The rebuild has finally started today and so far in a few hours I've managed to completely strip the interior.

 

 

 

Next job on my list is to get both the bumpers, tailgate and bonnet off.

 

After that i'll work on the body panels and stripping down the engine.

I could but I've decided to get them cnc'd and make them like new again.

 

How much material are you having removed - you are aware of the limit?

I knew there would be a limit, but only need a fraction of a millimetre I believe.

 

You got any info on the safe margins that can be taken off.

0.2mm as a total of the block and heads resurfacing combined.

 

Snap!

 

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Oh my!! They’re clean:yes: nice work Lee:thumbup1:

Looks like I will be doing another road tip this Saturday :)

 

News in that my interior is ready and awaiting for collection.

 

Decided to keep it as close to oem as I could with a little red stitching to match the red on my leather seats.

 

So its grey alcantara with red stitching :)

 

 

 

What a day I've had.

 

Started with a road trip from Troon to Shildon ; a cool 170 miles each way and 7 hours driving.

 

The trip was to collect my new interior freshly upholstered by our very own Trader Simon.

 

The trip itself was fairly boring but its what I done when I got it all back which was exciting :)

 

Screw drivers at the ready as I decided to fit it all.

 

So here are a selection of pics I've taken 20 minutes ago when I finished for the night ;

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 23, 20187 yr by JaiKai

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very smart looking Lee :thumbup1:

Looks fantastic Lee, you must be itching to enjoy driving this lovely machine now! Other than a serviceable powerplant, there can’t be too much left on the to-do list?

Not much, lol

 

Just really the engine, gearbox, driveshaft and exhaust.

 

Engine heads are away getting skimmed and next weekend I plan to start the rebuild again.

 

 

 

Looks fantastic Lee, you must be itching to enjoy driving this lovely machine now! Other than a serviceable powerplant, there can’t be too much left on the to-do list?

Just collected my freshly skimmed heads which are now spotless ready for rebuild

 

 

Just collected my freshly skimmed heads which are now spotless ready for rebuild

 

How much did they take off?

0.1 mm was all that was needed.

 

How much did they take off?

0.1 mm was all that was needed.

 

How much did they remove last time Lee? And how much has been removed from the block during machining? Didn’t you have an issue with one of your camshaft being stiff to turn?

These are not the blocks you were thinking about,

 

They were quickly scrapped and I bought another set from Mikey.

 

So these have never been touched prior to me getting my hands on them.

 

 

 

How much did they remove last time Lee? And how much has been removed from the block during machining? Didn’t you have an issue with one of your camshaft being stiff to turn?

Time for a little update.

 

Luckily for me I've came into a little a money recently after the company I worked for decided to cease trading.

 

So I've decided to invest a little more into my project and as its the last major item required and after speaking

to a few people I'm pushing forward with my build and getting a fully forged engine built.

 

The plan going forward is to gather up all my current engine parts that I've acquired and do a road trip down south.

 

I've managed to get a great price and under the budget of £2k which I gave.

 

The road trip will likely commence next Wednesday so to say i'm a bit excited is an understatement.

 

To finally have the last segment of the build coming together in the next few weeks.

 

So looking forward to seeing this car in the metal.

Great update Lee. This Z needs finished mate :thumbup1:

Some new toys arrived last week in the form of 4 new axil stands and a new jack.

 

 

 

First time I've had the car up on stilts so I snapped a few shots under the lady.

 

Edited August 27, 20187 yr by JaiKai

 

:drool:

:clap:

:thumbup:

:thumbup1:

:rockon:

Wiring up my two news horns and as they need a separate 12v feed I've setup a relay to trigger them from the main horn feed.

 

For some reason the relay didn't work so while I was under the car sorting it out I decided to test the horns directly and put the

12v feed on the horns.

 

Bad idea !

 

I royally shit my pants under the zed as it was so damn loud :)

 

I'll try sort the feed properly and post of video of it.