been a full year and finally came back to look up some information on this site. The car was found 3 1/2 weeks after it was stolen with minimal damage. I hope others have the same luck. They stole the alpine deck I bought my dad for his birthday some 7 years ago and broke the window regulator but other than that they left the bolts for the radio bezal but took everything else along with my original owners manual and some other glovebox items. I put about 15k on it over the past year and have now spun a rod bearing. I replaced the motor and did a 5 speed swap. While I am running this motor I will be rebuilding the old one. Here are a few photos of my progress. The hope is to get her running this weekend! can't wait as she has been down for just under 2 months.
day of the swap... my little brother bought my honda from me and I am taking back the Z
radio for the drive... I hate thieves!!!
heres one of the honda i sold him
maintance items:
5 speed swap time!
motor before engine pull
replacing seals/gaskets on the trans
nismo pilot bearing install (numbers out)
clutch/flywheel installed
Color combo (temporary) this will change for the TT build in a couple years i will go with valve covers that are powder coated to match exterior and a silver powdercoated plenum so (blue and silver)
ready to be dropped in!!!
and where she was sitting last saturday
not anywhere close to being clean but hey she's got 245k on the clock and has been a DD ever since day 1. The time will soon come when she gets a brake and a good overhaul with lots of extras!
thanks to all those who helped... and mods if you could change the title to "stolen 300zx RECOVERED!!!"