240Zdragon72

I have been noticing lately that my '73 likes to lean to the passenger rear. If you look at the pictures I have provided you can see that the front drivers side is high. Is it my suspension or could the frame be twisted in some way? Man I hope it is the suspension. I can't loose another Z, There are no more around where I live. Thanks

Buy Nissan Gaskets, Not Fail-Prone. (Fel-Pro). I have had too many of them get torn or leak with in a month. I have to pull apart my turbo engine and get the fel-pro head gasket changed to a Nismo one. Don't want to chance blowing it.

Nope, not really. The only issue I have had was with the carb tuning. Once I figured it out the car ran fine. I would also get a electric fuel pump (around 7 psi) and a "prefilter". One that goes right after the gas tank, before the pump. This will help keep the pump clear of any unwanted debies. I have a lot of parts for the conversion if you don't already have them. As for the emmissions stuff and the canister, you can get rid of it. All you need are the carbs, fuel delivery, and maybe the studs to connect the intakes to the head. If I have left anything out, I'm sorry. You will want to look into getting the ZTherapy "Just SU's video". I did not have it, but it would have done away with a lot of hair pulling. :tapemouth Good luck with the conversion. If you need any help, I'm readily available. P.S. Might want to get an adjustable fuel pressure regulator, too.

What the hell is he trying to do, fly? It kills me that he has a 5" tach in an automatic transmission car.

I wonder if they will make anymore.

Pictures posted.

I took apart the engine today to find more snapped bolts in the oil pump. This is really upsetting. So I am going to take all the 1 1/2 month old timing stuff and put it in the turbo engine. I will have pictures of the engine torn down posted soon. I just got the dang thing running. So, now I guess I can sell these really good SU carbs with air horns and the no smog balance bar, and all other stuff except the block. If you are interested, send me a PM. This will just give me motivation to look into stuff for my turbo engine. :devious: (seeing that the turbo is what I really want in the car)

I see. Would you be willing to give us a sneak preview of your work?

Bryan, what are you saying? Your car looks great. You want to see some black primer, heh, look at my Z. I think she looks great for her condition. You should be proud!

Thanks, I'll see if a buddy of mine has his welder here or at his Grandparents place.

[The 2.8 N/A engine in the car, not the turbo] Yesterday I noticed that my oil guage was reading low, like it does most of the time. When it went to 0 and then past at 60mph, I had to check it out. I noticed that oil was leaking from the front timing cover. The top bolt that holds the alternator adjustment rod to the block was loose. As I was tightening the bolt it would get a little tight and then keep spinning. The bolt was snapped and fell out in my hand. The remaining part of the bolt is approximetly 1/4" out of the block, not the cover. I might be able to (when I pull the radiator, fan and timing cover) get it with vise grips, but I don't want to chance snapping it off and being out of luck with getting it out. Any advice in what to use? Should I tap the hole with a little bigger size bolt? This is so upsetting :hurt:

NWClubsman, You beat me to it. I saw the preview the other night while I was watching CSI. The Z is Red and I hope they did not air it yet. I wounder if the show will have any info on the car. Would be interesting to see if any of it will be right.

That is pretty good.