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Would be tight, and probably dependent on the individual car and whether you run a front spoiler and then what type. Would also be dependent on what size tyre you were wanting to run as well, a 215 or 225 would most likely be fine but a 235 or 245 could be a problem.

Coward...... Who roughed up the mazdas last year and took off my front bar??? Didn't see any paint or dings in the back of the car from them...... Bad luck about the U20, it could have been worse....

The new toy will be an interesting build. If the dollars are available I would like to take full advantage of the freedoms under the rules, but I'm still a fair way from anything happening at this stage.

Looking good. Pity I'm not down south to take advantage of all the talent down there....

Well done Jason, sure you don't want to play in the blue car for the one hour in Sept???

From memory it was about 1170 or so, but would have to check the log book. It is an early shell, but fitted with later hatch. Not giving up on racing, just for the category i race in a Z isn't really competitive. For the money to build a new Z from scratch to do the times mine did I can build a Silvia for a lot less and go 4-5 seconds a lap quicker around Lakeside. I have had some interest in individual parts, but would prefer to sell as the package to get a clean start on the new car. As PM's come in I am notifying the senders if they are the first second or third in line for the part of interest and also reminding them that if the package sells they will miss out. For those of you from down south, It would be easier to club together and get the package deal and then fight like seagulls over a hot chip for the bits you want. Delivery may be able to be arranged for the price of a one way trailer hire and petrol money depending on when the car is to be delivered. Alternatively, the car could be picked up no problems from my place, so a fun weekend road trip could be in order.

The easiest is to get a says hub to suit, redsam55 on eBay should be able to help. He's located in Sydney and if he can't get you one should be able to point you in the right direction.

Have I got the perfect deal for you.......... Check out my for sale thread, this will set you up to beat quite a few modern cars as well.....http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,9627.0.html

After my efforts at the lakeside 50th Anniversary meeting and the end result, which has been discussed elsewhere, it's time to put the car and all my spares up for sale. The car is located in Brisbane, and inspections can be arranged to view the car and spares package. I am only selling as I haven't the time or resources to rebuild the car. The front left corner is very bent with serious, but repairable damage to the radiator support, inner guard, chassis rail and firewall and floor on the left side. The car should be able to be straightened and pulled back into shape, but you would need to get the car looked at for yourself to make that decision. For me, the cost of rebuilding is too much compared to building a new more modern car that will be a lot quicker out of the box than a 40 year old Z could be for Production Sports Cars. Having said that the car would make a great track or hill climb weapon, I have Natsoft results showing i can consistentaly lap Lakeside in the low 62's with a quickest time of 61.6 on old slicks on a 45 degree day in february this year. It is very easy to drive and if you need another opinion, Jason (dat2kman) has driven the car around morgan Park. The motor was built for torque more than outright power and the drive out of corners is incredible, it pulls better than a 14 year old schoolboy from about 3000 up to around 7000. I have owned the car for over 15 years, first racing in the NSW state series, where the car took out out the 1997 NSW Marque Sports driver's Championship and was a consistent top 5 car. I had a ten year brake from racing from 1999 to 2009 with sporadic outings at hill climbs and selected race meetings. In 2011 for my first full season in a long time the car was a consistent top 5 car around lakeside in the PSCRAQ championship, and after 3 rounds in the 2011 series was sitting in 2nd place for the 2B championship. I have attached a couple of pics of how it sits now in the garage showing most of the damage. The car will be offered for sale as a job lot with all spares included until September 30 before I consider separating. The price for the full package, which is the car and all spares, collected over the years to run the car in Production Sports, is $10,000 as is where is. I am only advertising the car here and have also given this info to the Z car club of Qld. If a few of you banded together to take bits and pieces that is fine, but if it is to be done at the discounted price for the job lot, payment is to be made for the full amount at the one time and the car and bits collected preferable together. After September 30 the car and all parts and spares bits will be offered at the following: Bare shell and cage, suitable for rear cut and turret $3,500 Sparce Evo Seat – FIA Approved, (new price $1100) $500 keeping the seat as it's too comfy for my bargearse to let go 260Z gear box $500 Race engine, complete ready to run, built by Jim Milliner, 195rwhp, complete with Haltech F9 computer and wiring harness. 7 events old, approximately 20 hours running time, dyno sheet available $5,000 Front brakes – Wilwood Dynalite calipers with brand new in box Hawk DT60 compound pads $500 Rear brakes – Saab 2 piston rotors, no handbrake provision $100 sold pending payment Springs – Lovells 420lb/inch front $100 Springs – Lovells 400lb/inch rear $100 Sold pending payment Rear suspension, struts and arm, not including shocks, modified spring seats $250 sold pending payment Front struts, not including shocks, left condition unknown $50 Koni Shock Absorbers, adjustable. Sold as set, can be revalved to suit different applications $300 sold pending payment Personal Suede Steering Wheel, including boss $250 Rear hatch – steel no glass $100 sold Spares Diffs R180’s Welded 4.1:1 with drive shafts $200 sold pending payment Welded 4.875:1 with drive shafts $200 sold Open 3.9:1 $50 sold Open 4.6:1 $150 sold Wheels Simmons OM18, 18x8 -2mm offset x4, 1 outer rim needs repair. (With outer repaired - $1,800) $1,200 sold Oz Wheels 3 piece rims, 18x8 -2mm offset x4, Rims need to be serviced, ie pulled apart and reassembled and resealed $800 Performance Challengers, 15x7 +10mm offset x4, comes with custom made wheel nuts to suit $400 Performance 5 spoke rims 15x7.5 +5mm? offset complete with wheel nuts to suit $400 sold pending payment Engines L28 Long motor assembled, N42/N42 combination for rebuild $500 L28 Long motor assembled, N42/F54 combination for rebuild $500 N42 head – bare standard. Comes with cam towers $250 133mm Rods for stroker motor, good condition from my previous race motor $200 Miscellaneous – may be added to Fuel surge system, complete with pot, FI pump and low pressure pump $300sold 1" brake Master cylinder $150 Clutch master and slave cylinders $50 Clutch assembly, sprung button centre custom made for application, $1300 new, seven events old $500 Fibreglass rear "BRE/Nissan" bob tail $50 sold pending payment 3 piece RX7 Group C Bird bath spoiler modified to fit 240Z, will need tidy up $100 Full set of standard gauges, all still working except clock. $100 Total $17,350 The above table is included as an attachment for easier reading. Initial contact is to be by PM and I will give you my phone number to discuss further or provide more information on specs or parts. 24461_966270b6df2d6dc53d831fde1fe32bd323476d73.doc

Buit SKIDS aren't DRIFTING on a fully sick track bro, I can do skids in the driveway......

But how am I gonna test my new fuuuuuuulllllllllyyyyyy sssiiiicccckkkkkk race car bro?

Over the weekend i will be making an inventory of all the bits that will be sold and putting together a package in the for sale section. As Jason said, the package will be the car as it sits in the garage with all my spares, including 3 other diffs of different ratios, as well as the 18's on the car another three sets of wheels, 2 L28 short motors plus an extra N42 head as well as other spares I have such as injectors, rods and so on. Hopefully, over the weekend I will get the post out in the for sale section and it will be listed on the forum exclusively for a period 2 months before I advertise further afield. After the 2 months, I will consider seperating, but I am looking at offering the job lot at a good discount over the individual prices, and these will be listed in the inventory. The money will be used to finance the purchase of the next shell to build into another 2B prod Sports Car, still a Datsun, but a little more modern and a lot quicker. Goal time for this car when it hits the track is 57's around Lakeside to be at the very pointy end of the field.

Attached is how it now looks........ The safety gear did it's job as did the general preparation and build of the car, without the cage and the stitch welding I'm sure I would be in a lot worse condition. After a good chat with Jason, I will be making a final decision on what to do in the next week or so. I have spoken to a panel beater about the car, but after initial discussions it looks like it isn't worth my while to try to resurrect the car, and for the dollars it would cost to build another Z to be as quick as this one was I can go a lot faster for less in a more modern car. When I do get another Z it will be as a road car only as I don't think I would be prepared to write another one off.

Greg, there is some goop that is designed to do just that, Jason has done it for his inlet manifold to even up the flow between runners and also open it up a little.

Yeah, I'm all good, just a little stiff in the neck. Next Z for me will be a road car, but that will be a few years away. The next race car is already in the planning stage, so I need people to come and pick at the carcass like vultures to raise the money to get the race car under way. So if you want a good motor, some wheels, or rear cut let me know. Today i'll get the car into the garage and start pulling it apart to see what's what. So far what I see isn't pretty.

Not a good.day today, qualifying I was slow with a 62.7 to be 8th in the slow field. First race was scrapped due to a stuff up with flags wither the front runners shown a red flag instead of green and the ensuing confusion meant we would get a rerun at the end of the day. Next race was better, starting from 6th with a shuffle of cars I finished 3rd by 200th of a second missed.second as the other car had the dormant in front of mine. All good, the other driver was apologetic and 2nd to 4th put on a show that had the crowd on their feet and the biggest reception for us on the cooldown lap I have seen for a long time. Our next race was a cracker for 3 laps that saw me move into 2nd place on lap 2 and then was challenging the leader, passing him on the run down from the eastern loop to be put into the fence on the outside when he chopped back to the right hitting my front left. I was then put into the wall which shortened the front left corner by about 4". The Green Monster is now no more. I will have a better idea tomorrow, but the chassis rail looks pretty ordinary and is up against the extractors. An unfortunate reason, but I will have plenty of bits for sale in the next few weeks as I part it out.

Not so good a day for me today In my second, and to be last time out, I overlooked it outbraking myself into hungry, forgetting I had the old semis on and had to go straight on. The end result was the new front spoiler is no more...... On the plus side, everything else went well. Now looking forward to tomorrow with the goal being to qualify in the top half of the 36 car field. The other highlights included watching the VIP Petfoods DB9R go round and getting a good look at the Mosler. Should be a great weekend of sports cars at Lakeside:

To quickly answer your questions, The tacho is an electronic instrument, if standard, and so the jumping about would generally due to fluctuations in the signal being received by the tacho. There should be plenty of info here as to what can cause the jumpiness and how to fix it. As for the diff, what you describe is standard behaviour for an open diff, so nothing wrong with it from that description. If it hasn't been used for a while it would probably be worth changing the diff oil, just use a good quality oil suitable for an open diff.

The website was updated with the latest Championship pointscore today and I'm still sitting in 2nd place with a fair gap to 3rd. Just need to get a good haul of points this weekend and in November and I should be able to snag 2nd or 3rd for the year. http://www.pscraq.com.au/championship.php

I almost got me one those, how bouts a '71 Charger with triples and 4 on the floor.....

I shall try, but only because it you Lurch..... You know how it is running such a technological sophisticated machine and the data I have to sift through and debrief with at the end of each track session with the Z, I may not get a chance from my busy schedule as well as tear my self away from the crowds surrounding the one true car of significance at the meeting.....

Thanks Jason, I should have a spare ticket if you want to wander out for a look see. The only other thing that would be nice would be a new set of 240/640/18 slicks if you can manage that, I can arrange for the fitting From the entry list I am the only Zed running in the whole meeting!?!?!?!? At least someone else could have entered regularity if they wanted to do the sprint type thing, or come and have a play in Prod Sports with me, we don't bite..... We have 31 cars entered for prod sports, not counting any late inclusions that may pop up. So the Prod Sports will be split into two groups, not sure on how that will work yet, but all going well I should be in good shape to keep the championship points coming. The fiedl is made uip of plenty of MX5's, one Z, one BMW M coupe and a few late model "Phillip Island HQ's" from Germany. It should be good racing. There's also some Italian cars, including a F430 Scuderia, what ever that is, sounds Greek to me In the invited field Bap Ramano will be running the Kaditcha Group C sports car and Tony and Clark Quinn will be running the Mosler and the Aston Martin DB9R. Also listed in the competing drivers is a familiar name, a Mr K. Bartlett, who looks to be having a run in the clubman field 24349_fc4197350aa0eb8335b4fe83d79c6fefc6a0cfad.pdf

Jason brings them in himself through his "Secret Sqirrel" mysterious contacts in the land of the rising sun..... So best to Pm Jason when you want one.

The standard 280Z injectors aren't to bad. I still use them in my race motor and there is still a bit left in them as the motor steps up a bit more in power. Currently 200hp at the wheels.

Well, round 4 of the Production Sports Car Racing Association of Queensland championship is almost here. It will be held over the weekend of the 22-24th July at Lakeside as part of the 50th Anniversary celebration meetings, this one for sports cars. After my efforts in round 3, I believe I am still sitting in the top 3 for the 2B championship, the pointscore is not avilable yet, though the car is looking second hand. With thanks to the generosity of Greg for giving me a couple of headlight buckets complete, I will be able to play. Also, many thanks to Dimitri, I will be picking up those guards in August on my through Melbourne. I will be spending the weekend finishing off the spoiler mounts and getting the front end fitted up before pulling it all down again to fit a headlight and paint the panel beaten guard and yellow bucket so it at least is the one colour. The attached pictures show the before, from when i got the car home and started pulling it apart and the second shows the during with the guard beaten into a shape and the headlight bucket bolted up. Time has been a problem with a week in Melbourne training for a new job and now a 80km each way commute to work from brisbane to the Gold Coast, but I will have it all up and running on the weekend, just hope another set tyres becomes available next week for the weekend, though the current ones will do the weekend. This meeting promises to be a big one with an expected 36 Prod Sports cars expected to run, including a big contingent from down south. The field will be split on saturday into 2 groups based on qualifying times. For the championship I hope to be in the faster group to be able to keep in the championship hunt. Would be good to see a few faces out at the track over the weekend to enjoy what should be a great race meeting celebrating sports cars. heres a link to more information.......http://www.qldraceways.com.au/pdf/m_l50s.pdf