Zedrally

Alan, Alfa, Gav et al, After reading Gav's response I felt it would be unfair to keep this private. After all, I did raise the prospect in an earlier post, so in fairness I'll continue the discussion. The one armed man replied to my question last night. Out of respect he wishes to remain anonymus as he doesn't want to be inundated with e-mails, visitors, flames etc. he has asked to have his privacy repected. His response is as follows: I wouldn't go out re-writing history just yet, but if he said he just about brought one, that's pretty good for me.

Alan, Bad news I fear. My ears didn't hear things. I'll PM you with details. MN

Alan, You're quite correct, it was discussed in a previous thread. Vicroads has the 240 "tared" under 1000kg. [980 from memory]. So I can summise that every State body has it's own rules for determining weights! MN PS. have jsut been in touch with the one armed man and expect a reply tomorrow.

It's a real pisser!

Alfa, My money's on the fuel filter. I had a similar experiance in the red zed, only this occured more than once. Eventually, I had to drop the tank and flush it out to remove all the crap that was coming out of it. FWIW, you should be able to see petrol thru the filter, from your description it's sounding pretty clogged up. Good luck! MN

Hehe!

Alfa, You amaze me with badges and e-bay. Everytime I search thru it, I always draw a blank! What are your trade secrets!

Mike, If possible it would be of greater use to show either server time or GMT on the main page. Either one will give all members world wide a standard time reference. Obviously, GMT would enable all to quickly calculate time within other time zones, but this is not essential. Could it be placed above "Who's Online"? [best if it could be incorporated with a "Who's in the Chat Room"Box, hint, hint]! Thanks for doing such a sterling job with the site.

Ah.. every State runs it's own listings Really like the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing.... First Port of Call would be your club. Second, try www.cams.com.au. If you don't have any joy get back to me. MN

Touring Road Event as defined in the CAMS manual.

Stay with TRE's and don't cage. Most of us are.

Full cage, I'm afraid, and engineers certificate. Depending on the event you will need a 2NS, 2S or Rally Licence. The GP Rally required 2NS, whist the Forest Classic requires a 2S, can't figure that one out and will be speaking to the event checker about it tonite. Forest events at State Level require a NRL and car must be caged, Club Introductory 2S and no cage, whilst International such as Targa, [not sure where the Classic Adelaide fits here] require International. Bring back the good old days........

Why not polish & port it at the same time? Just get some sand and follow the instructions in the P&P Thread! Don't forget to add oil to thicken up the mix, metal shavings to replace the metal that accidentally flies off and glass beads so the lot rolls out of the exhaust! ROFL ROFL ROFL

If your not already caged then you may want to re-consider. ROP regulations in the CAMS manual require a certified engineered cage now-a-days. Good bye more dollars [last quote was 3K], don't forget the National Rally Licence as well and you can probably appreciate why many of us have dropped out of full time rallying. Ah... the good old days and albatrosses.

Normal is what "normal" people do, not things that "experts" like yourself do!!!! ROFL ROFL ROFL

Yes Sir, that's the one that the name escaped me! The procedure may look daunting, but it does work and after you have done the first one the next becomes easier, oh, and I did it with the head out of the car. Actually the hardest part was finding a permanent maker that I could use on the arms.

Many are produced for Targa Tasmania each year. I reckon that it must have the greatest amount of 240/260 zeds competing at the same time!

Sounds like an International Licence, good bye $600.........

I hadn't contemplated changing cams without the head off? Is that normal?

I should have added, last time I did this Lash pads where like gold. I think I got touched about $40ea. [must have seen me coming]! So If possible get a cam thats been ground off a new billet, cross fingers and hope you can grind down your old one's. On the other hand if you can find a cheap source of supply of pads let us know. Good Hunting.

Brett, There is an in depth write up on valve & timing events in one of the ""How to" rebuild books. Can't exactly remember which one, I'm sure someone else will chip in with the right name. [2many, if he reads this will know]! Accordingly, lash pads thickness is determined by "trial & error", basically by checking the wipe of the cam over the rocker arm [not sure if thats the right name, but I'm sure you know what I mean] and adjusting the lash pad thickness so the wipe pattern is centered within the hardened seat. Hope this helps.

Have to disagree on the standard" height valve stem old chap. I know for a fact when I had my last head job, that the new valves [the old ones where bent] where shorter than the originals, not much but enough to have new [thicker] lash pads. I guess if your using "genuine"nissan values for that head then you'd be correct. Cam radius will depend on the thickness of the cam lobe. Some are ground from new billets, others from original cams. Hence the difference in lobe thickness.

Brett, I doubt that you can calculate lash pad height. The way I see it, valve stem height and cam radius will both contribute to differences in lash pad thickness. Hence the need to measure on the job, so to speak! Not saying I'm right, over to the other experts..........

Oh it is Gunner, I've asked Mike if it was possible to add GMT time somewhere on the main page to we all had the same reference. Like the old "who's in the chat room" that adorned the main page before the "big Crash", I guess it's not possible. Cheers

Sorry, missed this earlier as I was bent over in fits of laughter at the thought of Alan blowing a fuse over the G-Nose. OK, I don't have the mag, what have I missed?