Nick P came to Z Car Garage to fix a blown head gasket on his 280zx. We decided on a full cylinder head rebuild with a revised cam profile from Rebello, otherwise it was built close to factory spec. Teardown pictures below indicate obvious failure:
The rebuilt cylinder head:
We added a new 6-2-1 exhaust header from MSA and finished it off with the ZCG exhaust system:
The intake manifold and associated smog/efi plumbing were cleaned up:
With the engine freshened we put the Z on the rollers…141hp/142tq to the wheels is healthy!
Next we turned to the suspension. Nick wanted us to install his TechnoToyTuning (T3) coilovers, RCA’s and T/C rods:
Old struts out and coil-overs in!
T3 camber plates up front:
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