Gav240z

I had a look at the photo's of under your car and can almost be 100% positive there the 280zx CV unit's on there. It's pretty hard to explain the differences but if I can find some photo's of what halfshaft uni joint type look like I'll upload em'. Must be putting out alot of torque to bust those up, so what's it like driving a v8 Z as oppose to the inline 6?

I've heard that deburing and polishing too far causes the fuel mixture to stay binded in blobs as oppose to become a spray when entering the combustion chamber and can make the explosion uneven and cause the car to loose power ??? I've never done this or had this problem just something I was discussing with someone who said he worked with engines alot. Could be like my crossflow head theory for those that read my post there and I could be talking complete bollocks. Awaiting correction Gav,

In Australia I've never seen a 240z with a 260z dash that was meant to be in there. But I have seen alot of Japanese Z's especially those of the ZG nature with the 260z dash. Interesting thread. Gav

I know your Z quite well so I'll be sure to keep an eye out. I figured it would be a good idea to show pictures of what it looks like to keep others who don't know on the look out and what to look for. http://forums.melbccr.com/uploads/225758-DCP02859.JPG http://forums.melbccr.com/uploads/225765-DCP02858.JPG Good Luck:classic:

I think you should put the badges back on. I really like the lower fender ones that read D A T S U N I also like the bonnet one that says Datsun. Problem is old badges look tacky but new badges look stunning. It's your call but I think when I get a chance I'll get a new set for my Z. Jazz her up a bit besides we don't want to get anyone thinking she's a old Ferrari . Z is better anyway .

Not 100% sure but they are necessary after you break your half shafts a couple of times. I'd say anything around 300-400HP will make them cry and give up but that's just a guess. :classic:

Well having owned a 2+2 I don't mind them so much. Do you think that if they do become the rarest of all Z's they will also become valuable? Like the Volvo P1800 the wagons are worth quite a bit because they are very rare here in Aus anyway.:classic: See Attached.

Thanks for clearing that up. Still makes no sense about the 280z chassis prefix but I guess it doesn't really matter since we don't have to deal with the 280z here in Aus. I still see alot of 260z 2+2's infact there the most common ones on the road to see. I see more 260z 2 seaters than 240z's but in all cases it's quite rare in fact I'm positive I see more mustangs around than Z's and we didn't even get Mustangs here did we ben? Seems that your right nobody is restoring 280zx's or 2+2 260z's there are of course a few but you may very well be right the 240z's may be the most common in years to come. Cheers.

Searched on Ebay in the hopes of finding something that might help but the only chassis prefix's I could get on 280z's was HLS30??? This boggles me because I know that the 240z here in Aus is HS30 the 260z RS30 and the 2+2 260z GRS30. Is it the same prefix for 260z's in the US? RS30? It's just something I've never thought about any input is appreciated. :classic:

Steve as far as I know the 280zx became S130. I'm not sure about the prefix for the 280z's as you know us Aussies never got them but I'd say it would be similar to the RS30 convention here in Australia. I'd say that the 280z had another number in front of S30 as S30 resembles the early body shape. S130 designates the new body style Bruce care to share what the chassis prefix on your 280z is? A couple of years back I saw a 280z advertised here in Australia I bet there's a couple floating around but not many. Cheers. As for 2+2's I used to own a 2+2 as Zpeed knows and they were still the fun of an early Z but the extra weight and the looks were not as good. Would I get another? Maybe but it would have to be turbo to be any fun and to get it moving with 4 people in it. But the 2 seaters are just so much better. I don't think I'll ever own a 280zx but never say never.

I didn't even realise you'd made yourself a member till I saw that little yellow car in your avatar :classic:. I enjoyed those video's incase I forgot to mention. I still have to show you my new Z sometime. Speak later :classic:.

Sorry all I remember being similar is that the Ignition Barrels are identical and maybe the handbrake. I don't know of any lists but have a poke around somewhere like Pick a part they have plenty of junked old Datsuns you can go through them and find out for yourself. I remember seeing a ZX turbo their once and I couldn't take the engine out at the time still kick myself .

Truth be told I don't hate it we've all seen some pigs on E-bay abondoned like bastard childs . I agree why try and make it look like a Ferrari? I mean the kit is half ZG half Ferrari, Would have looked much better all ZG that's for sure. If you see a ZG up close it does reminisce the word Ferrari, my mates yellow Z has a Gnose and I remember thinking it looked like some kind of old Ferrari X with a porsche. It's in my Gallery called Jack's 240zg. The turbo engine is what I like . Can anyone explain what that piping that came on the ZX Turbo engines really does? I'm talking about that one that goes from the spark plug side and over the valve cover and down onto the intake manifold. I mean was this to cool the manifold? doesn't look like it would do much. Most owners have removed these or they don't exist on most turbo Z's I see so just curious. Anyway I have a habbit of going off topic. All I can say is that I'm glad that Gnose doesn't look like the real deal OEM piece so I don't mind if he cut holes in it.

Never even heard of an 05l head before??? I don't know which engine heads the L20 had but I'm pretty sure I recall something about a E30 engine head. Seems a strange setup is it the L20 six cylinder? If you going to go with an L24 setup I would change over to a early E88 or E31. I've learnt the early E88 were almost identical to the E31's. Also the earliest of the 240z's had about 9:1 compression and the L24 loved to be revved with the 3.9 rear end. :classic: Here in AUS anyway.

Yeah I think there the same commercials on both.

Thanks for that guys, I liked the Dream Garage one . Here's a pic of what I've done so far, I've used some images that Mike provided on this site as well as a Datsun symbol. I also used Flash to give it that cartoonish feel when it's converted to a vector drawing. You see my assignment is to design an advertisement for a product of course I decided to market the Z. I wanted to add people to the picture but I wanted to keep it period like and have a 70's guy and girl but found it hard to locate pictures of people from the 70's on the net. I just feel the add needs something a little more. Gav

http://www.yadamnfool.com/Z_Commercials2.htm here is some old Datsun commercials for the Z car. Alot of it is based on the 280zx but there is some S30 Z stuff to be found on here. Enjoy I've downloaded them all

I'm after pictures of old Datsun posters for the Z car. I've seen a few in the past can't find them at the moment. Does anyone have any links to them? Or photo's they could post up here. I'm looking to make a commercial for a Z as part of an assignment I have to do on principles of Design. Thanks.

I'm pretty sure that the Skyline GTR wheels were 5 stud. If you were in Australia getting these would be fairly easy not sure how you'd go about it in the US. Good luck