Victor Laury

Those are sweet, Ben. I got out bid on that last set. Didn't want to commit too deep on them because their offset was questionable. But the are dead on. Since I've started "Shopping", I've seen that they come up from time to time for a reasonable price. I've started to keep my eye on the club4ag.com forums as that seems to be a hot bed of wheels for sale that fit Z's, Roadsters and Bluebirds.

Eric, Found a diagram showing the throttle stop screw and fittings of a 44 PHH, of the "Late" series (single screw jet cover) 44 PHH Notice items 37 ~ 41

Several different Mikuni PHH series have different throttle stop arrangements for idle speed adjustment. None are cast in the carb assembly, but fastened to the sides with screws and limits the rest point of the throttle arm. If you have none, do you have turn buckle style throttle pull rods? those "can" be used to balance the idle speed of each carb, but it's not ideal as the main rod will twists and not always comes to rest at the same point.

Early 1980's Western brand mesh style? That's my guess. Nice offset on them, good deep dish. Keep them, get them polished and repaint the centers. Lug nuts at any Pepboys. Then, people will say "Nice Wheels!"

Too Cool! Hey! He's got a bunch of shots of my roadster! roadster 1 roadster plaques Roadster engine He must LOVE EricB's car, cause there's a bunch of his EricB's Ride I couple great shots of Stephen's L320 pickup, suitable for framing. I think it won that year. Stephan's 320

Got to agree with you. After reading Lachlan's Michael's and James's posting about the pride and joy of 240K ownership, I want to curse Nissan for not selling them in the States Those Bastards!

well, I just so happen to have a B'jillion dollars right here in my back pocket, and if I want a dam twin cam head..... I'll install an RB motor!

Don't pay too much for ole red there mate. What is up with the fender? has the body rotted away soo much that the fender no longer has anything to bolt to on the bottom? I hope not! The goods? I like the American Racing Vectors, fine, very light wheels. Get some more info on the car before you sell yourself. Is it close enough to you where you can inspect it? If you go to see it ALWAYS give yourself the room to WALK AWAY if it's not much of a car. If it's a bargain, (under $1,000?) get it and get some Z expirence. Heck, I'd hate to see you start off with a parts car!

I have them on my daily driver last three years. No worries. Allows me to make a 90 and - almost - maintain the "10 - 2" hand position.

Yes, Service this immediately! The Infamous "5th gear neutral" ends in catastrophic failure as the nut completely backs off and the shaft basically comes apart!

The 4 speed should not be so malaigned. The ratios are very pleasing and complimentary to the engine's powerband and rear ratio. You got to admit, Nissan knows their stuff. The worst thing about the 4 speed - no overdrive The best thing - plenty of cheap spares, as most Z nuts have at least one extra left over from a 5 speed swap! I got 2 for door stops. Yes, we Gringos were short-changed by not getting the sweet shifting FS5C71A in our early Z's like the rest of the world. But, just try to find parts for that box now and you wont feel so bad about it.

It's 4 hours of work. IF (big IF) you can find a lift to do it on, so much the better. Doing on your back is not as plesant. Don't forget to drian the transmission before you drop it, as a slick of 3 quarts of gear oil will make the job even harder.

BTW, I noticed that your in San Diego. If you take your box to Classic Datsun Motorsports, Les will agent the work to a Nissan Transmission specialist that does work you can have complete cofidence in.

Yes, fairly sure. The countershaft bearing sits in the bottom of the case and is usally the first to go. Corrections to my original post FS5W71B (W not C, indicating "Warner" style brass sycros) Nissan offers no "Kit" and building one from Nissan stock would be $$$$.00 . However, they are availible aftermarket at a very resonable price $137.87, part # MRK100600 from Drivetrain.com

You're most likely losing a countershaft bearing. It's not uncommon after 60K miles. Steel in the oil is a good (or bad) indicator. $400.00 or so spent on a refresh (new bearings, seals and as-needed sycros is, in my opinion, money well spent on any transmission your going to use. Most "Real" transmission shops will have no problem navigating a FS5C71B, as there's nothing "new" or "High tech" about them. But, I suggest that, You buy the Nissan kit, and supply it to the mechanic, ensuring that he'll use the right parts.

A PHH Mikuni, DCOE Weber, Delo's, and others are just a pair of single throat carbs that share a float bowl.

Michael, You are a frigging photoshop artist! That is so cool. The red wheels look better on the green car than I had thought. But, I agree with you, The Bronze TE37's do look agressive. although, You have to take in account, your photo retouch on the TE37's, look like the diameter is more like 18's, than the 15's I plan on. The grand saved for the real-deal Wats is another thought I had as well. But I can't find a importer/distrib in the U.S. I wrote RSWat, I wonder if they will reply? That 15'' S30 set up they have on the web site looks awsome!

Keith, I like Panas, I really do. But what do you see at a Datsun Show? 1/3 of the cars in Pana's. Know what I mean? That's why I bought the Revo's for the Roadster. Couldn't stand to be "Just another Roadster in Pana's". It's nice to know there are alternatives. And compared to the SSR's and the Volks, Pana's are boat anchors. True, The Wats would be about the same, but they're Wats, so a little leeway is warrented.

I'm hoping the mark III's do come in other colors. Here's how the pricing works out, delivered to my local rice shop. Volks $1,120 SSR's (both mks) $1,350 Wats (he's looking for a distributor) $ 2,000+?

I've decided The new wheels are needed. Just tired of the 14X5.5 old school american wheels and looking for the the following Stlye Forged Quality Light Vintage look Soi far the choices are SSR MKII SSR MKIII Dio you think the Red Centers will go with my Lime green car? Or Volk Racing TE37

Do you want to look at mine? I could stop by tomorrow.

Spelling errors or no, it's still a good poll. I do both, at work and at home. And Bill, Never, Ever, allow any criticism (even light hearted, friendly jabs) discourage you from communicating. Your participation in this forum is one of the best methods to improve communication skills. The effort to make one's views clear is something no one ever stops developing. And, the learning is in the doing. The difference in your first post to this forum, compared to your current postings are evident proof that this is true. I am a pathological miss-speller. And, at times, my sentence structure is miss-mash. But, for the past 30 years, I've had to communicate in the workplace via memoranda and presentations. The more I do, the better I get. And, it never stops being hard, and always rewarding. Thoughts are not written words. They are more like images. It has never been easy to give someone else the same metal image you want to express.