher models, they are quite strong and are suited to what im doing very nicely hope that helps mate, have a good one

hey mate, yeah i love the exhaust setup aswell, havnt seen a 240/260 done like that before and its defo exceeded my expectation so im really happy yup the boot froor was cut out because i have a custom alu fuel tank on the way, also the pasanger side floor i found as a rust hole in it the size of your hand spread out, but thats an easy fiz, the driver's floor seems to be in good nic but ill probly replace it while im at it hahahhaha

zed should be the first priority! heheh heres an update as of today (14th november 2005)

hehehe thanks mate yeah its really coming together, 2 months ago i was thinking that it will NEVER happen because its taken so long to get everything on track, but now things are really looking up this is where the big ground is made so im happy - but the wallet and girlfriend isnt ill find out about the manifold for you, i know we bought it in sydney but the name escapes me at the moment, here are some more pictures of the turbo/manifold/gate setup if your interested http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/7933/img06584si.jpg http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/7580/img09284hz.jpg http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/1598/img09296dz.jpg http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/1897/img09244db.jpg ( i have apparenly tried to post to many pics, so if you click on the links above youll see the pics ) oh wow! your the one doing the single turbo RB26, i just took a picture of my pin board, i took down a few sheets of information for the moment so you can see all the pics, anything look familure? http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/4017/img18804cm.jpg hehehe, im not sure how but i came accross your site a number of months ago, earlier this year if i remember correctly and i thought it was fantastic! yeah i thoght your turbo would be something like the GT35/40, great turbo, low lag with lots of power great to finaly talk to you! haha just alittle update on the 240 tho, i picked these up from my mate today, we orderd 12 in fresh from japan, he is using 6 for his skyline R33 with a hybrid RB30/RB25 ( i think they just call them RB30DET?) and im using the other 6 on my RB25, genuine Nismo 740cc http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/5886/img18845uc.jpg my auto sparky just got married this weekend so he will be on holidays for another 3 days, in that time my mechanic hopes to have the exhaust system fully finished so ill have pictures of that at the start of next week, the fuel tank will be getting made very soon, still deciding on the final design, but its all coming together very nicely heheh so there should be some large updates within the next few weeks thanks again guys, means alot

whoops that was a type about the date, sorry guys, my 280 and 240 are 10 years apart so it gets confusing

iv had a passion for zeds since i was 4 when my dad told me how he had a 240 when him and my mum got married, iv been learning about engines since i was 10 ( still am, im a bit of a n00b with turbos but getting there ) during school i worked my holidays in a bakery doing the cooking at night then serving on some days and most weekends through the school term ( great money, and it helps when you know the owner! haha)saved every bit for my dream car, iv started a mechanics apprenticeship while in my HSC but the owner of the workshop is being really leaniant with me because its the HSC which is great, my first car is a 1998 4x4 hilux which i bought for next to nothing ( litraly) that im currently selling to pay back some of the loan i have taken out with a bank, but basically its always been my dream to build a weapon like this one, its in the progress so im happy i still have a fair chunk to pay off but i know its all worth it but yeah, thats about it. when i get really low in cash and in some immediate debt then i sell some shares that i was given when i was born - but thats when worse comes to worse and iv been lucky because it hasnt happened to many times. but it also helps living with your parents, no bills to pay all money on the car hehehee

thanks guys i know exactly what you mean, it seems very logical to do the body work before the engine work - which is exactly what i wanted to do, but i have heard many horror storys of people restoring older cars ( celecas, corollas, R31's etc) and they did the body work first, got it in pristeen condition then dropped it off at the mechanics, 3 months later its complete with gashes all throughout the engine way and around the guards, holes cut out for cooler pipeing etc etc. ofcuase the mechanic's ( im not sure who the mechanics are exactly) paid for the repairs but i thought, why take the risk? i mean if i get the body in beautiful condition then leave it at the mechanics for 5 months i think its highly unlikely that it wont get scratched hehe, but also it gives a chance for all the extra holes to get cut etc without having to worry about paintwork. doing it the way i have done it may seem a bit longer and complicated ( installeing everthing, taking it all back out then installing it again) but its the safest track to take i think, we will soon see! hehe and plus, while the engine is sitting in my garage and the body is at the body shop, that gives me a good chance to rebuild the engine ( altho its only had something like 70,000k's on it) with forged internals oh wow! hahah small world, join a international fourm and you meet someone that drives past your house everyday thats pretty cool. yeah mate that 280 is my daily driver, i think your on www.newcastlezeds.com arnt you? its matts old black zed but i have completely restored the interior in a different colour, replaced the whole brake system with new parts, fixed the intake, fixed the majority of the rust ( there wasnt much to begin with) and got the new 17's im getting all the work done on the car at Kyles Conversions out at Awaba ( 10 mins from Toronto) and he will be using a local engineer, not sure who tho but ill find out for you (Y) kyle is also about to start on another 240 very soon, he will be installing the Lexus V8 quad cam, should be a good project aswell

i knew i did!! but i dont think this fourm allows pics in the sig... ah well dosnt matter

hahaha yeah man, any excuse for a cruise you should come up in 2 weeks for a big zed cruise im organising for all newcastle zeds ( www.newcastlezeds.com ) should be a good turn out so you should see if you could come up for the day mate, its always good to meet another zedder holy crap i swear i did im not that much of a n00b hehehe will fix it now

nah, i was considering it to have a Z432 look about it but i think i would prefer just having it just the normal way. yeah i knew the wheel was out of a different datsun but wasnt sure which one, thanks for clearing that up but it will be coming off fairly shortly i know it could use a clean ay, the whole interior could hahah, but thos pictures were taken the day after i got her home, and previously to me buying it it was unregoed for 15 years, but everything is getting taken care off its just a slow process and im just taking the mechanical first

hey mate hmmm i dont get to sydney very often, only for events and cruises but your only about 2 hours away from where i live hehe

thanks guys twin tip cannons is just what i call them, not sure if thats the proper name, they arrive tomorrow so ill take pictures and show you exactly what i mean, bt similar to this same sort of idea, the ones i have orderd are ALMOST the same as that but more smooth, so they arnt exactly canons, just chromed twin tip mufflers thanks again guys when i get new pics ill post them up

hey everyone, this is just a bit of a build up of my 280zx to date. pictured below is how i bought it from matt ( KW-11-CK) http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/7210/280zx12ds.jpg this is how i had it running around for about 3 weeks before i took it off the road http://img416.imageshack.us/img416/4246/img08778ak.jpg http://img416.imageshack.us/img416/3341/img08860ga.jpg now once it was taken off the road a few major things happened, basically i ripped out the old beaten up blue interior and replaced it with some good quality marone interior ( with an uncracked dash YES!!), made my own carpet templates and did the floor with black carpet, did a black vylin roof, alpine 9853 deck, wicked splits, cadence 15 sub, sony D class 1600watt amp, made my own sub box, new batt, rust converted alot of areas that were hidden before i ripped up the carpetfew other little fiddely things that i did myself, other then that i had the rust removed from the targas, new master cylinder for the breaks, machined all rotors and replaced all pads, new wind screen, thats about all i can think of from the top of my head, anyway this is what it looked like when was sitting in the garage for a number of months http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/4831/img12815yu.jpg http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/2724/img12876kr.jpg http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/1214/img12938sf.jpg http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/456/img13067wi.jpg http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/1756/img13667ul.jpg http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/463/img13711rz.jpg http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/7039/img13798pr.jpg http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/7039/img13798pr.jpg http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/8582/img14002lg.jpg http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/2646/img14102jd.jpg http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/2728/img14174bc.jpg the interior is basically complete now, i just need to cover the sub box with some black carpet then ill be fairly happy, the order of those pictures is basically a timeline of how things went, but now for some more recent pictures, here is the 280 thismorning http://img448.imageshack.us/img448/8827/img15512ak.jpg http://img448.imageshack.us/img448/3573/img15531ed.jpg http://img430.imageshack.us/img430/7296/img1560ggggggggggggggggg3nf.jpg and here are some pictures from thisavo http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/7710/img1566cccccccccc3ba.jpg http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/8129/img1571cccccccccccc7qw.jpg http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/7411/img1571cccccccccccc6fn.jpg http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/4689/img1573cccccccccccc4bk.jpg a big thanks to dave from custom wheel and tyre ( www.customwheeltyre.com.au ) who fixed me up with these wheels, they are apec - race 6 in gold, 17x7, i think they look alright but let me know what you all think future plans are tint and lowering, but thats about it because i need to pay for the 240 anyway, yeah, let me know what you think, sorry for all spelling or lines that dont make sense, i havnt read over this thanks for looking! ( all pictures are in links - just incase your on dial up, but all pics are great so make sure you check it out! )

hey everyone my name is bryce and i just joined the fourm but im a regular on some australian based Z fourms ( www.newcastlezeds.com www.thezgarage.com ) anyway here is my little project, my 1973 240z, here are a few pics of how it was and how it is now, hope you like it! when i bought it http://img445.imageshack.us/img445/8193/034sl.jpg how it was a number of months ago http://img419.imageshack.us/img419/9803/img06750kv.jpg http://img496.imageshack.us/img496/6820/img06738gs.jpg basically how it is now some mods include RB25DET Garret GT30/40 800hp turbo with external tial gate and custom manifold z32 300zxtt AFM, R200 diff center and complete rear IRS setup Apexi Power FC ECU R33 brake booster and master cylinder R33 GTR front 4 spot disks and GTR 2 spot rear disk conversion Greedy electronic boost controller and timer Autometer 8 guage setup R34 steering coloum and surround genuine Nismo 740cc inectors custom made intercooler custom made fuel tank custom driveshaft full turbo 3 inch zorst system with dump, hi-flo cat, then splitting into a dual system towards he diff with 2 twin tip cannons on the end thats about it for the mechanical side (i think, thats all i can remember off the top of my head) so after the mechanicals are done its off to the body shop for even more surprises! ahah i have a fair bit planned for the old girl. anyway let me know what you all think and if you have any questions then ask away! thanks for looking have a good one (sorry that some pics are just links, iv posted to many pics, so if you click on the link the pics will show up)