HS30-H
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Hello Ben, Thanks for your appreciation of the work I've been doing. I want to use the original 432 air box / air cleaner assembly that I have - even though it was not standard equipment on a real 432-R. The main reason being that I need to protect the engine from ingesting any small stones / dust that might get into the engine bay if I ran open trumpets. However, the fact that I am using 45mm Webers instead of the standard 40mm Mikunis means that the trumpets integral to the 432 air box assembly ( they are ingeniously fixed to the outer cover of the box ) are too small. This means I have to modify the original 432 air box and back plate to use the 45mm trumpets - which is quite a lot of work. I'm already on the case though. Thankfully, this is small fabrication stuff that I can do at home. -
Hi Eric, Yes it is. The S20 inlet manifold has big coolant passages through it, and the rearmost hose connection goes to the heater core. The corrosion looks perhaps a little worse than it really is. It is still very solid, it has been replated, and the hose will cover the unsightly pock-marks. I'm definitely in "Make Do And Mend" mode here..... -
Eric, Both Yokohama area and Saitama ken are happy hunting grounds for parts, aren't they? All you need is time and money, eh? ( especially money......... ) :knockedou Alan T.
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Eric, Just a heads-up: GRIT are in Kawaguchi ( Saitama prefecture ) - not Yokohama ( Kanagawa prefecture ).
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Thanks Jim, Keep watching for more updates on the engine reassembly. That's the current focus of the project. Chris, Thanks for the encouragement. Yes - 'A0200' is the magic number on S20 parts - but the PZR used the 'E4100' number like yours on many of its other parts. S20 rebuild parts are unfortunately starting to dwindle into supply shortage now.......... -
Good idea Victor. These things were so expensive that I ought to be able to reproduce them and sell them back to myself at a profit............ -
Refurbed carbs on S20 inlet manifold. -
Refurbed carbs on S20 inlet manifold. -
Refurbed carbs on S20 inlet manifold.
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Refurbed carbs on S20 inlet manifold. -
Refurbed carbs on S20 inlet manifold.
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Throttle shaft, butterflies, bearings and seals replaced. -
Lead bungs drilled out for cross-drilling cleaning. -
Body stripped and vapour blasted. -
Body stripped and vapour blasted. -
Carb top covers vapour blasted. -
Carb bodies completely stripped and vapour blasted. -
Hi Carl, OK - adding the table of Export and Production quantities from the MIKI Press book ( the original source was Nissan's Press Department ) to that page on zhome.com is an improvement of sorts ( good effort ) - but I still think the table above it is misleading when compared to the page title. As we know, the table of figures from the "Datsun 280ZX" book DOES NOT appear to include production or sales figures for Japanese domestic market models ( at least not for 1969, 1970 and 1971 ). Should such a list be sitting underneath a page title heading of "Z Car Production and Sales Reports"? I think it should be made clear that it includes ( or at least it appears that way ) only Export vehicles. That's not the whole story is it? Do you see where I'm coming from? Japanese domestic model S30-S, S30, PS30, PS30-SB, HS30-S, HS30, HS30-H, GS30 and etc etc etc are all 'Z' cars too. I think a website called "zhome" should have space for the whole Z family. That's what homes are for, no? Alan T.
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Quoted from zhome.com: "The HS30 series cars (right hand drive models) started production in Jan. of 1970, and were given a separate chassis serial number series. While there seems to be some wide spread misunderstanding related to the year of manufacture of these cars, (which is not helped by Nissans own publications, which give broad ranges within which certain series of cars were produced). There is sufficient evidence to bear this out." End quote. "Started production" might mean one thing to one person, and one thing to another. Here's some evidence of Nissan's take on the matter:
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S20 inlet manifold and block side water passage after vapour blasting.
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S20 inlet manifold and block side water passage after vapour blasting. -
S20 inlet manifold and block side water passage after vapour blasting. -
Inside front covers after light vapour blasting. -
Vapour blasted front covers. -
