90 UK Manual Z32 300ZX Twin Turbo

[Mr HollowPoint]

Don't think I've ever put a project thread up for our car, so probably about time. Spec below and pics:

Car: UK Spec 1990 Twin Turbo Targa (Manual)
Engine: VG30-DETT (from an auto)
Wheels: Dare Hiro - 19" staggered - just refurbed :dancing:

Exterior Mods:
Veilside CII sideskirts moulded/integrated to body
Customized Scarab Front Bumper
Custom Vented bonnet
Customized JDM Spec Bumper with aftermarket splitter (Make/model unknown)
De-Swage lined

99' Spec Spoiler
99' Spec Rear Lights
99' Spec Perspex strip
Tinted rear and rear quarter windows
Crystal Indicators
Clear Side Repeaters

Engine Mods:
Mines ECU
Unknown dual filter induction kit
Japspeed Divorced Down Pipes
Japspeed De-cats
Unknown rear section exhaust
Braided Fuel Lines
Iridium Plugs
Japspeed Radiator
Greddy Intercoolers
Powder coated NA power steering pot
Lightweight bottom pulley
Polished Plenum
Painted viscose fan
RPS Street Max clutch
Wiseco 88mm forged pistons
Carillo forged A-Beam Rods
ACL HX Race bearings - with enlarged oil channels
Z1 Billet Steel lightweight Flywheel
Perfectly Balanced Crank

Suspension:
Meister R Zeta-R Coilovers
Driftworks Front Tension Arms
Driftworks Rear Camber Arms
Driftworks Rear Traction Rods
Driftworks HICAS Lockout kit
Japspeed Front Camber Arms
Japspeed Rear Strut Brace
Unknown brand powder coated front Strut brace with brake brace

Braking:
Black Diamond, Standard Sized, Drilled and Grooved Front Discs
EBC, Standard Sized, Drilled and Grooved Rear Discs
EBC Yellow Stuff Front Pads
EBC Green Stuff Rear Pads
Braided Front Brake Hoses

Interior Mods:
Japspeed QuickShift Kit
Momo Racing, Leather & Chrome Steering Wheel
Quick-Release Steering Wheel Boss Kit
Stainless Gear Knob
Customised Center Panel
Painted dial surround
After market hazard switch
Leather Trimmed Door cards and cowling panels
Pod Mods with rear wiper switch delete and Blue LED backlighting
Painted side vents
Painted dash vents
Painted scuttle panels, refurbed wipers

Electrical Mods:
Turbo Timer
Digital Oil Pressure/temp Guage
Digital Water Temp Guage
Digital Boost Guage
Custom ICE install:
Infinity Kappa 2 Amp
Infinity Kappa 1 Amp
Rockford Fosgate P3 10" Subs x 2
Infinity 6x9's
0 guage amp wiring (how)
Fat Mat sound deadening
LED Clocks
Under-car lighting
6K HIDs

ToDo:
Wire up oil gauges properly
modify and recover interior panels
Completely re-bush and re-furb front and rear subframes
Fit Rear Braided Brake Hoses

Misc Work Done:
Targas stripped and refurbed
Sills chopped out and replaced
Boot Lid replaced / baremetalled
Custom paint throttle cover
painted cam belt covers
Chrome fuse box cover
Engine rebuilt from lower plenum up
Polished Stainless Radiator Bracket

Deletes
Rear windscreen wiper, washer jet and cockpit switch all deleted
Hicas lockout
Fan shroud removed

Am sure I've forgotten tonnes here, but meh. Pictures of what it looks like now and what it used to look like:

 

[shak130]

awesome!!!!

 

[Mr HollowPoint]

Well the car now has no engine in it, ready for it's mini Winter refurb. There really isn't much to do on the 300 this winter, as much of it got done in the spring and throughout the summer, in between shows.

The engine bay does need a general tidy up and a respray, some rust in there needs addressing, although I don't think there's any welding to be done as far as I can see so far, but the engine does need a rebuild. Half way through the year we started getting blue smoke issues from the drivers side exhaust, we had already deleted the EGR and recirculation valves, so after trying many other things, it really only left 2 possibilities, the PCV system, or the piston rings.

We deleted the PCVs and changed the crank case breathing to be that of the old school. A K&N Filter, job done. Problem is, the problem persisted. Having now pulled the engine, the plenum is bone dry, as it should be with nothing but clean, filtered, compressed, cooled air going through it now, the turbo shafts appear to be rock solid, as we'd expect as both have been refurbished very recently and there is really only one possibility left, oil is getting past the rings somehow. Potentially a scored bore, or more likely a damaged ring, or possibly just a blown head gasket, I won't know until I tear the engine apart.

Thing is though, we decided to go the uprated route, so have purchased a spare block, spare heads and brand new Carillo rods with just 1000 miles on them. I've just finished stripping the block down ready for the engineers shop this coming week and will be ordering my pistons and bearings from the states tonight I think.

 

[sheepworrier]

Just need an injection of taste, then the big front bumper will follow !!!!

 

[Mr HollowPoint]

Well, engine is apart now, got my crank ready to go off, with the block and heads for machining. Checked all my bearings, all standard size, so that's a nice simple order with Z1 tomorrow for pistons and bearings.

I did scare the **** out of myself though. The oil pump is notoriously hard to get off the crank normally on a VG30. The last one I stripped down, it was seized onto the crank nose, the spare block I have looks like someone used a grinder to get the pump off..... So, I thought this time I won't muck about. I undid everything, lubed up the nose of the crank with lots of WD40 and grabbed my rubber mallet............smash, into the fecking tool chest went the oil pump!

 

[Mrs HollowPoint]

.. and I thought Mikey was 'bam bam' out of flintstones! .

 

[Mikey Bean]

Wow wow wow why bring me into this lol

 

[Mr HollowPoint]

Starting to look like an engine again. There's actually more on it that in this pic, as I took this pic, then carried on working, lol.

 

[Mikey Bean]

cant wait. im more excited as i know that when i come to help this means a night at yours and therefore beers on you. lmao