Thanks, I fully restored the interior and the engine bay but still need to do the undercarriage stuff. Its far from perfect but I'm really proud of all the work I did as a DIY kind of guy. I'm still learning so much about the car and this place and others like it is the reason why. Thanks to all that have helped me on the way.

SN 486 that's amazing, I'd love to get something that low and do it proper now that I've been through this one. I'm pretty good at the assembly side of things but wouldn't have the skills to do a bare metal ground up restoration not yet anyways :-)

#486... 3 yr rotisserie restoration with new or made "new" again parts. I've been playing with 240z cars for a long time, but only did this level of effort for an amazing example of a sub-500 car. There's a big surge in suppliers since I did this project (finished in 2017). Great time to restore a Z car these days.

Enjoy the Ride!

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WOW! awesome job, looks amazing.

Took my wife out for lunchtime z ride and a thorough test drive with lots of bumps and twists... not only does this exhaust sound authoritative and OEM quality, it fits tightly and makes no contact with the chassis under any load I've found. Very impressive piece of work RC. The muffler section should have about 2" more on the mid-pipe ends so the mounts line up like they intend. I also recommended some installation instructions or pictures at least to help guide people to a happy customer category... it would be fairly easy to install this poorly and end up unhappy. I'm passing those two comments along to Max at RC with praise for quality, service, sound/performance, and the overall experience.

Frank

Edited September 8Sep 8 by L24ITS

That's great. So it seems you did have the exact same experience as me. I had told max, about four inches of extra length would be best based on what I observed. I also took some measurements and gave him some advice around bolt selection up above the diff so that you could actually install the hangers without having to drop it.

I found M10 1.25 16 mm short bolts that were the perfect size to get the brackets on without removing the cross member.

I did find the pipes could have been longer, but with the muffler on the factory mounts I was able to overlap the pipes enough to prevent a leak. I also sourced the bolts for the diff cross member, but since I was using the clamps at the pipe junction, the supplied "'71 style" mounts were 2" from the factory bolt location. I'm planning to get some clamps and move the hangers toward the cross member to use the mounts they supplied... or I was planning to do that at least. I'm pretty happy with how it's working now, so might leave well enough alone.

I was also very happy with the lack of exhaust fumes in the cabin... tried all the usual configurations and it's not an issue, for me at least. The exhaust did smell a bit for about 1/2 hour, but all's good now!

For whatever reason, when I hung the muffler from the original factory mounts, I was actually about two inches short of meeting those pipes together properly. What I would call the female side that was notched, actually had exposed opening, where you could see the edge of the Midpipe, so I had to seat the muffler section deeper. And then use some additional rubber mounts to build up where the hangars were for the muffler. Now I have to be honest, I don't know if the previous owner rewielded those brackets for the muffler hanger in the wrong position or not. Maybe that's what started all my problems in the first place. I'm happy with how it's all set up right now. But once I get a full road test, I'll make any adjustments as necessary.

Sounds like we had the same experience. I was using a couple exhaust jacks and had the car on a 2-post lift, so I took quite a bit of time changing angles, moving stuff, jacking here and there, and slowly got everything to line up with about 1/8" overlap past the slots. I would have liked more like 1/2" at least, but it's not leaking right now at least.

I'm beginning to wonder if I was short some exhaust clamps and used the hangers in the wrong way... making my other point. It's not complex, but a few installation pictures would sure be nice.

And once again same experience with Max. We went back and forth about instruction and how helpful they would be. Don't get me wrong, he was extremely easy to work with and very customer oriented but what I got was old pics from a rusted out car lol:

That was much more help than I got. I hate to see when a company has 95% of a great product, but fails at the critical step of making their customer successful. This is a fairly premium product that is worthy of some attention, but without your own lift or professional installation, I couldn't recommend it.

Having said that... it rips and exactly what I was looking for! Not boy racer, no fart can, no louder is faster, just a really sorted sounding OEM like system that really emphasizes the character of the 240z. I'm delighted with it.

Frank

Putting an exhaust system on without a lift is a bit sketchy especially with the layout you’re dealing with. Not being able to look at different angles and see clearly it’s definitely difficult.