Well as most will know by now I have been rebuilding my Z this year.....

I finished the welding about a month ago now and have been working to get the car running after a TT conversion....

 

A few days ago I primed the engine and new oil cooler ready for a test firing.....

 

Today I got most of the bits finished..... all the injector plugs, coil plugs replaced with new ones, final intake pipes fitted, fuel lines connected......

I still have 3 small vacuum pipes to block off and the viscous fan to fit when it arrives and run vacuum pipes to the recirc valves....

 

But I turned the engine over just to see what would happen and she fired up almost straight away....

Oh my god she is loud..... I forgot how loud the exhaust is......

I turned her off after only about 20 seconds.... I couldn't resist..... I don't think one of my neighbours was happy...... lol

 

I did forget one thing..... to drain the old fuel and replace it with new..... I was very shocked to hear her fire up and tick over as well as she did considering the fuel is at least 5 years old......

 

I shall be putting a video of the first firing up on here tomorrow....... Just need to tighten the alternator belt first..... and add some fresh top grade fuel!

 

I am now one very happy Z owner............:clap::thumbup::clap:

 

I would like to thank every single one of you on this forum for all your support with all my posts and question, parts and advice....

 

Especially to Redwine300, Ted, JeffTT, Bird, Joel, Mondo, Mikeybean, Tomomontana, Ruishy1, Shortz, Gibster TT, Yewcheck...... so many of you have helped me keep going..... If I forgot anyone, sorry..... so many have helped.....

Club spirit at it's best......

Russ

good job mate...look forward to the vid :cool3:

Well done Russ. Can't wait to see her in the flesh. Another meet at McD's in Lakeside, maybe?

Excellent news mate, well done. I'll be over you way in the next couple of weeks, so will try and pop round for a bit to see you and the old girl.

Nice one Russ:thumbup:

Thanks for that...... I can't stop grinning....... Hopefully I will have her ready for an MOT soon........

Once she is running properly, I'm getting stuck into the audio build.........lol

Excellent news, look forward to the video tomorrow.

Great news Russ.....:thumbup:

Well pleased for you Russ.

Well done Russ. Can't wait to see her in the flesh. Another meet at McD's in Lakeside, maybe?

As soon as I can afford the insurance, Tax and a tank of fuel.......lol

I can't wait to be able to take her out on the road.........lol

Oh and here's a quick picture from earlier today........

Edited October 3, 201312 yr by veilside01702

Well done that man!

You must be chuffed to bits mate.

 

Bring on the vid'

well done russ well pleased for you mate

Well done mate i bet you cant wait. like me ive now got to wait another three weeks tell im home again and pay day to get two more tyres and mot. well done

top banana!

Well here is the promised bit of video.......http://s208.photobucket.com/user/veilside01702/media/She%20lives/2013-10-04-308.mp4.html

The video doesn't show how loud the exhaust actually is...... And yes I have just replayed the video and seen some blue smoke too.....

Hopefully just cleaning out the crap from sitting there for a while........... Hopefully......

 

The viscous fan arrived today, but having to go to work now..... So tomorrows job is fan and shrouding.........

Edited October 4, 201312 yr by veilside01702

My pleasure Russ, good luck with your project.

 

Dave

Always great to hear good news relating to our cars. Well done for sticking at it mate, hopefully she will pay you back in kind when she's on the road.