My fairlady zx

[Fernando87mj]

Well I picked up another project since I really needed another one 

 
 

It’s a 1983 Datsun 280zx , had been wanting one for a while and when I saw this one I knew I had to have it. 
it’s sat for 11 years but the body is really

clean and mostly rust free. Here’s some pics of when I picked it up. 

 

 

so far only things I’ve done do it is..

 

-drained old gas from tank 

- re installed valve rocker that fell off due to I’m guessing sticking valves. 
-Painted valve cover and installed new valve cover gasket 

-found why I was running on 4 cylinders (bad spark plug wires) 

-found why I had no turn signals (bad hazard switch ) 

- found why I don’t have brake lights (broken brake pedal switch stopper) 

- replaced fuel filter 

- replaced fuel pump

-replaced fuel line from tank and deleted fuel damper 

 

valve Rocker/retained that had fallen off 

 

old gas wasn’t helping with the sticking valves 

 

 

Gold = horsepower 

 

 

[pizzaman09]

Wow, that's quite a project,  definitely in need of some love.  A friend of mine brought a similar 280zx to autocross.  It was completely original and hadn't really been driven in many years.  It had more power than I was expecting, clearly designed to be a cruiser.