It's in the details

Step 1: Grab Beer of choice

Step 2: Grab rare "Elephant Oil cap"

I'd like to take this moment and dispel the rumor that this cap was solely created in commemoration of Datsun's South African Safari win in 1969.

The elephant is actually representative of Nissan's official oil brand at the time, "Elephant."

The Japanese reads, "please pour elephant oil"

The brand itself was named in commemoration of Datsun's South African Safari win in 1969, but not the cap.

Step 3: Clean with Acetone, Alcohol, Mineral Spirits, whatever

Step4: Grab paint pen and start painting

Step 5: Pen ran out of ink. I'll finish it later.

Wounded beast

I'd Been Burning Some Oil
Found Oil on the #2 Plug
Compression was Good but not Consistent
I Never matched Valves to Valve Seats + Leaking Valve Seals=The Teardown Begins

Taking Head to Rebello Racing for Some Larger Valves
New Valves, Seals, Seats 
&
Slight Port Job

Dilemma

Way too much $$$:

Priced reasonably:

What I really want:

ToDo

I’ve pretty much had an entire summer/fall to drive the Z since “finishing” it. With that I’ve been making a list of things that need to be fixed/changed. It may look like a lot, but in reality I would think this is pretty standard after rebuilding a car.

Here they are:

Action: Clutch slips at high RPMs (above 5000)

Cause: Glazed clutch, leaking rear main seal, or slightly engaged pressure plate.

Fix: New clutch, replace seal, or find different length clutch collar

Action: Smokes like a chimney and getting worse.

Cause: Oily smoke so its gotta be the valve stem seals.

Fix: New seals, might as well port head while I’m at it.

Action: Slight tire rubbing in rear

Cause: Tires are too badass

Fix. Rolled fenders but still no positive result. Get out cut off wheel/grinder.

Action: Passenger seat too far forward in interior compartment

Cause: Battery relocation to behind passenger seat prevents rearward movement.

Fix: Get a smaller/shorter battery to allow rearward seat movement.

Action: Speedo don’t work

Cause: Speedo gear in trans installed incorrectly

Fix. Git R Done

Action: Car does not return to zero after left turns

Cause: Noticed recently that front wheels are different offsets.

Minimal enough offset not to notice, but large enough offset to adversely affect handling.

Fix: Get out matching spares and pair them up correctly.

Action: Shock tower covers look like shit

Cause: Product quality sucks & I suck

Fix: Professional install?

Action: Noisy fuel pump

Cause: No idea

Fix: Different brand pump

Any suggestions/tips/advice???

Nomination

Quite an honor. Check it out!

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2011/12/19/speedhunters-awards-2011-gt-gt-reader-car-of-the-year-wip.aspx 

Back when I was ridin dirty.