It kills me that I'm only able to work on my Z32 on the weekends. And by weekends, I mean Saturdays. And by Saturdays, I mean Saturday mornings, before rushing off to watch the Gators on gamedays. Despite the lack of time, I've still made some progress on the Z, except I've concentrated more of my time on eliminating emission-related systems, instead of actually fixing the damage.
It's amazing how I can still find beauty in the car, even when the front end is torn apart. The old lower core support is ready to come out. The power steering lines are no longer in the way. I just need the special drill bit that's made to drill out the factory spot welds. The tear in the driver-side of the core support scares me the most. I know I'm going to have issues lining up with the frame rail holes. I even have my new core support, a $200 part from Nissan. This one is for a twin turbo, which makes fitting my new Koyo aluminum radiator a whole lot easier. On the upper side of the engine bay, where I've been spending most of my time, the EGR valve is no longer connected to the block. It may require some cutting, but I'm going to try to remove the whole system without pulling the motor or dropping the transmission. My spare set of valve covers have been tapped, ready for the PCV line reroute, but I'm trying to figure out what to do with the inner oil baffles. After swapping out a fuel injector, a job much easier with the upper intake off, the not-so-freshly powdercoated plenum will be installed. I think the car could be done in about three days of solid work, but due my schedule it'll still be a while. After totally missing my October deadline, I'm not even going to bother setting another goal for myself.
On another note, I just finished installing an eight-gauge amp wiring kit in the 200SX. All my stereo equipment from the Z has found it's way into the new daily driver. I had already swapped over my JVC CD player a few weeks ago, but now it will be connected to my Kenwood amp, powering a 10-inch MTX subwoofer. I have a feeling a I'll need to fix my rattling spoiler very soon.
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