The C110

Greak work, kent im really interested to see how it turns out!! [it may be inspiration for me.

Ill have to find out, thanks heaps.

Cheers michael, thanks for the info. Out of interest, what brand of additive do you use? Tom

Yeah the prob is that its 'lead replacement' fuel, and ive been told, like you said luke, that the quality of that fuel is abysmal. Ill have to check what head i have, is there any way of knowing without ripping the thing off? Given that its a 73' 240k though, the chances are that its an earlier brass valve seated head...Does anyone know of any particular brands of additive? I think i have heard of valve seat hardening too, lachlan, but im not sure where you could get it done and how exp. it is...

Im wondering what type of petrol most of you use for your L series motors. I know they mostly adapt to unleaded quite well, but ive been told that its quite a dry fuel, and can lead to valve seat recession. Im currently using unleaded in my l24 and ive not had any problems, however, a friend mentioned to me that there are various lead or zinc based additives that can prevent vsr. How often would you add a product like this and is it necessary? Also, despite these engines not being designed for unleaded, is 98 octane beneficial, due to it burning cleaner? Any help would be much appreciated. Tom

Hah!! Bastards...why dont i just stick rx3 rotary powerd badges on my 240k...

Thats cool, michael, ive got a couple of gl grilles to muck around with. If i get fed up, i can always take the plunge and buy a replica. Having looked at all of your photos, the job seems to be fairly well done! Just for interests sake, on datsunworld.com [a british datsun ' history' website], the c110 enamel blue coupe is yours, no? [maybe the previous owners?] Thanks razor, im glad to be a part of a decent c110 community now. Cheers for the link to SAU, just joined up there. More tasty info to get my teeth into (= ...

Dunno if it will help, but whiteline make swaybars for the 240k [as i was abt to buy one the other week]. With this in mind it may be fair to assume that they make other bits specific to the 240k too... In my brief exchange with the suspension guy who informed me of the whiteline swaybars, he reccomended some front camber adjusters [k-mac possibly?]. Koni adjustables or bilsteins would be the way to go in terms of dampers obviously, but dependant on your budget. Not sure if your aware, but its pretty easy to modify the front struts on a 240k to turn them into coil-overs...Hope any of that helps, Tom

Cheers alfadog, its great to see that theres such a following for 240k's in oz. I was starting to think that it was a lost cause, no-one in the street really knows the significance of my car...Anyways, sometime next week ill post pics of me beastie, as im 'abroad' atm...Im fairly certain the build date is around nov 73', havent looked at the build plate for a while. I figured the parts would be pricey, real bits would be stratospheric[?], so replica is the only go? Id like to have a chat to michael, as his soloution appears to be the most sensible. Ah and by the way, last week i spent a few days cannibalising my mates dilapodated 240k, so if anyone is interested in bits [it was a c110 gl auto sedan], just give me a yell. Thanks again alfadog, Tom