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I couldn't get my car painted and ready in time for the convention. I was too ashamed to bring it in its current state, so I cancelled my reservations. My dream was to drive it on the Daytona track. What a huge letdown!

I have a 72 dash in my shed. I don't think there are any cracks.

That won't give you any curvature though. If someone take a scale model and does a 3D scan of it, you might be able to work from there.

Have you tried Les Cannaday at Classic Datsun Motorsports?

Did you install the HP bolt on the engine?

Where's the hood badge? What about the rusty exhaust, shot ball joint, oily engine, fake seat covers, incorrect battery cable, oil filter, wheels,? Are those Euro taillights? For a car with less than 30K, there seems to be a lot of questionable stuff. Looks like it has a dash cap. Why doesn't it have cargo strap or diamond patterned vinyl? There are lot of good things about the car though, and they are obvious as well.

What do you mean, they did name it the Fairlady. Fortunately Mr K saved us all!

Darbj, it took real guts to ask that question!

Did Carl mess up your hard drive?

http://www.carpaintonline.com/index.php

I just had to replace the left taillight housing when the lens just fell out one day and I backed over it. I don't have to tell you what I felt like when I found out what I had just rolled over. I thought someone had laid a soda can behind my tire. Well I looked around and MSA wanted $260 for a set of lens (US or Euro), and I decided I needed to search around a bit more. A friend had a used housing that he sold me cheap and it did the trick. You know those little washers they use with the 5mm screws to secure the housing to the body? Well they're pretty minimal in covering the screw holes in the body, and if one is missing the screw head goes right through the hole securing nothing. So I went to the hardware store and found a better washer. It's a #12 washers with a rubber seal on the back. It's much wider than the stock washers and provides additional seal around the screw and against the inside of the body. You need to buy longer screws at least 5mmx.8x16mm. They work well.

Have any of you rebuilt and L24 that was in generally good condition (i.e., not smoking, decent compression)? How much better did the engine run after doing any overhaul. By overhaul I mean boring the engine, new pistons, bearings, head work, etc.... Do these engines usually need some kind of balancing work and blueprinting?

I was reading an article on exhaust and backpressure. The bottomline was that backpressure and performance is total bologna. That is, all the talk about needing back pressure is totally wrong. Here's a link to a discussion about this. http://www.nsxprime.com/FAQ/Miscellaneous/exhausttheory.htm

Welcome to the family! Nice car.

Les Cannaday told me that there is a shortage of carbon fiber because of large government contracts. http://www.fibreglast.com/carbonfibershortage.php

I believe 2-1/4" was determined to be the optimum size pipe for a 240Z. I believe it maintains good gas velocity throughout its length. You don't want to slow the exhaust down either through increased volume or loss of heat. The latter is harder to control.

What is that?

I don't know what you are trying to do with your car, but I installed new OEM stock springs and KYB strut inserts and it's plenty firm to me. Some of my bushings are poly, but not all. I can push the front fender down at most an inch. I also installed Suspension Techniques anti-sway bars front and rear. I think this is the best combo for a road car.

Paint it the original factory color.

A zero offset is the factory standard.

I need some help guys. We acquired a 79 Toyota Corona DLX the belonged to my wife's deceased grandmother. It is in very good condition with just 82K miles. I've been pouring some money in it regardless replacing wear parts like tires, shocks, brakes, exhaust.... Anyway it has an A40 3 spd auto tranny and a 20R engine. The throttle pressure cable that runs from the carb to the tranny got stuck, and basically took away any gas pedal travel. So my Z guy took the cable off and I'm driving it without this cable, which normally provides kickdown. I cannot find this cable anywhere, and am wondering if any of you with Japanese friends in Japan might have connections with some Toyota folks. The Corona was replaced by the Camry in 1983, so you can imagine the lack of certain Corona parts that exists in the US. I'd like to find someone who I can pose some other questions to such as will an A40D overdrive tranny fit where the A40 is without much trouble? Thanks in advance.

Dang, how come I can't see the photos? All I see is red "x"'s.

I'll bet you sent them your avatar pic too, right?

What is world are you talking about? Go to new profile? I'm blind, I don't see it anywhere. :cross-eye