Is it Blown? FREE 300zx Build

[@PrizzaMike]

Thanks for stopping by! Check out the full playlist about this Free Z32 here: kzbin.info/aero/PLvRjLBi1aX6fXn7i5NGMoglHkCGTt4Otq

[@donaldubdegrove6763]

My son asks send him stickers and shirts

[@Tokuicpm]

Prizes mike I respect all your videos you’re the best thanks for the drift videos and showing us a lot 😎I hope I get to see you make a video about your 240sx tune in to 180build back on the road your amazing bro keep up the good work made my day with the vibes but the drift is amazing can’t wait for more videos

[@Antiliv.]

Big excite to see Jeff's reaction to this bad boy being back alive

[@screamerchaotix5182]

Seeing these classic beauties breathe new life in the modern world is just so sweet. No iPad gauge displays, no paddle shifters, no obnoxious lane assist...just raw automobile goodness.

[@joshuafyeah]

Looks like Mike can’t escape the green lights on the 300zxs 😂

[@Gen2_aidan]

New camera looks amazing btw, your quality just getting better and better, same old amazing content too

[@strategicthinker8899]

Get the engine piping hot, by either idling it for an hour or so or do an Italian tune up - 4th or 3rd gear on the freeway. Those rings can free up if it gets hot enough. If the car is sitting for a long time, rings can get stuck frequently. Happened to me and I freed them up the way I described. Doesn't burn or consume oil anymore.

[@James-sir]

This is probably my favorite build on car guy KZbin right now

[@SERP92_]

Maybe the rings are stuck from sitting too long, you could pour some diesel inside the cylinders and leave it for a day to clean and loosen the rings. After that I'd get the engine to operating temp and check the compression with and without oil in the cylinders to see if the oil rings are bad. I once had an engine with cracked pistons, blowby pressurized my crankcase and oil spat through the PCV system into my intake which made my engine lose and burn a lot of oil, checking if your intake is dry and not oily will also give you some valuable information.

[@PrizzaMike]

Great tips! I will report back!

[@PLMacflyPL]

​@@PrizzaMike you can Also put ATF or kerosene to cylinders after removing the spark plugs. A well-known topic in Poland, where I come from, is that engines that had been standing for a long time were filled with kerosene or ATF for a few days before starting, poured the oil out, poured it fresh and then started the car. You can also crank car without sparkplugs and Fuel to split the rest of this ATF or kerosene from engine to not brake anything in engine.

[@GCL110]

@@PrizzaMike valve stem seals can also dry out, pretty common, some engines you can do without removing the head.

[@AshtrayAnnie]

@@PLMacflyPLyou can literally just put diesel mixed in with the gasoline and it does the same thing….Lots of people do it to clean their injectors as well.

[@vaulttech8337]

What usually happens in these engines is the "tick" is from the lifter free floating cause they are dependent on oil pressure and old oil is tacky inside as its has several parts to assemble. Easiest way is what i did and just run marvel in the oil and oil chamge requently. The smoke in the exhause is prob the ecu making the mixture rich now that the fuel system works. You need a obd1 machine to see if the fuel temp sensor, aicv, tps, and o2 sensors are working in tandem. Ive had all of these problems on my Z.

[@WHYME.PRODUCTIONS]

Maan, i can’t wait to see the day when you get your own shop!

[@232Stangpwr]

Oil in the spark plug hole that dropped into the cylinder when you took the plug out will take forever to burn out of that catalytic converter. Other things to check would be a cylinder leak down test, and valve seals. Check your old footage to see the valve seal condition under the valve covers or use a boriscope in the oil filter cap.

[@AshtrayAnnie]

Lol that little bit of oil wouldn’t do much😂….

[@232Stangpwr]

@@AshtrayAnnie a teaspoon worth of oil will take about an hour to burn out of that catalytic converter

[@AshtrayAnnie]

@@232Stangpwr I’ll guarantee that cat from the early 90s has almost nothing left in it😂….

[@Alexander56720]

I can’t remember if dude did a compression test but a leak down test for sure.

[@blackmagicgarage871]

I put about 2 months of love into my vg and it's ran for 4 years straight... very slept on engine... did you know it's partially factory forged and extremely internally balanced? Solid dampers won't hurt it. And the na high compression engine holds boost way better than back in the day with modern fuels and tuning Vg30des are hydraulic lifter. They always tap extremely loudly for about 15 min if you let them sit for more than a couple weeks.... my car and may others do this. Drive it hard once you sort everything itll quiet down That being said the valves could be not fully sealing if the lifters aren't pumping up entirely. And oil sledges and thins as it ages. This could be your oil burning. In the summer it's recommended to run 10 40 and 10 30 in the winter with how your climate appears Fresher oil and a additive could swell some of the seals and remedy any seal leaks as well

[@blackmagicgarage871]

In the hottest climates the manual states to run 15 40! These cars have some interesting tolerances

[@James-sir]

I luv that your fixing this car instead of parts it’s not too far gone and the story is cool skating cop that loved the car worth saving.

[@DebbyRafri]

Try using the SONY LENS "Tamron 17-28mm f2.8" that will be a perfect lens for your type of content! And is more affordable than the "Sony 16-35mm f2.8" it gives preety much the same look but a wider field of view

[@luiscolon-pg5kc]

Compression test, drain oil after a few miles and replace with an oil that has good cleaning detergents. Replace oil again and hopefully you’ll get some of the hydraulic lifters to get unstuck. The lifters getting stuck is a common issue with VG engines that have sat for a long time. Also check your valve cover gaskets to make sure you don’t have a leak at the spark plugs.

[@johnmcgerty9320]

I agree , as a VGDETT owner 13yr lifters can get stuck due to lack of use , .. bit of use & oil changes normally sort 😎

[@wrightasrain7205]

Hey, when you use teflon tape its directional you want to wrap it so that it doesn't untwist and bunch up when you tighten down typically wrapping clockwise since you tighten most bolts clockwise. Good work, always glad to see more videos.

[@TheJamiejosh]

With thread tape, wrap your threads in the opposite direction to the way it threads in. That way the tape will never try to unwrap as you're screwing it in.

[@branduhhhn]

cutting the manifold is crazzyy work

[@kingtaco536]

The new camera looks so good, the quality of the videos has definitely improved!

[@joey.350z]

wow engine bay looks awesome, love the kinda bronze ish mixed with the chrome you did a killer job mike! as always im hyped for the next vid. keep it up man!

[@TazztheWolf]

I just love how humble Mike is in every video. Also definitely loving this series 🔥

[@joen2423]

At my work I make NPTF threads, they are called dryseal, npt threads that do not require any sealing tape or paste. Normal NPT threads do require something to seal them

[@Rayentypeshit]

27:32 you should look for an rb or 2jz swap

[@NoooNamee]

Man, the new camera looks CRISP. I cannot wait to see more drift events recorded with it.

[@Gen2_aidan]

Time for a compression test 27:39

[@PrizzaMike]

😬🤞

[@xADVANx]

@@PrizzaMike id say a stuck ringland from sitting.

[@gabrielmuller4203]

@@xADVANxI had a z last year that sat for years and once it started up it burned oil bad, and it was worse after Puttinh new injectors in, I would burn like 2 quarts of oil every two days

[@sPeCThaGod]

Hey man avid viewer since the 240 crash here, your love for your cars and get it done in the driveway attitude really kept me around. Just one thing I noticed, when wrapping fittings with thread tape, you should wrap it counter clock wise so when you tighten the fitting, the tape won't bunch up and tear in the threads :) Just noticed and thought I'd say something, keep doing you and keep up the great work brother :)

[@boon8117]

Watching this before my first driving lesson 🙏

[@daddynef1581]

I’ll say it a million times, camera upgrade was nothing but a W

[@Neodestro]

i am excite to see this car 100% working

[@Papajin68]

I recently cleaned up the throttle body on my S13 and I used a product called "Nevr-Dull" (listed as Never-Dull on the jungle website) on my butterfly and that stuff shined that thing up to a mirror finish. Really impressed with that product! Too bad you can't see it when everything is assembled! Looks like you had the teflon tape on backwards on at least one of the fittings as it started to come off a bit when you were screwing it in -- ideally it should be wrapped so it tightens up as you spin it in, rather than loosening it. You had quite a bit on there so probably the one I noticed will seal fine.

[@Acegotitpreviews]

Quality change is awesome 🙏‼️

[@darcyaltaccount]

My first thought was water and a coating of unburned stale fuel in the exhaust from sitting for so long but the fact that the smoke didn't evaporate and instead started to cloud around the car (especially when using the throttle as it is usually steam which evaporates) suggests burning coolant (white smoke) or possibly a mixture of oil and coolant. Oil in the sparkplug holes will take forever to burn off but I'd say do the tests before starting it again as it took me all but 30 seconds of idle (without showing up as overheating) to irreparably warp my already failed head and lower half (which the guy who I bought it off didn't tell me about) from a failed water pump which I didn't know about although it was a different model of car. Wishing you all the best bro, love your content (PS I use your lanyards to hold my work ID!)

[@tannerlabelle]

If youre looking for tips on camera settings. Id recommend setting the FPS to 23.976, 30 fps or 60 fps. 23.976 (24) will give you a more cinematic look. Motion blur will be very similar to real life. It will also allow you to shoot in lower light environments. The down side is that you wont be able to slow your footage down in post. But based on the content ive seen i dont think you do that very often. Youll want your shutterspeed to be 48 or 50 if you use 24 fps for your video. The other two settings youll adjust are your aperture and iso. For a more cinematic "high quality feel" id recommend locking the aperture to 2.8-4. im not sure what lens you have but im guessing its lowest aperture is 2.8. This will give you a shallow depth of field and give you the blurry background look. I would set the ISO to auto. This will allow the camera to automatically adjust the brightness in the video similar to what you're probably use to with your gopro. For 30fps and 60 fps id recommend the same settings but increase your shutter speed to double the framerate, so 60 & 120 respectively. Again based on your vlog style content i think 24fps would be the best choice for 90% of your content ive watched. It gives you a real world feel (like the audience is with you) and its the best for low light settinga like the end of this video. The only thing you may run into is in bright environments like outside on a sunny day you may need a variable ND filter (basicallg sunglasses for your camera) to keep the settings the same and not have a blown out (very bright/white) image.

[@PrizzaMike]

@@tannerlabelle great info, appreciate you

[@perzn1986]

21:47 lifter tick maybe? loving this series of Z32 maintenance and mod videos. making me want another

[@OutrideMaro]

I'm hoping to get a 300ZX myself in around 2 months when I get my license, and all these Z videos are making my mouth water loool. I can't wait!!

[@willborkowicz2815]

loving the videos man!! First one i saw was the s13 crash a few years ago but these last few series have me coming back over and over!! Keep it up brother!! NISSAN GANG

[@michaelnewdigate4509]

When you use an adapter kit on the early style lower plenum you have to grind clearance for the injector connector. Glad you found out before you put it all together.

[@ethanvilla4418]

Definitely one of my new favorite car KZbinrs, even though he might have been around for a bit.

[@EvelynSalazar-z6i]

Damn you are the legend and champ and very amazing on your build's God bless your talents and i love the way you do your videos because you explain the way you do the job from the start to the end once again God bless ya and your family and friends stay safe out there remember you are the man and the legend and champ and the best and amazing and blessed to you so much 🙏🫶🤟🏆🔥🔥🔥🤟🫶🤟🏆🔥🏆🤟 you rock please let us keep praying for you and your family and friends keep doing what you love doing

[@jghnny]

Seeing Mike in 4k is a different feeling happy to see this channel grow🎉

[@dekabwerks]

That coating on the intake manifold looks great, details on it

[@Azaraii]

Everyday my wants to own a 300zx grows because of these videos lol

[@jacobgann197]

perfect timing for bed fr love this series

[@donaldubdegrove6763]

Keep up the great videos prizzamike ❤❤my son watching all of your videos on KZbin

[@ninecleavers2959]

New camera is freaking good and high quality

[@Kiekzekieke.]

This is motivation material 👌👌 Cant not wait to start working on my 2 crx gen 1 from 1984 barnfinds thats sitting for 27 years to make them run and drive 👍

[@antneeshoopdeegarage92]

Thats similar to my 94 prelude. Sat for probably 4 years before I got it. I got it running and took it for a drive, when I pulled back in the driveway it had a steady stream of heavy blue smoke. Thinking valve stem seals or stuck rings. It did not smoke after sitting for an hour when I cranked it to move it back into my shop. But I know those VG's are notorious for blowing holes in pistons. My uncle and a friend back in school both had 300zx's that had motors go out from holes in pistons.

[@metrosfilm]

Glad to see your doing good bro just ordered some merch to support you hope your process on getting a shop is going well brotha all luv praying for all my boys

[@uptownsamcv]

AWESOME!! those engines were so ahead of the game. from what I remember the ECU runs each bank independently as 2 engines.

[@drizzlybadboy]

The Free-Hundred ZX

[@boughlaye8673]

Wow, I kind of randomly stopped watching your content like a year ago..idk why, but I found this video now, and damn bro your videos look so much better now, really good job man 👏

[@macintosh_waifu]

great content, and the new camera looks great!! can't wait to see Jeff's reaction someday...

[@Z32orDIe]

Yes sir. Any pipe thread desserve thread tape or liquid thread sealant. Its the fittings like break lines that have a tappered mating surface beneath the threads are the ones that do not require sealant on threads. Tappered like break lines or an fittings.

[@Cobsspeedshop]

I acquired my 5.3 ls for my d50 mini truck and im always hyped to get some motivation from your videos you always got the chillest vibe going on

[@alx9950]

Don’t worry about the lens man these videos are so peaceful

[@mitch9427]

This is great man awesome progress!! this could be the coolest build

[@istvanlorinczi2817]

The Free-hundredZX

[@BoostyMoose]

Like the new camera, man! Excited to see you evolve as a videogrefer

[@Z32orDIe]

Can do compression test. Na should be 165-185 across all 6 with no more then 15 psi between your hoghest and lowest cylinder. Can always but 1 cup of atf inside each cylinder. 1 at a time so each can be at bottom dead center. So the entire ring can be submerged since cylinders are slanted. Needs nore volume then an inline would. Let them soak for at least 24 hours each. Thatll loosen any carbon built up in the ring groves and around the rings. Alows the rings to spring again and better seal around cylinder walls. But thats only if your numbers are boyong what nissan wants. Which is that 15 psi between highest and lowest cylonder. If highest is 165. Then lowest cant be 150. At that point motor wont be balanced under high rpms and cause bearings to wear quicker then they should.

[@donhunter5.56]

Keep up the bangers bub. It’s gonna be crazy looking back a few years from now and seeing how far you’ve gone. Glad I’m along for the ride.

[@asosa7100]

Loving the black Z series

[@SwampusMcGarniglus]

I honestly cant wait til you guys have a shop a lift and a parking lot.

[@alexthepanda2058]

Love the videos!!!!!!!!!!!! One of my favorite times of the week is wakin up to a new video posted 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@Z32orDIe]

Quality of videos is sick. Rest of gear will develope with time. The projects and quality of work along with warching process and not just seing befores and afters is best part. You guys are an awesome crew with some sick whipps and its dope to see. Motivates me to work on my personal. Cause after custoemrs i dont wanna do shit haha. Blessings and curses we all deal with. Respect to you all!! 🙌🤘

[@cbriief]

new camera looks absolutely phenomenal man

[@HunterWerner-p6n]

Looks good

[@lso7569]

Great vid as always! Keep up the great work. @14:20 your break booster vacuum port has the teflon tap on incorrectly. You may want to go back and redo it by wrapping it the opposite way so that when you put on the port the tape does not bunch up.

[@ivanbarton4475]

Thanks for the early video drop. Great morning, drinking coffee, avoiding my job.

[@Tj11346]

Under 1 hour gang. 👇

[@LinoDoue]

🎉

[@ToniMascall]

Yessirrrr

[@gregflinders1349]

🫡😁

[@sebslides9254]

🦀

[@joeypatrick6170]

Reporting 🫡

[@noahkennedy229]

its always a good day when you post love your content and the journey these cars have gone through

[@fenton9620]

It is zoomed in a little close but the quality is very nice! Congrats on the new camera! Keep up the great work dude

[@Z32orDIe]

Exhaust leak and lifter tick for sure. These cars take a while to fully prume the lifters. Run some hot shots stiction elimentaor in oil, can run in all 5 speed trans as well. Just dont use in lsd diffs. Only soild difs. Dont use in atuo trans either. Great for lubricating synchros and gears. But makes wet clutch disks slip. Like ones in auto trans and lsds. But bro. It made my sticky 5 speed shift better then new again! And after runing for 2 oil changes. My lifters never tick on start up anymore unless they sat long enough to bleed dry of pressure.

[@marcuse-h3165]

picture quality is a massive improvment man, looks great!

[@Haroldsnitroworld]

I did notice the video looked amazing nice upgrade

[@jakenelson8338]

Can’t wait to see the restoration on this one. Buttt I’d love to see the flame hood on the black one.

[@ootoriazumi1349]

Thats got some primo 90's car valvetrain rattle. Perfection

[@caseyn720]

Quick tip for the teflon tape. Put it in the direction of the threads. So when you tighten the fitting it doesn’t bunch up the tape like at 14:25

[@d1specdrifter]

COME ON VIEWERS. OVER 1000 VIEWS AND ONLY 200ISH THUMBS UP. GIVE HIM HIS DUE IF YOU WATCH HIS VIDEO. THUMBS UP THE DAMN VIDEO!!!!!

[@PrizzaMike]

thanks man 😅😅

[@Lewuaptedama]

Uploads that never dissappoint! Nice video

[@d1specdrifter]

Baddassery yo. If you ever looking for more z32 shells,come buy them in texas. No rust like east coast cars,and super cheap.

[@nrvous_250gt]

Hows the rx7 fd market over there

[@MPJZR]

seems like it runs good. go for abig drive (heat cycle) and ole Italian tune up (hard pulls, high rpm) to burn off any carbon and loosen rings etc

[@Billy_Built]

Exhaust manifold plug on the driver's side after the egr delete. lol I'm posting this again with hopes it stands out and you catch it in time..

[@PrizzaMike]

Plugged the port in this vid 🤝

[@Billy_Built]

My bad🤦‍♂️ KZbin was hammering me with advertisements last night, totally missed it.

[@chrisdobbs787]

Looking good it's coming along.

[@mikester9673]

Make sure you're putting the dielectric grease around the inside of the plug wire boot instead of right onto the contact itself! I also wonder how the intake manifold would look with the old bypassed hose connectors plugged off with a rubber cap.

[@Cobra_427]

With the smokey exhaust and oil on the spark plug that was pulled out on the same side it's mostly coming out on, I have a feeling it needs piston rings, compression or leak down test would be able to confirm this

[@streetlegalbuilds7644]

Rings might just be stuck from sitting I’d run it for a day or two and see if it stops smoking. Couple heat cycles might break em free and save the hassle of a engine tear down

[@realblixels]

dude this is SUCH a good series

[@adamdennis5617]

If you take spray glue adhesive lightly coat your gasket put it in place it'll hold it there and you'll never have another problem with one slipping ever again and it still seals perfectly

[@JuanGSR]

niceee you got it driving, way to go

[@95TurboSol]

A lot of times when cars sit for years without running the piston rings get stuck and let oil pass by, usually it fixes itself after running a while. Hopefully that's all it is.

[@BrandonJagger]

bad ass bro!!!! its running so that was cool to see

[@BOOT]

Technically tapered threads NPT are suppose to seal themselves and any tape is really a lubricant to get them tight/jammed But a lot of times, they need help with goop or more layers of tape.

[@SlimDave2208]

Put some new Fuel in since it’s been sitting a long time, old fuel burns bad. Great content 👍

[@kristofferkristensen3768]

Man I would love to see what you could do with a shop and a lift keep pushing love the content 😎

[@kristofferkristensen3768]

Just gonna comment myself here the oil could be the oil scrap rings is stuck there is a process from liquid moly that can help this got my Ca18det to complete stop shoot me a dm will be happy to send you all the data and process for doing so and the materials you would need 😊

[@Montgomeryphotography]

A good thing to do with the thread tape (plumbers tape) is to put it on the same way as the threads so when you twist it on it’s not rolling over itself.

[@Z32orDIe]

Id check your tps is set to .42-.44volts, then once car fully warm, set base idle. Then check your base timming. Fully warm idling around 750-975 rpms. Base idle should be 15 deg btdc. Much respect broskie

[@jtapirenz7227]

W vid, glad to learn about injector adapters

[@mishelswiat]

Oil flush and fresh oil may make a difference. Always worth to try.

[@aidanZ32]

engine bay is looking great man! glad to see you dressing up a vg.

[@Gen2_aidan]

Hell yeah! Just in time for my to watch this before bed

[@TxcGren]

new camera is looking SICKKKKKKKK

[@marioslybo108]

you should change the valves seal covers under the camshaft