Brett240

i used to have that clunk on the left back too, only when going over bumps, it was awful. i ended up putting up with it till i put in all new coil overs in, struts, springs, shocks, bushes, brakes, the lot and then it dissapeared. i have no idea what it was, so this is a pretty useless post. :stupid:

early 928 porshes (4.7) arent as quick as a modded 240, with a quick L28/cam/ported/bored etc, same as non turbo 911's Pre 993 series, in a straight line. remember a 240 with a fast L28 is capable of high 13 second 1/4 mile times with twin SU's. of course who knows what can happen when it comes to the crunch. although i could also be full of crapLOL

Gav, warren at allzed in sydney should have one or two floating around that bolt straight in, he'll ship to melbourne to.

empty out the battery acid, replace it with distilled water and put it on trickle charge for a couple of days, if they dont come up to a healthy voltage they are shot. my 2 cents though someone else may know better.

whack on the mikuni's! they'll lokk s#%*t hot!

add KA24e pistons to that ivan.

nathan, ive got a website which has a detailed list with the new rules what you can and cant bring in, ill dig it up and post it. the problem with the new rules is that its now impossible to obtain a import permit to bring in a car for yourself, you have to be a registered car importer, i just tried to bring in a supra a couple of weeks ago, modifications to the cars are ok as long as it can be complied.

aah i see what you mean, yeah cars over 15 years old are duty free (15% on a car). you also cant privatly import a car anymore until its 15 or over.

hey alfadog why are imported cars prices going to fall throught the floor next year?

the get compression out of a p90 you need to shave the head at least 80thou i think it results in around 10 to 1 with flatops (if im wrong one of you guys knows the excact figures) i had my P90 ported and polished at the same time as i had it shaved for compression so im not sure of the cost of shaving the head but this would be the only cost in getting the needed compression. i wouldnt say its big bucks to get the performance from a p90, the hardest thing would be to find one (in Aus anyway).

collapsable steering columns were made mandatory in Aus in 73 but all zeds had them anyway, wood steering wheels turned into a no no becouse some had a tendancy to splinter in an accident and stab people.

yeap my wheel was definatly plastic, and the gearnob is wood. ive got it in a book somewhere.... ill look into it.

ive talked to a few people with 30+ years on these carbs and apparently sewing machine oil is the way to go, its nearly spot on to the original oil. you can get it from petrol stations (or i assume sewing machine shops?:stupid: ) the only probelm i have with the stuff is it seems to dissapear after a while, so i tend to run no oil at all.

Zspeed, check your email

ill take the headlight covers if you can ship to sydney

damn man that is seriously bad. i dont understand the mentality of some people.

mmm yeah everything has its bad side.

my tank is bone dry at 300km.

how many gallons is a Z tank?

you might as well check the floats its easy enough, pull them out and put them in a dish of water, if they fall to the bottom they are buggered. when this happens in the carbies the engine will flood and it will run like crap. its possible this could be the problem, when your driving the revs are up and fuel is being kept at an acceptable level in the float chambers, when the car idles it doesnt uses as much fuel, the float chambers fill up and the carbies flood. just a thought, its worth checking. if they are ok then make sure they are adjusted correctly for the right float hight, sorry i cant remember what the correct float height is.

i think if your going for ultimate performance then the p90 will work out best. it has the best combustion chamber shape, square ehaust ports, and the biggest valves. the chamber shape on a P90 (also a P79) pushes the mixture towards the spark plug on the upstroke, reducing the chance of pinging and allowing more spark advance, i run 18 degrees at idle no problems on mine. in the end it will cost more with the P90 for a non turbo setup to get the compression but for ultimate performance i feel its the way to go. im comparing this to an e88 with similar porting.

the diff would probably be a non lsd. the other wheel doesnt necessarily have to rotate at all if the car isnt in gear, you'l find the tailshaft is rotating instead.

i started to get it the other day when my car was running hot, turns out the fuel line was resting against the bottom radiator hose AND my fuel filter wasnt flowing well enough. adjusted the line so it wasnt sitting against the rad hose and bought the biggest filter i could find and it solved the problem. the more pressure you can get in your lines the less chance vapour lock will happen. if you have a mechanical fuel pump that wont help to much either.

i got mine of warren a couple of years back for $85. i wonder why there more exprensive now. you can install them 2 ways, either double sided tape on the brackets or drilling. personally i didnt trust the tapes ability to hold the cover in place and the extra length needed on the bracket for the tape looks crap. its an exciting time drilling the mounts into the headlight bowls but its not too hard to get right and with a bit of fiddling around the results are worth it.