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Steve, If that's you in the middle - how come your daughter looks so much like the guy on the right? Maybe you should listen to that record 'How come my dog don't bark when you come around?'..............:paranoid:

Don't you think its bad enough?! And its the super-low seating position in the Group A car that's making me look like a shrimp. Honest. They sit virtually on the floor in those things. Bambi, its Joseph Conrad. He wrote "Heart Of Darkness" - which inspired Apocalypse Now. Bit of a bleak novel, but not bad for a Russian writing in English ( his third language ). "by the power of the written word..........before all, to make you see". ( Conrad ). Alan T.

Perfect this time Carl! Klink was funny, but I think Victor's mugshot has 'something of the night' about it - so its got to be Walter Kurtz. Very scary. Victor, I had a very different image of you in my head. Now I can't imagine you in a Fairlady Roadster! Lots of good quotes in that movie. Screenwriter was Michael Herr ( of "Dispatches" fame ) and it was loosely based on 'Heart Of Darkness" by Conrad. All very dark. "Never get out of the boat!"

Kylie. Now there's a thought. A very nice thought. OK - here's a rare shot of me. Usually I avoid cameras, mirrors and bright sunlight:

Colonel Kurtz! The horror.................

Quite right Peter. Bambikiller, what were you thinking of?! I'd much rather be Keaton than Chaplin. The pic represents the inner me, as opposed to the 'container'. It's just how I feel at the moment..............

Rick - You are looking great for your age, but wearing a hat is cheating. Show us what's underneath it ( if anything ):classic:

Great first post! No.2 and No.3 doing well too. Here's hoping that the limp wristed "foriegner" who built your car managed to torque all the nuts and bolts properly :classic:

What's a "foriegner"?

Bruce, With respect, I think you are fooling yourself. What's the point in trying to be 'closer' than the Factory default jettings for a starting point? It reminds me of the saying "If you want to get THERE, don't start from HERE" ................ Since every single engine is different ( and ideal jetting even depends on your local atmospheric conditions on the day of set-up ) your engine will require a pretty-much unique combination of jetting, idle mixture setting, spark timing and advance curve. If you get it set up on a rolling-road dyno ( as advised ) then you are going to have to change jets / air correctors on the dyno at the very least. It seems to me to be pretty-much pointless to use somebody else's jettings as a base-line if you are still going to be changing them on the dyno, no? The stock 44PHH Mikuni jetting for the L-series sixes ( as recommended by Nissan's tech staff ) sold as Sports Option parts was as follows: MAIN VENTURI = 37mm MAIN JET = 160 AIR CORRECTOR JET = 180 PILOT JET = 55 EMULSION TUBE ( "JET BLOCK" ) = 8 You shouldn't need to change any of the other parts for a street ( as opposed to balls-out 'race' ) engine. Where did your Mikunis come from? You have to be careful and check that your standard settings ( as received ) are near to the above numbers. They may very well have originally been sold for a different application than your Nissan L-series six; Mikuni supplied carbs for triple side-draught conversions by the likes of Sanyo Kiki ( SK ) and other companies from the late 1960's onwards. Make sure you are not bolting on a set of carbs that originated from something as esoteric as a blow-through turbo application or a collection of three carbs that were meant to be used singly on a four cylinder engine. There are lots of 'strays' knocking around in the used market................. If your Emulsion Tubes are marked "OA" or "OB" on top then you would be well advised to seek out a set of six "8" types and install them instead. This will be a great help with driveability and part-throttle response. The OA and OB are best left to racers, and are not as good as the 8 for the street. I would not be tempted to mess around with the positions for the accelerator pump stroke if I were you. There are three positions to choose from, and I would see what the dyno man says first. Altering the accel pump stroke has a great effect on transition and driveability too - but the Factory setting is the best baseline. Leave well alone unless you know what you are doing and are ready to change it back again. The Factory-supplied settings ( if they closely match the numbers quoted above ) should be enough to get you running fairly well and allow you to attempt to synchronise the idle air mixture to a smooth and balanced level. After that, make a trip to the rolling road dyno ( with a few spare main jets and air jets on hand ) and get it done right. Good luck! Alan T.

For the complete assemblies ( not just the knobs ); *18410-E4103 ASSY-CONTROL, THROTTLE & CHOKE manual ( 05-70 to 02-71 ). *18410-E4104 ASSY-CONTROL, THROTTLE & CHOCK ( sic ) manual ( 03-71 to 08-71 ). *18410-E8700 ASSY-CONTROL, CHOCK ( sic ) manual ( from 09-71). *18410-E8701 ASSY-CONTROL, CHOCK ( sic ) manual ( 06-70 to 06-72 ). *18410-E4502 ASSY-CONTROL, CHOKE automatic ( up to 08-71 ). *18410-E8700 ASSY-CONTROL, CHOCK ( sic ) automatic ( from 09-71 ). *18410-E8701 ASSY-CONTROL, CHOCK ( sic ) automatic ( from 07-72 ). *18410-E8801 ASSY-CONTROL, CHOCK ( sic ) manual & auto ( from 05-72 ). I would presume that any other numbers would be later "superseding" numbers. Alan T.

Here's an explanation of the part numbers and their superceding numbers. Its from the Euro export market parts list: *18415-E4100 KNOB-CHOKE manual & automatic ( up to 01-70 ). *18415-E4101 KNOB-CHOKE manual & automatic ( 02-70 to 08-71 ). *18415-E8700 KNOB-CHOK ( sic ) manual & automatic ( 09-71 up ). *18515-E4100 KNOB-THROTTLE manual ( up to 01-70 ). *18515-E4101 KNOB-THROTTLE manual ( 02-70 to 08-71 ). So, the very earliest knobs were very possibly a more rounded shape than they later became. Hope this helped, Kats. All the best, Alan T.

And here's the illustration from the European market Parts List ( 1972 version - which allegedly covers everything up to that date with all superceding numbers etc ):

And here's the illustration from the 1972 Japanese market Parts List:

Hi Kats, OK - I just had a look at four different references for this, and none of them have good clear illustrations. Sorry. However, its clear that there were three different part numbers for CHOKE knobs and two different part numbers for THROTTLE knobs up to 1972. That shows that the shapes changed, I would think? Here's the illustration from the 1970 Parts List ( Japanese market ). The numbers quoted are the same for the L-series engined and S20-engined versions:

Hi Victor, The Lucas 'sliding throttle' injection, and Nissan's own ECGI system ( both seen on four and six cylinder Nissan 'Works' race engines during the late '60's to early '70's period ) used a setup that had the injectors on the inlet manifold - and not directly into the head. In fact, the Lucas system just shot the fuel into a tapered pipe - so not really even a 'throttle body' as such. However, at least some of these engines had non-standard head castings and I believe some of them ( notably the heads used on some of the works Monte Carlo rally Z's ) had the injector-type castings and machinings on them WELL before injection-equipped cars were made available to the general public. We have to presume that Nissan were fairly well ahead of the game, and more experimental parts existed than we generally know. If they were actually racing with Injection in late 1968 then you can bet there was stuff in development before that which we may never have seen. As for an injector-equipped U20 head, then I'm afraid I can't help with identifying it off the top of my head. I don't recall any of the works race SR's in Japan running on injection, but its quite possible that they might have tried it. I'll keep a look out for any period pics amongst my collection that might show injected roadsters. Whatever the story, you can bet that if they made one then they made more. The head you mention would probably have had a fair few brothers and sisters if its a special casting. Interesting! Alan T.

Hi Carl, Great job! It's much better now. Just goes to show that there are indeed quite a lot of mistakes in the Factory publications. I'm now wondering about the tar board and how it relates to this illustration in the November 1969 publication no.184 - is the "Insulator" and the tar board one and the same thing, or does the "Insulator" refer to a base layer of Jute with the sticky coating applied to it, underneath a top layer of Jute? We must not forget that the illustration and captions from publication no.184 are referring to the Japanese home market cars, and may or may not apply to the earliest of the Export models. Alan T.

Hi Carl, Well spotted! I didn't actually notice this until you pointed it out, but the captions are actually wrong. I translated them in the order that they appear in the list, but when you compare the descriptions to the numbered pieces its clear that Nissan have cocked it up. Here's a corrected list: 1 = FRONT MAT ( should be numbered 3 ) 2 = REAR MAT ( should be numbered 7 ) 3 = TUNNEL MAT ( should be numbered 6 ) 4 = FRONT JUTE ( should be numbered 2 ) 5 = REAR JUTE ( should be numbered 8 ) 6 = TUNNEL JUTE ( should be numbered 5 ) 7 = FRONT INSULATOR ( should be numbered 1 ) 8 = REAR INSULATOR ( should be numbered 9 ) 9 = TUNNEL INSULATOR ( should be numbered 4 ) Does that make sense? They are calling the black tar-board the "Insulator", and the Jute is the filling in the sandwich between the Insulator and the "Mat". Cheers! Alan T.

There is also a page regarding the rear stowage and tool compartments:

I thought this might be of interest. Its a scan of a page from Nissan Publication No.184 ( "Z-1" ) dated November 1969, which was for the Japanese market. The translation of the numbered items is as follows: 1 = FRONT MAT 2 = REAR MAT 3 = TUNNEL MAT 4 = FRONT JUTE 5 = REAR JUTE 6 = TUNNEL JUTE 7 = FRONT INSULATOR 8 = REAR INSULATOR 9 = TUNNEL INSULATOR The notes underneath detail the differences between the S30-S ( Fairlady Z basic no-frills model ) and the higher-specs of the S30 ( Fairlady Z-L ) and PS30 ( Fairlady Z432 ). They describe "Asphalt Jute" and "Happo Enbi / Enka Vinyl" ( Chloridated Vinyl mat ) as standard equipment for the S30-S. "Happo" could be translated as 'bubbly' with a little imagination - so this sounds like a description of the cross-section of the rubberised / vinyl mat. Second part of the note states that the S30 and PS30 had carpet as standard equipment.

Hi Enrique, I don't see a Throttle Control Lever on the RIGHT of the console. Isn't that just part of the 'Leather' gaiter around the shift lever base reflecting some light off a fold? I've never seen a Throttle Control Lever sited in that position, in the Japanese market or elsewhere. Once they did away with the TCL I don't think they re-sited it anywhere else. Maybe its just a trick of the light? Alan T.

Hi Kats, Actually, in my experience, they usually want to get OUT of the car rather than into it! My other half hasn't been in the ZG for over two years now. She says it gives her a headache and a backache, and it smells of 'chemicals'. She also says its too cold inside in Winter and too hot in Summer. She likes the colour, though. On the other hand, my 72 year old mother loves it. She just has trouble getting in and out of it, that's all.:classic: Alan T.

The versions for the 432 / 432-R and the versions for the other models needed trimming differently to take into account the emblem shapes that they had to fit around. I think they came in a choice of either Black or White at first. Maybe other colours were added later? Kats has a version of these ( bought from MSA I believe ) on his car at present: Kats' car with stripes

Another view:

Alfadog, I presume that they were indeed sold as "Datsun Fairlady 240Z" models in SA. I have never seen any marketing brochures / advertisements from that market, so I can only guess based on the badging of the cars that I have seen. Ben, I don't think that they sold very many out there in the first place ( probably only a handful ) so its very unlikely that there will have been a significant number of survivors. Maybe Arshad Khan's car uses the Sports Option pulley and belt set ( narrow V "Gates" belt ) and that is why he needed to send out for them? Halz, You were asking about the "Racing Stripe" kit from the Japanese standard options list ( not the Sports Option lists ). I have a pic of the 432R version: