240ZX

Shoot, my little 240 w/L28, 5 speed, 3.90 diff. blew right past this twin turbo 911 the other day............Ok, OK guys, your saying that's pretty impressive for an old 240 but hey, the 911 was parked on the road side!!! Ha, ha, ha, ha!!!

It's likely that the bands in your auto trans are slipping. Have you checked the fluid level and or changed the fluid?

Some things to consider. With your foot in it....full throttle, you will be at full advance in your distributor. I had a similar problem and discovered that the centrifical advance assembly was worn out and ran like crap at lower RPMs. Also, at full throttle the only circuits in your carbs that are working are the high speed circuits, so possibly the balance and or idle adjust screws may need adjustment, to achieve low speed and idle smoothness.

It's late in the day so I may have been a little haisty on the steering rack position but the rest of my previous post is OK! Sorry for any confusion!

If you did decide to move your steering rack, you would want to lower it instead of raising it but, it's much much easier to raise the front transverse pivot bolts on the crossmember. Much has been discussed about this subject but, the objective is to obtain front suspension geometry that does not induce steering input when bumps or dips are encountered in the road's surface. Hope this helps you out a little.

Could be wrong, but I don't think they are an original Datsun item! Come to think of it, I've never seen these animals before. Some of the other guys on this site are likely to know for sure. There's a lot of great information within the heads of these guys. If you want to find out.......post some information that's B.S. or incorrect and see how quick you will be corrected!!!! Hope this helps you out.

My 240 A/C is really cheap!!! Two windows down at 40mph!!! Just some humor there. Seriously, give Motorsport Auto a call. I believe they have a complete kit available.

Looks like you got it covered. Anyway, you can get the parts from Courtesy Nissan also. FYI 9-5127 = 23mm 9-5128 = 24mm 9-5129 = 25mm

Sounds like we agree it's a GM product anyway!!! Do you think if the person survived this, they're saying....."F_ _ _ing cell phones!!!!

Downfall, From your side of the fence, it sounds as though there is too many unknowns to this equation. If the guy is not a porting & polishing expert with loads of experience on Datsun L series engines......don't let him touch the manifold!!! Now if its just a matter of cleaning up the flashing left from the casting process, then maybe you'd be OK. But screwing around with port design is an art in it self! But that's just one man's opion!!!

Chevy Caprice???

Well Steve77, It would definitely be quick off the line however, you'll be wishing you had a 5th gear on the highway. But I'm sure you already know that.

FYI, I decided to use motorcycle fork oil. It's designed for a sliding mechanism and has anti-foaming additives as well. Your choices are wide.....5w, 7w, 10w, 15w 20w!!! If there are any drawbacks with this oil, I have encountered none! I am using 15w, in order to obtain a little quicker piston/needle responce. When choosing oil viscousity, consider the temperature of where you live and drive your toy. Cold weather, use lighter oil and for hot weather, use heavier oil. However, I wouldn't recommend going over the recommended 20w. But that's just one man's opinion!!!

Zv, Call Courtesy Nissan in Texas. They might be able to help you out. In the mean time, I will look though my files and let you know. I went thought this when I did mine.

What is a 7mgte???

Braxton, Give Wilwood a call. I believe they make a small caliper, it mounts ajacent to the regular rear caliper, that is used for emegency brake only. Go to their web site for their phone number. Hope this helps you along.

Zv, It seems that all is well with your diffy!!!

Texasz, The gas strut looks normal, although it's obviously shot, but it looks like someone fabricated a quick fix for a worn out gas strut and added it on (clever anyway).....but that's just one man's opinion. I have a 1970 and have noticed that with the one gas strut and years and years of opening and closing it puts a heavy load on the same side hatch hinge and the hatch wants to twist with resistance, as most people tend to close the hatch by pulling it down from the center of the hatch. I've learned to close the hatch by pulling down on the gas strut side. This way your not putting a twisting momment on the hatch.

Zv, You might want to give Ground Control a call about your cartridge requirements. I have gone through the exercise of cutting my struts down an 1.5" and installed their coil-over kit. My memory is not always the greatest, but I believe I purchased the strut cartridges from GC also. Anyway, they will most likely help you out.

Does your driveshaft rotate when you rotate the wheel, while the other wheel is not rotating? If it does, you are probably OK. It's probably normal wear. Speaking of a Diffy, have you seen the new pic post on the Z babe gallery? Now that's a Diffy!!!

Texasz, The answer to your question is yes.

The early model turn signals on a later model front vailance!!! Ya, I thought the trailer hitch was a nice touch, as well. But let's remember this is a special S30 thats rare!!! $3000 tops Also, I'd bet that the quicky paint job is hiding more than you would want to know about.

It's still an H patern, but it a very tired and loose. The shifter bushing are most likely worn out and require replacing. I recommend you purchase a factory manual or a Haynes manual and conduct a little research on the subject.

Open the hood and look at the exhaust exiting the head. A stock unit is a heavy one piece cast iron assembly and a header will have six separate tubes that converge into a collector. Two types of headers are available, 6 into 1 or 6 into 2 into 1. Hope this helps you out TEXASZ