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My guess on price would be about $80.00.

Matt black bonnett would look good. But to get that real 70's racer look I would only do it with flares, watanabe's and black front spoiler. But definatley not a black shiney bonnet. very tacky I think. Cheers Sulio

Evan no attachment!?

Gav can you tell me if we have the facility for members to post vids? If so please eplain how? Thanks Sulio

Go matt black.

I've put together 30 sec clip with Premiere 6 but size of file is huge. Must be a way to optimise it for the net and get it down toless then a Meg!? Nate I'll have to get a copy of the adobe DVD burning software next time I'm down that way. Sulio

Installed Adobe Premiere Pro 6. Made my first little datto clip. Just gotta upload it now. hmmm...might have to send it to Gav for that. Gav what happened to the existing clip you made? Sulio

Rendezvous remake! No theres an idea! Z style, hmm where would you do it in Melbourne? I remember watching it and thinking much of what made it feel fast was the camera mouting position in that short flick and also the motor was dubbed over and in my opinion did'nt sound right because the gear changes sounded out of place with the cornering in some areas from memory. But it sure was a cool bit of 70's film. zr240, how many "channels" can be had in pinnacle, is'nt it just one. I was thinking of doing something with black boxes like in the show 24. Would that be very complicated process? Sulio

I recently bought a miniDV camera. I've had a play with it and my next step is to make some short Z vids and hpoefully put them on the site. Anybody have any experience with Adobe premiere? Sulio

Richard did it make a difference? I get some vapour lock issues on hot days, (ie 35 C), if the car is being cained and heating up. From memory Nate had the same problem & I think after installation of electric pump vapour lock issues were sorted. Have you fellas had any fuel starvation issues on hot days? Cheers Sulio

I spent this weekend at Marysville which is country Victoria about 1.20hrs from Melbourne via some of the lush wine regions and on through windy hilly roads of the Black Spur. Left home about 2.00pm Sat arvo. The drive up was quite timid in the ford falcon wagon which seemed a better choice for the creachure comforts the 2nd half enjoys. At about 3.00pm near Healsville I was taking in the veiw of local wineries and thinking how nice it would have been to have brought the Z up for the drive through these long sweeping country roads. As this thought crossed my mind in the distance I could see the familiar look of a white S30 approaching me from the opposite direction. As it neared and we passed each other I made it out to be a white 240 in very neat condition. Man was I jelous! Next thing I wondered was wether it was a VicZcar member!!! Next time I'm taking the Z! Cheers Sulio

Spending $50.00 on your exhaust won't get you much Evan. Your better off saving up a bit for something that would be a permanent mod then in the long run you will have actually spent less. If I were in your shoes I would save up a couple of hundred dollars and get some Super Low King springs installed. You'll get a firmer ride and the car will look alot more aggressive especially that you've got your new spoiler on the front. I picked mine up for $200.00 a set of 4 but you will prolly find em cheaper 2nd hand on ozdat. But I'm pretty happy with ride hieght and I think alot of the guys here would have gone for the same set up. Your shocks bushes etc are another thing of course but it's a start. Anyways just my 2cents worth.

I bought mine 2nd hand so not sure as to brand however my motor is stock L26!

Nigel photos above show what needs to be done pretty clearly. Just use the original washers that are on the studs now.

Yes well apart from the studs bending I also blew one manifold gasket without the washers modified to clamp down properly. I used my grinder at home and I've never had an issue since.

Evan, your welcome to come and pick up the spare 260 rear lights I have however the rubbers have long since dissapeared and your best bet if your on a budget would be to buy a close fit rubber from Clarkes rubber and just cut out the rubber gaskets to suit! Sulio

Oh man it took me ages to get things right when it comes to exhaust. It took two mufflers & 2 "hot dogs" to get mine to sound the way I like it, ie minimal reverberation, deep but not excessively loud to wake up the entire hood when on the gas. Firstly I removed the stock exhaust & manifold & fitted extractors or headers as the US guys like to call em. Cost & $180.00, (Note; be prepared to make up some silly washers to clamp down on some of the extractors out there, I had to do this. From memory you did the same with prior last 260, Nate!?). Next was 2.25 inch pipe straight through larger size hot dog to big ricey "muffler" which a small cat could quite easily have crawled into. big mistake! way too loud and lost all bottom end power with a head splitting reverberation at about 2500 rpm. Solved the probem by reducing the hot dog and changing the muffler to what I think was called a "TURBO FLOW" muffler with a 2.5" dumper which also helped reduce fumes entering the car from rear which is still a slight problem I'm trying to fix! I think all up the correct set up for me costed about $550.00, but the sound is just right especially at idle and also when openned up down the street. hmmm...I've got a lot of growing up to do! hehehe Cheers Sulio

Hi Rod, Welcome. If you can't source any locally you could always try getting a set on e-bay from US. Cheers Sulio Oh, I had my door trims retrimmed for $75 a side. Try looking up DELUXUE TRIMMING in Deer Park Vic in the white pages.

Thanks guys. I think as far as the deisel crank goes NZ might be the go seeing $300 is quite a bit for freight!

I've been following a few bits n peices for my Z on US e-bay. I bought some small bits and peices that took about 2-3 weeks to arrive and shipping was about $8.00 AU. My question is; has anybody shipped over larger parts, and how much did it cost, how long it take to arrive, what were dimensions, was it sea freight? Cheers Sulio an example below, deisel crank & connecting rods from US. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=7986640593&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT

Hi Warren, When I took my front guards off I also noticed that the drain holes were full of mud so bored them out with a drill for peice of mind. I think it will be a lot harder to get a blockage there now. Sulio

All that datsun gear on E-bay is great to see!

Sounds like fun. I'll be there, however not planning on losing my license doing anything too crazy! Sulio

Excellent Warren. Thanks for your informative response. I think we might have discussed this one on our old forum, (sorry just remembered), but thanks for part numbers and other advice. I'll buy these belts this weekend hopefully. I think I might have to make up a bracket to sit on the rear strut tower to bolt the reel to. Is that what you did? Sulio

Another quick one. Probably too many colours. Sulio