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34 images	The 280 we managed to get ahold of happened to have a very nice high performance suspension installed (adjustable shocks, stiffer sway bars, lower and stiffer springs)
Up one album Image List Thumbnail Page 1 Thumbnail Page 2 Thumbnail Page 3   Album Tree   Home	IMG 1388  Description Pulling the rear suspension in the rain sure is a pain Date Sat 19 Mar 2005 10:24:11 AM PST     IMG 1389  Description Trying to stay dry while pulling the rear end Date Sat 19 Mar 2005 10:24:30 AM PST     IMG 1390  Description Of course as soon as the front end came out of the 280 the sun came out Date Sat 19 Mar 2005 12:28:00 PM PST     IMG 1391  Description More naked 280 pictures Date Sat 19 Mar 2005 12:28:20 PM PST     IMG 1392  Description Starting to put the old 260 suspension back into the 280 Date Sat 19 Mar 2005 02:03:19 PM PST     IMG 1393  Description A mostly naked 280Z Date Sat 19 Mar 2005 02:03:38 PM PST     IMG 1394  Description Plenty of 280Z suspension parts. Date Sat 19 Mar 2005 02:03:58 PM PST     IMG 1395  Description Tony cleaning up the 280 suspension components Date Sat 19 Mar 2005 03:36:53 PM PST     IMG 1400  Description Cleaned up 280 suspension components Date Sat 19 Mar 2005 05:38:42 PM PST     IMG 1409  Description Did you know that 260 and 280 rear sway bars mount in different places? We didn't. A quick air hammer job and the mount is down. We'll weld it back up once we have the 280 suspension back in the 260 body so we can get the alighment right Date Sun 27 Mar 2005 08:19:05 PM PST     IMG 1420  Description Tony installing poly busings for the front end Date Sat 02 Apr 2005 08:10:55 PM PST     IMG 1421  Description The font end fully installed (That's a 280 front suspension in a 260 body) Date Sun 03 Apr 2005 10:14:14 AM PDT     IMG 1422  Description Another view of the front end installed Date Sun 03 Apr 2005 02:32:25 PM PDT     IMG 1423  Description Another view of the front end installed Date Sun 03 Apr 2005 02:32:34 PM PDT     IMG 1424  Description Another view of the front end installed Date Sun 03 Apr 2005 02:32:44 PM PDT     IMG 1440  Description When in doubt, burn it out! Date Sat 09 Apr 2005 10:10:05 AM PDT     IMG 1441  Description Tony, not having fun trying to get the poly bushings on the rear end Date Sat 09 Apr 2005 02:09:14 PM PDT     IMG 1443  Description Busted parts! Lets just say pulling the strut rod from the rear of a Z is a royal pain. We destroyed both of them in the process Date Sun 10 Apr 2005 09:56:13 AM PDT     IMG 1444  Description We also managed to mess up the A arms quite nicely Date Sun 10 Apr 2005 09:56:31 AM PDT     IMG 1445  Description After sawing the rod, we could pull the A arm off, but then we still had to press the rod out of the spindle. A task our 12 ton press barely managed to accomplish Date Sun 10 Apr 2005 09:56:48 AM PDT     IMG 1446  Description Here's the second one before we got crazy Date Sun 10 Apr 2005 09:57:09 AM PDT     IMG 1447  Description Tony doing the mad scientist thing. A little rubbing alcohol and dry ice to try to cool it down enough to make it easier to press the rod out Date Sun 10 Apr 2005 10:06:35 AM PDT     IMG 1448  Description Bwahahaha... Frozen C02 is fun Date Sun 10 Apr 2005 10:06:46 AM PDT     IMG 1449  Description Tony's mechanic finger (Don't you hate it when the pointer finger and thumb of your mechanix gloves die?) Date Sun 10 Apr 2005 01:08:10 PM PDT     IMG 1450  Description Tony's mechanic finger (Don't you hate it when the pointer finger and thumb of your mechanix gloves die?) Date Sun 10 Apr 2005 01:08:18 PM PDT     IMG 1452  Description Daniel working some magic on the press trying to get the busings out of the A arms Date Sun 10 Apr 2005 05:58:38 PM PDT     IMG 1453  Description The 280 diff and A arm supports installed in the 260 Date Sun 10 Apr 2005 05:59:01 PM PDT     IMG 1454  Description Another shot of the 280 diff in the 260 body Date Sun 10 Apr 2005 05:59:07 PM PDT     IMG 1455  Description Rear shot of the 280 diff in the 260 body Date Sun 10 Apr 2005 05:59:15 PM PDT     IMG 1490  Description The new strut rods Date Sat 16 Apr 2005 08:30:19 AM PDT     IMG 1491  Description Stetching the A-arm out to fit the larger lips on the poly busings Date Sat 16 Apr 2005 08:58:27 AM PDT     IMG 1599  Date Sat 07 May 2005 10:48:17 AM PDT     IMG 1600  Date Sat 07 May 2005 10:48:42 AM PDT     IMG 1601  Date Sat 07 May 2005 10:48:59 AM PDT
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