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Yup, I still pop by now and then, especially when @Mike pings me! I read this whole thread, and being the car guy that I am, I could probably drive all of the cars mentioned here. As noted, I sold my '71 240Z to make the move into a Porsche, but I stayed with the air-cooled variety - an '84 911 Carrera 3.2 in my case. Being active in the PCA now, I've driven several newer Porsches, and agree that IMS bearings not withstanding, the 996 cars are a great bargain now, if a modern sports car will satisfy your need. For me, they do not. Like an early Z, my Porsche is more direct and involving than a modern car. Incredibly capable, but still a vintage driving experience. That said, I bought mine 5 years ago, before the recent price craziness hit. The current prices for air cooled 911's make the recently rising Z prices look really nice. And they can be expensive to maintain, unless like me you do it all your self. Sadly, classic 911's have left the affordable station, and it looks like 240Zs may be starting a similar trajectory.

So that's what they are called, being an aftermarket bolt on product, using the door hinges make sense but on a Z the door hinges are so close together there wouldn't be much of a base to the triangle. Finished off the rest of the triangle today, once everything is welded in place I will make patches to seal around that upper brace, total weight for all the bracing will be just under 19lbs. Now is all this really necessary... probably not but I'm still not sure how far I'm going to go with the power output or how much time will be spent on the track. Easier to do now with no regrets later on. Adapted the stock shifter boot to fit the new stick shift,

thank you

After more hemming and hawing and seeing enough photos of cars with them that I convinced myself I would learn to like them enough, I finally decided on the 16x7 RBs. Santa shipped them from Hayward on Friday

Donn has had just about every Porsche you'd dream of driving, even a 918 Spyder. Last weekend he raced his Cayman GTS. We still talk all the time. He is heavy into bicycles now too... btw Arne, I sold my 84 Chiffon White 911 Carrera last year to a guy in Germany. 60K miles. You wouldn't believe what they paid me! Let's just say well north of Original sticker!

Glad to help! I've used those trailers a grand total of thrice now. Once, as the apprentice, helping jfa.series1. Once, as the teacher, hauling my sons new car home. Once, as the supervisor, hauling my buddy's 260Z to the paint shop. Those hold down strap system is pretty sweet.

Hi @rdefabri. Yes, @Arne is still around but he sold his Z, to a club member in Norway, and purchased a Porsche. He's still an admin on the site and still an important part of our community. And, yes I am still around! I haven't sold out or given up on this place. I'm hoping the club will outlast my lifetime.

Another one of those cases where @jalexquijano likes using the shot gun approach to forum use. Same question asked twice, days apart. Good forum etiquette would suggest that an original poster acknowledge that another topic answered all or part of his new question. Or maybe he was hoping for a different answer.

triangulated bars that connect from the door hinge area and the outside pedal box area to somewhere around the strut towers

The steering wheel shaft would be poking out my spine before those braces hit me. Here are some pics of the under fender stiffening I'm thinking about, the notched stiffening plate where the crossmember bolts on had to be rebuilt anyway so stealing ideas from disepyon and wheee I rebuilt them and extended the 12ga plate right up to the top of the shock tower so there is a one piece connection. Nothing is welded in yet, still lots of fitting, These next two braces I have seen on a few track cars and appear to connect the rockers to the front quite well, the diagonal brace will be welded to 5 different sections. Found when I put the wheel on that I'm pretty close to the limit on certain things,Also had to remove and rebuild the bumper supports so I could repair the rust behind them.

I am really enjoying the metal work. Learning a lot and I find that it really isn't that hard, except the welding which is always a challenge. But hey, I'm good with a grinder...

As an added bonus a local Z owner name Doug Masters and I headed out together to the November Cars and Coffee. As rare as it is to see one 240z at C&C, it was even more rare to see two and both in the same color. We had no shortage of people taking pictures and asking questions. We could have started a consulting business that day! With the end of 2016 in sight it was time for an oil change this past weekend. This is a breeze with a lift and as always I use 20w-50 Valvoline VR1 and a Wix filter. I have no more plans for awhile for the Z other than to drive it since this time year is great for enjoying classic cars in central Texas.

By the way, the straps going into the hatch are just the left over excess from the ratchet tie downs. I'm not actually tying down to the hatch. Sent from my iPhone using Classic Zcar Club mobile

Piston design was a surprise to me as well. Very interesting concept that J&E used. Don't know if other pistion builders are following suit or why they chose to employ the design on Matt's pistons; we simply took down the numbers and told J&E the compression ratio we were looking for. Hell,... for all I know we could be an experiment! But according to our machinist the ridges help eliminate "Black Wall"; that's a term I never heard prior to two weeks ago and haven't investigated. But, I think it is a varnish of fuel and oil caused by too much heat at the top of the cylinder, that can extend down into the ring area to screw up the ring seal. As far as my experience goes, I've built engines since high-school - professionally as an employee and for my personal and friends use. That includes experimental development of drone engines and a cylinder head teardown on an L24, years ago, but mostly I'm a pushrod engine builder and this is my first L-series rebuild. Different OHC engines each have a pequliarity and their assembly and modification need to be well thought out. Research and investigation are the keys as well as measured self confidence. My method is to ask the right people the questions I have, get second oppinions and read everything I can get my hands on.

Is it possible to rent a big brute who can carry off a 240Z? If it is that would be the cheapest Z in history.