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Out came the engine! First thing I did was the cylinder head - it's an N42 from a '76 280Z, with a mild cam. |
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I also did some port matching, the pictures didn't turn out well, but here's intake and exhaust This was pretty dumb, as that was finished up in November, 2001, five months ago. So it sits all pretty on the workbench. As of this writing, that's the most significant finished piece of the puzzle. Block is at the machine shop, getting +1mm flattops, balancing, etc. |
| Engine time, yeah! It's been ground .010 on the rods and mains,
balanced, bored +1mm, flattop pistons, 2mm headgasket to get the compression
down to 9.5. Wenttogether well, no real issues. Runs strong from
1,500 to 4,000, then stupid silly strong to 6,000, and possibly beyond. |
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I wanted to clean up the intake manifolds, but didn't
feel up to shelling out for a Euro balance tube, so I made my own. After
these pictures were taken, I also ground off the part numbers, seams, and
casting flash. Came out great with the wrinkle-finish black powder
coating. |
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| It has an aluminum flywheel from HKS, and I was alerted
that there can be a problem with the bolts backing off. I sure didn't
want to deal with that, so I used this big ole washer from an automatic
transmission flexplate. Don't worry... I bead blasted it before installation! |
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