Zedrally

Why bother Alfa, you don't have a Zed anymore.

Before you go down this path, make sure that the belt you are replacing is CAMS approved to the relevent standard, else if you take it out on the track you may have a scrut knock you back. In some states this may also make your vehicle un-roadworthy. Unless you have a log booked car and intend to do any serious racing or rallying then I would advise you NOT to alter your harness from factory.

Have always used it as a DD. 330km from a 60L tank and apart from the normal servicing runs great. Couldn't imagine not driving daily now!

Never being one for V8 conversions, I must admit that this one looks interesting. I wonder how it will handle with the majority of the block being mounter rear of the front struts. Could one call this a mid mount? Possibly it may be as close to it as a zed would get!

Steve, I'll hijack the thread.... briefly! There are quite a few 240's around doen here that have survived the forests. Many are owned by members of the Historic Rally Association and rarely come out. The Alpine in November will probably have 5 or so rear there heads..hopefully. Most of the others have been relegated to Tarmac Events, unfortunately. ROP killed any aspects of my using the 240 in the forest, it was an overkill for older cars down here. Thankfully the HRA are organising events based around TRE regulatrions [timed to the minute] and have been encouraged by ARCOM to use this as a basis for our own type of rally. This has been provisional named Historic Navigational Trial or HNT. This is the first year that several events of this nature have been trialled, only time will tell if the concept is succesfull. The 240 is a definate 240 underneath, and has been considerably strengthened in those areas as well. As I mentioned earlier, the change in CAMS regs reluctantly forced me away from further developement on this car. Mike

Hi Steve, I've had the car 5 years now and it's been progressivly worked on up to 2 years ago. I suspect it was used as a circuit car by a PO as the engine has been worked. Very little else is known about it [unusal, as most known "hot" cars are well known by most others in Melbourne, more than likely it was worked early in it's life and then passed hands several times to owners who had little interest in Competitive Sports]. I've stopped developing this one as CAMS requirements are to stringent for me to keep developement up, instead, I planning to develope a 260 from shell upwards, needless to say I have my eyes open for a suitable donor!

Damn! Now I can't say I've got the youngest 240. Sounds like a big three O coming up!

What! You're not suggesting I'm a fustrated rally driver in the 240 and a volvo driver in the 260?

I'm sure mine would be to if I was running a 3L!

I can get 450km out of my 260 [2+2 auto & flat top carbs], and 350km out of the 240 manual! Both have 60L tanks, I've never been able to work out why this is!

It would be strange that my 240 has a 240 dash and is a later number than yours with a 260 dash. My money would be on a PO changing the dash over. Can anyone beat my car num?

Well i don't have any actual import figures for 2+2's, but they were the much mis-aligned model of the series. Mainly because of the emission controls. Get rid of them and the car became another beast! I have owned a few over the years, mainly due to an expanding family. [it's true what Datsun thought about single, then couples then young families buying the expanding car]! I did, never regretted it as I could take my wife of the time and our 2 boys wherever we wanted in a head turning car! Now I own a 2 seater as well and find that they all have there uses. The 240 is undoubtably fun to drive and is purely used for gravel use, whilst the 2+2 is magnificient on the open road, even my partner loves driving it!

Gav/Ben, Have to differ on the 2+2's. There are a few that have been restored [i have one]. They are in the minority and will no doubt become the rarest of all zeds in the country in due course.

I use ATF, others have their own ideas. Do a search on SU Oil, you can be sure that you will get a variety of suggestions! [must admit I haven't heard of olive oil yet, but it must be pretty close to the correct weight]!

Ha, Old saying never hit reply button without checking.... I went and looked at the chassis num on my 240. Guess what 103305! I would be doubting the source of your info!

The actual cutoff date would have been different for home or export, [especially into the US]. Your number isn't far away from what was quoted, where did you get your info from in the first place? If it was Zhome, then some of the numbers they quote are a bit "rubbery'as they haven't taken local production into account. In reality, one would expect a overlap in parts, a case in question is later model 260's imported into Australia, were for all intents a combination of the 280 and what ever was left over and couldn't be used in the US.

Well it must be a first. A zed in Corsica! Over to our European members from here on. Fred, Alan etc.......

2+2's where built from 73 to 78 [in Australia]. Almost any figures are rubbery as they do not include the home market! Which year and which world region are you buying in?

well if the cylinders aren't firing then they wouldn't be looking good! Is there spark on all cylinders or only 3?

Why not pull the plugs and have a look at there condition? This can tell you a lot about the cause of your problems! Good luck & don't forget to report back!

Your on your on there, I have no knowledge of these units.

Try levering them out with a wide bladed paint scrapper. Gently does it.

ahhhh, that ain't around the corner from Oakleigh! You won't have any problems changing over, They didn't import duel points into Australia [as far as I'm aware]. Just remember the order of the leads and simply change the distributor over.