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I dropped off my E31 last week. I had told Dave that among the receipts was a receipt from BC Gerolomy. But the receipt was vague and I couldn't tell what all had been done. Given my time, or lack there of, I had the head removed by my son-in-law and he brought it down to Rebello. I had not seen it off the motor. Dave says big valves, port work, conservative cam. Dave will be putting a cam more appropriate to a 3.0 stroker motor with Megasquirt Pro. Previous owner just saved me a couple grand in Rebello head work! Plus it's BC Gerolomy! That's some old school stuff right there!

i'm pretty sure they make an adaptor plate to mount this to the z - it works off the front bumper mounts. and they sell a PTO kit from the oil pump shaft to run it...

Get back in your radio shack, Radar.

This hasn't been my experience as to how the classic car market works. Variants affect desireability and price, and range topping models can trade for huge premiums. it's the reason why one 1970 Barracuda will sell for $35,000, and another will bring $4,000,000, thanks almost exclusively to what numbers are on the VIN. Its also the same reason why your early 1970 model brings a premium in the marketplace over a 72, and a 69 in similar condition will be worth more than both. All things being equal, and putting sentiment aside, would you trade your car straight up for a 73? For a 69? For one of the first 20 cars? Just based on what I've seen over the years, the market would value each of these trades differently, even though in this example, they are all nearly identical and special 240Zs. I'd assert that the Z432 is not a 240Z - I'm not placing judgement here on whether it's ultimately a better or worse model (we are each entitled to our own opinions, and it's been my experience that you can rarely sway any enthusiast on their opinions on ANY make and model, so I don't even try). I'm just saying they are not the same car, and I've experienced that they are traditionally not valued the same in the marketplace, which until very recently, was almost exclusively in Japan. On the face of things, valuing any make and model of old car at more than "parts value" is a silly endeavor, yet there's a ton of people, including myself, who do it all the time.

I checked and I do have a couple dozen original FAR decals.

Blue mentioned he would drive over, but he can't get his driveway shoveled in time.

Hmmm.... It looks like Al Gore's global warming has had no effect on eastern Canada. Reminds me of my days in upstate NY, best of luck with that white stuff Blue.

I'll offer another perspective... I've seen several incorrectly fitting and incorrectly installed poly bushings in my travels. I know for a fact that on my car, my PO had installed poly bushings everywhere and the car felt horrible and handled like crap. I took most of the poly out and replaced with rubber, but during that process I found a long laundry list of issues with the whole job. Some bushings designed poorly and not fitting properly. Some bushings installed incorrectly. Some related suspension bits not put back together in the right order and/or orientation. I bet that if the bushings are designed properly, fit right, and are installed properly the car will feel very different than what happens on a lot of installs. In other words, I believe that some of the suspension issues that are attributed to poly bushings might not be the bushing's fault. The bottom line is that if you're going to compare a poly install with a rubber install, you better make sure both installs were done right or you might not be doing a fair evaluation.

Oh look it snowed lsat night. I'll just go across the deck and get the shovel so that I can get to the snowblower in the shed Maybe then I can go to the garage to think about dragging a Z in? Or maybe I should snowblow the driveway first. Still snowing.

Here are picture as the bidding was taking place.

EGT's would be nice, but there's also the white paper towel method, used it today. Safer if the car's not moving. Hold it near the exhaust pipe, if it's too rich it will get a bunch of sooty spots. Lean out the mix until it's not doing that. Tuning is a great game; there are so many variables, and so many definitions of "running perfect".

not sure if i want to confuse this but i'm pretty sure its a phillips head. I'm travelling and can't take a look at a spare. The only other slot head screws on a datsun that I can think of are the set screws on the choke knob and fan knob. and maybe the heater control knobs. So what possible reason would that set screw on the trip cable have to be a slot head.... Now I'm confused...