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Agreed. That was a fun read (even for those of us who didn't grow up in the Fraser Valley). Nice to a mention of my old racing acquaintance from Kelowna, Keis Neirop (1983 Sebring winner and also responsible for the only all-wood 240Z rotisserie that I've ever seen). I poked around on the internet this morning and tracked down the location of the old Chilliwak Datsun dealership. As someone else on the linked thread pointed out, it's now only a shadow of its old self, reincarnated as 'Campus Auto Sales' and 'Classic Cars'. You can clearly identify the original showroom building by its
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OK, I'll ask first. Who is the trophy girl in the first picture?
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Namerow started following Datsun Spirit ITB's, KONI Sports for Classic Z's, Acceptable Antenna Replacement and 6 others
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Actually, I have seen those Nissan OE snubbers. I bought them from MSA back in the mid-1980's. They were installed on struts that got stored and I didn't get around to using them until 30 years later. When I checked them out, they looked perfect but crumbled to the touch. So much for open-cell, natural rubber suspension bushings. The sad part is that today's no-cell neoprene bushings are not the answer for a lot of owners (unless you are dedicated to track days, autocrosses, or live in a part of the world were roads aren't exposed to frost-heave).
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At $55, this looks like a practical alternative to rebuilding your OE Harada (finicky work that may generate indifferent results if the internal plastic bits and the mast tubes aren't in A-1 condition).
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Re-shaping those bent sections back to the correct, radiused contour might be a challenge. I'm concerned that the metal won't move much in response to hammer-and-dolly treatment. @ConVerTT did some significant work on this area of his Z and would probably be well qualified to advise.
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differences between 240 and 280 steering racks
Namerow replied to grannyknot's topic in Suspension & Steering
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differences between 240 and 280 steering racks
Namerow replied to grannyknot's topic in Suspension & Steering
The Specs tables in the FSM's seem to say that the 280Z got a 15.8:1 rack for the first two years (MY 75-76) before changing back to a ratio similar to that of the 240-260 MY's (18:1 for the MY77 280Z vs. 17.8:1 for the NA-spec 240Z/260Z). This makes no sense, for a couple of reasons: A 15.8 rack (just like the Euro-spec 240Z) is faster but requires more driver effort than a 17.8 rack. Not good for us slow-driving, parallel-parking North Americans. But then the 280Z comes along and it's designed as safer and more luxurious (and heavier) than the 240Z, so as to further cater to the Nort -
That's an interesting approach, now that I think about it. I suppose one could rig up a remote device to drop an open flame into the tank's filler neck while standing a safe distance away. Maybe one of those birthday cake sparkler sticks suspended from overhead on a string?
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There are no 100% answers to this question. Lots of anecdotal evidence, but no robust guidelines. Statistical populations of three. A classic example of 'YRMD' (your results may differ). All I can say is that if it all goes wrong for you, your last thought will be, 'F__'. Your wife may have a different comment .
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My big fear is that you will soon lose interest in 'all things Datsun' and move on new challenges. The next logical step for someone with your skills is a late-60's Alfa GTV, isn't it? Or -- sharp intake of breath -- a Jag E-Type.
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That's a good point. Any uncracked OE dash that's being offered (for big $$$) is probably a hand grenade. Unless you plan to install said uncracked dash in a trailer queen that's garage-stored, it's just another piece of 1970's-tech plastic and foam waiting for exposure to the real world to do its thing. I don't think any of us really know why they cracked. Was it sunlight? High under-glass temps? Air pollution chemicals? Combination of all htree? Or maybe it was just over-exposure to ArmorAll! Probably only a chemical engineer who specializes in polymers knows the correct answer
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The dash from my 5/70 (mid-3000's) has the same armature structure as CTZ's #6521.
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I remember my experiences with my 240Z in the 1970's as my daily driver in a high-density NA city (Toronto). That flywheel was definitely designed by Nissan engineers from a 'mass marketing' perspective. That is, enough mass/momentum to save buyers who were new to the game of low-torque cars with manual transmissions. I hated it and, IMO, they over-did it. However, the sales numbers speak for themselves, don't they?
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Sounds like somebody at MSA/Z-Store goofed. Their listing does indeed say, $79 'and sold by the pair', but when they buy from Palco they might get a 25% discount at best, so $112.50. Hard to believe that Palco would sell them to MSA at a 50% discount, and then allow MSA undercut them in the retail market by such a huge margin (or any margin, for that matter). I think we may see the MSA price change to $149 pretty soon.
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You can make yourself crazy by worrying about all of the possible causes for those things that we would all prefer to stay clear of: cancers, alzheimer's, parkinson's, whatever. As a reformed smoker, I'm particularly leery of inhalable stuff: particulates (looking at my blasting cabinet), fumes (looking at my MIG welder), and can't-see-it stuff (looking at the isocyanate-catalyzed paint that I bought but now won't use). All of us car-hobby people get careless from time to time, and we will never be able to be quite sure whether, for example, that time when we blew out a brake caliper with