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Hi Eric, is your thermostat the rotary control type with a capillary tube extending down to the evaporator? If so you can go to your local Mack Truck Dealer and order number 4379-RD41720. This is a variable thermostat with a range of 34 to 52 degrees and has a 27 inch tube. It wont be exactly like yours but it should work. Current price is between $19.77 and $22.90 depending on if they give you a good deal or not. Although that's not much of a price difference. Ed is right, no 240Z came with factory air and I have seen two different control pods in the cars. Much luck, Chris

Hey Vicky, from what I've read in HOT ROD and the other mags of the same type, 427 is attainable from a 400 small block chevy with the right bore and stroke and an aftermarket crank. Same old small block Chevy but pumped up to crazy power levels. I can't think of the brand names but I've seen some ads for "new" Chevy small blocks in a wide variety of sizes. 383/406/410/427...it boggles the mind that the aftermarket supports all the different varieties of Chevy stuff. Chris P.S. I actually read an article in I think CarCraft a few years ago where they built a 427 small block and called it the "Mighty Mouse". (Because big block Chevy's are called Rats)

The flat side of the seal should face out towards the drive shaft. Chris

Just got my August edition of Hot Rod. It did a story on the "Pump Gas Drags" They invited 50 of the fastest street cars running pump gas. 41 showed up. Mark Eggers of Clearwater Florida wound up 31st. Here's the story verbatim. "Coulda, shoulda, woulda: Mark Eggers' combo of a 2,840 pound Nissan Z-car stuffed with 427 cubic inches of Motown small-block had the potential to take it all. Just two weeks before HOT ROD's Pump Gas Drags, it had run 9.35-second average e.t.'s to capture the True Street win at a Pro Edelbrock race-that's a quicker average than this year's Pump Gas Drags winner. Unfortunately, on the Memphis starting line the car bit more than it could chew: a two-bounce wheelie on the first pass did in the oil pan, and the resulting leakage prevented a third pass." The poor guy ran a 14.62 at 65.84 then ran a 9.25 at 146.38 before the oil pan stopped him. The winner was a 67 Chevelle that ran an average of 9.40 at 141. Would have been nice for the Z to beat up on all those others. Oh well, even though I dont like V8 conversions it was nice to see a 240Z in HOT ROD. The picture shows him doing " The Most Violent Wheelstand" He's quoted as running a best of 9.10 at 149. That's fast. Chris Attached picture better than one of holeshot

Hey Zwolley, I dont think anyone who's responded to this thread "advocates physical punishment" as you put it. We are merely stating how it was for us. I can tell you stories if you'd like but this isnt the place. I do carry the scars of abuse so you're preaching to the choir. Being married to a great gal who just happens to work for the state's Child Protective Services Department and has a degree in psychology and has worked with abused children for 13 years, I have learned a thing or two about how to raise a child. Chris

Respect is a learned behavior. You learn it by watching others who are respectful. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Chris

Hey Alfadog, it just one of those Septic sayings!! You make some good points for a 19 year young!! Chris

Hey Greg, nobody with a Z is stupid! Just uninformed! Chris P.S. Bring on your pictures!!!!!!!

I realize Nebraska isnt Canada (althought it feels like it some winters)but I drive a 72 daily. In any weather! I've been driving a 240Z for 20 years and never gotten stuck. This past winter my buddy got his Civic SI stuck in an 8 inch snowfall....I drove TO him and pushed him out then DROVE home....in the Z!! I love to drive by folks in there FWD and 4WD cars and trucks while they're digging themselves out of a snow pile. My .02 Chris

Do it Sarge!!!!!! Chris

Hey Greg, there is a attach file box below the box that you type in. Chris

I never knew my biological father, my mom married another guy and they had a daughter, my sister. I was disciplined with an iron fist by my mom but my "dad" wasnt to lay a finger on me. I did some stupid stuff as a teenager and I look back now and wonder what a good "father" role model would have done for me then. My sister got away with murder till she left the house. And she still at 31 years old is irresponsible and unrealiable and does what she pleases with no regrets. I guess I learned a little more than she did growing up. Oh well! Oh, its my PS2, my kid can get his own with his own money!!!! Chris

Eh, you hoser.

I believe that would be Moosehead. All you beer drinkers chime in now. Although Google turned up an Arlin Karger in Moorehead Minnesota that makes his own Pilsner....... Meanwhile the "oral adventures of Craven Moorehead" continue....... Chris

Hey HKSZ, why is the DMV so picky about what engine when you register the car? I have a L28 in my 240 and the DMV could care less, they just want to know how many cylinders and what fuel it burns. Curious, Chris

Thanks for the great reading Ben and Chris!! That LY powered car sounds like a gem. $60,000 US for the motor? 25 years ago even. Wonder what that is in todays money? SHEEEESHH!! Chris

Fluffy?????? ROFL Farm animals?????? :finger: Chris

Stopped to get gas yesterday on my way to a club show. Guy walks over and starts to talk about how he misses his 77 280Z. Says he packed all his belongings in it and moved here from Cali. Then later I'm about 4 miles from the dealership where the show was and another guy pulls up and asks "what year" and I tell him to come to the show. He shows up and lo and behold, he's got THREE 240's at home in various states of repair. I think he's gonna get a lot of help getting them going now!!!:classic: Yes, it is truly amazing the number of people out there with such fond memories of their former cars and those I continue to find that have treasure at home hidden away. Chris

Ditto!!:classic: Chris

I'm a virgin. Saving myself for Jessica Simpson! Chris

Car show Sunday 6-27-04 at Woodhouse Nissan in Bellevue. Starts at 2:00 PM. All you hidden Z owners out there in Nebraska and Iowa and Northern Kansas and Missouri come on up. Chris

Good one BillLOL What do you get when you cross a Peterbilt a Kenworth and a Freightliner(aka Freightshaker)? A Peterworthshaking! Chris