sblake01

He already has one......

The only thing I had like that in the 70s was an electric shaver that plugged into the cigarette lighter socket. It didn't work all that well but I don't reacall ever blowing a fuse while usnig it.

That's correct. The clock is on the same circuit as the cig lighter. Other manufacturers refer to that circuit as 'common unswitched' meaning that it's hot regardless of key position. The only place it shows in the FSM is in the Body Electrical section. Page BE-70, illustration BE-125 shows the clock circuit drawing it's power from that 10A fuse, third one down on the right column. If that fusible link in the illustration blows, it will also stop the clock but it would also stop the other five circuits it feeds as well.

I know I should have followed that statement with a smiley:)

Didn't those have flat tops?

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They'll fit. They are similar to the stock dished pistons and yeild the same compression ratio. From what I understand they're just a little stronger than the dished pistons.

Big difference between the intake setup/design on a mid/late 70s S30/S130 and a modern throttle body/MAF/IAT sensor/etc. setup. I just don't see sticking a spacer between the throttle body and the manifold having any appreciable effect on the Datsun setup.

Not sure where you'd find one. You could check with the dealer or places like Motorsport, Black Dragon. etc. I've never had to replace one. 25230-89958 is the part number shown in the microfiche if that's of any help. It supercedes to B5230-W0500 and the name changes to 'Relay Defogger' instead of ignition relay when I put that number into the search at NissanParts.cc FWIW. A search also found this: http://www.zcarsource.com/content/p/9/pid/65143/catid/7797_8657/Ignition_Relay_76_78_used And this: http://www.datsunstore.com/product_info.php/cPath/37_158/products_id/922

If he still has it. The OP hasn't posted in in over 4 years.

It does. The OP thought he had an 81 and then relized he had an 83. The 81 turbo only came with an auto trans and that's what led to the talk about tranny swaps etc.

That scan comes from the 1978 280z factory service manual. Body Electrical section. Page BE-71.

To an extent, that's true. They weren't too good as delivered. It takes some work and skill to make flat tops work. They've been discussed quite a bit on this site (and others) but not so much lately. Most people don't bother with them these days because of the lack of parts availabiliby and the ease of getting a set of reworked round tops.

My apoligies. I actually knew you were legit when I saw your pending pics but we can't delete posts like on some other sites. Many automated web scripts (spambots) post links. I don't know if they're free or not because I don't click on them.

If you're from Georgia, why does you link go to an Arizona ad? Smells kind of spammish.......

See the attachment in this post: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showpost.php?p=269945&postcount=2

I thought that too until I noticed that the vents were from a yellow car and the same yellow shows on the underside of the hood meaning that it was once a 77-78 hood that was at some point painted to match the car.

The pics can be viewed larger. That looks like a 77-78 280Z hood to me.

I really don't consider anything built after about 72-73 to be a muscle car. There were preformance cars built after that but that's about where the true muscle car era ended IMO.

In 1990, I believe California still had the 30 year rule.

What's special about the differential? It's just a 3.70 R180.

Muscle cars had 5 bolt wheels. The versions of the vehicles you mention that would have 4 bolt wheels were the 6 cylinder versions and hardly what you'd call muscle cars......

Nope, not even close to interchangable. The 810 is a front sump pan and the 280Z is a rear sump.

According the the Z Car micrifiche, the early US 260Z was built Aug. 1973-Aug. 1974, and the late 260Z was built from Sep. 1974-Nov. 1974. Early serial numbers were RLS30-000001 to RLS30-060000 and late were from RLS30-060001 to RLS30-200000. As far as breaking them down by month, I'll leave that up to someone else since that becomes fairly speculative.