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Ah, awesome. It's not doing any *real* damage then, it's only a pop and splutter backfire, so no real chance of buldging out the muffler or anything. I was more interested in the cause and I think I know why now! Thank you Goerge, Alan and Mike! p.s. yes it is when I was not touching the accelerator down a hill and the sounds come from the exhaust. Sounds kinda cool anyway, in a rally car kinda way

The moral of the story? Buy a car magazine!!!

The Z... I think it might have something ot do with not enough back pressure in the exhaust system??? It's just annoying me that I dont know why it happens.

Ahh OK... so... why does it only happen when I go down a hill? I only have to go down hills when I pick up a friend who lives up a mountain, so it's no biggy

Hi Backfiring is something that I know about but I'm not 100% sure of WHY it happens and HOW it can be bad for your engine. My car backfires a bit when I am at 3000 or over going down a hill... it sounds kinda cool but I'm not sure how bad it is, if it is at all? Could someone please explain for me and probably some others here too what the cause(s) are for backfiring engines?

Welcome to the club! You'll find there are a few Frenchies here I hope one day you will find your 240Z as you will fall in love

I guess the votes speak for themselves George ROFL

Yeah, most of the Z's there were modified - a couple of stockers but most were modified fairly heavily! Very nice!!

Yeah I am sure that stuff along the side could be original. What I'm saying is it's ugly and ruins the lines of the car. Don't you make precious into a shopping trolley!!!! :finger:

The L engines are unstoppable. In a (lightened) 260Z shell I've seen an L26 do low 10 second quarter miles............ the shell was totally stripped out of course but wasn't tubbed or anything. That's pretty good for a 30 year old engine...

Please let's not turn this one into a debate too.... Very moving story owen, let's all hope the freedom granted by the brave men and women who fought over there will be appreciated.

I've got 2.25" with single Lukey muffler at the tail and mine sounds great But then again I'm one of those "young" people who like to have to turn up the stereo full-bull just to hear it over the exhaust note At idle he sounds fairly lopey (compared to newer engines) and at 1000 he sounds smooth and nice. At 2000 if you are pushing any petrol in, it will resonate pretty badly (to the extent where you think you might be in a 4-cylinder! :tapemouth ) and then when you reach 2500 it's very quiet. 3000 he's loud and throaty and 4000 he's screaming and wanting more. 5000 he starts to feel a bit breathless and I don't make a habit of going that far, let alone beyond...... I can't talk on the highway, but I say if you want a quiet car get a Merc (that's Mercedes for you yanks, not Mercury)

Sell your car, sell your house, sell your soul and sell your daughters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If it's real... If it's just a good replica, you probably won't have to sell your soul. I'm sure Alan knows several *other* distinctions between the two, other than the chassis number. You'd want to make sure it's the real deal before you buy I'm sure...

I think it would look silly having someone's head poking out from underneath that fat convertible... it'd be like one of those caddy cruisers from the 50s where you can hardly see the person inside......... hard top please

well BLAH to you conservatives BLAH! I can't say if they will fit or not, but chances are with some flares it'll look great With an RB26DETT swap I'm assuming you don't care TOO much about handling (it will be more of a fun/show car am I right???) so the extra rotational inertia won't be too much of a hassle I would assume? I say go for the stock black bolt on flares because they look so damn fine. But I like that old Japanese look with fender mirrors etc. and a lot dont so whatever works eh Any pics of your project?

I swear I looked everywhere for a pram, Rick! I dont care if that white one is all original or not, someone needs to get all that crap off the side of it!

Georrrrrrrrrge... So, what's the plan for your next car? If you dont mind telling...

Suffering succotash! A one owner 1600 SSS in Malaysia... well I never... Some Z's came frmo the factory with clear indicators? Are you sure? btw: did you know succotash is actually something?!?! It's like a native indian stew!!!

Since I'm a relatively younger person here and I wasn't even around when the 300ZX came out, I have no idea what the world was like in the early 70s when the Z arrived. After the Z Nationals here in Australia a question has popped into my mind regarding the paint quality on some of these cars. Some of them were absolutely amazing to look at, jst because the paint was so incredibly good. I've never really thought about it before but how good was the paint on these cars when they came out of the show room? Paint technology has come a long way in the last 30 years I'm sure, but how much exactly I'm not so sure about. Can any of you wise people explain how good the paint was back then? It's not so much a hard question, as a hard answer! But I'm hoping you might be able to shed some light on this.