warrenz

Hi We just had 2 weeks in Japan, visited friends in Marugame on the island of Shikoku (smaller island down south) and visited Hiroshima, Kyoto, and Tokyo as well as many places on the island of Shikoku. Japan is an amazing place, the people, the food and the culture are fantastic you should have a great time, it will be an amazing experience. Good luck Warren

Hello Sorry for the delay but been trying to catch up since trip to Japan. I put it together and the hardest part is covering the rear of the plug and making it look acceptable. I have sealed it with a butyl putty and covered it with race tape. This is functional but a better solution is needed to make it look more professional. If anyone has any ideas. Wedgey - you can have the prototype for $10 Warren

Hi Maybe not, but we noticed this was a very popular Nissan when we were in Japan 2 weeks ago. Warren

Hi the rest of the photos Warren

Hi When I was in Japan 2 weeks ago I took a visit to the Fairlady Cafe. It is in the town of Kasama, which is about 80 minutes north of Tokyo by train. Since we had a Japan rail pass to give us the train ride for free we decided to go up there. It was not within walking distance of the train station so we had to get a taxi. It is a Cafe with a display of Z cars downstairs. There is a workshop on the side with a hoist and tools but that is not used as a daily mechanical workshop. Perhaps the owners workshop. They do not sell any parts, but sell some Z merchandise. The guy that owns the cafe owns most of the cars in the showroom but not all of them. There is the 2000 Sports, 280ZX, 240ZG, 300ZX (series 1) and a convertible 300ZX. All cars are in immaculate condition. We were there for about 2 hours and had lunch at the cafe. The 2 cafe staff were very friendly and gave us some of the stuff they were selling. They gave me a calender produced by the Fairlady Owners club of Tokyo called the "Z Project". OK it is for 2006 and maybe would not have sold it but some great cars on it. They also gave me a copy of a the 10th Anniversary Album produced by the same club and some Fairlady matches. I bought a Fairlady Cafe bumper sticker, a Z car lanyard and a Fairlady T shirt. We had some difficulty in communication over the lunch order and the girl suddenly disappeared and came back with her laptop with Wi-Fi card and connected to Google translator. She typed in Japanese and hit the translate to english button and I did the reverse. Very effective. Photos of my 2 Z's are now on their photo board with the web address for Vic Zcars on the back. All in all a nice relaxing 3/4 day ride into the country side. Cheers Warren

Hi Good work, we all want to see your car before you leave for Japan. Where abouts in Japan will you be studying ? Warren

There are many possibilities. You might want to try and give the engine a helping hand by spraying some fuel or aerostart directly into the carbies to get it going and help the fuel to get sucked through. Other than that you could start by checking if the fuel is getting to the carbies by pulling a hose off from the fuel pump to the carbies and see if fuel is coming through while you crank it over. If that is OK then it should be a matter of the float bowls filling as you crank it over. If you are not getting any fuel you could have air in the line from the tank so maybe you can pull the hose off before it goes to the fuel pump and see if you can suck some fuel through. By running it dry you may have picked all the crap in the bottom of the tank and block the fuel filter but doing some of the above will determine than. Good luck Warren

I now have the parts to make one and they come to the grand total of $8. (Supercheap Auto for the connector and Dick Smith for the diode) I will put it together over the weekend, the only issue will be making the back of it look OK. Some experimentation required. Does anyone actually need one now, or was it just nice to have for later when you get around to swapping the alternator? Which is my situation. Warren

I had that same discussion from Sulio some time back. I rang AllZparts and they said that was a few years ago and that they had change the pressing. I have purchased 2 door skins from them but have not fitted them yet. I measured them and the original doors as best I could and they seemed OK. Time will tell I guess. You can purchase just the rust repair panel from the US, which was my original strategy but at the time could only get 1 side. The postage is a killer as they are over 1M long. I had it planned for someone to carry home. Motoersport Auto and Victoria British sell them. http://www.tabcobodyparts.com/index.html[/url] I believe Zworx will make up the lower panel and replace just that section, but probably would not be cheap. Warren

In answer to the original question, I run the 240 with a standard E88 head on PULP plus 50ml of Valvemaster. Warren

Hello Been looking at a number of sets of triple 40mm Dellortos advertised on ebay recently. Some are DHLA F and others are DHLA G. They both come of Alfa GTV's so what is the difference between F's and G's. Is it just a manufacturing batch or year or are they mechanical differences? Warren

Went up to the Euro Show and Shine. Lots and lots of Mustangs and big American cars. It was huge, i was quite surprised. However only one lone 260 2+2 amonst all those cars. Matbe we should mark it done for next year, and easy 90 min drive and a picnic in the park with 200+ other cars. This is the lone Z, belong to anyone here ? Cheers Warren

I researched Classic Z Cars on what they actually did. The diode costs all of 29cents and worst case the connector is available from Super Cheap Auto's for $10 in a bubble pack. Dick Smith do not sell the connector but J Car supposedly does but I have not had time to go there yet. I will make one and see how neat it can be packaged. If it works out OK I am happy to make them for others. Warren

A bit late but anyway, Euroa Show and Shine for all types of Classic, Hot Rod , Vintage etc is on tomorrow, Sunday 1st Oct. http://www.strathbogie.vic.gov.au/page/page.asp?page_id=134 Thought I might go for a drive up, maybe I will see some of you guys with Zeds who live up around that part of Victoria. I am in the red 350Z. Cheers WarrenZ

I looked at bidding on the 260z motor you just purchased but had difficulty picking it up. Lucky for you as price might have went up. I noticed the carbys on that were round tops so I figured they were 240z carbys, which was a bonus as the standard carbys for that 260z motor where flat tops. Now that I go back and look at the e-bay picture again I can see the float chamber is different to the Hitachi SU's. So as the others said, if you have flat tops on your car throw them in the bin and put on the genuine SU's. If you have round tops, the "tuner" has stuffed it up as those carbys should run perfectly. Take it back and complain. cheers Warren

Let me look into this before we place the order. I will visit Dick Smith's next week. Should not be too hard to work out the correct rating for the diode. Warren

Hey Gav, Your pictures look a lot like my car looked when I decided it was time to do something about it. Matt is 100% correct, minor problems turned into medium problems and where I did not think I had a problem turned out that I did. Have you looked closely under the battery tray ? I would be surprised if that does not need so work. Once you start on the body it is big bucks to get it how you want it. Anyway yours is Red so a fix and respray of the area should not be a big deal. When it is silver they want to respray half the car to blend it in. Cheers Warren

Hi Gav, I'll be in on that. Warren