ITR Z3 rebuild thread

[JeffYoung]

Wow, that is a lot of work my friend. Good job on it, looks like she is shaping back up right nice.

[Z3_GoCar]

Wow, that is a lot of work my friend. Good job on it, looks like she is shaping back up right nice.

Thanks Jeff,

It's suprising how cathardic, and cheap hammering on metal can be. I was fortunate that the damage wasn't much more than skin deep.

James

[NORRIS]

Hey James.

I'm impressed, you're going to fix the whole thing WITHOUT even taking it off your trailer!!

[Z3_GoCar]

Hey James.

I'm impressed, you're going to fix the whole thing WITHOUT even taking it off your trailer!!

Hasn't been off since you helped me pack up last Labor day. I'll probably push it off to pull the motor, but I'm waiting untill I get the windshield apron, so I can weld it on at the same time as I pull the motor. I took it off the jack-stands and it's back on the wheels.

I didn't get a chance to talk to you after Long Beach. Did you have fun?

James

[JoshS]

Looks good! Glad it's coming back together. Do you have any idea of when it might be track-worthy again?

[Z3_GoCar]

Looks good! Glad it's coming back together. Do you have any idea of when it might be track-worthy again?

Hey Josh,

I hope to be out before the end of the season, now that I'll have a regional license to keep up. I'm always running at the end of the season and not the beginning.

BTW, the ITC #63 510, we did the same super-school.

James

[Z3_GoCar]

Newsflash,

I just recieved a package from Pelican Autoparts, it's my new rear brake lines and the header panel for the drivers side windshield frame. I ripped the old one off and tried to beat it back into shape before deciding it just wouldn't give anything close to the original shape. I also just purchased a used oil pan and intake manifold. I'll go through the motor and re-bearing/ring it, maybe even check out the valves, and contact my tuner to see if he has a source on matched stock bosch injectors. Unfortunetly, the race car now has competition for my wrench time as the ac pump on the truck froze up, with only one belt it's out of action. I think soon I'll be looking for a basic 1/2 ton to tow with.

James

[Z3_GoCar]

I just added this picture, one of the few I have of the car in action:



This was at Buttonwillow, the 200Sx belonged to Naji, who had an encounter with the tire wall the same weekend that I rolled.

James

[Z3_GoCar]

Just to keep this thread going, I just uploaded this vid to google:



Ah, the good times I had in this little car

James