240ZX

Craig, Thanks for the heads up! I'm looking into it. Wensday the 11th of May. All I'm lacking is a helmet. Would be a perfect opportunity to feel her (Z) out and discover the limits of my car and of course me as well. I would be running street tires (Yokohama ES100's).

Bill, the Panasports are really nice looking wheels however, if you want to be different, as tons of folks run the Panasports, you may consider something different. Your choices will increase if you incorperate wheel adaptors that change the stock Datsun bolt pattern to the Honda bolt pattern. Most wheels available today are intended for front wheel drive cars (more offset, compensated by the applicable width of the wheel adaptors), so there are by far more wheels to choose from. You can opt for 15", 16", 17" or even 18" wheels. As long as you don't use a wheel wider than 7" or 8" you should be able to have them fit under your Z without issues.....any wider wheel and you will likely need to convert to coilovers to achieve for the additional clearance needed. Just some food for thought Bill.

Damn Disney charactures anyway!!!! Carl, I never heard the story....but, it's very clear now about Bambikiller240.

Crap! I hate it when I post more than once....sorry folks!

I'll second that Ron! Fiberglass - much lighter that the flexible units and typically cost less as well. I remember an incident with a babbit at about 60mph....the rabbit won! The friggin aid dam (fiberglass BRE type) literally exploded into pieces as there was just no safe way to avoid it! So, as Ron recommends, buy two or be prepared to buy an additional one at some point in time. As far as price goes....for the actual performance that a good air dam provides, it's a bargin. When I added a front and rear BRE type spoilers to my 240Z (which by the way sits pretty damn low) I was amazed at the difference in stability at speeds of 80mph and above. The car no longer exhibited the floating sensation.

Hey everybody, Chris is getting kick-backs from SportZ Magazine!!!

Why? For all the same reasons politicians do what they do......pure stupidity!!! :sick:

Jayru, I'll bet your happy! Looks like a real sports car now......nice choice!

OOOPs...deleted the second post :stupid:

I'm with Gary regarding the mag. I let my subscription expire because there was very little on the early Z cars and what was provided was basically beginner stuff. I also contacted the magazine and made suggestions about possible coverage on club racing, auto-X, and such (pertaining to the early Zs)......but nothing but 350Z stuff and now G35 stuff!!!??? I see more stuff about the early Z car in the Grassroots mag! I guess if you are a total newbee to Zs, SportZ is a good choice...and if one associates a 350Z with the real Z cars. Beyond that, there's the pictures that have no explaination....are we supposed to just guess about there importance. And the woman always looking like she's working on a Z....come on, who is she? I guess the only reason I subscribed at all was because the mag happened to put a picture of my 240 in it, and without even asking permission to use my photo...what's up with that kind of business? Like I said, good NEWBEE mag and to much 350Z and now G35 stuff. Sorry Art, those are just my feelings and have nothing to do with the hard work you folks put into the mag. Wish you luck in the future.

WASTE CAN'em or maybe give them to some 350Z guy....I mean, isn't that what that mag is all about anymore....350Z's ?

Interesting comment about steel wheels! I don't believe I've ever heard that steel wheels are notorious for going out-of-round....unless of course one bashes rocks and potholes! I'm curious, what leads you to believe steel wheels are notorious for going out-of-round?

I suspect that by now "blue fire" is thinking......what a bunch of wise guys and they're having too much fun on my behalf....all I want is an air dam, damn!!! :tapemouth

When replacing my original choke knob with a new one, I had to do a little custom fitting to have go on without loading the plastic knob and I also made a little recess in the steel lever for the knob set-screw to seat in. I did this to avoid over tightening the tiny set-screw and cracking the new plastic knob. Just one of those little details for longer knob life.

Made me laugh Rick! Thanks for the funny Tom

Carl, would you please quit giving out all the good secrets......

Oh, the college days......the days when money was scarse and babes were plentiful. I remember actually overhauling the 289 in my 1965 Mustang under the car port (my parking spot). Alot of moving tools and stuff around everytime I worked on it. One of my favorite memories was the usual trips my bubbies and I took over to the stewardess school dormitories......so many womwen....so little time!

sccabrian, that's a pretty big request. I somehow doubt that anyone is going to reply to this type of question as the answer would qqqqqqqquit lengthy. I would recommend spending some time doing some research on the subject. It's all been done before with numerous write-ups on it. Tip #1 -look through the archives here and @Hybridz. I wouldn't suggest asking the same question at Hybridz either as you will likely get the same responce. There are just too many unknowns about your car and the donor car to even begin answering your question. Sorry to be the one to poop your bubble, but you gotta do some homework on your own first. It sounds as though you've never pulled an engine or worked on engine systems before. You have to learn to walk before you can run. It's all about the details...and of course time and money! Good luck

Eric, the Rolex Sports Car series with the Daytona Prototypes and the GT cars (250 miles)...Grand Am Series with formula BMW USA and also the Mazdaspeed Miata Cup. The event is being presented by Shell V-Power and the Grand Am Road Racing Association. It will be going on fri, sat, & sun (4-29-05, 4-30-05, & 5-01-05) I plan to drive up early Saturday morning, catch some of the races (maybe), spend the night, and watch races on Sunday. There is also a MARQUE MADNESS thing as well (a number of different car clubs are having corral parking down on the infield (pavement) with some additional privileges for those who join in on the corral parking. You may want to check out the Laguna Seca website for details. Could be entertaining!

And the proper spelling is..."luminaire"

What? No takers! Hummmmmmmm, interesting.

Just out of interest, are any members from the SoCal area attending the races at Laguna Seca the end of this month? If so, it might be fun to drive up as a group of Z's and enjoy the great back roads on the way up. Anyone?

Man, did anyone get a visual on that one......? That I'd like to see! I'm sure she would be confused with dual SU's.....

One come on the standard model and the other comes on the GT ® model..... Sorry, I couldn't resist the opportunity! Hell, I couldn't even identify a 240K, period!!!

Wow, I didn't know the Z's came with ABS, power steering, air conditioning, leather seats, ect., etc., as standard items!!! My bid wouldn't even be 1/2 of what is being asked....way over priced and the seller must be smoking some pretty serious buds IMO!!! I think I'll repaint my 1970 and put it up for let's say......$35,000.00 yah, that sounds about right!