Thomo260

The long pipe that goes over it runs to the rocker cover. This is a 77' 260Z to i forgot to mention but the carbs are most likley from an earlier model.

Just got the Z back and for the first time I can have a good look at it and I need to pick all your brains. While trying to balance the SU's, I have noticed a pipe going nowhere (see arrow in pic). Any ideas where it goes? And I am having a hell of a time trying to get the carbs evenly balance. The front carb is sucking air from somewhere and i am stuffed if I can find where. You can put your hand over it and the engine will still run. Hand over the back carb it stalls straight away. You can very easily hear the difference between the two even without the old hose to ear trick. Thanks in advance peoples. Simon

I can feel a sickie coming on I would like to meet a few guys before the Grampians run.

I have read that 120Y handles can be used but I havn't tried it myself. I have plenty of 1600 handles so I can check how compatible they are. Just havn't got my Z here to compare them with

That's probably a good example for the different coding of Webers. Instead of rejetting 1 carb for every car on the production line, they just found one with factory settings to what Crysler needed for that specific application and saved alot of time and money buy just using off the shelf carbs.

I don't think there is a way to 'age' a weber carb. BUT maybe you could go by what type you have and refer that back to what vehicle that particular Weber is fitted to as OE, then you could get a period of time? Having said that, I have just spent almost an hour trying to pin point some webers to car makes to give an example and not even that would work I am now thinking. I am pretty sure the different numbers just give you an idea of what the factory settings are of that particular Weber. But since they get changed over the years from being on different engines they develop an identity of their own anyway. What letters/numbers do you have on your carbs that you want to identify?

I will attempt to make this as simple as possible. Using a 45DCOE9 as an example, 45= throttle plate size; (In Italian) DC='doppio corpo' or dual throat O='orizzontale' or horizontal E= Die cast carburetor (late Alfa E=trapezoid bolt pattern instead of square like DCO) Any numbers following the letters are variations of the basic type eg. DCOE9 is a variation of a DCOE but there are 10 variations of DCOE9! You would never be able to chart weber carbies as they were built to what ever best matched the current need at the time. If he built a DCN type for a Lamborghini it became a DCNL, if for a Ferrari then it was a DCNF :-\ You should see the Weber family tree it's huge. Thomo

http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,3844.0.html Not Skyline running gear but it's all wheel drive.

Thankyou all for the welcomes. Scoot I have seen your car a few times around Ballarat, It probably sealed my decision to buy a Z after owning a dozen 1600's.

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Thought I better put in a reply so you all dont think that I have introduced myself and bolted. Had the car at home for a week before taking it to get a couple of rust spots fixed up so I can go to town on cleaning it up. When it's home I will start a thread in the 'members project' part, as I may be asking questions along the way. Just need to get it ready for the Grampians run for now. Cheers all. Simon.

Craig Blackmore. Works from home just out Greenhalghs Rd. He likes doing older car and he always has rods or muscle cars on the go.

I will be checking on the progress with my car on Wednesday and maybe put him under the pump abit. It want take me long to get it RWC ready and rego'd so it all depends on him. Sorry I can't give a definite answer at this stage but fingers crossed.

There was one of those Tatra's at the Melb motor show in the Shannons auctions lineup. Same colour aswell. I thought they must have built the car and forgot to put an engine in it, so they dropped it in the boot! Must have a lot of luggage space under the hood.

This has given me motivation to get the Z back from the panel shop do a service and tune and get rego in time. For this would be it's maiden run. Then aim for the Tassie run in 2010.

Did a search and couldn't find any talk about this car on here so, has anyone seen Viagra in action? It is a 260Z with over 600hp Chev V8(badge on back of car reads '660Z') running through an auto trans with all wheel drive. This thing is a beast and can be seen in action at most hillclimb events. Here is are a couple of vids of it in action at Mt Leura, Camperdown Vic and Ararat hillclimbs.

Yeah, would have been good. Dale offered my a lift but I work arvo shift so I am stuffed for doing things during the week.

Body is very straight for age. Car was resprayed 11 yrs ago. Has the dome top SU's but they need a bit of a tune up, they run great just dosn't idle that good but it sounds like it has a vacuum leak on the back carby.

Finally got the Z home yesterday. Here are some pics of the interior. Handles very well, hardly any body roll at all.