Project z31 Z432 N/A RB swap

[turbo2nr]

Love that color! its very period correct. I cant wait to see thing all together its going to be one hell of a car!

[Sailor]

It's been a really touch choice for me honestly because the stock color grew on me more and more as the car sat in my garage. But I really want to stick to my original plan and have a statement piece. If it had a ton of horsepower, it would be more fun to make a sleeper but with only 300hp roughly at 10k peak rpm going through Alu or Ti exhaust paired with the ITB's and no filters, it will never be a sleeper nor will it be a monster fast car. It will just sound amazing and be a total blast to drive in a spirited fashion. It won't be anywhere near as fast as any of my last 4 cars but I think it will be the most fun overall.

My real goal is to build a restomod version of an 80's Z432 had they recreated it from the original 70's S30 Z432. Confusing I know, right? I have the badging and all. NOS 432 and Fairlady Z emblems. Many of those cars were 920 safari gold with Watanabe's. And the 432 stood for 4 valves per cylinder, triple carbs and twin cam. Which is also what I will have with the RB28 stroker and RB26 ITB's.

Here is a nice example of the original and you can see more of what I am trying to emanate with my build. The original cars had gunmetal valve covers which is why I had mine done like that too. And the reason I chose the twin cam ornament plate instead of the GTR plate. I want to build an 80's radass Z432.

By no means would I want to sway you from the vision of this car, because honestly that vision is awesome. Really was just my 2 cents in a build that isn't my own, you own it and you'll have to live with it, so anything I think about how it should look is irrelevant. Feel free to ignore it completely You know exactly what you want for this build, and your doing it, the right way. I have a large amount of respect for sticking to the retro rebuild and rebranding to match the Z432- a brilliant master plan

With those pictures I can really start to gather, piece by piece, what the end result of this Z will be.

[RVAE34]

It's been a tough choice for me too though bc the original color is badass. It's very close to the color of my LSx 427 e39 touring I built a few years ago.

Thank you for your comments!!

[IIIXziuR]

I enjoy the Z432 concept you are going for. Really cool!

Any idea what the name of the color on the car now is?

[RVAE34]

I used to know the name but don't recall it now. I will find out.

[nismo35]

This build is awesome!!! I hate I gave up my S130ZX!!!

[RVAE34]

Thanks!

This is my favorite photo I took of my dad's car outside to best show the color.

[RVAE34]

There were some pinholes in the metal after it was powder coated that I hadn't noticed previously so I had them tig welded and then I sanded it all back smooth. There is a little bit of a low spot on top so I will likely have it coated again to see if it's noticeable and if so, I will have it filled and painted. Going to be very particular about the way the engine looks on this car. The filler panel on the valve cover is one of my favorite details about this build and one that will be mostly ignored by the majority but greatly appreciated by those who notice.

[RVAE34]

Scored these incredibly nice used fogs from Japan. Anyone who knows about the Z31 knows how hard it is to find clean fogs. Even most pitted, chipped and even cracked sets sell for $200 plus. So now I need to sell my old pitted set. I also have a brand new NOS one I got from Japan last month. Then, I scored these new door handles from the same seller.

[augustus maximus]

But those are kouki lens and you have a zenki, unless you plan to swap the nose.

[RVAE34]

Yes indeed. I already have the Kouki bumper and JDM carbon fiber front lip. Also have the headlights and side skirts. I do plan on keeping the zenki low beams and running a slim line fog. Will have to narrow the housing a tad since the Kouki lights are narrower than the zenki. It's a popular mod in Japan.

[IIIXziuR]

Loving the valve cover modification. Great idea.

[augustus maximus]

You should continue updating on Z31p, I threw one of my builds on there today to help breathe life back into our forum, lol

[RVAE34]

Just posted on it!

I got screwed! The seller accepted my door handle bid but cancelled my fog light pair. I am absolutely livid considering how hard I have searched and how much I wanted those. Wish I could screw him and not pay for the handles but too late. Oh well, I will likely never participate in another yahoo japan auction unless it's a buy it now.

[augustus maximus]

Don't worry I deleted mine in favor of mounting my IC properly

[RVAE34]

Ah, how are they though? The ones I had "won" were near mint. I have a set that are pitted and the last 10 sets that have come up for sale were awful. I am trying to make this car as perfect as physically possible. Guess I will have to get a set polished and then Xpel wrapped. I have a driver side NOS but the odds of finding a passenger side are rare.

[jumpman2334]

did you use a middle man service? or did you actually do it yourself?


have your tried reaching out to someone like streeter who may be able to track you something down?

[RVAE34]

Used a local importer. Seems likely the bid was cancelled because it was a US bidder but odd that they accepted the door handles bid within an hour of the other. And the same seller. Oh well, live and learn.

DIdn't know anything about someone else to do the bids. It would be ideal if I had someone in Japan bidding for me it seems. I buy a lot of parts and would greatly help with the build.

[jumpman2334]

yes. look into jesse streeter and his services. he moved there and became a middle man. he knows his stuff and what to look for.

[RVAE34]

Thanks for the tip!

[RVAE34]

My Nissan truck is the recent featured design on blipshift. It's now the single most liked vehicle design they have ever posted on IG and the 2nd most liked design ever. Only trailing #1 out of 1016 total posts by about 100 likes! Crazy considering they post so many designs with supercars etc. A Nissan truck is the leader...

I also don't think I posted the final render of the bumper delete rear with the symmetrical pan. I won't be doing it but might as well show ya.

https://www.blipshift.com/products/summer-body

[RVAE34]

Car is raised up with the old wheels on and outside for the first time in many moons. Ready to be towed to my painters! Working on degreasing the engine bay today.

[RVAE34]

It was towed over today. So exciting!!!

[JIMB0]

i cant wait to see this car 100% yellow!!!

[Sailor]

I'm excited to see how it looks all yellow too, sad to see the oem color go

[RVAE34]

I am going to pick up the tail lights today. The painter sanded the lenses completely smooth, removing all letters/numbers/stampings etc. He then polished to mirror finish and had them Xpel clear wrapped by the guy who did my E38. He is also giving me a quote on shaving the engine bay. I will be using so few stock items that I might as well add my own threadserts if I need to add anything. Battery and any/all electrical items that can be moved will be relocated under the dash and in the cargo bay area. I will have my best friend build me a sick electrical setup for this car that will be one of the features. I do plan to keep everything in place on the firewall in case I want to run AC but will try without it first. Will have a cover made for the ports.

Going to take photos of the head tomorrow. Machinist has already started machining the combustion chamber and is removing material for cam clearance. He then just has to do final smoothing on the chamber so it should be done within a week tops.

[Dolph_KYAS13]

Originally Posted by RVAE34

My Nissan truck is the recent featured design on blipshift. It's now the single most liked vehicle design they have ever posted on IG and the 2nd most liked design ever. Only trailing #1 out of 1016 total posts by about 100 likes! Crazy considering they post so many designs with supercars etc. A Nissan truck is the leader...

I also don't think I posted the final render of the bumper delete rear with the symmetrical pan. I won't be doing it but might as well show ya.

https://www.blipshift.com/products/summer-body

Sweet. Cool to see more blipshift artists on here. Ive always loved the renderings of your Z

[RVAE34]

Thanks! I just came up with the concept. I didn't make any of the renderings.

Painted sanded the lenses smooth, removing all the letters etc. Then he polished them and had them Xpel clear wrapped. Looks amazing. He had to redo the brake lenses but those will be done next week so I can put them all back together.

[NextTimeJr]

Those taillights are really nice, what are you gonna run in between them above the plate? Just the stock bar with “300zx”?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[RVAE34]

Yeah. He will polish and clear wrap that next. I will be changing all the gloss black trim strips in the lights, the license plate panel and the spoiler to satin gunmetal grey to match all the trim and front spoiler. I only want the safari gold paint to be gloss.