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Wondering if its safe to use an MSD 2 BLASTER coil (0.7 ohms) +1.6 ohm resistor with a Pertronic 1761 ignitor module installed in a stoch hitachi single point dizzy? I tried contacting Pertronix and they argue that there is no need to use the resistor at all. This doesnt seem right. Im trying to achieve a good spark at idle. Any advantage or disadvantage with this setting?

Hey Everyone! I wanted to share a new microfiche/resource sharing website I've been working on. A couple years ago I bought a full set of microfiche slides for the Datsun Zs and scanned them at my local library. I wanted a more easily searchable database of parts and the ability to add things like torque specs, notes, or references. The result is at the link below! Still a work in progress as I still need to verify and clean up the information and number callouts for about 80% of the diagrams bu

Hi, I’m Matt. I’ve been a member of Z.Car for a little and figured I’d jump in here too because I’m always lurking.   I have a pretty rough 79 280ZX that I’ve had for maybe 15 years. It’s has sat for about the last 10 or so. I daily drove it for a few years, then let it set after some slight running issues and started a family so some of my side projects got put on hold.   I had to move the car from where it was being stored(barn) so I got it fired up and running and all my old dreams of doing s

Hope your week is going well. I just noticed a bit of "weeping" at the fins on the engine side of my radiator.. Local club guys are suggesting an aluminum radiator, but I like the stock look. The current radiator is a four row, with the original tanks and the little guard on top. I have had this one rebuilt a couple times, so was thinking of just taking back to the same radiator shop and have them go through it. A few guys here were telling me that you can't keep rebuilding an old radiator.....

Hey Everyone, I'm bouncing around the idea of swapping out the rear drum brakes for disc brakes and would love to know what to look out for and what setups others have had success with. Let me know some things that have worked well for you. Pictures and links always welcome! I appreciate the help and insights!

Getting ready to re-furbish the engine compartment before new engine install. I do have some surface rust and one small hole in the frame rail under the battery tray, but overall, the metal is surprisingly solid. I plan on cutting the frame rail to good metal and welding a patch in where the hole is, but my plan at the moment is to have the engine compartment sandblasted to get the rust out of the cracks and crevices (mostly around the radiator support). Once it is sandblasted, I want to treat

Hey Everyone! I finally got my hands on another Z after foolishly letting my 2 previous ones go. Just had my 1977 280z delivered from California this weekend and it did not disappoint! Was a bit nervous as I bought it sight-unseen, but was relived that, like the seller stated, it doesn't have any rust! While it by no means is perfect, it's perfect for me. I'm excited to enjoy it for the remainder of the nice weather in the Midwest and look forward to tweaking it and making it my own. I'm certain

Some of you saw my post a couple days ago asking about swapping an auto to a manual on a 78 280z. Welp, I got to see the car in person today, and I decided to roll the dice on it. I've been on the hunt for a couple years and this one checked almost all the boxes. Time will tell if it was the right call... PROS: It runs and drives and stops. The gas is definitely varnished, I could smell it bad. But it still ran, with a little miss here and there. Moved around just fine and went through all the g

http://www.zcarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/786467988_1680004540359775_6127759713802737456_n.jpg  We had a fabulous week racing at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion August 12-15. More commonly known as the “historics” at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca, this epic vintage race is part of several events occupying the week-long Monterey car festival leading up to the Pebble Beach Concours. Enjoy our race report with photos and in-car video! Serious recognition for Japanese Race Cars h

Is it safe to replace only the coil to distributor wire with taylor 8.2mm cable and leave the other 6 ngk ne61 blue spark plug wires as they are? I noticed the blug ngk coil to distributor wire measured 3.74 k while the same taylor wire mesure 76.4k.

So I've been working on a 1970 car for a long time. I am trying to get it actually back on the street by end of summer (short build season here in Minnesota!). I've finished the interior, and last Sunday I got the engine to run again for the first time in 8-9 years. Working on the brakes next. Just to set the stage: I don't know ANYTHING I didn't learn in the process of trying to fix up this car. So knowledge is also skin-deep. Ok, I checked out the brake fluid reservoirs. The front one is ye

I have triple Webers for my L28 and they came with banjo fittings for the fuel inlets. However, the fittings only have metal washers for both sides of the banjos. Even at the rather low fuel pressure needed for carbs, I don't think that metal washers alone are a good way to ensure against leaks. Buna-N rubber has high resistance to gasoline so I was thinking of using O-rings or thin flats cut from 1/32" sheet material in addition to the metal washers. But in doing so I'm not sure that the sta