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The back seats look nice.

Hey Brian. Nice car you've got there. I live in Gadsden and come to Anniston all the time, I have family in Saks and friends at Betty's Bar BQ. I'd be happy to help in any way I could, mechanicing or selling. I found mine on craigslist.com. Can't beat their fee. :classic:

That's come a looong way since my Mom dropped me off at the hobby shop for the day with my Womp Womp. She kept coming back for me though.

The drive up won't be too bad, leaving the air conditioned Hilton to go see everything is what will be tough. But I'll be there looking out the window drinking a cold dog, like at the beach.

That's a sharp car you have! I've done the opposite of what you've done. I had 280s in the late 80s, now I have the 240 bug.

ZCON 2015 | Hosted by the Delta Z Club Mid July in the Deep South, oh boy. :tapemouth

That's a beautiful car! My orange one was built in February of '72, VIN starts with 69 thousand. It came from Peek Oldsmobile in Huntsville. How did you find such a nice one? It looks brand new. Oh yeah, forgot to tell you the biggest Z car show will be in Memphis next year. Z Car Convention, ZCON 2015 | Hosted by the Delta Z Club. Maybe we could meet up along the way.

I bought that same distributor and a Crane PS20 Fireball coil from amazon. The distributor was a little more than $100 but no core charge and free shipping. The coil was around $40. Great set up on my 240Z, highly recommended.

Where did you get your heater core hoses, please sir. The work you're doing amazes me. Is this your 1st restore? Oh yeah, what are you gonna do for the bumpers? futofab.com has some 240Z black powder coated ones for $240, haven't seen the sheen yet but the semi gloss you're using would work for me. Look at post #13, http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/body-paint-s30/53303-msa-fiberglass-bumpers.html Thanks, Cliff

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My '77 had one rolling around in it's N47 head. I didn't know what it was at first, the recess for the hex bit was completely full of carbon. I figured it broke over time, heating and cooling down of stressed bolt. Replaced with the ZX turbo bolts.

Yes, but I'll have to wait on Santa. I'm broke at the end of the year. Thank you for keeping parts for us at reasonable price.

He asked that you email him, www.jdm-car-parts.com

How in the hell can you beat that? Dear Santa, I've been good this month.

Just my luck! After a week of carefully cleaning the OE ones, they turned out OK but not like new, I could've bought new. Those look great.

I've read where a guy put some type of valve in between the in and out at the engine bay fire wall right before it enters the cabin. He said it bypasses the heater core in the summer months to help cool the cabin. I can't find the thread right now but I will. It sounded like an idea I'd like to try.

Hey buddy, welcome to the club. You won't find more helpful information and people than here. They've been nothing but nice to my goofy self, we've had some good laughs too. If you need anything let us know, it's already been done and pictures taken for future users. Just when I get stumped and am ready to call it a day I can get on here and find the exact issue from 10 years ago. I like the color with the steel wheels and hubcaps you have, post some pictures for us car pervs to look at. Cliff from Gadsden, where four 240Z owners reside. I can't stand it! Here's mine.

Is that price for the rechroming only or is that the for whole bumper? Those look great! What sheen would the black powder coated bumpers be? Glossy or not so much? I'm very excited about these, you've made my day.

That was a huge PAIN for me! I just had bought the car and got one from O'reilly's. The stamped together one without screws. I had to take that front bracket loose, take off the fan, the bottom radiator hose and the bottom bracket to the alternator. I may have even pulled the alternator altogether! Can't remember, I got a little tipsy doing that job.

"Peckerheads",

It probably is an 86.5mm but there's a "0.75" stamped on the piston tops and I can't figure what else that could be??? I know I could load it all up and got to a machine shop and know for sure but that'll be later. I'm trying, with the help of the members like you, to know as much as I can about this motor. I like the dished pistons for pump gas and it's going to be temporary until I get the original 2.4 built up nice and shiny with the E31 head I'm gonna sink some dough ray me into, $$$. Just getting ready for the cold weather projects I've been putting off until it cools off, and it finally has down here.

If you haven't done this before I'm here to tell you Tom Monroe's book "How to Rebuild Nissan/Datsun L motors" is a must. I just got done finishing disassembly of a motor I bought a couple of months ago, when I tried getting the main bearing caps off I had a hell of a time until I remembered his tips. Use the 2 bolts as a handle to wiggle them and pull them out, use a front cover bolt on the center and rear main to pry them out with a 2x4 and a crowbar. All kinds of helpful information for $20. It's only $13.50 now, How to Rebuild Your Nissan/Datsun OHC Engine: Covers L-Series Engines 4-Cylinder 1968-1978, 6-Cylinder 1970-1984: Tom Monroe: 9781931128032: Amazon.com: Books

Turns out I was dead WRONG. Bought a 240 that came with these parts to build another motor, 2.8 with an E31 head and some triple Webers. I was so excited to get the car I wasn't paying much attention to the parts that were part of the deal, car ran great as it was. So now I've measured and am pretty sure he bought .750mm over sized cast piston cups. The block was bored .030". Here's the numbers as best I could get, block bore is 3.410". Pistons measure 3.390". Top ring in the hole has a gap of .026" with a feeler gauge. Piston with top ring, in the bore looks pretty darn close, very little wiggle. I'm going to put it together with an E88 head that will have the bigger valves put in. It's an early E88 so it should have good enough compression with the dished pistons. Sound OK?

225mm and 240mm is all I've ever seen. 240mm is for the 2+2, 225mm for a coupe. Some put the 240mm in coupes, more grip surface. Sorry I can't say for sure.