Time for some updates.
Got the car aligned. Goodyear was the only place near by and they were not so good. They spent 5 hours with the alignment and never got it right. They were unable to center the steering wheel and weren't able to adjust to the alignment specs I provided. They did however get it good enough so I can drive the car. Renting a trailer and towing gets old, especially when my tow vehicle has seen better days. The steering wheel was 30 degrees off. I removed and centered the steering wheel to align the wheel.... The alignment guy should have been able to correct this by adjusting the tie-rod ends.
I got the car tagged a few days later. Tag office told me I had to bring the car to the police station (in the same complex) and have a VIN number/plate inspection. VIN inspections are required on older cars that have never be registered in GA. My maiden voyage was a trip to the police station and back, about 12 miles. Uneventful trip but kind of nerve racking, since the most the car had been driven was to load and unload from a trailer.
I have since driven the car another 8 miles.
I obtained a copy of HP tuners so I can set the speedometer to read correctly. Changed rear end from 3.5 to 3.42 and the diameter of the tires I installed was slightly different from my original guess.
I have some PCM tuning issues to deal with. The car seems to be very rich, emitting a fine black smoke. Speartech used a E67 PCM and a base tune from a 2007 Trailblazer as the starting point. Tables appear to have been moved from a 2008 Corvette tune with the exception of the MAF. The MAF was to be from a 2005-2006 GTO, but the table values in my current tune don't match the figures for the GTO. They also don't match the values for a Corvette. I also think the O2 tables are wrong. The values in the E67 don't seem to match the stock tune of what my o2 sensors are listed for. The E67 PCM was used instead of a E38 (Standard use for Corvette) so I could have cruise control, The E67 handles the cruise control in several truck applications. With the E38 cruise control appears is handled by the BCM. I may need the help of a PRO to handle these issues.
A couple of videos of the car. Light throttle Data logging said max of 32% throttle in this one.
Video 1 56 MB file size
38% throttle during wheel spin. BTW my carpet is so thick I can only reach 78% of full throttle before the petal hits the carpet. Something else to fix.
Video 2 36 MB file size
Major things remaining. Purchase and install AC and repaint hood.
I'm getting close to completion.
However . . . . . the girl friend now wants me to restore her car. She's had her 1982 Nissan 280zx since new. The car hasn't been cranked for about 15 years. A head gasket failed and hydro locked the engine. Although repaired, it never ran right or was reliable afterwords. Car has about 182K miles. Shortly this car will be taking up residence in my basement.
A lot of rust repair to do.
I'll probably start a restoration thread in a Z forum in the next couple of weeks. I provide a link in case some of you want to follow the 280zx restoration. This will be a stock restoration or as stock as I can keep it. No LS engine swap for this project.