Nissan 370Z Forum - Project RB-Z

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.........this fall

Teaser shots

Man that is going to look great when you get it done.:tup:

Wow, incredible color on a truly great car! Can't wait to see the results.

I like what I'm seeing :yum:

Masterpiece in the making

Make it silver over the top and call it Bluestreak.

mmmmm....me want!!!

Awesome car you got there!

Car's going to look awesome when done can't wait! Motivates me to work on mine again.

Thanks guys Im really excited as well.

I bought the car as a mid project from a guy in California last month he is still working on few things and then the shell is scheduled to ship to dubai next week.

I am torn between RB25DET or SR20DET both engines had their own plus points, it will be finalized soon and hopefully by the time car reaches here (6 weeks) engine will be done.

Will keep the updates and built posted

RB all the way. That engine is one of the best sounding and smoothest engines ever made in my opinion, but you can't go wrong with the extra torque from the SR either. :tup:

:iagree:

The RB25DET and RB26DETT are awesome motors for their time period. With a single turbo setup, you can easily make nice power and have close to stock spool characteristics. I am not a fan of the SR20DET, but I had a CA18DET and felt that it was not an inferior motor in comparison. I felt that the rocker arm setup in the SR was kinda crappy, but can be corrected with the proper upgrade parts.

I'll be watching dude.........:driving:

Excited to see another car done right aamir!

Whoaaaaaaaaa! This is going to be an epic build!

:yum: GL with build Doc.

I like where this project is going.

Oh I am so in for updates!

Thanks guys,

I did some shopping while car was still at in California, bought a refurbished crossmember with new ball joints, bushings pretty much everything

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Got some new Roll Center Adjusters

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For anyone who dont know whats it, it rectifies a very common problem in old cars, here is some info i pulled from the Techno Toy Tuning Website.

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Roll Center Adjusters for 240/260/280Z

-These RCAs (Roll Center Adjusters, or Bump Steer Spacers as the 510 guys call 'em) are designed to get rid of that pesky bump steer on your lowered vehicle

-The alignment sleeves are solid milled into the unit, so they will not get lost or come off. We also added a larger alignment ring for the center of the unit, to provide even more shear protection than other RCAs on the market. These RCAs will NOT move or become mis-aligned, no matter how hard you drive.

-Comes with all mounting hardware - four new grade 8 bolts and lock washers.

Pictures sent by seller yesterday, car packed and ready to go

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And finally to the port, seller had tears in his eyes while taking the picture

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Man...I would be crying too if I had to sell my beauty of a car!!!

Mark and Ravespec FTW,

Wheels ordered, Works CR01 with size and offsets of 16 X 9 -17 and 16 X 9.5 -19.

Still need to cross confirm the offsets as waiting after getting the size of Wilwood BBK

Same colour and same finish

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sorry to hear that u will sell your 370z,

good luck in your new project. why u dont go with 2JZ-GTE, am sure you will find allot of JDM Supra half cuts in Dubai!

JDM engines always clean!

with 2JZ u will not have any limits. and u wont need to Change the engine internals except for 500hp+

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Originally Posted by jdmlove (Post 1324684)

2JZ is a very nice engine but I want to keep the Nissan at heart :)

How did I not see this thread before? Sick build Aamir, can't wait to see what you do with it! :tup:

aye docaam, this is zack from hybridz.org... Do you remember me? I'm the guy with the Audi Grey 240z on wats. I remember seeing this build long time ago man, always wondered how this car was going! Looks great by the way!

I'm just about to purchase a 370 soon! nice to know you have one too!

car is practically done!

I would kill for a 240z...

not really but you get what I mean

Amir, how about RB26?:tup:

VQ35!? NOooO RB26 FTW!

Now that I looked at it, a VQ35 appears to be a good option. You've probably already seen this but there's some nice info on this thread:
RB26 versus VQ35 swap ? - HybridZ

Update:

Car is in a workshop getting engine mounting done at the moment.

Installing, making mounts for engine, gearbox and differential, and custom half shafts.

Engine going in is from later model (99-2003) R34 GTT 2.5l RB25DET NEO, slightly revised version of older RB25, mainly solid lifter, revised camshafts and a larger stock turbo.

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Gearbox will be same from R34 5sp.

Rear differential is from Z31 and half shafts from 280zx.

Some pictorial

It really took me over a month to find a place who can go the custom jobs I required. I searched literally all over the country (500 mile radius), finally found something very close to my place (not Dubai but Alain). This is the place a small one but good thing is they only do these old Zs and can do any modification required.

One skyline and few 280zx standing.
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This one is ready to do to Abu Dhabi fitted with RB25DE Neo
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Few cars inside
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RB25DET Neo installed in one 260Z 2+2

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Master class Ken & Marry Skyline, 1972 with original S20 L6 engine. Very clean car.

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15" Watanabe wheels wrapped in Toyo R888, and fender flares

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Its been waiting here for an engine coming from USA, fully stroked and multi carb setup.
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Coming to bossiness, engine mounting are done and some are sent for lath person for pressing and some installed.

Gearbox will be assembled soon can be seen lying on the right side with drive shaft.

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R33 drive shaft going in, final length still needs to be decided

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Differential mounts are done

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Some problem with a good news and bad.

Good news is the previous owner from California reinforced the chassis and I thought that its just the front he was talking about but looking under the car there are reinforcement beams running full across the car. Installer was surprised to see all this, and he said its very difficult to get this kind of job done here, he rated it with maximum marks. He said I can install any engine with this kind of work.

Now the bad news is in US maybe the weld spots are ok and can be cleared easily at time of registration. But here its needs to be grinded else car cant be registered. So painter need to flip the car upside down and grinding all the joints and colour it again.

Weld spots are more visible in the front
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Few spots in the middle
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At the rear there is a beam for a heavier differential as well
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Engine bay beams from top seems to be okhttp://img851.imageshack.us/img851/1883/img9206k.jpg

Awesome update! Can't wait for whats to come.

I will try to update the thread as much as I can. Cant wait it either :)

This is shaping up to be epic, pretty cool the previous owner gave you a bit of a head start!

Awesome. Beautiful. Cant wait to see more!!!!! Love the color BTW!!!

R34 blue or VW blue!

What about evo 10 blue? VW blue looks close enough!