| So this is what I’ve been up to off and on the last 2 months. Pulled the engine on August 3rd, and then began the teardown (of bolt-ons, all internals are left untouched). Between work and my hectic after work / weekend events, I haven’t put a ton of time into the car. That and ordering parts as I sell old parts makes for a long, slow journey. So here’s a list of what I’ve done, and some pretty pictures. Maintenance/cosmetics/upgrades: Complete turbo gasket kit (some stuff left over because of the bypass)
New timing belt
New timing idler pulleys
Ramey Z HD idler studs
New(er) timing belt tensioner
New intake cam gear springs and o-rings
New(er) thermostat
New(er) detonation sensor harness (new hardware relocated to OEM position from the plenum)
New valve cover gaskets
Throttle body coolant hose bypass with aluminum hard line routing
All coolant hoses replaced with OEM parts or SAE30 fuel hose
New coolant spring clamps
New exhaust nuts
Z1 silicone coolant bypass hoses and silicone IACV hose kit
New(er) PCV valves and hoses
Custom PCV aluminum hard line (not really by choice, I threw the old one out by accident :-/ )
Balance tube, intake valve covers, timing covers, CAS painted satin black
Timing covers smoothed to eliminate PTU mount and driverside ribs
Timing cover bolts polished
Plenum, throttle bodies, parts of throttle linkage powder coated “chrome by the pound”
IACV hard pipe, parts of throttle linkage powder coated satin black
Coil pack brackets powder coated gunmetal (matches MegaZ radiator wing)
Chrome CAS bracket and throttle cable holder
Satin polished water pipes
Polished carbon fiber throttle cover with TT.net store stickers.(yes, it’s lighter than stock :-) )
All hardware replaced per my AutoFAQ (some not shown)
Stainless steel right angle ¼” NPT to ¼” hose adapter (behind balance tube on plenum) Power adders/upgrades: NGK BKR7EIX Iridium plugs
Mike Smith Performance exhaust manifolds
JWT Sport 500 turbos
Wastegate hoses aluminum hard line install, no vacuum line, all ¼” SAE 30 fuel hose
Specialty Z super split down pipes (painted 1500°F flat black)
New(er) Nismo 740 cc/min injectors, machined lower plenum, Bernie insulator mod (from my Platinum 91, 5k miles on them)
UR underdrive pulley with Bernie’s water pump OD pulley
EGR delete How it started: 
After the pull: 
Essential instructions, thanks again TT.net 
Who knows what evil lurks within… 
Then there’s a huge blank in picture taking and more doing. Fast forward…
I cleaned up my shaved timing covers from my old Z 
My PC’ed plenum and TB’s, polished timing cover bolts 
The throttle cover the car came with, refreshed thanks to the TT.net store 
Note the fiber washers under the bolts to protect the PC finish on the brackets 
Some good views of the hardline routing and bypass 
The 1/4” NPT to 1/4” barb fitting 
A good idea of what it’ll look like once I get the engine back in… 
I’ve got the red Samco upper hose and Turbohoses lower radiator hose with a polished lower aluminum hard pipe, but I’ll save those for when the engine is actually back in the car :-) What am I??? Oh yeah… 
Here is the engine bay after the engine removal, prior to me doing anything.: 
Since this pic, I’ve removed the main EFI harness and started removing solenoids. My next steps are cleaning the engine bay (not repainting, just cleaning) and re routing some wiring. Then I’ll be installing the various harnesses and vacuum lines and eventually dropping the engine back in. Since I’m about half way done with this (roughly), I want to thank some people: First of, genic, for hosting. Bernie for being the man, along with Dave N. Coz for excellent service, along with Greg and Seb of Specialty Z. Very valuable Z resources. Don Wood for his excellent powdercoating services, aka black300zx in classifieds. I’d also like to thank about 30 members for buying and selling parts with me, I haven’t had any issues yet, and I greatly appreciate that. That’s all for now, back to the garage tonight.
"...Downpipes own. They own everything...anything...all there ever was and will be...they should be stock on all cars. Screw the environment, emissions, noise! I love them...I shall name my first-born after them with glee..." - SeedyRom 05:13:20 10/03/02 "i love the cock" - genic 22:20:47 09/25/03 "I hope you get fucked in the ass with a pringles can." - ni[X]it 14:53:53 02/02/06 "Either ignore him or beat him up. Anything else will be over his head." - Marshall 12:28:23 08/18/04 "Ok, Ill bite.." eriksu9 15:42:10 04/04/08 z32baby: yeah, my memory sucks balls
DJ Juiced: What's your memory doing this friday night? ;) "i've got to the point where i can drive the Z at its limits and i want more" - shadowZ 16:29:56 08/31/04 "I was way more timid then than I am now about getting in there and yanking on things." - TT XTZ 13:30:34 07/25/05 "Just ran out to get some knee pads. I'm ready now... BRING.....IT.....ON... :-) " - Dave N 19:04:30 10/31/07
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So this is what I've been up to... - 
