Introduction - The Black Sheep

[NolimitZ32]

This car is sex and as a matter of fact im also finishing up on a over 3year TT project hahah, nothing this crazy but i feel the anxiety.

[gnozahs]

Sexy car!

[Sgt]

My car was vandalized this summer too and that enraged me to no end. Sounds like this thing is going to be a real beast. Did you have a build thread going anywhere?

[JosefTTZ]

Beautiful! This is actually the first time ive seen this and WoW!

[BlackRC3]

sadly enough, this is my most in depth build thread... too busy with work and other projects around the house... but for the next few months i'll update as much as possible

[nightmare]

wow, very very nice Z. keep up the great work.

[ztommyx]

wow this thread is back to life again!

i'm going to correct you for the front bumper, unless i missed it in one of the post... doesn't look like a stillen front bumper (or sides) .... maybe bomex?

now, someone can correct me if i'm wrong?

[curtisschwoeppe]

The car looks great and looking through your pics you can just tell the fabricator really cares for his work. A real artist.

[BlackRC3]

Bomex

Mine

Definitely close though....i'm starting to wonder if mine's just some back yard special...

I also noticed that most bodykits of this style all have spots for the factory fogs where as mine does not.

[kthxbai]

Wow.... Jealous = me, RHD makes it that much more delicious.

[i_love_my_300zx]

Very nice build. Brian does excellent work. He`s always busy. Going to send the car there this spring to have some work done.How much are you asking for those rims? What kind of rubber do you have on them? Hows the tread?

[Sgt]

That bumper is probably some Japanese kit that never saw the light of the US market. I have only seen a pic of one car with the same front bumper as me. I only ever found out the make of it after taking it off and minding the make inscribed on the inside. It is a "TBO" bumper on my Z.

[JDMZ32]

That bumper is probably some Japanese kit that never saw the light of the US market. I have only seen a pic of one car with the same front bumper as me. I only ever found out the make of it after taking it off and minding the make inscribed on the inside. It is a "TBO" bumper on my Z.

http://www.automotivehelper.com/topic410465.htm^Sexy.

AND

http://wa2989.blogten.jp/default.asp?pageno=7Those don't have that little fin, but other than that it's the same.

[BlackRC3]

just made a thread actually zer...heels

[92NA300ZX]

*Rims are 17" 3-piece BBS RS's in 8.5 and 9.5 (looking to sell actually)

First of all, your car is my cars role model. I have a 92 NA 2+2, and i wanna turbo it. Well see what happens.

Anyways, if you havnt sold those rims, id be very interested. My 300 is black too so i pretty much know theyll look amazing lol.

[josieonetooth]

how do the exhaust manifolds look? and roughly,how much did this cost to do? its amazing

[ztommyx]

Bomex

Mine

Definitely close though....i'm starting to wonder if mine's just some back yard special...

I also noticed that most bodykits of this style all have spots for the factory fogs where as mine does not.

i still stand by what i said...

(first pic) thats a greddy bumper... yours MAY have been a bomex bumper (first gen)oval fog

round fog

[BlackRC3]

nice find! i've never seen another picture like that before! I'm still unsure if i'm going to keep this bumper or not as it's fiberglass and i drive this thing everyday, as well as plan to take it on a few road trips. I'm sure anyone with a fiberglass bumper knows what happens on the highway...

as far as cost goes, it was 4k to do the exhaust manifolds, intercooler/piping, radiator/piping and turbo back to the AB Flug cat-back.

[BlackRC3]

Some pictures i just took off the camera...

New brakes, the extremely messy engine bay, my little turbo. If your wondering why everything looks like it's covered in rust, that's what happens when a rad hose blows because of overheating (when the motor blew). Definitely not looking forward to cleaning everything

[i_love_my_300zx]

What happened to your engine?

[BlackRC3]

If you look back in the thread i blew the rings out on Cyl #6 and by limping it home it overheated enough to blow the rear heater hose sending that horrible rusty red coolant all over the engine bay.

[i_love_my_300zx]

My bad

[BlackRC3]

No worries, should have more progress pictures up tonight

[BlackRC3]

Ported upper intake manifold



Polishing the crap out of the upper intake manifold



The new wheels

[franklin93zx]

those nismo rims are in my top 3 favorite rims and i want a polished pelnum they make everything look so clean loving the build pics keep them coming

[aidanair]

what did you do/use to polish the plenum??

[BlackRC3]

Definitely my favorite rims for a Nissan!(18x9.5 +35 all around)

just used buffing pads with an air dremel....and LOTS of elbow grease lol. Also ground off the mounts for the coil packs for a cleaner look

I can't remember what they were called exactly but i'll grab the package and throw up a link

[franklin93zx]

Definitely my favorite rims for a Nissan!(18x9.5 +35 all around)

just used buffing pads with an air dremel....and LOTS of elbow grease lol. Also ground off the mounts for the coil packs for a cleaner look

I can't remember what they were called exactly but i'll grab the package and throw up a link

whay about all the grooves and weird pattern thats on it? does it just buff right off?

[franklin93zx]

or did you sand then polish?

[BlackRC3]

my bad, i used a thin cutting wheel to remove all the tabs and mounts that i was no longer using and then a few 80/100 grit sanding wheels to smooth out the rough surface before buffing