texasz

I'd like to know what head components are interchangable between all L series engines from the Z cars (i.e. E88, E31, N42, N47, P79, P90, etc)? Obviously the valve cover is but how about the cam, cam towers, valve springs, etc? I'm asking because I have a complete P79 head that I have listed on 3 forums including this site and nobody has expressed any interest, as I expected, so I'm wondering if there's any value in taking it apart and selling the smaller parts of it mentioned above.

As you can see in this pic my car has this black strip that runs down each side to help prevent door dings. I want to remove it since it's starting to come off already any how but do not know how it's attached nor what it will look like once removed. Is this stuff just stuck on with glue or double side 3M 'tape'? Any tips or advice would be great. Hmmmmm.....ok I can not seem to link to a pic in My Gallery so here's the link to the pic I was trying to show: http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=5609&size=big&password=&sort=7&thecat=500

Thank you for pointing that out, this was my problem and it's easy to fix. About $70 in parts for 2 of the high quality race u-joints and another $50 I paid someone to do the work (while I watched and learned, never to pay for this again now) and "the clunk in my trunk" was gone!

Very true!

If you look behind the car you can see the blue tarp was must have been on the car.

Honestly, if you're gonna have to do any tranny work just swap it to a 5-speed. You will probably spend a bit more money but IMHO a sports car deserves a stick not an automatic. Also, earlier on you were talking about the car only going 60mph and asking if an R200 diff would help. The R180 or R200 does not affect this at all, what would affect this would be the ratio; that is if this was even your problem which it doesn't sound like it is. As it was already mentioned the lower ratio is good for top end and the higher ration is better of the hole shot, you must strike a balance with the ratio and the gear ratio of the tranny based upon the kind of driving you expect to do. As for the weight vs. amount of HP it will handle the info is correct, the R200 does weigh more but this is a function of it being built to handle more HP...but if you are running a stock set up then you should not be in danger of damaging your R180 diff.

So true, so true!

Not really the case. Here's a link to a thread from last year that provides all the info about the R180 and R200 ratio options: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1568&perpage=15&pagenumber=2 And as such also heavier. I mention this because for some racers they try and cut weight anywhere they can.

Sorry I never answered your question. Yes, that was the one I was bidding on...I was trying to get it for a little coin and allowed it to go very cheap. The winning bidder got a good deal on this for eBay.

My solution to this is shipping everything either via UPS or FedEx and as soon as the item is shipped email the buyer their tracking number. If they have questions as to where it is check the tracking and/or call the carrier.

Here's the other pic. And oh yes, here's his reply:

This thread has gone astray...I'm not asking how eBay works, I've been a buyer and seller for years and know full well that sniping is the way to go...I do it myself. Nor am I mad or anything over this, that's the way it works and I wasn't willing to go too high on these items. What I was curious is what this guy may be working on. I did shoot him an email and it appears as though he's from Japan since the last part of his email is @nifty.ne.jp and the bidder is not the actual buyer, it's the buyer's friend since the actual buyer does not speek very good English (the bidder's English is tought to follow as well but he's really making the effort). Any how, I have attached the pix of his cars if anyone is interested...what I'd still like to know is why he wants these valve covers? They will not work on the cars pictured.

eBay user ID navyzero Is this person a member on this board? He's bought 3 "Nissan 2400 OHC" valve covers in the last few months off eBay two of which he's out bid me on. I'm just wondering how many cars he's working on and what they look like (not mad about being out bid, dissapointed but not mad...that's just the way eBay works). I looked over the three auctions for these valve covers and he's a sniper! Comes in with less than 10seconds left in the auction and places his winning bid. Damn it! :devious: Oh well, that's life.

I agree!! Please do!

Thank you! It helps a lot when there are only three cars in your class.

I'll gladly zip them up and put the zip file up for download (would be too large for email) so that they can be added to the gallery on this site. I'd just need to know who to send the link to for download.

For those interested I got a few pix from the show yesterday up on my website.

As far as I'm concerned why would you ruin a sports car by putting an auto tranny in it? Just my 2 cents.

Maybe this will help:

I have heard that there are two different ignition locks for the 240Z, one for the series 1 and another for '71-'73. Can anyone confirm or deny this and if this is true can someone explain the difference?

Yes, I figured this out and it made life MUCH easier than having to re-align the hatch. I have not got the inner seal replace and re-attached the hatch. While I was at all this I also replace one of the hatch vents that seemed to be leaking. One small part of the over-all project done! :classic: Thank you all for the help.

Yes, this did cross my mind but it took many hours just to organized this infomation to begin with (I wish I could remember where I got it all so I could thank the person) and I just really don't have the time right now to do the html page. I agree though, it would make the presentation much nicer. If anyone's interested in contributing to this page by writing the html I certainly would not turn away the help but until I have some time to do it the current directory structure will have to do. I am glad to see that there is good info there that others can use, my knowledge is still remedial about these cars but I'm learning more all the time and am very glad to be able to give something back to the Z community in exchange for all the help and questions I've had (and will continue to have). :classic:

I have not had any feedback nor any requests to add anything to my library. I'm just curious if people are finding this page useful, helpful, interesting, or a waste of bandwidth. Please let me know because if nobody wants it I'll save myself the bandwidth and just remove it from my web server.

Oh, you're here too. I posted a reply to this on your thread at hybridz.org

On a wheel that has a +42 offset as I understand it you need a spacer for this wheel to fit on a 240Z. Question is would the spacer need to be a -42? A + offset means the wheel where it attaches to the car is further from the car where as a - offset it is closer. Right?