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What did you do to your Z this week?
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SacCyclone
Club Member
Richie, that is a beautiful heater box...bravo!!!!
and just when it was getting sporting.... 
Strangely, on tapatalk it was showing under a different thread so I changed it quickly to avoid any offence. You are still my favourite Z-whore given how you put it about
You being pc?! Well you know what they say, if you've got it then flaunt it! Just because you love it so much, and you love engine bay porn, here's one more
IMG_7434 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr
uk66fastback
Club Member
I am saving that pic as something to aim for. Beautiful! I presume you were very happy with the work done at Z Therapy ... did you have the full butterfly spindle work done etc
You flatter her
I can't take all the credit, still bits to be done though. Very happy indeed, we had everything replaced, emissions removed, Euro style balance tube etc . These are new units to me, my old ones got sent back. Better than new I'm told, they did require some setup time but run beautifully now 
Very nice indeed you tart! Loving the HT leads. Actually on that note, aren't they supposed to not touch?
Really clean bay dude - you need to get a life!
I'm no expert but don't think that's really an issue these days as quality of the leads has increased so dramatically, back in period I'm sure it could well have done. Don't quote me, I can confirm that it goes well and looks great either way
(I hate leads running over the top, looks messy)Don't, I have a list of things to do still! Fuel filter mount, inspection light, brake master cylinder (have a new one to go on), bonnet stay. All need re zinc plating, need to get it all done, it was fine before when nothing else was shiny!
Whatever you do don't let 'Chappers' see those!
uk66fastback
Club Member
Might have to get one of those! That's come out very well!
I went to Santapod for the last 'Saturday night special' of the year.
It is quite nice in the dark, but queues were long and lots of stoppages. I only managed 3 runs [emoji22]
But one of them was 12.97, first time definitely under 13 so I'm happy [emoji4]
It is quite nice in the dark, but queues were long and lots of stoppages. I only managed 3 runs [emoji22]
But one of them was 12.97, first time definitely under 13 so I'm happy [emoji4]
TimW
Club Member
What did I do this week... well, not a lot on Addison's Z itself, but made great progress on workshop space and took a trip to the vapour blasters. It seems atm, most frustratingly that I'm spending the time planning rather than doing!... I'm sure it will pay dividends lol..
Some amazing stuff at the vapour blasters last Friday, it has really opened my eyes up to all the possibilities (will post on a separate thread). Thanks to some dear friends and their help last weekend, I now have the workshop dry lined and insulated, plus a huge bank of LED lighting installed.
Some amazing stuff at the vapour blasters last Friday, it has really opened my eyes up to all the possibilities (will post on a separate thread). Thanks to some dear friends and their help last weekend, I now have the workshop dry lined and insulated, plus a huge bank of LED lighting installed.
Pics Tim!
Mark N
Club Member
Got all the larger 280Z suspension parts, that won't fit in my little oven, back from the Powder Coater and I'm well happy with them.
I didn't want to go with black so chose a dark grey, it is actually darker than it looks in the photos.
Apart from being covered in 40 year's worth of dirt, all of the parts were in really good shape.
BTW, I know the drop link for the rear sway bar is assembled wrong in the photos, it's been fixed already!
Before pics:
I didn't want to go with black so chose a dark grey, it is actually darker than it looks in the photos.
Apart from being covered in 40 year's worth of dirt, all of the parts were in really good shape.
BTW, I know the drop link for the rear sway bar is assembled wrong in the photos, it's been fixed already!
Before pics:
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TimW
Club Member
Nice Mark, where did you get them done?
Sure... Here ya go..
I took a few items to the blasters mainly to find out how it handled different substrates and scenarios. The results were amazing. This was a demo and very little time was spent on each sample, It was just to show general capabilities of vapour/wet blasting, without going into the 75 finishes I was told obtainable, SMH..
The cover took about 4 minutes to reach that condition from the state in was in. I took the cover to see how to deal with cleaning to an OEM finish whilst preserving what I assume is the original sticker from when the engine was removed 30+ years ago. Whilst being carful over the sticker, one swipe across with the jet bought it back to the condition shown, no damage whatsoever! With more time on the cover itself the remaining patina and some discolouration you can see on the cover and steel bracket would be easy to removed, but this had already been demonstrated on another part.
The fan was in an awful state and having spend ages manually cleaning the fan on my 260 I was interested how it handled plastic and steel. There was no burring or smoothing of plastic edges, the same with the oil cap, immaculately clean with no smoothing of edges. Again with more time on the piece (about 3 to 4mins spent in the demo) I'm confident the remaining rust pitting in the edges would removed/cleaned, leaving the little "F" stamp on the steel undamaged. To remove the pitting itself, then with care near plastics and stamps aluminium oxide can be used to smooth surfaces or in the case of bad pitting dry blasting still seems the way to go as far as my research so far tells me.
Lastly, with the engine cover, this took about the same, 4-5 minutes to reach the level in the photo. It's not perfect, but again a little more time I'm confident an OEM finish easily obtained.
With Addison's Z, my aim is to try to get as close as possible to an OEM finish (if anyone could direct me to an engine paint code or source, that would be great?..) and wet blasting seems the way to go. Whereas with my 260, I want to retain patina and yet to really assess wet blasting, I'm guessing one just uses a softer medium and less time under the jet.
I was told that to finish the cast parts, oven dry and then a coating of silicone spray.
Some sad news today, my pal, Frosty (the cat) went blind yesterday. Took him to the vets this morning and they suspected renal failure (results back already and kidney's are good), heading back again this afternoon for some more tests on his thyroid.. He's nearly 17, still a character and its possible a quality of life is still to be had. Apparently cats cope well with blindness, so long as he has quality in life, not in fear and not in pain. The next few days will see me off the garage project and shoring garden fences so he has a safe place to pee.. Never thought I would, but I welled up in the surgery this morning, the nurse sympathetically passing me a box of tissues a few seconds later!.. IDK, I must be going soft in my old age..
That'll be what ya get with too much beer and smoking I told him...
Sure... Here ya go..
I took a few items to the blasters mainly to find out how it handled different substrates and scenarios. The results were amazing. This was a demo and very little time was spent on each sample, It was just to show general capabilities of vapour/wet blasting, without going into the 75 finishes I was told obtainable, SMH..
The cover took about 4 minutes to reach that condition from the state in was in. I took the cover to see how to deal with cleaning to an OEM finish whilst preserving what I assume is the original sticker from when the engine was removed 30+ years ago. Whilst being carful over the sticker, one swipe across with the jet bought it back to the condition shown, no damage whatsoever! With more time on the cover itself the remaining patina and some discolouration you can see on the cover and steel bracket would be easy to removed, but this had already been demonstrated on another part.
The fan was in an awful state and having spend ages manually cleaning the fan on my 260 I was interested how it handled plastic and steel. There was no burring or smoothing of plastic edges, the same with the oil cap, immaculately clean with no smoothing of edges. Again with more time on the piece (about 3 to 4mins spent in the demo) I'm confident the remaining rust pitting in the edges would removed/cleaned, leaving the little "F" stamp on the steel undamaged. To remove the pitting itself, then with care near plastics and stamps aluminium oxide can be used to smooth surfaces or in the case of bad pitting dry blasting still seems the way to go as far as my research so far tells me.
Lastly, with the engine cover, this took about the same, 4-5 minutes to reach the level in the photo. It's not perfect, but again a little more time I'm confident an OEM finish easily obtained.
With Addison's Z, my aim is to try to get as close as possible to an OEM finish (if anyone could direct me to an engine paint code or source, that would be great?..) and wet blasting seems the way to go. Whereas with my 260, I want to retain patina and yet to really assess wet blasting, I'm guessing one just uses a softer medium and less time under the jet.
I was told that to finish the cast parts, oven dry and then a coating of silicone spray.
Some sad news today, my pal, Frosty (the cat) went blind yesterday. Took him to the vets this morning and they suspected renal failure (results back already and kidney's are good), heading back again this afternoon for some more tests on his thyroid.. He's nearly 17, still a character and its possible a quality of life is still to be had. Apparently cats cope well with blindness, so long as he has quality in life, not in fear and not in pain. The next few days will see me off the garage project and shoring garden fences so he has a safe place to pee.. Never thought I would, but I welled up in the surgery this morning, the nurse sympathetically passing me a box of tissues a few seconds later!.. IDK, I must be going soft in my old age..
That'll be what ya get with too much beer and smoking I told him...
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