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Chubbs

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    Denver, CO
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    240Z, M3's
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  1. Chubbs

    First Z Car

    Score, love the sound of the S65, only problem is the chassis is too bloated and updated :( We've built a couple of pretty rad E9X M3's over the years! Gotta love the E30's. Being a Bimmer head I was all about the swapped E30's being the most raw and greatest driving things out there. The 240 has really opened my eyes the last couple of miles! On another note, had a nice day today and took her for a drive up a local mountain road that is the Nuerburgring of Colorado's front range (Lookout Mountain). Heading up shifting between 2-3 the clutch pedal gave crunching popping sound and stopped working. Tried to get the car turned around on a steep 2 lane road but too steep to push forward and turn around. Ended up coasting downhill in reverse in the downhill lane for a mile or so. The look on other drivers faces was epic LOL! got it turned around and pointing forward, rev-matched the gearbox into gear and limped to a parking lot. 45 minutes of waiting for a friend, the rod fromt he master cylinder had un-threaded from the link on the clutch pedal so a pair of pliers and I was on my way. Threads got a little fubar'd and I HIGHLY doubt the way it's setup is factory so if we get a good day this week will drive car to work and figure out a better linkage at the shop.
  2. Chubbs

    First Z Car

    Ha trust me, they're cheaper than you'd think. It probably won't be till later spring but of course I'll take pictures. That's actually a great idea! Yep! This is where the other one was and just to get the car on the road and put some miles on it It'll retain there. There is oil all over and it's finally warm enough out I'll probably pressure wash engine today and find exactly leaks but looking like the front of the head gasket in timing chain area so will probably hold off on fuel pump relocation and do it all when pull the engine to rebuild-reseal I'll post some more once she looks somewhat presentable
  3. Chubbs

    First Z Car

    Hey guys thought I'd introduce myself. Name's Critter or Chubbs. Just picked up my first 240Z and new to the whole Japanese car world. The last 8 years of my life has been spent driving BMW M3's. I've owned multiple E36 M3's from stock to 700whp turbo to GTS track cars and a couple E46 M3's as well so I'm no noob to RWD performance cars but lately I've grown to love the styling and raw character of the 240Z. It's come time in my life to buck up and buy my own house so I was looking for something somewhat beat up that's cheap and can always use work if I am bored and looking for something to do. I work at a shop here in Denver and quite a few of the guys are Japanese car guys so I've got a lot of excellent skills around to help with whatever I want to tackle. Picked up this 72 240Z 4spd. It's got some rust on the floor boards, leaks like a siv, and rattles like a marching band but in the few miles I've driven it it's been an absolute blast. 10 minutes into owning it, it broke down on me and the jank Electric fuel pump the PO had installed took a shit. Ran to auto parts store and an hour later wallah back to running. I'll have to go over the wiring and wire it in correctly on a relay or switch but for now I just wanted it running! Pulled the tail light surround and sprayed it black as I think they look much more aggressive not body colored So now it's time to do some research on wheel/tire fitment with the ZG Flares (Not entirely sure mine are ZG, may sell these and buy the actual ZG flares). Trying to decide between 15's and 16's but it looks like either way I'll go with 9" wide and a 25mm spacer on the rear and 12mm spacer in the front? Plans are to fix the floor boards, slowly start to tackle the body and have it resprayed, do some suspension. Thinking Tokico struts and Swift springs cut down to fit ride height as I'm too poor for the full T3 coilovers right now. Any idea on spring rates? Then wheels/sticky rubber and some brake work and drive the piss out of it. Here's a quick picture of my daily driver And a quick picture of some of the work we do at the shop Have so much to learn on these bad boys, don't flame too hard if I can't find info and ask a question for the millionth time :)
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