Scoota's 1975 Datsun 260Z Chassis RS30-005012 (Sold and now under restoration)

[Scoota G]

and more !

[Scoota G]

and the finale. Looks the same huh? 

[RB30X]

Looks horn

 

Requesting YouTube vid of first start and some reving action.

[chris240]

just out of curiosity, what sort /make of manifold is that ?

[Scoota G]

just out of curiosity, what sort /make of manifold is that ?

 

This is the one.

 

http://www.kameariusa.com/L6_IntakeMan.php

 

Bought it on eBay 2 years ago for $200 + $80 postage from Japan and then polished the hell out of it for 14 hrs.

 

Looks horn

 

Requesting YouTube vid of first start and some reving action.

 

Lol, will do but i'll do it tomorrow after 10 or i'll tick the Neighbours off something Fierce. 

[Scoota G]

Fudge couldn't help it. Sound quality is a bit fudged up.

 

[chris240]

couple of revs ehhh....that was more like 6-7 !! 

sweeeeet...

 

p.s. is that US$520 for all the parts & accessories in the Kameari kit ?

[Scoota G]

p.s. is that US$520 for all the parts & accessories in the Kameari kit ?

 

Sure is, you can find the same kit on other sites for around the same price.

[RB30X]

HA, You are a classic Scoot.

 

So what mods are planned for the new warped head after you pull it off again;D

[Scoota G]

I spoke to Peter last night as he explained the Dymanics of dialing in a cam so i adjust it to position 3 to compensate for the shaved cylinder head which helped heaps but i feel it needs an adjustable cam wheel so that'll be next on the cards either this one

 

http://www.kameariusa.com/L6_Campulley.php

 

Or this one

 

http://www.datsport.com/chain-rollmaster-kit.html

[peter mc]

hi scoota  go the kameri style much easier to to adjust there are many Aussie made ones to SW has them.

[RB30X]

Playing with cam timing on a single cam engine is a 'one tooth foward' three steps backward affair. I played around with RB30 cam timing a bit in my NA VL days. You are basically adjusting your torque/hp band higher or lower in the rev range. You can increase torque dramatically at low rpm but you are just transferring it from the top end. Your engine will not make any 'more' power, just distribute it differently. Obviously all cams have a sweet spot and I'm guessing once you find it you'll never adjust the gear again. Just make sure you do those bolts up tight.

 

One question though. Your head is shaved right (or are you just bald ), so the distance is less between the crank sproket and the cam sproket (approx a 1mm?). Isn't that why you shim the cam towers? Wouldn't this take up any slack in the timing chain created by the smaller distance between the two sprokets. I would've thought this was all taken into account when big companies sell someone a cam, that they also provide a rough shim height required, the dowl on the cam will line up on the sproket, and providing you get the two dots on the timing chain in the right position you're in business? I just didn't think you needed to do it much with single cammed engines. Twins I can understand, or even boosted applications?

[Scoota G]

I only shimmed the towers 1mm, didnt want to go higher because of the changing rocker geometry. As it sits now it has a perfect wipe with the Crow Cam and 1mm shims, right in the centre. Once i get the new cam wheel i might get Peter to help me dial it in.

 

It is a street motor with an Auto after all and i need Torque and Power to be in a specific range to suit my setup.

 

And no i Will Not Change to a manual. 

[lightmaster240z]

long live the auto ;D

[Scoota G]

Gee it's unreal but i've gone from body to cooling to custom plates to engine to interior on my repaint excercise ... easy to get distracted Hey ?

[Scoota G]

Oh fudge, and there's the seatbelts and alloy radiator too. OmG where is my head at? I guess we obtain parts on availability, not sequence.

[Scoota G]

Gee it's funny but you don't reasise how far things have come when you've locked horns with a project until you look at old photos. I remember the good old Twin Carb days but it seems a mile away.

[Zedman240®]

That's the thing with zed ownership; you think standard is fine but you find yourself saying "those triples would like nice in the engine bay"..the it starts!

[tbscobraZ]

That intake on the carbs looks awesome I've never seen one like it, custom? great work mate.

[Scoota G]

That intake on the carbs looks awesome I've never seen one like it, custom? great work mate.

 

This is how it was done

 

http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,3183.0.html

[Scoota G]

Well i just got some interesting pieces in.

 

Adjustable Cam Gear and Japanese Chain from Stewart Wilkins. Ta very muchly

 

A book on converting a Zed to V8 with pretty pictures.

 

And another Zed book with A LOT more pretty pictures.

 

Nice. Of course i probably should be at work now. 

[Scoota G]

So i was installing the cam gear and POP the wooden block came loose and i lost the timing chain tensioner position Grrrrrrr. Oh well it gave me a chance to put the new chain in too. 3 and 1/2 Hours down the gurgeler  :-\ Damn Sexy bit of kit but.

[peter mc]

nice work scoota  :)they do look good don't they. all so make it a hole lot easier to adjust

[Scoota G]

God sometimes i do the Silliest things but i'll get to that in a tic. I bought some bits from the states recently one of which was a Passenger (RH) side regulator and after sizing the pair up and removing the brackets it bolted up great and works 100%.

 

 

 

The other bit i bought was a glovebox inner without even thinking that they won't suit, D'oh 

[Scoota G]

This is scoot3r42 (Ben's) old bonnet. Picked it up Saturday.