Introduction - The Black Sheep

Post by **240six** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:51 am

The semi-rough of the surface on the intake track is beneficial to the higher air flow. Gasket matching will yield better results than smoothing out the surface. When you gasket match, make sure you leave 1mm all around beyond the gasket edge. Actually, making sure the opening on the lower plenum is just as big or slightly bigger than the top will be best.

Post by **WAM_Z32** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:32 am

Your calipers look like sex, how did you do them? Just paint and sanded? Im going to have mine powdercoated, and the Nissan kept to metal

Post by **BlackRC3** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:23 am

calipers may have taken 30min each side.... i just cleaned them while they were still on the car with my old rotors/pads and sprayed them black. Took a block with sandpaper to sand off the NISSAN after the paint dried.

Don't worry, i took extra special care in making sure the paint didn't get all over the suspension components

Post by **BlackRC3** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:26 am

240six wrote:The semi-rough of the surface on the intake track is beneficial to the higher air flow. Gasket matching will yield better results than smoothing out the surface. When you gasket match, make sure you leave 1mm all around beyond the gasket edge. Actually, making sure the opening on the lower plenum is just as big or slightly bigger than the top will be best.

That's exactly what we did with both upper and lower plenums, just used the gasket to outline what we could remove. Same idea with the heads when they were ported

Post by **franklin93zx** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:59 am

Modified by franklin93zx at 10:23 PM 4/7/2009

Post by **240six** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:04 am

Jacks on the TC rods?

I wanted to do this at one point, but, I would thought this would cause premature wear - maybe not...

Post by **franklin93zx** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:37 am

240six wrote:Jacks on the TC rods?

I wanted to do this at one point, but, I would thought this would cause premature wear - maybe not...

yea i know i realized after cause the jack point was flattened out from previous jacking so i couldnt see where it went exactly i know exactly where it goes now

Post by **BlackRC3** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:44 pm

Been dead at work this week so i had a lot of time to work on the car....SHE'S ALIVE!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64N9XQrz2gc

only let it run for a few seconds as i haven't hooked up the cooling system yet

can't wait to hit the dyno next week!

Post by **franklin93zx** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:44 pm

Sounds so clean dude CONGRATS

Post by **i_love_my_300zx** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:45 pm

Sounds awsome!

Hope the weather keeps up so you can let her loose.

Post by **BlackRC3** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:00 pm

Slowly cleaning the engine bay...painted a few parts

Post by **franklin93zx** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:36 pm

I am loving this build

Post by **chris_72** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:39 pm

Where did you get the flanges to make the headders, or are these custom parts? please let me know.

Post by **BlackRC3** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:41 am

bought gaskets and took them to my machinist to have him laser-cut me a pair of them... cost about $80

Post by **BlackRC3** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:12 pm

Well it looks like the dyno is further away than i thought....

can anyone pick out what the hell this noise is? vtc gear? lifter? piston slap?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRNNCDgt3xo

it completely disappears once the car reaches operating temp...

Post by **Z_Fanatic** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:18 pm

BlackRC3 wrote:Well it looks like the dyno is further away than i thought....

can anyone pick out what the hell this noise is? vtc gear? lifter? piston slap?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRNNCDgt3xo

it completely disappears once the car reaches operating temp...

Ugh, it seems like its always something with these cars. How's the oil pressure?

Post by **JDMZ32** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:00 pm

awesome updates, minus that last one with the video :/. hope you get that worked out man.

Post by **BlackRC3** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:57 am

Oil pressure spikes to 100psi+ when first started but quickly comes back down to about 16-18 at idle once warm (by that time the shallow clack is gone).

I ordered the BDE VTC Sprocket Set from CZP late last night so once these come in hopefully that'll solve our problems

Post by **Z_Fanatic** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:19 pm

Hopefully that's the issue, good luck *fingers crossed*

Post by **BlackRC3** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:05 am

Well it looks my myself and just about everyone else was wrong, it WAS the intake cam gears, lifters are perfectly fine!

here's a video right after we started the car with the new gears in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cBAoVR9Go0

FINALLY no more lost sleep! now we just gotta put it back together and off to the dyno!!

Post by **i_love_my_300zx** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:15 am

Good to hear that the problem was solved.

Are you going back to Walls for the dyno runs?

Post by **Z_Fanatic** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:09 pm

BlackRC3 wrote:Well it looks my myself and just about everyone else was wrong, it WAS the intake cam gears, lifters are perfectly fine!

here's a video right after we started the car with the new gears in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cBAoVR9Go0

FINALLY no more lost sleep! now we just gotta put it back together and off to the dyno!!

Awesome!

Post by **BlackRC3** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:35 pm

Yeah, hopefully the 24-26th of April, but it depends on work and if Brian has time

Post by **ShiftJDMZ** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:04 pm

That is amazing Kael. This summer the 300zx/Fairlady's should set up a meet to check out some of winnipeg's finest. Espically your's, I call first dibs on a co-pilot ride!!!!

Post by **i_love_my_300zx** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:30 pm

You should go there soon, its starting to get busy there. I stopped in yesterday to check on the car, and Brian was running around with calls and customers. If you happen to stop in, the yellow NA that is parked out front is mine.

ShiftJDMZ, I would be up for a Z meet. It would be awsome to see how many Z32's are in winnipeg.

Post by **BlackRC3** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:58 am

Thanks guys! I'll see if i can get a hold of Sunny for a meet too, (he's the guy with the black automatic tt running 10's)

Post by **Apostasy13** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:49 pm

Fine looking Z, reinforced my resolve to get one of my own.

Post by **Jacob_cool** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:35 pm

WOW!? just looking at the pic's made my knuckles bleed, and that black paint looks like it's about to just run off, absolutely gorgeous

Post by **T45** » Fri May 15, 2009 4:32 am

Sgt wrote: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.

Probably not the right thread for this but I found one on ebay, needs repaired but any competent glasser can fix this very easily. It's a little overpriced but then again you won't find many like it.

I like it but it doesn't have the body line like the 99 jspec one does, the one that extends the length of the car where the fat pinstripe tape goes.

Anyways, for those lusting for it...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...A1318

Post by **Truebelieverone** » Fri May 15, 2009 5:04 am

Wicked car!

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