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Greetings Fellow Z enthusiasts! I've been lurking ever since I purchased my 76 280Z about this time last year. I figured it was high time I finalized my account and joined in. You have already been very helpful with various posts and how to articles. I really enjoy being a part of a dedicated and enthusiastic community of like minded individuals. Attached is a picture of my new (to me) toy. She is a 1976 model year 280Z (manufactured 9/75). This was a very well taken care of one owner car. Aside from a few unique touches the previous owner had installed she is a true survivor with original paint, motor and interior. I've been refreshing some wear and tear items with either new or used factory parts. I am on the look out for a few items and will likely travel to Carlisle PA next year. Not many parts to be had in New England. Cheers! ~MattS

I think all that insulation on the fuel rail is keeping the heat IN. The early fuel rails are bolted to the head in three places, the heat travels up those contact points and heats the hardline, insulating that just keeps it in, not to mention the 4' of travel around a hot engine bay once the tube emerges from the tranny tunnel then another 4' to travel back. I say bring the fuel line across the firewall to the D/S of the tranny tunnel then dead head it straight into the carbs with no return. I ran mine like that with no problems.

I remember that post with the picture of Carrie as an example.

Impressive. Did the strut bracket do that? I'm sure many of us have tales of woe due to a lapses in reasoning for any number of reasons. Might be an interesting theme for a new thread. "Z injuries. AKA Don't do this." A picture is worth a thousand words.

Just realized that everyone is focused on the engine bay, but it's really accumulated heat energy that matters. If the gas in the tank gets warm, then that extra heat energy in the engine bay will have more impact. Low fuel level probably "locks" faster than a full tank. Heat from the road will radiate up and and transfer to anything moving over it, even at high speed. I wonder if insulating everything, including the tank, from back to front would help. Even just a good shield between the tank and muffler might help. Many of those shields get lost or removed. Lowered cars might have more problem than standard height, from both radiative heat and lower air flow. If I had the problem, I'd insulate everything I could find.

After struggling with heat related issues while racing for several years, I finally ditched the steel OE fuel rail and the problem was solved. I had tried every type of heat shielding with no luck. In the end, I believe that the heat was coming through the steel rail mounts and into the rail. The insulation on the rail did a great job of holding the heat in. Once I went to an all-rubber supply, I have no issues.

Seriously, I, and probably others, hope you're for real. But there doesn't seem to be a lot of substance, and there is some risk. You're spread thin. http://www.totalautonetwork.com/

Let me see if I can do some mediating/moderating/arbitrating. Apparently siteunseen used the site to try and get his craigslist ad listed. He gave his email address. Whoever he was dealing with would not post the CL ad unless he got a phone number. siteunseen did not want to give his phone number and thought the deal was dead. Subsequently siteunseen has received phone calls from irritating people and thinks that they came through the 240zforsale site. Total Auto Network AKA 240Zforsale, to be known henceforth as TAN, is just pulling content from the internet to build a web site. It's unclear who siteunseen was talking to or if it's connected to TAN. But the coincidence is suspicious to siteunseen. Note to TAN - this site, the CZCC site is where we "chat about zcars". If we call your number and it's not blocked then you can add it to a list and sell it to telemarketers. That's not good. If you get our email address you can sell it to internet marketers also. Not good. The problem here is that you probably have many internet aggregation sites, making a few dollars a day on each one, not just Datsun Z cars. It's one of today's industries. So you may or may not be a true enthusiast. That's where the Bourbon Street comparison comes from, I think. Nobody knows you and you just have a bunch of copied information on a web site. And the one guy that's interacted with the site came away annoyed. So, as a businessperson you need to work on customer interaction quality. It appears to be lacking. Why would anyone call a stranger to chat about Z cars? Make the web site easy to use and clear about what comes from it. What can the customer expect? If you're truly a Z car enthusiast, offer some knowledge in a few of the active threads. Tell us about your other aggregation sites before we find out. Tell us about things like your Twitter account. Put all of your web site addresses on your Twitter account. So we know everything. The internet is full of cons and you're just a new unknown face. You have to prove yourself. If you don't know squat about Z cars, or Datsuns, just say so. https://twitter.com/totalautonet The site looks like it might be interesting to certain people. Not much use though if you're not close to CA, FL, GA, or TX.

OK, got the steel wheels and hubcaps on. Time for a small photo shoot

While your sealing up all the many places that exhaust leaks into the cab, don`t forget about these two, there is one on either side under the shock tower braces, they are the access holes for the mustache bar studs. They were never sealed up by Nissan but they do vent to outside air through the sub frame. I made up a circle from some rubber sheet and sealed it around the edges. You can also see in this pic where the shock tower brace disappears under the deck, there is seam sealer missing behind brace and a hole going down into the sub frame. Chris