New Daily Drive....another moving project on top of the 280Z :\

It's been a while since I stopped by here (at least it felt like it's been a while ), so I'm around seeing what's been going on. Feel I should give everyone an update on my status as a Z owner.

My S30 is still in Cali, this time, completely tarped up and awaiting shipment whenever I get to it. Stanza finally crapped the bed so I got rid of her. In her place, is a 1992 Ford Festiva with a tranny and engine swap I bought for $500.




Car's been stripped of nearly everything and the previous owner installed a quarter cage (thing weighs around 1500lbs...where's Dan when you need him!?). The battery is relocated to the back and he also did a lot of stuff, including upgrading the suspension, brakes, and even adding a 1.6 FI engine over the 1.3 carb it originally had. It's pretty fun and practical (40mpg combined), and due to the battery gone from the engine bay, there's enough room to drop a V6 (The Yamaha V6 from the late Taurus SHOs). I call it my "Cooper knock-off," but everyone prefers to call her Bumblebee and you can see why Not the best looking car in the world, but hey....

Seems like I have two projects to work on again, with the Festiva probably the first one I'm most likely going to tackle. With SHO V6 around $500 the most difficult thing I have to do for this swap is to track down the rare AWD tranny that came with the 323 turbos.