sblake01

I don't know, this loud exhaust thing, must be a younger generation thing. I like the feeling of pulling away from a loud car with my fairly quiet exhaust(Dynomax Super Turbo mufffler) being drowned out by that much louder ehxahust as it's fading behind me. :devious:

I once had a Yamaha YR1 350 twin, I forget the year but it was early 70s. It was ported and had aftermarket exhaust. That little sucker screamed!

The symptoms you describe would point me in a similar direction. AFM, bad vac hoses, TPS, air regulator, fuel pressure regulator, ignition control module, etc. Anything that would affect the fuel mixture or weaken the spark. Sounds like they know what they're doing. I just hate to replace a bunch of expensive parts.

Well the Nissan F.I. system is based on the Bosch L-Jetronic fuel injection used on BMW, Mercedes etc. But it is their own version of the system. Through the years, parts have been interchanged such as the air regulator, the thermotime switch, the temperature sensor, etc. with the German counterparts. The Nissan parts were made by JECS. The Bosch parts are interchangable and, in my opinion, better. If you have a VDO (German) thermotime switch, it has been changed from the original JECS (Japaneese) thermotime switch. The German parts were common replacements on the 280Z, 280ZX, 810, 910 (Maxima) and any of the other 4 or 6 cylinder cars with L or Z (N.A.P.S.) engines. My own personal research which spans about 15 years now does show that the German parts actually last longer. The thermotime switch and temperature sensor from any of the late 70s to mid 80s BMW 6 cylinder engines work on any of the L series f.i. engines but only the air regulator with the number '0 280 140 124' will work on the Z engine. I believe that one comes from the 80 to 83 BMW 6 cyl.

Are we talking about the Electronic Ignition Control Module? How do you know it's bad? How is the car acting? Be careful because the 82-83 module is different from the other years.

Evidentally, the original hoses are still available. On my 78, I had my heater core, and all the valves, water and vent hoses, clamps, etc. replaced last year by a buddy of mine at his shop. He used all OEM stuff exc. the core itself. I have also found good vent hoses at the junkyard to use as backup.

Welcome Shawn! For a grand, I'd say 'ya done good!'

Welcome, Peter! In my experience, you can't go wrong with Les. That car is nice. Here's a pic from last year's Mossy show for those that don't know the car. I agree that it will be even more stunning w/o the cf hood. See you there Oct. 13.

That one is already the subject of a recent thread.

See post #2.

If I understand the scoring wouldn't that mean that you're definately not a ricer?

I come out as Colonel McTwitch and my wife is Deputy McNutt.......alllllllrighty then!

Here are a couple of shots of the relay box on my 78. Hope it answers your question.

I scored 15%. It says that 100% of the male users in my age group scored lower than me. I am a respectable tuner? What does it mean?

I'm not giving up on you. When I read the original thread, I tried it. A guy down the street from me that is into Hondas had a Civic bar in his garage and he owed me a favor. I got the bar for free and attempted to install it on my 78. Being fuel injected, the bar has to clear the auxilary air valve or air regulator as Nissan calls it, and for that reason, the hood wouldn't close. Maybe you won't have that problem since you're carbed. Hence the comment, 'if he wants to build his own brace, let him.' Didn't work for me but it might for you.

Even considering the few problems we've had here, all I have to do is go to another site and read stuff like that and it refocuses my appreciation for this one!

Glad you received it okay. No, no wiring harness. That engine will make it a real sleeper! If you still need a FSM, there is one right now on eBay. I sent daddz the link but here it is again. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7929896622&category=34229. Better deal than mine was.

On the other end of things, Daisey (my wife) has a difficult time driving my Z. She is 5'3". Evidentally more thought was given to the 97.5%!

The caps from the 'Iron Cross' ZX wheel also fits the 260/280 factory alloy. (I guess I should have some more coffee. Z Kid already said that in post #4) :sleepy:

Okay, the headlight covers, the bumper bar, and maybe even the side stripe. But the Panasports, and all of the MSA type goodies and the speakers cut into the doors I just don't consider 'stock' by my definition. And if we are talking 'factory stock,' which I'm not, it's an even farther distance from that. Hoses, clamps, filters, etc., but that isn't where I was comming from.

Pretty good looking car. How much do you think it will go for? Right now, that about what? $850USD? Keep us posted. Looks like people are laying back, no bids.

I have an old dwell/tach meter. I'm assuming that it is fairly accurate. It reads very close to what the tach reads in all three of my Datsuns. The truck's tach is not factory and can be calibrated but I've never heard of a procedure to calibrate the factory tachs.