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Chris Hammond's SCCA Blog
March 2007 - Posts
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Well we overcame the the brake booster issues from last night. Dad got the Brakeline hooked up to the MC, and we got the booster installed in the firewall and hooked up to the pedal. After that I got the proper tool and pulled the pulleys off the 78 motor Read More...
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Dad and I spent a few hours working on the 240z this evening. We got the clutch pedal in, and even got as far as putting the Clutch Master Cylinder in the car. We went to put the 78 280Z brake booster in the 73 240Z, but ended up figuring out that the Read More...
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Look out Jeffs, the motor is in the Project 240z! Dad and I spent all day today working on the car, and I even swung by one of Jeef's old employer's to pickup some parts today as well. Dad spent most of the morning working on the clutch master cylinder Read More...
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Today, well yesterday now, it's 1am, Dad and I went to Speedway salvage over in Madison Illinois. 3-4 hours later we walked out of there with $120 worth of parts for the Project 240Z. I didn't realize you could spend that much on junk? I got most of the Read More...
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Well the engine bay of the Project 240Z has a nice coat of black paint. I'll be touching up a few areas tomorrow, as well as doing the following. Hitting the Junkyard to locate parts I still need for the megasquirt setup, including mostly these ford parts: Read More...
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Even though I'm out in Mormanville I've been hard at work at least thinking about the Project 240z! With the guidance of Mr. Whittle I've ordered over $700 in equipment to get the motor wired up with Megasquirt. I hope to hit the junk yard on Friday and Read More...
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I spent a few hours tooling around the garage today, mostly inside of the engine bay. I tried to clean up old paint and rust so that I can go through it next weekend with primer and paint to make it look a bit nicer. It's currently, or was, black and Read More...
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I created a photos page last week, and didn't put any up there! Now they're pulling from the Project240z.com Flickr Group and posting on the Project240z.com Photos page for all to see. Nothing too interesting yet though. Share this post: Email it! | bookmark Read More...
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So this morning I got up and finished up what I could get done on the project car, a 1978 280Z 2+2, courtesy of our very own Lynn Wilson, Thanks Lynn!!! I had planned to remove the diff from the car this morning, along with the door lock from the passenger Read More...
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The 240Z is finally home. The parts car is gone, news at 11. Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Read More...
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Today I spent some time trying to get the parts car all finished up. I removed a lot of the rear interior with hopes that some of it will work out in the 240z, we'll see if it will or not tomorrow. I also completely removed the dash, pedal assembly, the Read More...
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I emailed the Z Store on Tuesday, and haven't heard back from them. I'm looking at their MSA Type III body kit for the Project 240z. Anyone ever dealt with them, or seen the body kit before? The question I had for them was does the kit require a front Read More...
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Today I spent a short time working on the parts car, working on removing the interior. You can check out the video here . Notice the flannel pants, and sweatshirt. I really didn't want to do any work today, but I forced myself to at least do a little. Read More...
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It was time to get rid of all the parts I still have taking up space in the garage from the 350z! They're all on ebay . SA Koni Sports F/R (used) #150097486225 350Evo Front Sway Bar (used) #150097461781 CT-1 Front Sway Bar (new) #150097477452 Hotchkis Read More...
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I filled out a form this morning on www.junkmycar.com to have the Parts car removed. Hoping that they will call me and schedule it to be picked up on Saturday or Sunday. That means I have a LOT to remove from the car before then. I'm hoping to really Read More...
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