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Sorry to see this. I know exactly how you feel. I had people reverse into my Z twice and drive off. Once it dented the bumper, second time the bonnet was bowed. I was furious that they drove off. It was when I was working in a Video Shop part time while at Uni. I could just imagine some "Volvo Driving Soccer Mom" in her over priced 4x4 (never been off road) doing it too. Makes me furious still. Its all about Karma. I did the same thing driving my mum's Tarago trying to get out of a tight spot. Its really hard to see how far back those van's go. Anyway I knocked a Daewoo checked for damage, couldn't see any, but left a note anyway with my contact number. Never heard from them, but I hope they were grateful. Karma will get them someday. I think it was in Pulp Fiction where Travolta says if only I caught the Fecker in the act . I think we all know what we would do .

*Edited to fix broken image url. Good luck with the sale. Looks like a great car. If the car is as described, its an absolute bargain price.

Might not be the best idea to mention that on a public forum .

Not sure what you are looking for exactly. I've never driven an Rb20, Rb25 or Rb26 powered car. I have driven: L24 L26 L28 L28 Turbo L28 EFI L31 Stroker SR20 RB30 ET The L24 is a punchy motor, in fact I much prefer the feel of early 240z over early 260z's with the original emission controlled carbs. The L24 revs very nicely when in good tune, but power like all L-series engines starts to drop after 5,500rpm L26 (stock) is ok, but a little bland compared to stock L24. l28 (stock) depends on which car its in, but its less willing to rev, but feels more torquey. EFI set up is very smooth but saps some top end power (depends on the year and intake manifold efi setup etc..). L28 turbo was a carby turbo set up. It was pinging at the time so I didn't flog it hard. Not really a great experience, could be made to go fast but sounded like a vacuum cleaner. Fuel hungry. L31 Stroker - Great engine loved it. Very strong and very torquey. This engine had been modified and balanced / hence loved to rev had plenty of steam, but limited at top end by SU carbs. Triples would be fantastic. (Hence reason I'm building one). SR20 is a great little engine, if I didn't buy a Z, I would have got a Silvia S15 or a 180sx. Great cars and the SR20 feels really responsive and has good torque for a 4 banger. Good on fuel too. Rb30 ET - Drove it in a VL chommodore . It was mated to an auto so not the best, was a fast car but I hate VL's and I hate auto's. Plenty of low down torque, fuel hungry and lots of crazy turbo noises from the wastegate. A good engine (wouldn't want an auto one in a Z though) and not as rev friendly as the L-series. I think a perfect combo is the RB30 block with the 25 / 26 head if your into that kind of thing. However I tend to like smaller engines that rev really hard too and in a sports car like a Z its quite nice to be able to rev it up quickly and freely. I really like the feel of the old L24 in a 240z. Something about it, its like Nissan got it just right. Then emission rules ruined everything. As a daily driver a L24 in a 240z is not too fuel hungry and seems to be pretty good. In fact many studies have failed to prove that all that emission gear they added in the 70's to carby does actually did any good. In some cases some people think that it makes their cars more fuel hungry and they get worse fuel enconomy. Remember most of these cars are probably going to lack regular maintenance and as a result may not drive like you want them to. a well maintained early 240z on hitachi carbs with correct ignition timing and engine is a true joy to drive. However a fuel injected later RB engine in a Z might be just the ticket you need in a daily driver.

Thanks for that. We might, consilidate the events sections and remove the state / divisions. I'll wait for more member feedback on this, however if that happens I'll just make state moderators, moderators of a global events board etc..

Now now Sulio, I'm sure you would look the goods with some white racing gloves, a matching scarf and pair of Goggles for that old skool look. I wouldn't think that the gloves are neccessarily the reason for you looking like a toss, that may be a result of something else . *Couldn't resist*... Back on topic I love the 3rd wheel pictured. Very nice.

As Lurch stated, location is important. You can use the for sale template here: http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,2518.0.html Cheers, Gavin.

Hi Everyone, So I've been wondering, if you want to replace all the old nuts and bolts on your Zcar with brand new ones when restoring your Z what can you do? Does anyone know of a place or places you could get an entire kit to suit the Z? When the time comes eventually I'd like to replace many of the older rusted / sad looking ones you find on most Zeds. Failing that, perhaps we could start a list of where to find certain parts that are equivelant from other places. I know that many people have had luck at places like Clark rubber when it comes to certain rubber grommets etc..

Looking for members willing to moderate this section and post information on events of interest in the Northern Territory

Looking for members willing to moderate this section and post information on events of interest in South Australia

Perfect, I've been meaning to post something about the 2009 Nationals also. However as funny as it sounds nobody from the Queensland Zcar Club has send me any information on it, or requested I post anything about it.

Not sure why this never happened. I emailed the guy back saying we were interested. I wonder if anyone knows anyone working at the Age or drive.com.au that would like to feature some Zed cars?

Great to have another member who knows a fair bit about Zeds. Sounds like you have an awesome Z, would you be willing to share it with our community? I often write up articles on cars I find, but it seems we lack some Aussie based Zeds featured on the site. Feel free to upload some pictures to our gallery! Welcome again.

Got mine in Ireland yesterday. Haven't read it yet though. Looks really nice in print.

Sulio Midnight .

Ahhh Dale's infamous Z shed . I like the old Castrol sign. Who took the photo of all of you Sulio? Don't tell me you put it on a tripod and set it to take a photo while you posed as if you had no idea? Cause that would be funny.

Have you tried the local Zshops? Surely they have a few spares?

I'd be interested in a CF bonnet in future, when I start on my project again. Some awesome parts there.

Would love to help out as I live not that far from Franga . However I'm outta the country atm. sorry.

Pretty funny it does have a funky sound, that's more the camera than the car and the combination of poor audio quality after compression on youtube . In person I'm sure it sounds great.

That little giggle at the end was funny .