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Looks good to me. If you can run a putty knife over the surface without it getting hung up it's clean just discolored.

This may be it Zed, Or this? I just google and put classiczcars.com at the end.

I wish I'd used rubber instead of the polyurethane in hindsight but the Energy Suspension kit was complete and readily available plus much cheaper. The poly is okay just to harsh for me. I've learned a lot since I started reading/researching instead of asking what whomever happens to be replying to my post recommends. Even better...

Here's another good one.

Check out Madkaw's video on youtube. One of my all time favorites. 3rd gear chirp.

Will he need the shorter valve seals with that cam Steve? Sounds like you've done your research! I like it. Can't wait to read your progress.

I have 205/60/15s on my 240 and riding next to a friend talking to each other on the phone, my speedo was very close to his at 70mph. Maybe 1 or 2 mphs either way. Less than 5 for sure. They are Hankooks from discounttiredirect.com, $65 each. I really like them.

I don't think I've ever heard of a P89 cylinder head, most likely a P79 if it came of a ZX. In my experiences call the oldest machine shop around and ask them if they'll work on an "L series Nissan straight six". If they've been in business for many years they most likely forgotten more than we know about those heads. I'd guess between '75 and '84 plus the years until they crap out, maybe 1994, they've worked on hundreds if not more. I had to research to re-familiarize my machine shop guy as to what I needed done. They were before computers and such so the more info you can supply the more likely they'll accept your head. Call around...you'll find someone that is interested in doing the work. You might even find a cylinder head shop that would take it? Good luck!

Naw, I had some shrink wrap and just wrapped the whole L 2.4 carbs and all when I got it on the engine stand. No particular reason, I had some shrink wrap and didn't want anything getting in my carbs mostly. I do some goofy stuff!

I wrapped mine too when I first pulled it.

I bought some cheapo Pyles from Walmart for behind the headrest. They work pretty good as a midrange speaker, two way only I think. Need more bass and treble to be "perfect". $20 some odd dollars, can't remember if they were 5" or what but they had them on their shelf.

There's tons of video on youtube.com on these carbs. You might even find the "Just SUs"?

Me too on the head gasket dry, but I did dab some RTV ultra black on top of the side seals and around the front cover. Read a lot of guys spraying the manifold though.

Pontiac Blue from Duplicolor on an L20. From a couple of old post on here, neither are mine. I also painted a 74 ½ Air Cleaner using DE 1610 Pontiac Blue (I used either a white or gray primer first) also used the same color for the vapor canister clamp. (picture posted)

You are correct Sir! They came from futofab.com via Vietnam.

So true! Thanks for the giggles today.

Seems like the US cars were all red, Europe and others required amber. If I remember right. I bought mine from futofab.com and love 'em.

Thank you Mr Arnett! I can run a dollar bill all the way down the center piece. When we get some cooler weather I may pull it off and add some thin SS washers to get the 1/8" gap you have. Cliff

My rear bumper is extremely close to the body. I've read someone say "business card gap" before. Is that true or original spacing? Not a huge deal but I recently read on the "Vietnamese SS bumper" thread where they needed extra washers on the mounting brackets. Curious to know what the proper gap should be below the tag on a '72 240. Thanks for any comments, help with this. Cliff

On your power pull, charge the battery then unhook the alternator and see what you have the next morning.

If I remember right the '79 280ZX coil is a 1.5. Maybe google before you buy but I think it is lower than the 3.0 280Zs have. Yeah chunk that porcelain ballast resistor. I went by Phillips instructions on atlanticzcars.com tech tips. Easy peasy. Runs great, tach works too. It's a head scratcher but it will all make sense when you get started. That dizzy mount will be your only challenge. It must be from the ZX. If you find one at a junkyard be sure and get the wires and plug to the e12-80. Good luck!

I was going on before and after pictures. The cracks look like volcanic splits to me! You do great work, detail and all that. I'm jealous. Cliff

Amazing job! I think that's the worst dash I've seen?

I forgot about zhome.com color gallery. http://zhome.com/History/ZColorGallary/index.html Its probably 110 persimmon. I had a 240 that color and it changed with the light. Red then orange. I called it tomato!