Archive of posts with category 'Motor'

It runs again!

So today we had a garage sale, nothing that resides in the garage was actually sold, but we did sell a lot of stuff that we wanted to get rid...

Ahhhh the engine is in place again!

A HUGE thanks to Terec for coming over today and helping me with the car. We spent a couple hours this morning and were able to get the engine and...

Final Prep for Engine Installation

So I had hoped to get the engine installed into the car today but got sidetracked trying to get a final few items finished up before doing so. First things...

Getting the engine ready to put back in the car

So I spent most of the day today in the garage, the first time I’ve done that in probably 20 months, it was nice! Thanks to Dave for coming over...

Say it isn't so! We've found the piston!

What? Chris actually worked on the 240Z? Impossible! It tis true, it really is. Tonight I got home and decided it was time to tear into the motor, so I...

Removing the busted motor

On August 12th 2007 the P240z took it’s maiden autocross voyage, and promptly killed the motor. On 9/30 I removed the motor

Post Traumatic Stress Analysis

I took the car to it’s first autocross competition and only made it 3/4 of the first run before the motor seized up. This video is of me starting to...

Engine insertion, Take 2

Russ and Eric helped me get things ready and put the motor back in the car last night. The video is LARGE, but fairly entertaining. To watch the video you...

A small victory (updated)

With the help of a buddy of mine I was able to get the intake manifold removed from the car, as well as the exhaust manifold and the turbo. I...

Project 240Z Day 2 of Parts Car Motor Pull

Thanks to Terec for coming over today and helping me get the motor pulled out of the 78 280Z 2+2 parts car today!