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Great stuff, +1 would love to see some footage. Surely one of these guys has in car videos? Is that the James Flett who's red/white/blue race :)260 was at the nationals? The manifold on that thing was certainly not stock, in fact the only slight resemblance it had to a stock item was the twin SU's hanging off the end.

R200 finned diff cover. Will not fit R180 as listed, pretty good price http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Datsun-Nissan-R180-R200-diff-Cover-Large-capacity-/321193118617?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4ac89a0b99

It looks to have a 4mm orifice fitted, I would assume this reducing the pump pressure so it supplies the correct fuel pressure to the carbs.

Nice short video of the red 240z

Nice, I think I remember seeing the white car at the nationals this year.

Some very helpful here, if i can manage to fit an air box in it will be plumbed to the catch can and back to the air box. thanks guys

Yeah I'd probably do it the same way again, it's all been a great learning experience and the confidence gained from doing the work has spurred me on to do the next upgrade. Thanks Gordo, your too kind. I'll think of that next time I see you disappearing after the first lap P.S. Tell me all your secrets! Hehe.

Thanks guys

On my 73 the belt hooks screw into the quarter window frame, about halfway up the vertical part.

That looks like the 'Fine Parts Co' #76 240zg Have Rocky bought this car? I'd love to see some more details on it, particularly engine bay, interior and suspension specs.

With that monster under the bonnet and the 4.3 LSD yours will be a rocket!! Jon, I'd say it would depend on the engine spec and what you plan to do with the car. Triples or flat slides have a much better throttle response, the CV's are vaccuum operated slides so they give good low down torque but lack in throttle response. You'll find a heap of people who are willing to tune webers or mikunis but not many will want to tune the CV bike carbs. If your planning such a high revving engine I'd say stick with the age proven triple setup. The cars intended use has changed a lot since I did the bike carb swap, it was more road oriented back then. I managed to get 8 carbs for $360, paid $120 for couplers, $ for jetting and welded the manifold myself(first attempt). So it was a dirt cheap upgrade, as I couldn't justify triple 45's at the time. If I had my time over I would've got the manifold professionally done, it worked fine, but a laser cut flange with tapered runners would have made it perform better. They were quite good economy wise and performed better than my triple 40 dellortos, how they would match up against 45's I'm not sure. There's always FCR's but be prepared to spend $ and do a heap of research into tuning them.

I think Cams state it need to be engine capacity, I currently have a 2ltr one hooked up. As it is still street driven occasionally I was thinking of running them into the airbox to be a bit more EPA/COP friendly, then on race days connect them to the catch can and cap off the airbox fittings. Or is it possible to run both the CC&PCV breathers into a catch can and the instead of running a filter on top of the catch can run a line back to the air box into PCV valve?

I looking at getting an airbox to suit my oddball setup. I was wondering if it is possible to race with the breathers plumbed into the airbox as per the factory setup or is a catch can definately a requirement? Will the PCV&crankcase venting into the airbox have any effect on tuning/power? The airbox will be ducted into the front of my G-nose. Thanks, Gareth.

Check out that shine, nice! The chassis, rails, rad support look in really good condition after sanding back prior to paint.

Here's the spec sheet I got with my wade 76 high lift. I don't know what any of the numbers mean Haha. IIRC Pete MC said the lift is more like 580? Something to do with the way they measure them.

This is the only picture I could find in a magazine Linton, apologies for the poor quality. It seems to have the full ZX intake on it, ducting and all. The air filter is in the box which has been attached to the top of the rad support ahead of the radiator. The air flow meter is the light grey part behind the radiator support near the ignition coil. To run it through in the same style as this you'll need to remove the vent duct in the front passenger side corner of the rad support. K&N filters are available for these on ebay too

I have done the mod listed as option 1. Takes about 10mins with a dremel and is quite easy to do

Alfa motorsport fibreglass could be worth a try. Looks like they do them in fibreglass, so they can do carbon as well for an additional cost. http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,2285.msg17249.html#msg17249

You guys should try passing the ball forwards, you'll get down the end a lot faster Getting back on topic, I've never had an issue with this on road or on track, the stock setup is almost perfect I think. Size ten shoes BTW. The attached pic is of a works 240ZR interior, you can see the pedal setup also. Throttle pedal has been modified though, looks fairly easy to replicate.

Yeah, if it was at 'Gatebil' they'd feature it for the next six months! It's unbelievably good Mossy!

Hopefully soon mate, It's been far too long! I have modified the shifter to fit and use the OEM shift boots, It' a hybrid of the RB base with my old Z stick as the top. The old stick was already offset as I was running a 260 box in an auto car, all I had to do was weld this onto the RB 'ball' and I have plenty of clearance. The trans tunnel is a mess, this was the hack job done by the people who did the manual conversion previously. Once the rubber boot goes on it still manages to cover the butchered part of the tunnel luckily. Kameari crossmember is ordered, hopefully this will solve the vibration @ 100kph. Kameari said this mount is only suitable for post September 72 Z's with the 71C conversion. Regarding the shifter, It appears I am missing the 'wave washer', 'snap ring C clip'. Anyone know part numbers or better yet have some they aren't using? I want two wave washers, this will tighten up the feel a lot. Did I say how awesome this box is, the ratios have transformed the car!

Was the driver drunk too? If you can't park a car how can you possibly be able to drive at speed! WTF

This thing is gunna be even more of a blast to drive, can't wait for some more in car footage. Is there any special maintenance required to keep the box in good working order or is it just set and forget?

Now that's a gearbox! Forgive my silly question but what are the two shifters?

Oh the humanity