Project Marmite

You gonna either love it or hate it!

I bought the car in 2004 as it was my childhood dream to own a 300zx.

When i bought the car it needed some little work as the body work was a bit tatty. After a respray and some minor mods of an Exhaust, Air filter and unknown chip i was running 361bhp @ the fly. I drove the car with no problems for around 2 years untill i decided to have a new bare metal respray and clutch fitted. The car has not since seen the light of day as i have now restored or uprated nearly every part of the car. The build has now got out of control as you can see by the spec list. The Zed has become a project i never set out to do or even have the know how to build. So the build has turned out to be an expensive learning curve. Im hopefully looking to enjoy the blood sweat and tears very soon if all goes to plan

Here is my mod list to date with out the restoration parts:

Exterior:
Bare metal re spray,
Rosso corsa 300 red (Ferrari)
Ab-flug front bumper (Type 4R)
Ab-flug nose panel,
Viper vented wings,
Bomex spoiler,
VIS carbon fibre boot hatch,
VIS carbon fibre bonnet,
Veilside Carbon mirrors,
Bomex rear skirt,
Bomex side skirts,
Carbon wrap,
Perspex rear strip,
Illuminated rear centre panel,
99 spec rear lights,
x4 Aerocatches.

Interior:
Stripped out rear,
Custom made cobra daytona red/black trimmed seats,
Matching custom trimmed interior,
One off custom made carbon fibre dash,
One off custom made carbon fibre interior panels,
Wicked coatings carbon dipped boot trims,
Red sparco 3 point harnesses,
Snap off hub,
Sparco steering wheel,
Nismo gear knob,
Honda s2000 Ignition button, ,
Groovers Blue custom L.E.D conversion,
Custom 300zx mats,
Snooper S 3 radar detector,

Electrical:
DD2 digital stack dash,
AEM ems uego stand alone ecu,
AEM Air Intake Temperature Sensor,
AEM 3.5 MAP sensor,
AEM uego Air/Fuel gauge
AEM uego Multi series gauge,
Greddy type 2 turbo timer,
Apexi avc R boost controller (ltd),
Race logic performance meter,
Race logic digital traction control with launch control,
Integral det sensor system with display for vg30dett,
Built in dash Garmin 310D satnav,
Nismo grounding kit,
Saxo VTS power steering pump,
In dash on off switch for pump,
Battery relocated to the boot,
DTA polished batt tie down.

Engine:
GT28RS turbo's (Disco potato) .64AR
HKS actuators, (set at 9-10 psi)
Custom actuator brackets,
Greg dupree high flow inconel exhaust manifolds,
Greg dupree Specially Z 3" Stainless steel split down pipes,
Greg dupree 3" flexi de-cats,
Billy Boat 3" oval cat back system,
Ported & skimmed heads,
Ported/matched plenum,
Ported/matched inlet manifold,
BDE cam gears,
JWT 400+ aggressive race cams (264 DEG/375\" LIFT +4 DEG. ADV ON EX L.C.)
JWT uprated valve springs,
JWT heavy duty vtc springs,
Cometic .45 multi layer metal head gaskets,
ARP Head & Main stud kit,
Wiseco pistons 87.5 slight over bore (oem 87mm)
Eagle H beam Con Rods,
ACL Race spec shells,
Z1 Re-build kit,
Z1 silicone water pipes,
Unorthodox lightened crank pulley,
AMS water pump pulley,
AMS alternator pulley,
Z1 PCV and silicone pipes
Greddy kevlar aramide cam belt,
HKS spark plugs heat grade 7,
Smithy's IAA valve pipe,
Custom made engine mounts,
Z1 stainless steel bolt kit,
Z1 silicone turbo oil return lines,
Z1 braided turbo oil feed lines.

Cooling:
Ceramic coated turbos and manifolds,
Greddy 3 row Spec-R FMIC,
Z1 58mm over sized throttle bodies (oem 50mm)
Greddy grex 10 row oil cooler,
Greddy sandwich plate,
Greddy braided oil lines,
Koyo uprated aluminium radiator,
Koyo polished rad bracket,
Z1 Stainless steel Lower hard pipe,
Z1 full hard pipe kit + silicone's,
Nismo thermostat,
Nismo high pressure oil & rad caps,
Apexi cone air filters,
Doolz air filter system,
Doolz v2 FMIC extensions,
HKS SSQV Blow off valves,
Powertrix carbon fibre throttle body cover,
Powertrix carbon fibre air guide and light covers,
Powertrix carbon fibre fan shroud,
Powertrix carbon fibre large/small fuse covers,
Braided oil & power steering lines,
Reflector GOLD/SILVER heat shields on oil, water lines, loom and starter motor,
Thermo shield carbon magma exhaust heat wraps,
Mikalor T-clamps all round,
Aeroquip fittings on fuel, power steering lines.

Fuel system:
Nismo adjustable fuel regulator (6AN fittings)
Nismo 740cc injectors,
300 degree high flow fuel rail,
Walbro 255ltr fuel pump,
Braided hose though out fuel system.

Suspension:
MeisterR Zeta R Coilovers
MeisterR Pillow ball top mounts.
Z1 solid subframe bushes,
Zcentre Hard race inner steering arms,
Zcentre Hard race outer steering arms,
Godspeed adjustable lower arms (front)
Powertrix adjustable drop links (front)
SPL adjustable camber arms (front)
Powertrix adjustable tension arms (front)
Powertrix adjustable camber arms (rear)
Powertrix adjustable traction rods (rear)
SPL hicas lockout bar,
Stilllen adjustable anti roll bars,
Stillen rear strut brace,
Carbing front strut brace,
Driftworks rear hub bushes,
Energy suspension full poly bush suspension kit,
Energy suspension poly bushes for steering rack & diff,
Nismo gearbox mount,

Wheel and Tire
Wheels & Tyres
Rota GTR'D alloys
Front 245/40/18 9.5j
Rear 275/35/18 10j
Toyo T1R Proxy tyres
Red light weight wheel nuts (Rays)

 

Where's the pics?

 

Where would i find your image uploader on here?

 

LOL when I saw your title first thing I thought was "theres a Pom posting in the build section"

An Aussie wouldnt be caught dead eating MARMITE. We have VEGEMITE here. LOL

Nice parts list mate.

 

You'll have to use an uploading site such as imageshack or photobucket

 

I think this is the 300 that anti linked to a whiles back. Drift spec, white and green. If it is then sweet car... If it isn't then, sweet mods can't wait to see the car.

Imageshack is the easiest photo hoster I have used and it has twitter integration if you are into that sort of thing.

 

Here's a link to info on how we place photos in posts, clicky

Very nice parts list, would love to see some photos

 

Thanks Lidz for supplying him the link.

:worthless:

 

I might have to call mine Project Vegemite!

 

You poms have some really far out tastes when it comes to bodystyling. All the most obscene Z32's I've seen have been from the UK.

 

I should change mine to mission LAMINGTON.

 

Thanks everyone! Well its not the white and green zed but i think i know the zed you are talking of.

Ive got around 800 pictures stored on photobucket since starting the restoration but its so bloody slow now it takes about 10mins to copy and paste 1 picture .

Ill post some pics up to give you an idea in what ive been up to. As you can see the car is not quite finished yet...When finished im hoping for at least 500bhp at the wheels do you think that will be possible using 98-99ron fuel.

Most to date



Carbon interior




Engine

 

underbody

 

That's some lovely engine porn right 'thar.

 

Very nice. I likey.

 

Top job man, looks like no expense spared.

I love the dash.

You may find some dudes around that wont recommend those manifolds. They are the log stainless ones that have been ceramic coated yeah? There is some history of cracking. Most dudes seem to go for the cast log style, which were initially copied from Nissan and made better and released by Mike Smith.

Post up some more pics!

 

Thanks for all the nice comments..

Ive heard of stainless manifolds cracking but i was under the impression that the Inconel steel was a lot more resistant? I had the manifolds and turbos ceramic coated to help with the temps.

Thanks Dan