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S130 Love: Nick’s 280zx

Filed under: 280zx,Featured Cars and Projects,Maintenance,Performance
by Alvin G @ 12:50 am on April 28, 2015

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Nick P came to Z Car Garage to fix a blown head gasket on his 280zx.  We decided on a full cylinder head rebuild with a revised cam profile from Rebello, otherwise it was built close to factory spec. Teardown pictures below indicate obvious failure:

 

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The rebuilt cylinder head:

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We added a new 6-2-1 exhaust header from MSA and finished it off with the ZCG exhaust system:

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The intake manifold and associated smog/efi plumbing were cleaned up:

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With the engine freshened we put the Z on the rollers…141hp/142tq to the wheels is healthy!

Nick P 280ZX Dyno
 

Next we turned to the suspension. Nick wanted us to install his TechnoToyTuning (T3) coilovers, RCA’s and T/C rods:

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Old struts out and coil-overs in!

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T3 camber plates up front:

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After an alignment and fender roll the Z sits perfectly without rubbing or scraping. We dig the RB-Rs on this!

 

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