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Yes, this seems fishy. The VIN would indicate an early '70 but the pillar vents.... He doesn't seem to know a whole lot about these seeing as how he states that the hood if from a later 240Z with the vents...that's a 280Z hood; could just be a typo.

Both are correct. 170hp at the crank, 150hp at the rear wheels.

Yes, the one on the top is from a '73...I have one just like it in my garage from my '73 parts car. Does anyone know if '73 is the only year which was different?

Damn, I can't find them either. The auction must be over or have been ended by the seller. Sorry, now I wish I had remembered about this thread when I saw them. :disappoin

I saw a pair on eBay just recently (like within the past 3 days or so). It was a new post at the time so I'm sure that they are still there.

You're right sorry, you mentioned motion and I just keyed in on that. I don't know thermodynamics...so I can't help you there.

Since you've already got a 3.9 diff you might as well swap the 4-speed for a 5-speed...that is if the tranny is really the problem otherwise just fix the problem and worry about the swap when you have the money to do it or are forced to. You will get better results in the higher speeds and gears (i.e. on the highway) than you are seeing with the 4-speed but shouldn't loose much if any of your low end torque.

Newton's third law: An object in motion will stay in motion unless/untill acted upon by an outside force. Now if you try and say that when you roll a ball on a level surface it will eventually stop without being touched or hitting the wall...the outside force acting upon it which causes it to stop is called gravity. :classic:

Interesting, I have only seen one other Z with the holes in the air box like that. I generally knew what they were for, increased air flow, but didn't know how they got there (i.e. who did it) I just figured that the owner did it. I was also not aware that the Libras were a dealer option, I had always thought that they were an after market part. Now I know more than when I woke up this morning.

Welcome to the club!! This is by far the best Z car site I have found. Everyone here is very friendly, helpful, informative, knowledgable, and at times down right hillarious. I took a look at the pic you uploaded into your gallery...your poor Z...covered in all that icky white stuff. :classic:

I saw this at the Z-Sport car show in March and it is a beautiful car. However, it is not without what appear to be a few mods or non-stock items. I have a few pix on my site here. They are the first 5 pix on this page. Look at the engine pic, where did the holes in the air box come from? The libra wheels are nice but not stock (wish I had them!). Those who are really sharp when it comes to these cars may find more. The paint may look odd, it's actually considered red by Datsun; Pat and I had a long conversation about this because I thought it was a repaint in some shade of orange. Very very nice car!!

A friend had one...I had never seen a bigger pile of s**t on wheels in my life!! Spent more time in the shop than on the road, paint was crap after only 2 years, interior was no better (it was parked in a parking garage at work all day everyday too).

I understand your concern and have thought about this also. However, the car is not unmolested to begin with so I'm not changing too much more, plus all of the changes I'm making can easily be undone. Also, the car is titled as a '71 so it's not as "collectible" as one that is titled as a '70. And it's my car so I can do what I want. :classic: Seriously though, I can easily undo the things I'm changing if I ever wanted to...I'm not doing any massive body work like huge flares or anything.

New batch of stuff up for sale!

I wonder why it's gone too...how strange. *shrug* Why yes I did save some pix of it!

I'd have to agree! This is a good question. I have a 8/70 production Z (a series 1 car) and I'm planning on putting an F54 block, an N42 head, and 4-screw SU carbs in it with a '77 5-speed and a 3.9 R180 rearend. Which FSM would I need?

Tommy, I sent you an email yesterday afternoon but have not heard anything back from you. Please get back to me via reply to the email.

Far from a Z but quite interesting none the less... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2475019485#ebayphotohosting

There is value in these items. Many people with these cars do not have these books...like me for instance. If you decide to sell them please let me know.

Damn! Now I can't seem to find his emails. Any how, it was listed on zcar.com just go there and look for it. Sorry I couldn't find his contact info. EDIT I just went through my SENT folder and found it!! Here's what I have from him...

I'm out of ideas!! I have replaced the hatch glass seal, the outter hatch seal and the inner hatch seal, the fresh air vent in the hatch (series 1 car) and yet I STILL have a water leak!!! :mad: :tapemouth What can I do!?

If bill does sell them to the first person I have a set from my '73 parts car for sale. Shipping is not a problem, they are already boxed up and ready to go. Contact me via PM or email.

Damn sad that things like this happen. At least you caught them in the act and put an end to the theft. If you have the space putting the car in a garage would be a good idea...someone else may try and take something or these punks may return to get revenge for you calling the cops. :disappoin

Very interesting read Zmefly, thank you for the link.

A friend of ours was over for dinner last night and I asked her about this; she's from Japan and currently teaching Japanese here to high school students. She could not figure out what you were talking about and I was of little help to her. She told me that the spelling out phonetically of the letter Z has several because it can be pronounced differently in different words. Was this what you were trying to convey...the phonetic spelling of the letter Z? Also a plate I've seen at a building I used to work at was V8 Z I'm assuming that they didn't like the drink that much but that the car had a V8 engine in it.