Gav240z

If you look at our US counterparts they seem to have them as a standard item maybe in Australia they weren't essential back in the 70's and therefore never fitted?

Yeah I think it was optional just like the rear window defogger on the 240z's not sure though I remember seeing a later 260z 2+2 which had the hazard switch fitted. I think the 77 models had them standard. I've always thought it's a good idea also. Let me know if you come up with anything. Gav

Yes she's a bit rough look at the guard in the wheel photo looks a bit rusted and beaten up. Although she's perfect for a set of JDM flares and the Gnose is good work. I would consider buying her maybe not for $24,000 though.

Yeah sounds like a charge issue see how the battery goes. If not look toward the alternator.

Ok well first I would want to confirm that the problem is electrical. Since I had this problem with my "260z" when I had a thermo fan attached which would drain even more power from the car. The good thing about a 260z is you can see the voltage meter in a 240z it's a bit harder with amps. Is there anyway you can hook up a volt meter while your in the car to see this? Your volts should sit between 12 & 16 ideally at around 14 anything lower than 12 and you know it's a charge problem. As I said before you should confirm this is a problem with the electrical system and nothing else. If you are sure check the battery water levels as you may or may not know each cap in the battery has it's own reservoir(spelling?). If they are above the electrodes either your battery is stuff or it's a charge issue. The next place to look is the alternator, if you look on the back of the alternator you can tell if it's fried by the metal connector at the back it will look burnt out 9/10 times that's what stuffs up and causes huge resistance sometimes it can be internal or the voltage regulator but check these other items first. Since you do say it's when the headlights are on I'm inclined to believe it is electrical however with these problems I stress you don't disregard any other area.

Air Flow meter or throttle position sensor or map sensor depending on the set up. Could be a vacumm leak of some sort. Just some suggestions.

Well it could be that your switching the lights on is causing more "load" on the alternator which makes the engine rpm's drop. It's quite normal in most cases you could try increasing the idle speed if it's really low but in most cases I wouldn't worry. You haven't been really descriptive, if your battery is very low as a result then you should probably check the water levels and retop with distilled water if neccessary. I really need a better description of what you mean by "rough" does it start to backfire or hesitate or just idle lower and cause the car to shake a little more? :nervous:

Yeah well you have a choice either rip off an American Muscle car or a Japanese Legend . I agree with what someone else said it wouldnt look so bad without all that riff raff everywhere but yeah I like to keep things stock cometically in terms of tail lights. I've seen so many Lancers with those Alteza style lights I can only imagine how hard it will be to find stock ones in 20 years time . Good thing I never plan on restoring one of those pathetic cars

Yes you can safely go aftermarket on this part. My slave cylinder appears to be leaking so I'll pick up an aftermarket my friend assures me they will be just as good as a stock Nissan one and fairly cheap compared with one too.

Yes but an RB30 will rev nicely depending on the ignition curve sure small strokes work well in terms of revving but you can overcome this with balancing and reducing rotational mass Ie: light flywheel etc.. The L28 with an LD28 crank will rev to 9000rpm if you want it to. It comes down to the ignition curve alot of the time.

Has happened to me a few times I used refresh before and that fixed the problem. I first noticed it on a MAC at Uni and thought it was a Mac issue but obviouly not. As Carl says comes and goes. Must be a problem with a particular item not loading correctly and stuffing up the page layout. Just hit the refresh button and it should fix it. :classic:

That was what i was thinking Vicky! However I have not driven a 280z so therefore I can't comment. I have driven a 280zx and let me tell you "BIG Difference" in handling.

Yeah the 260z is very similar to the 240z. A little bit heavier but not all that much. In Australia we didn't get the 280z so I have never driven one and couldn't say if they are alot worse off in handling or not. When it comes to early S30's the 240z is generally considered cream of the crop FWIW.

are you talking about a 280Z or 280ZX?

Sounds good, I'll have to take some pictures when mine get's back from being ported and polished. I can't wait to get the LD28 crank either I'll be sure to take a few happy snaps. Infact what I'm saying is I'm gonna document the entire build of my engine that's for sure

Sounds good I have a mechanic friend who teaches me everything and gets me trade prices on everything too it's great. We have been doing the valve stem seals for the last day or so and I've cut my hands so many times .. Next time I'll take the engine head out.

Good thread indeed. I haven't added all mine up but I'm sure I'm near the $12,000 mark between buying and the work I've done so far. The motor I'm building is probably gonna end up costing about $4500 on it's own and I won't get to touch the carbs yet or the gearbox. One day I'll add everything together and faint but I prepared myself to go to $35,000 on this car a long time ago

Z should be top 20 at least

Hi I noticed your running dished pistons, you'd probably be better off with the flat tops instead while you have the motor out and almost ready. I'd considering putting flat tops in as obviously you'll get higher compression and more power and it will also help with bottom end torque. I'm assuming that the STAGE3 camshaft is a rather wild combination as you haven't really stated what specs it is. You can counter the lack of low end torque by setting the cam timing using the cam gear numbers there should be a 1,2,3 and depending how your car is set up you have those options. From the looks of everything else you've done or been doing it would be a shame to go with dished pistons if you ask me. Nice work btw looks like your doing things properly .

I saw his website at some stage and the process he went through with the car. All i can really say is I know why he's selling it .

Yep agreed Z Kid infact I was gonna say that but didn't want to wizz off the owner looks like a bit of a ordinary car. He was running huge spacers with the flash wheels he had to me that says about how much he knows about doing things right.

yeah i want a new background too Alfa

thanks Gee I tried to type in www.allzparts.com last night and it didn't work then i tried in google but they obviously haven't sorted out there search meta tags and the such so i couldn't find it. That was what i was referring to. Cheers, Gav