jmortensen

I ordered that part direct from Tabco about 3 months ago. They told me it would take 6 weeks and it showed up in 2. I suggest you just order it from them and cross your fingers.

Not as easy on a 240. Not hard, but not as easy. Remove access panel from RR fenderwell, pull wires off of the sender, use screwdriver and hammer to unscrew the retaining ring, pull the sender out. I think you can do it with the tank in the car. You obviously can't do it with a full tank though.

5 speed from 280Z or ZX bolts straight on. I like the close gearing in the ZX transmission but in order to take advantage you need lower differential gears.

Seems to be unanimous about the backing plates. Thanks. I'll tell him to buy the 240 wheel cylinders. Jon

All I can say is it's a good thing I'm not lactose intolerant.

I haven't been into Z drums in a long time, but my brother-in-law is trying to sort his car out. He has a 240 and he needs new wheel cylinders. IIRC the 240 has one piston in the wheel cylinder and the 280 has two pistons. Also it seems that the 280 wheel cylinder is about 1/2 the cost of the 240 wheel cylinder. So can the 280 cylinder just plug right in? Are there other differences in the brake shoes or spring arrangements that need to be modified or changed? I think the front calipers are identical so I wouldn't anticipate any changes in brake bias or any of that...

The only issue I have with this is the dial type regulator and it's placement. If you're running a return line than the return line restricted orifice is the "pressure regulator". I don't know if that would cause issues or not and it might work just as you stated. I would figure that it would be prefereable to have the regulator after the carbs and before the return line, and then it would need to be the other style that affects the fuel pressure before the regulator not after it.

Let me make sure I fully understand. There is a shifter, but no knob to tell you what the shift pattern is? And there isn't any oil in the transmission? Is that the problem? If that is the case just push in the clutch and shift through all the gears. You won't damage anything at all unless you try to drive it with no oil.

Sometimes you need to get that extra little bit at the end of the straightaway. If you set your limiter at 6500 you won't be able to continue accelerating once you hit the limiter. If you set it to the max safe piston speed then you can wring it out and there is no disadvantage. Shift points can be determined independently of the rev limiter.

One side is reverse threads. I believe it's the side you have the picture of. Just look at the threads real close and you should be able to see which is which.

The technical name for this is "Kitty Genovese Syndrome" and it comes from an unfortunate woman in NYC (surprise) who was stabbed going from her car to her home, then the attacker left for a while, then he came back and raped her again and stabbed her to death. There were over 30 witnesses who heard her screaming for help, but nobody called the police. I gotta go with Enrique on this one. There's only one person who's primary interest is YOU, and that's YOU. We all need to be responsible for ourselves, and waiting for the govt to do anything on your behalf is setting yourself up for disappointment.

I had basically that same build with a .490/290 cam and I could get to 7200 but it wasn't pulling real hard when it got there. I agree you should set your limiter there but you'll probably be losing time if you are shifting that high with SU's.

I don't see any pics posted, but Tokico Illuminas are the most common adjustable struts. They fit your description and require a small screwdriver to adjust them. They have settings from 1 to 5, and you can keep spinning the adjuster round and round and it's still only going 1 to 5. 1 is softest 5 is hardest. I drove mine on the street on 1 or 2, then upped it to 4 or 5 on the track. They work best with spring rates between 150 and 250 in/lb. If your adjusters are broken give Tokico a call. I had that problem and they just mailed me some new ones.

I just asked a similar question at hybridz about a grille, some bumpers, and taillights from a 240 I want to sell. One problem is that the value changes as time goes by. Also there is that whole US vs Australian market thing...

www.hybridz.org Hybrid Z is THE site for engine swaps.

Remember you asked what I think. Here it is: I think diverting money, resources, and manpower to a memorial service right now would be incredibly stupid and insensitive.

One more time. Synchros don't usually go out all at once. If it got notchy, then started to grind I'd say synchros. But if you drove it one day and it was fine and the next day it was grinding, probably not synchros. If the clutch doesn't disengage that would also cause it to grind. Does it grind into reverse when you're stopped? That would be a good test of the clutch not disengaging.

Maybe because they haven't finished DYING yet. 9/11 was done on 9/12. This is going to go on for at least a couple more days before they're done rescuing people. Then they get to go through and find all the bodies trapped in the attics of the city. Inappropriate doesn't begin to describe a memorial service in LA right now.

He's firing the charge ATDC. Sounds like trying to pee up a rope to me.

I hate Forbes's slideshows, but here's a few to add to the list: http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/2005/08/29/fastestcars-luxury-vehicles-cx_dl_0829feat_ls.html?partner=rss

I knew that was going to come up. I still think it might be a better idea than rebuilding NO as is. There is always my other alternative. Move the city somewhere safer.

I would think if the pedal needed adjusting you'd know it. Like the clutch wouldn't disengage until your foot was an inch from the floor. But the clutch pedal doesn't suddenly go out of adjustment. If this thing was driving fine one day and not the next, then these are my guesses in order from most likely to least likely. 1. If it was driving fine and now suddenly it doesn't want to shift that says to me that the engine and transmission can't disengage from each other. So you're pushing in the clutch and the clutch isn't getting fully depressed, like the master or slave went bad. 2. Do you have a stiff clutch in the car? One thing I've seen a couple times is the shift fork split. So when that happens the fork doesn't move because the pivot doesn't work anymore. That's usually a problem with a really heavy pressure plate though. 3. Another problem I have seen in Toyota trucks with pilot bearings instead of the pilot bushings we have in Z's is that the bearing goes bad then the clutch works, but the input shaft on the transmission wants to keep going the same speed as the engine. Never seen a pilot bushing have that problem though, but maybe it's possible. I just don't see all the synchros in the transmission going bad all at once.

Look how well having the interstates underground seems to be working for Boston. If Japan can BUILD AN ISLAND to make an airport I would imagine that those same dirt scooping boats could fill in a bowl. Just an idea...

Man, already the political attacks are coming from all sides. Bottom line, the city is in a bad spot. Blaming W is like saying Clinton was responsible for the Northridge quake damage in '93, or Teddy Roosevelt for San Francisco's 1906 quake. Kinda retarded to blame the president when you look at it through that perspective, huh? Seems more logical to hold some of the local govt officials responsible to me. But then they're all Democrats so maybe that won't fly with Chickenwafer. If he's still fighting the 2000 election that's a pretty good sign that reality and politics don't mix for him. I for one hope they are smart enough not to rebuild NO as it was. They need to raise the city or move it IMO. You can make me into a pariah like Hastert if you want, but I'll take ostracism and common sense anyday.

That could also be a clutch master/slave going out. If you can get someone to step on the clutch while you look under the car and see if the fork is moving. Transmissions don't usually go from fine to bad in one day.