Alfadog

Hi all My engine recently started tapping - dad says it is the tappets. Anyway, I tried to open my bonnet the other day but the pull handle just pulled out and did nothing Yeah so as you can imagine I am quite worried. Ithink the cable is snapped as it's pretty easy to pull out, and I pulled the actual cable and it just kept on coming out. So ermm.. how do I fix it? Last night in first gear occasionally my car made STRANGE noises too - like werereererer and schhhhh :( Thanks, Lachlan

And to think, some of you are bashing ricers...

hahaha cuong had a riced civic ROFL

I feel young and out of place here when you guys say things like what smg said!!! btw when I was looking to buy a Z I also looked at Preludes. *hides*

Ahhh so that's where teh song came from! Never knew that ...

just bog it all up mate she'll be right

Congratulations man !!!!

That's really bad... my dad had an accident with a minivan once. It was sitting in the middle of the lane with it's right indicator on, so dad passed it (in his immaculate black Alfa Spider I might add ) and she decides to turn LEFT instead. Yes, woman driver.

That roller has been photoshopped, but that RUF, errghhhhh I just cant believe you could do something so stupid to such a brilliant car.

'scuse me for being "hip" and "ricey" or whatever but I like it

Camo yes I did read what you posted on another site a long time ago - when I say red is less common than tan I was referring to ALL S30 Z cars. Black looks best anyway :tapemouth

750$ ?! wizz off to that ! Next year if I get some time I'll make one... until then, XP I'll stick to

I've seen a fair few tan interiors but never red. I think tan is the next most common after black.

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That's soooo nice - looks like a Z which, when it's done, will be absolutely fantastic Keep at it!

Yeah the Porsche looks like maybe a 935/937 bodykit - it doesn't quite look real to me. Same as the Renault rally car further down the page...

I'd like it if it wasn't such a blatant ripoff...

Hi Cuong recently bought an old November 1973 magazine (Motor Manual) talking about this certain Zed in it - a red 240Z with a Victorian number plate of [LMJ 974]. Just thought one of you might have some info about this car or where to find it's owner? He/She might want to find this magazine for themselves! Hell, if a magazine had my car in it I'd be all over it!! hehe Thanks for your attention, --Alfadog

Yeah I dont think I've seen any 2 seater S130s or Z31s ... oddness, I quite like the idea of a 2 seater Z31 Turbo ...

Mr Camo - really!? Are you sure?

I guess not many people are as hardcore into their car's history as some others are Alan... I guess it isn't so far fetched that he might just be thinking that the same car wouldn't be considerably different in different markets. And I'm guessing he doesn't have any contacts at Nissan in Japan - why would he want to? After all, the cars are the same in both countries!! You bring up some valid points however in the end he is just someone who knows enough about US market Z's to want to help others via the Internet. Maybe you should email him telling him what's what and he should slap right up the top "The Following Information Relates to US-Spec Z Cars Only" or whatever you deem appropriate. HOWEVER as for beandip not taking Alan's critique very well, remeber you said at the beginning of your post "I have used the info. from this site for the past 2yrs. and found them to be right on the $". To me that's just crying out for Alan to come and inform all of the truth, and remind us not to believe all you read (especially when it comes to the Inernet!). If I were you beandip I would just take it in stride as someone trying to educate us. Maybe you didn't like his tone, but that's the thing about the Internet - it's very easy to get offended by reading what someone says in a slightly different way to how they intended it. AND YOU ALAN, should be ashamed of yourself. Go write a damn book about it all - NOW!!!

hehe thanks i suppose sometimes I give it less credit than it deserves

Depends what you want really... And I wouldn't know what price to pay - I'm in Australia. I suggest you keep your eye out, look at everything and try to work out how much you need to pay for what kind of car you want. I made the mistake of buying too quickly (I inspected 6 Z cars in one day and then made my decision. Next time I won't be in such a hurry to buy one.

Aint that the truth... Well if it were up to me and I had 10k I would wait for a really nice 240 to show up and go for that. Restoring a car is something I would love to do though, and especially if you are close with a mechanic

if you have 10k saved up you could go right out and buy a pristine one with all the resto work already done...