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guys, i have made a few post, but wanted to share the whole car. after a lot of years, i finally bit the bullet and bought a z. let me know what you guys think. Shes a good 20 footer.

This interprit contains not correct part, and I see also Japanese text is not right , Mr.Fujita should select Japanese words correctly . The point is , there is no stock L24 which has better paformance than the racing S20 , Never . (We know L type engine was born from practical parents , S20 engine was born from racing parents ) . Maybe people want to disrespect S20 in some reason , but a stock L24 and a stock S20 are almost same performance. A racing L24 and a racing S20 are almost same performance. The one has more capacity , the other has more advanced technology. That's it . They both are awsome engine , just enjoy each "feelings" , "flavor" . I haven't heard from S20 owners saying "my S20 is better than the L20 , 24... , etc. Kats

I don't really want the Ferrari V8 but I would like to have a flat plane V8 crank and the necessary cam shafts to make a Chevy 350 or a Ford 302 sound like the Ferrari. It's the flat plane crank that gives it that sound. Would have to custom engineer the crank but the cams would be the biggest issue. Hhmmmm, who do I know with a lathe???

Awww come on, we've got torches and welders and a shoe horn. 526 HP 429 Ft Lbs!!! That could be exciting!

I use Super Clean (formerly Castrol Super Clean), which I believe is similar to Purple Power, but with sodium metasilicate and sodium hydroxide. I get it by the gallon at Walmart on a regular basis. I do know from experience it is quite alkaline, and will eat your skin at full concentration. I've used it to clean aluminum without ill effect, even when soaked for a day or more. But it usually doesn't take that long to be effective, especially if it's warm. If I'm remembering my college chemistry correctly, the key is to fully immerse the part. If you dip it and leave it exposed to atmospheric oxygen, it can oxidize the aluminum if not rinsed off. Incidentally, it is fantastic for stripping paint from plastic parts without damaging the plastic. Don't try that with regular paint stripper (methylene chloride)!

Try Summit Racing Gas Tank Sending Unit

Actually "I suspect" is a nice way of saying I would trust the opinion of the other two members over your observations...

I have access to a 1971 (late 1970) and a 1972 at a shop near me. I have a 1973, my early 1974, and my son's 1976 at my house. I the next day or two I'll try to examine them for differences and get some measurements.

Not a Z , but I would like to show this , another local Toyota 2000GT . Mr. Shimoura and me visited Mr. Minamiura to see his car , this car he bought new in 1970 at his age 22 ! He is the original owner indeed. The plate shows that this car is truly registered only once ever since , people know this car is the first registered 2000GT in Nara region. He hopes someone takes care of this car with the plate , I thought I can keep the plate but I have never imagined owning one nor falling love with one . But looking at this beauty, I gradually inclined to this one . Some pieces are resemble our S30 cars , some are completely different, it is always fun to look at it . Kats

You're just scatter-shooting again. Where's your critique of the content? You post it as though you believe every word. Isn't this the same Classic Motorsports Magazine article that implied BRE 'discovered' the L24 crank harmonic problem and 'reported' it to Nissan Japan, hence taking some credit for the re-design of the crank and the 'cure'? We've been through all this before of course (Deja Vu all over again...) but Nissan knew about the problem - and already had the re-designed crank going into production and testing - before BRE had received their first 240Z. As for your "...early L24 crank failures and possibly why the L24 did not race in Japan until this was sorted", this doesn't stand up to even the most basic scrutiny, does it? Well before mid 1969 Nissan had already put in place their plans for racing and rallying the new S30-series Z range. That's why the 432-R existed in the first place, and why Nissan was putting together a program of International rallying for the 240Z (they were testing a PZR-bodied, L24R-engined works rally mule on the Monte Carlo Rallye route in January 1970), all of which made sense for its domestic and export marketing strategies. The article's "...the 240Z’s new American-market, six-cylinder engines had never been designed for or even expected to see competition." is ill-informed USA-centric twaddle, isn't it?

Hi @kats I just did a quick look and apparently putting some brittle plastics in boiling water for 10 to 30min can revive them: https://rennlist.com/forums/928-forum/950600-restore-brittle-plastic-boil-it.html https://goldwingdocs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12060

Looks like someones already done it https://www.lsxmag.com/news/your-chance-to-own-the-worlds-first-flat-plane-crankd-corvette/ Sounds good! I did some other reading on some techy engineer site about secondary vibration. Apparently the Ferrari's run a balancing shaft in their engines. I also believe they keep the stroke on the short side to limit vibration. It's evidently akin to 2 four cylinder engines bolted together but it revs better because of the lighter crankshaft

　最先端技術を投入したレーシングエンジンのS20型より、ローテクな大排気量で、乗りやすい実用エンジンのL24型エンジンを搭載したクルマの方がパフォーマンスが高かったというのはちょっと皮肉な話だが、これも日産が2つのタイプのエンジンを持ち、スカイラインGT-RとフェアレディZを同時期に作っていたからこそ分かったこと。 Posted on April 12, 2019 Posted by: "Auto Messe Web Editorial Department" TEXT: Ryuta Fujita PHOTO: Takahiro Masuda Rare cars on display at the Automobile Council In the history of domestic cars, there have been two years when performance and quality suddenly jumped. That is 1969, 1989, 20 years later. Speaking of the protagonists in 1969 when the times changed, there were two Nissan Fairlady Z (S30 type) and the first Skyline GT-R (PGC10 type). The Nissan booth of “AUTOMOBILE COUNCIL 2019” which closed last week will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the birth of both cars. Exhibit Skyline GT-R (reconstructed vehicle) of No. 39 that won the championship. We were able to confirm the origin of the sports car that Nissan is proud of. Car No. 39 won the first win of the Skyline 49 consecutive wins Another Skyline GT-R is a car that was born to win the race against Fairlady Z's “Minna no Sports Car”. The first "Nissan Skyline" (GC10 series), which appeared first after Prince Motors and Nissan merged, is equipped with the Prince racing car R380 DOHC engine and the GR8 detuned version = S20 engine. The name of the GT-R was given as the world's first high-performance sedan for touring car racing equipped with the world's first 4-valve DOHC engine. It is also very interesting that these two units debuted in 1969 from the same manufacturer. This 39th car won the 1969 JAF Grand Prix, the first GT-R team. This is a restoration of the machine that recorded the first win of Hakoska's 49 consecutive wins (52 wins in total). The rival is Toyota 1600GT (corona's high-performance version), and in fact this 1600GT also received a top checker with a 1.19 second difference, but it became a penalty of 1 lap subtraction by judging that the runway was obstructed to the final lap, GT- R went up and won. The GT-R ran in the TS class of the undercard, so the handle was entrusted to the clubman driver, not the works driver. The strength of GT-R is the strongest 2-liter engine with 160 horsepower, the S20 engine itself. In order to suppress twisting of the crankshaft at high revolutions, a side bolt combined system unique to racing engines is adopted. The crankshaft bearing cap is fastened to the cylinder block from the left and right in addition to the bottom. The head bolts were twice as many as the L20 type of the same straight 6 engine. The carbs consist of 3 Solex (40PHH). There were also Solex 44PHH and Weber (45DCOE) as racing options, and it was a high-tech lever engine at that time (engine unit price = 700,000 yen). Moreover, since it was a typical high-speed engine, I hear that it is refreshing below 4000 rpm. Although the Toyota 2000GT was a rival, it also raced the Z432 with the same S20 engine in a Fairlady Z S30 chassis; but the 240Z, with the L24 type 2.4 liter straight 6 SOHC engine had more torque making it best. It is a bit ironic that the performance of the L24 engine, which is a low-tech, large displacement. practical engine, was better than the S20 racing engine, with the latest, and more advanced technology.

The Purple Power is bad a$$ stuff. Finally all the pistons are totally clean, and all look immaculate. Got my scale and started weighing each whole assembly minus the rings and bearings. The lowest is 1273.6g and the heaviest is 1279.3g (off of memory). All the others are between those. I’ll post the weights when I get back to the garage later tonight. I also weighed the rod ends alone (without bolts). It appears Nissan has already tried to match the lighter rods with heavier ends. Average rod end is around 173.3g. One is 179.2 grams and it’s already on the lightest assembly. The bottom line is I have a 5g delta between my heaviest and lightest assembly. That is equivalent to 2 pennies. Not sure is the worth trying to match them up. It’s a stock motor and it was good enough for Nissan. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No, I can't be 100% sure but the same can be said for "anecdotal support". With @jfa.series1being an original owner I would say there is very strong evidence showing that some series one cars came with the double triangle switch. Respectfully, Mike

Easy: Remove dash and put the seat forward. Reposition firewall forward. Put engine where seat was.

Sorry to throw cold water on this idea, but the Ferrari 328 is a mid-engine design with the engine set 90 degrees relative to the front / rear centerline of the car. You would need to totally reengineer the placement in the engine bay. That would be hard enough, but what are you going to do for a transmission? In the Ferrari 328 the transmission is set beside the engine, behind the cockpit. It would be easier and better in every way to just save your money up for a 328. They are not expensive, as Ferraris go, and would handle, go, stop better too.

I have picked the sports option exhaust manifold up at Suzuka circuit auction hall . Here is some comparison. With this exhaust , I have decided to get Mikuni 44 type 2 , as listed in a Z432-R sports option catalog . I will show you more detail about it here when it arrives . Kats

I remember doing that mod on my 1st Z and I thought it was great until someone pointed out that the real problem was the ceased up bushings on the linkage that I cleaned up as well. That made the Honda motor look fantastic until I reinstalled the original wiper motor and could see no difference between them, now I just go straight to the linkage.