thecause17

Ahhhh, I wish I had this thing running already.....notmuch fun sitting in the yard. I have to mow around it all the time.

Oh well, soon hopefully.




It's gettin there. At least the engine is in the car now. Yay.

Pedestrian X

yummy lookin engine. what else ya gotsa to do before this baby is up and running?

thecause17

Not a whole lot, get the intake back in, and a few misc. odds and ends....I'm having trouble getting the exhaust mani back on, for some reason, it seems like it's cocked just a tiny bit and won't go on. So I'm gonna have to unbolt the exhaust further down to I can turn it slightly and pop it on.

Ad if course I have to change the oil in this engine before I start it...probably not much in it as it is..

My rad mounts fell apart, so I have to remount the rad, and then pick up a relay for the e-fan that I got, and then after that, it should be good to go, then it's time to wait for the title to come.


Someone buy my wheels please.

85RX7GS

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Nice work. Looking good

1984special

Nice work! Are those the Second Gen Wheels? Are they lighter than GSL-SE wheels or what? Any benefit to switching to them? Looking kinda swiss-cheesy

White84SE

Sharp lookin' car... I like the red chamber and manifold. But you're complaining about mowing around one car? Come on.. take a look at what I've got to go through.. LOL

--Danny

1984special

WOW!!! That's so cooooooolllllllllllllllll. Haha don't see any of that here in the Bay Area. Everyone wants their front yard nice and trimmed and clean. What's the status on those Z cars? Z cars are almost as cool as 7s

thecause17

hah, if you ever want to give away any of those, let me know, I'll take one off your hands.


I dunno if there really is an advantage to the 2nd gen wheels....they're 14x5.5 which I think that's what the stock wheels were, and they're damn light, but I can't see them being any lighter than the stock ones...

The only reason I have them is because they were on the car when I got it. I'd rather have the stock ones back to be honest.

Mr. ImportGuy

White84SE Thats awsome I'm sure your neighbors love you haha. But hey that's too bad for them car's aren't eye sores people are just bitchy.

RotorMotorDriver

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No fair... I want a Z car to trick out and kick some major *** with .

~T.J.

EDIT - and a Porsche 914, and a Porsche 944, and a Porsche 930 Turbo, and a VW Super Beetle, and and and...

MosesX605

[jedi mind trick]You want to give your blue 240 to me. It is of no use to you. It is not the car you're looking for.[/jedi mind trick]

Lookieme

To quote Jeff Foxworthy:

"If you mow your lawn,... and find a car, you MIGHT be a redneck"

White84SE

LOL I know.. the yard is full.. and that's not all of them, though... the problem is, only three of the cars in that picture belong to us.. the rest all belong to customers... and anyone who wants that blue 280Z, make an offer.. the guy who owns it bought it as a parts car for the black 280 race car in the lower right.. I was thinking of stuffing a 377 in it, but college doesn't quite leave me enough money to do it..

--Danny

ray green

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Hey Cause, those wheels are looking pretty good you should keep them!

Ray

thecause17

I painted them again, just to clean them up some. If you really like them, they're yours.

wam

White84SE, that kinda looks like my yard, but all mines are 7s, i know my neighbors are starting to get pissed at me!

White84SE

Our neighbors know better than to say anything.. most of 'em are gearheads, anyways, and the other half knows we've got a permit to operate a salvage yard, so they can't say a word.. he he

--Danny

wam

my neighbors sux... i live around a bunch of old retired people that loves to stick there nose in everyting i do, they have really clean and net yards..well most of my cars are down in the woods, you dont know there back there, but my neighbors do and they frown on it, i need a permit for a junk yard! lol

RX7FAN

I have been wondering what happened to you since you sent me the pics of the interior and the engine. I mowed around it for a few months as well. A weed wacker comes in handy. Why won't the manifold bolt back up? you just disconnected the down pipe and air pump line when you pulled it didn't you? should line back up...

You'll have the title soon. PA has as long as 90 days to do it but I usually get mine back in less than 60 days.

I think the wheels would look good powercoated white or black. They are lighter than the stock ones... Remember I have the 5 spoke ones if you want something different, not stylish but different than the phone dials...

Jim down the road...

RotorMotorDriver

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$100 shipped for the blue 240 .

~T.J.

White84SE

RMD, alright smartass... you're starting to act like that jhclayton guy.. LOL And it's a 280! Fuel injected, even.. Besides, I'm calling dibs on it.. I need something to put a V8 in and you RX7 guys would blackball me if I did it to my '82..

--Danny

Rx7carl

thecause17, looks sharp! Any more pics? Oh and not to be nitpicky but............... your alt spacer is on the wrong side, it goes in the back, thats why you belt is crooked. Cant believe TJ didnt spot it, he's usually the nitpicky one.

Directfreak

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I am a gearhead, and love all those cars, but I would definately call the county, DERM, or the EPA on you if you were my neighbor. You should put them in the back yard - out of sight.

Sorry, but it's true. While cool, they are an eyesore in that condition.

No offense, but I doubt you have a salvage yard permit in a residential neigborhood.

White84SE

Direct, ah, but we DO have a salvage yard permit in a residential neighborhood and that IS our backyard.. that's the beauty of living in a small woods town in PA.. no zoning here and on top of that it's a restoration shop, not just somoene collecting "hobby" cars... nesides, all but one of 'em run and we were rearranging the layout.. and I'm a firm believer in that if I paid for my land, I can put whatever I want on it, so long as it's not a health hazard to anyone else... guess I'm just old-fashioned...

--Danny

Manntis

I see Z cars, rotaries, and - what IS that little red coupe? There's a green one in my neighborhood but it never stands still long enough for me to see the marque