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What you would like your Z to look like?
Bonkers replied to Toecutter's topic in General Discussions
Saw this at a model show. I think the real thing could be a interesting ride.
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So a man cave is what you can make of it. Personally it is a retreat from every day living for me. Some where you can go where the better half will not tread foot and adult children come to the conclusion that they will never find that they are looking for with out help.There for they do not enter.My man cave come shed looks like a bomb hit and I like it that way. The railway is n scale and as you can see a work in progress. I been told the model ships have to fine a home in the man cave and moved out of the craft room. That may take some creative thinking to find a space for them . The hull of the ship in what will become a dry dock on the railway is a 1 : 200 scale model of HMS RODNEY
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I am with gilltech on this. if you can eat your dinner off the floor then you are not using it in the right manner. Everything in its pile and a pile for everything. You have to be able to put your hands on anything at a moments notice. It is also not just for cars . It has to have all kinds of machinery and it doesn't matter if you don't know how to use it. It can not have a square inch of vacant wall space . Something must be stuck to it or hanging from it. If you run out of space then add a other section to your man cave . You know you will . That will inspire you to take on any number of projects and not finish one. Ok may be one ,possibly two. Mine not only houses a car and spares, but also model hobbies in the form of a railway and ships. I will post pics if you want to see them.
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Found this at total tools . It seems to be of fair quality . I had need of a M3 x0.5 tap and die for Aluminum and on their own the cost was to high. So this kit is Chinese and it may not be as good as P&N , Sutton or Osborne. They are also only straight fluted taps . But the kit does have a starting .intermediate and bottoming tap. I think they will be fine for mild steel . brass and aluminum. You take your chances with the likes of Bisalloy , 4140 ,4340 and stainless. About a $105
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May want to keep the box of matches in your pocket . They would be all over us if you start lighting fires right now. Not looking good for the eastern sea board as far as fires for next few days at least. I see what I can do for it, mate.
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Probably just something small Peter . Lose wire , low fuel pressure or to high or it just doesn't like being parked next to the 370.
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Richard you would know it as the store that supported the LAPZ's events in 2010&11. Still under the same Management . Yes it is a good store especially for paint matching. But a dollar or two more than supercheap stores. Thanks have to go to Paul for organizing the day . Both Dave.s were also roped in to help as well. I would like to thank the judges on the day , but they would not or could not be bribed. so points wise I did not do well. They will be doing the 50th Anniversary event, so good luck with that.
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We were down a few cars today . It may of been caused by the ever present bush fire threat for those of us that live south of Brisbane in the Gold Coast hinterland .Some also didn't make it back from Targa Barrier Reef. Peter also parked up his 370Z next to a new Nismo 370Z . I must admit I could not see the extra 40k+ for the new car . Even with its 8K seats and 9K wheels. Still it s a nice car the latest offering from Nissan and ever easy on the eye..
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Adam you sound as if you are happy with the configuration of your power plant . But would like a little more drive ability from it. So if you have a L28 sitting around and don't wish to spend big dollars. I would look at this . The 42 and 54 blocks both have there pro's and con's pending on who you speak to. If the bore is standard put in 240Z pistons. If the bore is worn and you will need over size pistons . You can take a number of paths here. 1mm over size is common but pistons are becoming hard to find. A lot of us put in Z24 or KA24 pistons. A few install the LD28 crank with 240Z rods with 2 or more head gaskets. Or stay with the standard L28 or L26 crank with 240Z rods. But you may want to deck 1mm off the block and slot the holes in the chain guides to take up the slack in the timing chain. In this configuration with a n42 head and Z24 pistons give around 9.6:1 and KA24 gives around 10.4 :1 from a 2990 cc engine. This is standard machining and off the shelf parts. This is only a sample starting point for a weekend warrior with a few K to spend and wants some change in their pocket . But it won't buy much at MacDonald's
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In a word Adam :YES Yes it is worth it. I have been lucky enough to have belonged to a Zed Club for 35 years and have seen, not all of it but most of it. In my experience the Lseries engine stacks up well against all comers . It may not have it over all transplants but they have to work hard to put a L series down. The Barra transplants are hard to come to terms with as they are a cheap motor and look at home in a s30 engine bay. But I am old sckool. A S30 without an L-series engine is just an other modified car.
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It is looking as if we will have around 15 Zeds covering the whole range . Have a look at last years event in event history. Some but not all cars will be returning.
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This coming Saturday 7Th September2019 will see the NAPA store in Moss St, Slacks Creek, Brisbane have one of their pop up car shows and this time around it will be the Nissan - Datuns Zed series cars. The Zed Car Club of Queensland will do their best to field a full complement of all models in the series and with a few motorsport Zeds as well . This means a few AUSZCAR people will also be on hand during the day. So come and have a look. We will be there from 7.00am to around 1.00pm. This year will focus on the 50th Anniversary of the 240Z.
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There are plans that are work in progress that the Z Car Club of Queensland are undertaking with help from other Nissan - Datsun clubs from around Australia. This is for an event at Bathurst near the end of the year. Word has it and I may be wrong about this, but it will be about a week long. Good if you can attend . There are also other events that may develop , but no firm details at present for Queensland at least that I know of . But perhaps this forum could come up with a plan of action to celebrate this land mark event?
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Peter, Mine is a rs sport 260 and you have seen it many times. It is AUSTRALIAN delivered and SPORT stamped on the plate. Nothing really special about mine .
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Being from Brisbane. I would head over to Accurate Suspension at Woodridge - Underwood and talk to Ken. He has looked after a lot of the ZCCQ boys for more than 25 years now . He has seen it all when it comes to Zeds.
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My budget ran out at the tinnie cooler Richard .
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ZCCQ was invited to visit the Supercar team of TEKNO at its base homerooms just south of Beenliegh in Queensland last Thursday night. They have some interesting toys. Seems they can also supply all kinds of bits and pieces if you have bottomless pockets. Unfortunately no free samples were been given away on the night so we all went and had a meal at the pub to complain about that over sight.
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Yes Gav I did Interesting the way I found that out . I purchased the car back in January of 79. So being only 10 years old it was in fair shape . But it had been repainted the moron red of the G- NOSE car.As one does the minute you get a new toy, you start to modify it.Triples ,exhaust , front and rear spoilers the whole box and dice. Remember I was in my late teens at the time and that dark red does not do well out in the weather all the time.So a number of years later, Alan says to me , lets start a car club and you then find yourself at the vice President work place. By accident he damages the rear hatch with a scratch . This thing needs painting pointing a beer at it were the words i think he used . His idea of painting is a bear metal respray of the whole car . It was at that point we found the original colour. At the same time he came up with the idea of a triple SU manifold for the L - series 6 cylinder engine . We made 10 sets of manifolds . But that can be a story for an other time
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Gav is right . No 00046 saw it last day as a road car in May of 1989. It was hit from behind by a semi on the Gateway highway near Belmont QLD. It seems semi's can't stop for red lights in the wet when ZEDS can and come to a complete stop for some time. I know this as I was in it at the time. This is what happened to it . I have more photos but just not sure where they are . The photo's were taken at Alan Stean's Zed Car Workshop as he brought It off of me and sold me my current 260Z as a body shell . I transferred the 240's running gear over in to the 260. Alan said that the front cut would be used as a rally car.
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Turn's out it was also the ZCCQ birthday yesterday with the club starting it's 35th year . We also had a visit from a few Targa Barrier Reef cars and even Ross Dunkerton and Alan Stean joined us on the day. Plenty of S30's AND 130's on display . Unfortunately the 432 could make it on the day . There were more ex-presidents than the States has at the moment wandering around in the crowd.
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This coming Saturday will see the NAPA store in Moss St, Slacks Creek, Brisbane have one of their pop up car shows and this time around it will be the turn of the Nissan - Datuns Zed series cars. The Zed Car Club of Queensland will do their best to field a full complement of all models in the series and with a few motorsport Zeds as well . This means a few AUSZCAR people will also be on hand during the day. We will be there from 7.00am to around 1.00pm. The local Lion's Club will also put on a snag or two as well
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Cleaning Brake Lines Internally?
Bonkers replied to 260DET's topic in Brakes / Drivetrain Components
Richard if this is for the 300ZX project and the lines look suspect I would replace them new ones or make new ones . Having spent 10 years or so in the hydraulic industry with sort of thing it is not worth the risk of failure . But I did use prep -sol as used in paint surface preparation to clean parts . Only ever used abrasive on cylinders if they had radial scoring . Any thing else was a throw away and make a new one. -
You will need to become a member of the Z Car Club of Queensland .Their AGM is only a matter of weeks away so joining then would be the best time. They do social runs from time to time. But some runs are by invitation only.This is because some runs are to private residents like Lofty's as he is a world rally champion and there is only so much room. . One run coming up soon is to visit a model railway club combined with a navigation run. A number of QLD AUSZCAR members on here are members of the ZCCQ
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I don't know You guys seem to have brought on the wrath of the rain gods the last couple of times you have gone to Lofty's. Or does Dave go outside and do some kind of rain dance so the water runs will be full. Cyclone Debbie wasn't it last time for the trip to Lofty's.
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I would be having a look at the valves (exhaust). Easy way to test this is to turn the engine over by hand with the plugs out in and then with them out . If there is not much difference you need to take the head off . Look for small tell tail marks on the piston where the exhaust valve may have made contact . If the engine head has been shaved or has flat top pistons in it and it has over revved say missed a gear .There is a good chance you have a stretched timing chain .They can behave a bit like a rubber band with sudden high rpm. Over 30 years at the track I have done this a few times now . The engine will idle but only above 3500 rpm and have no to very little power. It means you have 6 bent valves.
