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The car with the least amount of BAD rust/rust through is probably the best starting point.

The show is nearing and the club needs voluteers to help staff and judge the event so if you are interested contact them about it...and enter your Z while you're at it.

Anyone have any information that they can share about the service manual by autopress? I found one for the '70-'71 240Z for sale and want to know if it's a book worth having at a price tag of $26 + S&H or should I pass on it?

Interesting again...if you are talking about the summer/winter switch on the front of the air cleaner housing mine has that as well and my car was produced 8/70. I have no idea where it was originally shipped to and sold but it's in Texas, and the previous owner lived here too. *shrug*

That is an interesting observation. I have a series I and my door locks are on the top of the door. It looks like these were at one time but they have been plugged and one has been added behind the arm rest if I'm not mistaken.

Holly cow!! Your cam broke!? What car was that in and what other damage was caused?

For those of you who are in or near central Texas there is a Z car show coming up on Sept. 20 that you may be interested in attending. Here's some info. 5th Annual Texas Statewide Datsun/Nissan Autoshow

N5572B, see this thread where 2many has kindly provided us with a listing of what diff came in what vehicle. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1568&perpage=15&pagenumber=2

You're on the right path I think. If the starter will not crank the engine (all you get is silence or the clicking sound) then you have a problem with the electrical. Could be a bad starter, a cable may be grounding on the chasis somewhere, bad coil (I know it's new but I have had a few things that were new be DOA), etc. I would not consider the plugs or gas in the chambers since the engine is not even cranking. I'd keep working the angle you have been and maybe someone else here will have a better idea of what it is than me.

The dilema is that I could get a used R180 4.11 now for about $100 including shipping. Or I could wait and look for a 3.9 and the junkyard 720 4x4 is the route I was going to go. We all know what finding parts in a junkyard can be like :stupid: so I'm just trying to decide and needed some advice/info/help.

2many, I saw that one last week also but that was out of my price range. FWIW the guy got no bids on it so I'm sure that he still wants to sell it and he may be negotiable on the price now.

Ok, I've been through the calculator at http://www.geocities.com/z_design_studio/ and I have also read up on the charts on http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Boulevard/6117/datsuntransmittionratios.html Now what I'm trying to determine is what is the noticable difference between an R180 3.9 and an R180 4.11 in a 240Z with an F54 block, N42 head, and a '77 5-speed? Will I notice any difference between the two diffs? I will be autoxing the car and also an occasional weekend/weekday drive for fun. Please do not say that these ratios are not available in the R180, they are but they are just hard to find.

dero, Are those a pair of Z dished mags that you've done in black? Those look sharp! How did you do that and what did you use? I am also curious aobut your air induction fab work. How does that work out for you? Any noticable gains? What did you use and how did you do this mod?

So far if I'm reading this correctly if you put an LD28 carnk in a stock L28 with no other changes then you have just created a 2.9 and if you bore out the cyls then you could have a 3.1 If all you do is put in the LD28 crank and make no other mods how will the car perform? Better, worse, or what? And how/what will it change? If that was all I planned on doing would there be other parts that would have to be changed also or just the crank? All the writeups I have seen talk about doing the 3.1 upgrade and I had no plans of doing this. I was just curious if the LD28 crank would benefit me without doing the other mods. BTW: I will be running an N42 head if this matters.

I'm in the same boat, I will certainly miss this year's autox season all together and maybe part of next as well. See this thread for the kind of info and responses I got: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7922 Maybe we should have a big engine rebuild party here in Texas for all of us who have to do this and don't really know quite what we're doing yet. You know, get together in a big shop with a couple skilled people to assist us...some pizza and beer...some tunes...lots of cursing...

What fuel tank will fit my series I 240Z (it was made in 8/70)? How many different tanks are there for the 240 and what years are compatible (straight bolt on)?

Anyone? I'd really like to know what the benefits are...

What I want to do is put a 1" sway bar up front and a 7/8" in the rear. This seems to be the way that they are paired up and re certainly more substantial than stock. Also when I do this I plan on putting urethane bushings on.

Like Doehring, I too would like a good explanation of what the benefit of an LD28 crank is. I have an "82 L28 with an F54 block that I'm going to rebuild with an N42 head and put in my 240Z and would like to know what difference the LD28 crank would make since I will already have it taken apart. I am planning on keeping everything else stock in the engine (i.e. no over boring).

Well until I got down to the money criteria I had an idea but unfortunately what I was going to suggest run more than that. However, should you find one...I LOVE my 4Runner!! It's a Toyota so it will run forever and they were originally designed with offroad driving in mind. Mine is a 2000 Sport model 4x4 with a 6cyl. but the new ones have a V8 option.

It was advertised as a Z sway bar, I can not remember what year now. That's ok though, the auction ended weeks ago.

If you live in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin or anywhere near or in between any of these locations please help me out if you can. I called Just Dashes and they want $800 to restore my dash, I can buy one from MSA for that. I need to know if there is anyone in the above areas that does dash restoration...NOT just putting a dash cap on the old dash. PLEASE help me out here, money is tight (as always) and I'm not sure I'll be able to send my dash off to Aust. with the other members like I had hoped.

kmack, Do you happen to know what year(s) this was in the Maxima?

Just for reference if anyone can also say what they can be found in for USA model cars that would be great info too.

Gav, What mods were done to the car?