Zedyone_kenobi

Thanks Blue, I could not remember which ones ran at 1 turn or less and 1 turn or more.... The thread pitch changed at some time. I know the mains are at least close. I will go and pull the jets to see what I have. I need to yank the carbs to at least see what the chokes are. Just did some checking on the Webers. Upon removal of the covers to the progression holes, the butterfly uncovers the first hole the instant you move the throttle, which is EXACTLY how it is suppose to be. I was a bit shocked it was so dead on. Checking the float level, as I learned with my 240Z was critical, so assuming the DCOE 45 was the same as the DCOE 40, I used the Keith Franck float level checker which measures exactly 25mm. Both my carbs float levels are too high by about 3 mm. That may explain why unscrewing the idles past half way makes the car want to die from being do darn rich. First step is to get the floats in the right place. Then I will report back, but I have to find more carb gaskets. Oh this is what she is running. 2000 cc engine Mains: 125 Idle: 55F8 Etube: F9 Air C: 150 The mains and the air corrector look way to close.. but I am not there yet. I would think she would need a bigger main jet. We are talking about 500cc per cylinder. The 55 F8 is a good median choice. I cannot mess with either until the fuel level is perfect though.

I have a set of Weber 45 DCOE 15/16 on my 2000 roadster. Okay I know it is not Z related, but the topic of tuning webers is near and dear to our heart, and the Roadster guys seem to have the Mikuni or go home mantra rolling. My biggest issue is with the idle jets I think. A little background first. My 2000 has a B cam in it (which is suited for solex/weber/mikuni), and has a bit more compression than stock, say 10:1. The front carb is a 45 DCOE 15 and the back is a 45 DCOE 16. Apparently this combo 15/16 was popular on BMW's so I am not so worried about it. The progressoin holes look identical on them as far as I can tell. Not sure what chokes are in the body of the carbs. I am currently running 55F9 idle jets. The mixture screws are only out a bit over half a turn from fully closed (seems wrong). The car stumbles slightly off idle at part throttle. But runs smoothly in 3-5th gear. Upon deceleration in gear the car pops badly from the exhaust (header into a straight pipe). Not a nice blurble, I mean BOOM, pop pop bang. If I richen up the idle mixture screws, the popping goes away entirely upon deceleration, but the off idle missing and stumbling is horrendous. Right now I am driving it with mixture screws about a half out from fully closed. My plan of action is to get a leaner idle jet, say a 50F9, and then try to open up the idle mixture screws more to the 1.5-2 turns I usually achieve. Any thoughts?

Truely a nice purchase. That is the way I like to buy them. Driveable and ready to be made perfect. I like to call them rolling restorations! Enjoy the ride man!

Yup Guy, those are the panasports my Z came with when I bought it. I have taken them off and on many times when I get a penchant for something different and I want to rock my VTO LeMans. But time after time, I keep coming back to the Panasports. They are just timeless and classic. I am very fortunate to find a roadster with panasports as well.

Got her inspected today, balanced the carbs, checked timing, and cleaned her up a bit. She is a solid 5 foot car. Drives wonderfully

While I admire his spirit of adventure, The logical side of me just says, buy a vette.

Driver is stuck in dallas as another customer has not bothered to show up to pick up his cars. So I am pushed waaay back. May be as late as saturday. GRRRRR I actually like a bit of burgundy. If you think of the silver and burgundy Singer 911 you are getting what I am saying. But I will definitey ask for samples as your requested bud. Thanks for the good advice.

Thanks guys. Car should arrive today. Just waiting to hear from driver!

Don't be jealous yet, the final joke could be on me. I have just purchased a car without even driving it. Classic stupid decision. It may end up very badly. But I may also get lucky. We will see. Fingers crossed. She should arrive tomorrow!

I am loving those yellow fogs man!

tlorber... I have joined 311s.org and I have been lucky to find datsunparts.com. What an amazing resource. I have a few parts lined up. first I need a touneau cover. It does not have one. Then I think I am going to order that complete super kit for the interior and do an entire black to red conversion. I love the white / red combo. The only combo I love more is the silver red. So if I ever get her painted I will be tempted, even though it was originally white (which I really do like as well) More info. It has 70100 miles on the chassis. The motor has been rebuilt once at 59000 miles, but the original block / heads valve cover etc are all in the car. It is funny, my Z had 69800 miles on the chassis when I first bought it. THe similarities of these two cars for me is crazy. Exact same purchase price as well. I will not be getting crazy with this one. I know it has the Gary Boone Electronic Dizzy, which is great, and it has the Datsun B cam. It has had the SU's removed and is running Webers DCOE 45's. It should be a screamer.

I should update that Blue... I will be keeping the STI diff, so I may have broken 94% now.

Loaded up and on the way to the house..should have it by mid week! I know it is not Z content, but I will have a pick of them side by side soon enough

john, just saw bensen performance website. You guys look really first class. Enjoyed the website and the execution.

What is available. This is terrible news. I have wanted to replace my HPS tokiko shocks for a while with some newer ones.

You know you may want to just enjoy it stock. Those things are nearing legendary status on truck forums. The truck collectible market is just going to stupid high prices as well. The toyota pick up will certainly be one of the first to start climbing.

Fan freaking tactic little toy! Love it. My dad had one, practically indestructible. What are you going to swap into this one... a helicopter turbine haha

I need a set of OEM seats for it. Unfortunately the owner put in miata seats which I hate. I love the OEM looking seats with the headrest. The interior is black, but I have pretty much convinced myself I am going to go red, or saddle brown.

Geeze. 911 much.. I have the orange blossom tour on my radar one of these years soon. And the Texas 1000 again.

um... yes. This was closer to reality.

It is!!! It is in Palo Alto Guy named Chris. Got any info?

Here is the crazy thing. I have never driven one either, but I have heard wonderful things. I just fell in love with the looks, and Datsun knows how to build a great driving car. As far as performance goes, A 2000 with webers make 150 HP. Same as a 240Z. So it should be a fast little car.

I never had a reason to have the key on and not have the engine running to be honest. I gave it relatively little thought and never had a pertronix failure. I think it is just a kind word of caution. Be aware, do not jam with the radio on and the one speaker blaring for too long with the key in the on position.

Well after a while soul searching an many long drives I came to grips that I think the Z is at a stopping point. I will continue my projects until she is closer to 99.9% done, but I had to snag this up. Will be wiring money to the guy this week. We eshook hands and the deal is finished. Meet the Z's new mistress in the garage...

I would ask you what are you doing with the car. IF it is pulling from 1-6k I would leave it alone. You will not find enough additional HP to warrant a huge change like a cam/rockers/lashpad. IF the car is reliable enjoy it. You are polishing the apple now. You can move the power band around more, but if you pull nicely from 1-6 then I say go with it. Making a car pull harder above 6 grand will make it less drivable at idle. Not UNDRIVEABLE mind you, but less drivable. Enjoy what you got working. Large gains will not be had with a cam. You can get more, but think about the cost. Every mod away from stock costs you something and gains you something. Just saying, there is not magic formula of a cam that will get you 260 HP from your block and pistons. Play with your mixtures or needles, that is cool and fun. But you are talking carb tuning now, so get an O2 sensor and let the games begin.