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Old 10-05-2009, 03:08 PM
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New daily and motor swap (a lot of pictures)
Well as some people may know my motor finally went so I am doing a rebuild sometime in this week in the meantime I got my car shipped out from California and got that up and running for a daily
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Old 10-05-2009, 03:14 PM
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Why did you remove the interior?
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this car is gettin cage and gunna be nasa competition car
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keep the pics comin!
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Old 10-05-2009, 05:29 PM
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nice daily whip is it a NA z32 2+2?
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Old 10-05-2009, 05:49 PM
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Yes how could u tell
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so many ways my friend..and i used to be a nissan ***** boy..lol
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this car is gettin cage and gunna be nasa competition car
Good luck with the build
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Old 10-05-2009, 06:45 PM
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1 problem with 300zx needs to get new water pump and timing belt i heard it was super easy...lol jk
i wish the 300 wasnt so cramped
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Old 10-05-2009, 06:46 PM
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^^its not too hard after the 7 or 8th time doing it..lol
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oh there is something else wrong with it...i cant seem to find the rotor housing
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is there any alternative to the stock rx8 motor mounts
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yes, mazsport had different mounts. race roots bought them out, so they may have them.
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thats a huge wing
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More pics more pics! sweet 300
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thats a huge wing
and your point is?
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Nice Z. I also was VQ ***** so if you need help lemme know. My inline six 280Z Turbo was more easier to work on then the V-6's.
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nice i like your 8 ...
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300zx is up and runnin and still goin strong with 175k miles
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well starting rebuild this week hopefully have car runnin in weekend
i was examining engine and looks like one of the omp lines were broken so maybe i had 1 rotor starved of oil causing my engine failure
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apex seal went ape s*** over the front half of my motor
so i need
new center iron
front iron
front rotor
and front housing
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