Victor Laury

You want input? Try the Arkansas Z Car Club They might have an Idea or two for you.

I've done some dumb sh*% in my day, but... Good thing nobodies Z was parked at the curb! It's unfortunate that he will probably live to breed.

Ok. Is this: A) curly from the 3 stooges? the psycho killer from the movie "Identity"? C) A Z hobbyist from Los Angeles?

Darren, It's VERY likely that your thermostat IS stuck open or missing. It should only take 5 minutes to come up to temp. Ok, that being that, you still want to know why your car runs crappy while cold - I don't know. Mine does too. I always left that question to the "Nature of the Beast" category, as All my Z's have operated that way. I run with the choke on for the first mile or so, to keep from stumbling in the middle of the intersections.

I'm driving to El Cajon (just east of San Diego) in the wee hours, thursday. Hopefully (but doubtfully) I'll beat the traffic!

Daniel's method has been mine too for the quite some time. through roadsters 510's z's, well, let's just say a "S" load of SU's. Now, just about every phillip's head screw I remove gets a couple taps for good luck. Of course, this is from a guy that a ball pean and a torch are his favorite tools.

Ajax, Have you seen the cover of the latest MSA sale flier? It almost looks as good as your car did.

ok, the photo for the 11/72 is too dark to see. On my 72, with the bolt on mounting points, is about 3'' further aft than the location on your 280. Notice the location of the bracket in respect to the seat-belt-retractor pocket. Does this look like the same location for the 73?

Can't stand to look at them again. Especially after scrolling up in this thread and seeing how g.d. nice you had it looking!

Well, the ad is gone. As I remmber (so there may be errors) the car was in the San Dimas area, priced around 6 ~ 7K and the ad read that the car was in excellent condition (of course, the never describe them as junk, do they?). The photos looked great and I was thinking of driving out to look at it. As a matter of fact, I believe another member, outside the state, was intersed in it as well. Hey, New member with a new car, Time for some photos for your gallery!

73 Rootbeer/butterscotch? Was this the car on collectorcartraderonline last month? That car looked good!

The further you go back, the more involved Hitachi was in Nissan cars. My 1965 PL320 pickup is almost completely manufactured by Hitachi. The Hitachi sunburst logo is on so many components, they might as well used it for the hood emblem!

I don't know.. I think you did a pretty good job, Carl.

The problem with the question is, which 5 speed? The FS5C71B fitted to all the NA and the earliest turbosXZ's are a bolt-in. The T5 units from the turbos are a pain. Search "T5" for more details or a good T5 install FAQ here

Dude! If she wasn't your "EX" before the accident... she sure is now! P.S. What's that white stuff all over the place?

Nick, I did not change the any of the foam or any of the seat structures during my re-covering. It appeared to me that the CDM cover had the same vinyl texture patteren as the oiginal Horse-hair? I don't recall seeing horse hair on my 72 seats. The foam was covered with thin plastic, that was mostly degraded and torn. I used talcum powder as a lubricant, in order to slip on the covers as tightly as possible. The CDM seat cover replicated all the mounting details, having all the pockets for the mounting wires in the correct locations.

Call him, he'll tell ya all his negotiations with the manufacturer, reserching the correct texture pattern, ect, on and on till you think, "all right already! I got it!"LOL They go on well. I did mine in one evening, in my living room, while watching TV. I did need to buy hog-ring and a hog-ring plier. $7.00 at the hardware store.

The right amount of shock add to torque force, does nothing but good when loosening any fastener. Impact tools got their bad name by their improper useage by the bozo at the tire shop. Take a good look at him one time ..... His socket on that impact wrench is so very worn out, It's almost the next size up! So to start with, he's concentrating the force on the points of the fastners. Then, he doesn't care if the impact value is set too high or not "just spin em off" is all that matters too him. Placing your phillips driver firmly into the screw-head and tapping the back of the driver lightly with a ball-peen hammer may allow you to extract the screw without damage. The same method is employed, no matter what the scale, from 1/32'' to 10''. In my industry, to loosen a 4'' nut, you use a 3 foot long wrench and a 2 pound mallet. The shock allows you to remove the fastner with just enough torque with out damage. When I nod my head, you hit it.

Thanks Alan. Nissan's "tinkering" and race development is one of the reasons our marque has so much allure to me. It would seem that even before the influence of Prince Motors, Nissan never just sat back and let their products stagnate. I believe that's a reason why the Nissan/Prince combination turned out to be as potent as it did. Added "fuel to the fire", you might say.

The FS5C71A (long tail model) was used in the non-U.S market S30 models to 1974(?). Notice the flanged output, three piece case, two piece driveshaft and "eyelet" shifter mounting. The later models (including U.S. Market used the FS5C71B. notice the 2 piece case, splined output and different shifter mounting.

Coca-Cola?

classic datsun motorsports fitted solex locks on a fj20 powered BRE-ish 510 project. If they fit the 510, they gotta fit the Z.... right?

Just to add, the other day one of the roadster vendors let me see a possible "works" head for a SR311 U-20 motor. This head was cast with injection ports directly into the combustion chamber and an additional boss at each port for injector hardware mounting. There was no question that these changes were cast as original instead of machined on afterward. Nissan Motorsports, Gardenia, was Very interested in the head and took many photos and measurements, but could supply no history or source information. Since only one of these has surfaced, we can only assume it was an expiremental platform built by Nissan. Alan, were any of the injection methods Nissan used you mentioned a "direct port" method? or were they all throtle body injection?

The 5 speed fits, but the raitos are a bit wider.