dat2kman

To ensure even air pressures and flows, at the rear end face, driill and weld on a short piece, 30mm long bit of 1" diam pipe, fit a bit of gauze over it, or some sort of aftermarket rocker cover breather filter. The enclosed airboxes used in open wheeler cars that run a pair of carbs, find that the fitment of a small tube at rear of the airbox gives even air to fuel ratios. No need to taper the box. It looks like you can fit some 50 mm long trumpets? If not sourced, try to get the ones where the bell mouth wraps right around, like a half donut shape. These give smoother airflow.

Sikaflex Black sealanton outide, a thin bead followed immediately with a finger dipped in strong detergent solution. To get the Lexan flush with the flat face of the hatch surround, use thin strips of blocking foan, get that from Clarh rubber or bunnings. A few dabs of glue to hold strips in place in the rebate on the lip where the original seal went.

He really meant to say, " sold, to a lapdash/sprints enthusiast, in Qld"

As a help, measure the height from underside to tip of the lobe( top) Then measure the narrowest width across the middle of the ground lobe, ( called base circle diameter) Subtract one from the other, this will give approx lift at cam. Multiply by 1.5 ( approx rocker ratio) to give a valve lift measurement. If it is ex L26 it should be centre bore drilled, ie internal oiling, if not, these can be drilled. As far as duration and timing, it needs to go into a dummy assembled head/block. Generally a reground can be anything from a 68 deg to a 72deg. Yes it should be fine with 3x 40's, as the 40's wont suffer from slow airflow at idle.

Do tell? Or is it all very secret squirrell!

Does left hand door window need to go upsys/downsys? If not Sikaflex in place and do away with mechanism? That MCA red setup Josh is doung as quite good. Decoy posted up a very good link to setting them up, but no doubt Josh will advise you direct.

Bugga-ya! A one day UVP will fix that!

Well spotted! But typical me, i didn't see these important points, but, at least i have a reason!

You have it priced pretty fair, it's got a bit of fruit, it is a four seater, but you are preaching it to Z converts. Try it on Gumtree for a wider spread. Just be wary of the odd scammer, if in doubt, etc etc! As the 2 seaters become thinner on the ground the four seat jobbies will start to move. Hang in there! Oh, and welcome to a quietish Qld forum contingent! Even if it is for a short while!

You know, sometimes the best runs are the loosely arranged, spur of the moment, couple weeks advance notice, Lets Do It type runs. To get all bogged down in organising this, setting up that, permits , invitations, insurances, just slows the process and spur of the moment down. Plenty of loosely based car type forums whack up a "Run" date/notice, and just go for it. Day run, morning run, arvo/evening run, midnight to dawn run, whatever, they are all great.

You'll need a flywheel, four cylinder L20B are 200 mm diam clutch, six cylinder L can be 225 mm or (rarer) 240mm The box you describe is a common Lseries 71B type box, fitred to Bluebirds, 1970-1980's Skylines, later 260/280 z or zx's. Your crossmember should be fine, the auto mount may be different to a manual box type.

Hey, few queries, What ratio set did you finally go for, and why? What diff ratio will you use, at what tracks? What tyre sizes? In playing around with different combos of above, in other cars, and relating the combos to both engine rpm drop on upchange in gears, and, trying to guess wjat top gear speed is attainable at a circuit, the guessing game is a lot of fun, and when you get it right, it sings!

The 280zx one has sold

If they Total Loss the car, they should offer a payout, they will lowball, unless it was agreed value, if lowball, argue and quote other similar condition cars for sale/sold etc. Also, painfull, buy it back, you should have option to do so, even if floor inside is kinked, rear gaurds are buckled out, and doors hard to open/close, it may well be repaired. Don't worry about Written Off Register, many have come back from the dead. After all, Nissan are not making anymore!

Why the shouting? It is in the cool vids area. Be nice to get a bit of mech details on it. For real spine tingling sound and vid, there is a bit of footage taken in an Alfa Romeo race car at Eastern Creek, with my car next to it off the lune, and he sits on my for most of the race. That was some RPM there! The noise off the start line, note the outside run past the others!, and a few times mid race he gets alongside. There is a part 2 The yellow Z is Peter Lang, the white Z is James Flett. Certainly now flash pro video production!

Grasshopper,,,, Sometimes can be as simple as a balance, using a 2' bit of garden hose, and listen alternately at each trumpet mouth, with airfilter base still fitted, , then work on getting them to idle lower by idle screw rpm adjusting, then balance by the bottom underneath large thumbwheel rotating. Bit of back and forth. Does help if throttle shaft seals and bushes are not too worn, dashpots on top have same qty of Singer Sewing machine oil -10 weight,. If running old type dizzy, at high rpm you are getting missing/breakdown, a fresh set of points, and a new condenser, AND a bit of stiffish sponge rubber fitted behind points spring, to stop points bounce, helps at higher rpm's.

The wife and I just saw this, today, cheap Tuesday at a local cinema. Very very excellent, great historical re-enactment, great ending. Fantadtic on big screen! Senna The Movie was a touch sad, but also very good. This one tops that! Get along to your local cinema, if your wife/girlfriend is remotely car enthusiastic, she will enjoy it very much!

Coulda sold 9 now, at that price! Ah well, it is something that i dont need anymore, just like all the other stuff, and the race/rally cars. Yes, price it fair and it'll go to a good home!

Looks like it has sold, payment pending. I think i was a bit too cheap! It is the Racelogic model DB01 Not the basic Vbox

SOLD These retail at $1050 new, RaceLogic brand, ( makers of the entry level $650 VBox, ) SD card datalogging, lap timing for individual and total, with up to 6 splits per lap, Twin axis accell-decell, left-right, and yaw/slip angle. Recordable track maps, and real time telemetry car to pit capable. Fast 10 hz GPS, instant speed display, windscreen clip on mount. Comes in original box, includes all software, USB cabling, power cord, SD card, full instructions $300 Easy to post

Pics sent to your phone, i hope?

These are a bit of straight round, slide fit, and held in by a hammered punch indent on each side. Any diff shop should replace these on a carrier teardown,,,,, should!! Try a diff shop for some straight shaft, alternataively, you could be very lucky and get a bit of bolt shank, knock off the head and thread, trim to length and fit. Slide or very slight press fit, must not be loose!

I have had a PM from a member for the S30 one, he will be looking at it this weekend, if he decides it is not for him, you will have the next go. Cant be fairer than that!

Yes,,, shortly,,,, I will get this done,,,, somehow,,, Better to inspect it, properly, in the flesh! The S30 system has a pitential buyer atm

From an insurances and liability/legality view, it should be "Blue Plated" ie a mod plate engineer inspection. About the only thing modded, is the rear brakes, the bracket holding the caliper to the strut. All other components sound to be standard bolt in/on items, incl front calipers. Dont refer to the front calipers as HiLux, they are Sumitomo, the rear setup, runs Datsun standard disc, with a Nabco(?) caliper assy, all standard Datsun items off other Datsun cars The issue you may get though, is the bracket used to hold the rear calipers to the rear strut assy. ( front is a straight bolt on, no issue) a regular RWC shop may not pick it, but, if something unfortunate was to happen, the onus will be all on the driver, and not the bloke that did the RWC, or the bloke that originally built it all up. Why didn't original builder get it mod plated? Assume you have bought it as un registered, if not, original guy was being a bit dodgy there!!