240260280z

Welcome! Post pictures! Join the NJ Z car club. They usually meet around Bridgewater. "They put the Z in New JerZee".

BBC - Autos - A lap of the Isle of Man TT in a Peel P50

I had one of the actron multimeters that read rpm from coil but it failed like most modern junk: Amazon.com: Actron CP7677 Automotive TroubleShooter - Digital Multimeter and Engine Analyzer: Automotive I now use a timing light with tach feature that reads off a plug: Timing Light with Digital Tachometer You could this type of device with a mark on the damper: Digital Laser Tachometer | Princess Auto

May have to watch any vvt system that is controlled by computer.

I spliced in connectors from one harness to another where required. donor harness 280z recipient 240z Solder and heat shrink did the trick.

Nope, it is to rant about Chinese fake crap that wastes our time trouble shooting. They might as well have used a piezo buzzer in a match box with the word "pump" on it.... as it would function the same..... but they have managed to polish turds to better fool us. Maybe this will put it in perspective Maybe it was faecal bacteria that caused the pump to fail .....but hey its cool though...who could expect more from a place were "everybody tries to swindle everybody else" (quote from vid above).

The series one was in excellent condition. No rust in tank and well maintained. The pump failed but kept buzzing the same way it sounded when it worked. I put the filter in with the clacker for good practice. (The junk Chinese one had a filter so when I pulled it, I pulled its filter too).

Knock yourself out. I wasted a day because the car came with this junk: http://www.amazon.com/ss/customer-reviews/B000BWE4RC/ref=/181-9292704-5066453?_encoding=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

I worked for a Chinese company for 4.5 years.... I saw the anchor babies and the statistical improbability that all first born were male ~ 20 in a row... all born in the USA too. I know business owners whose businesses were taken from them by the Govt. and others who must pay gangsters to leave them alone. The mainland Chinese culture is very different and the formation of people who live within it is different. I resent being called xenophobic as I have good friends all over the world including China. Sadly many had their parents taken from them when they were young by the Govt. The country is one messed up place that worships money and relationships for advancing in the quagmire for the most part... humans, air, water, quality, honesty, law, faking do not matter much. Sadly for us, this environment produces a lot of junk and fake crap that fools us fools.

Enjoy! BMW M3 powered 240Z | Retro Rides Kato Kids BMW M3 powered 71' 240Z Putting a BMW engine into my Datsun...What's your project? - The Gear Page 240z + BMW S52 - S30 Series - 240z, 260z, 280z - HybridZ 1971 Datsun 240Z with BMW M3 Driveline Swap | Bring a Trailer M3 powered 240z - The M3cutters - UK BMW M3 Group Forum Project Datsun 280ZX - E36 M3 Evo Engine Swap - PistonHeads BMW E36 M3 Engine in a 1971 Datsun 240Z - BMW M3 Forum.com (E30 M3 | E36 M3 | E46 M3 | E92 M3 | F80/X) https://www.flickr.com/photos/triggerscarstuff/14385137379/?rb=1 BMW M3??????????? S30 ??????Z??????????????????? | ???????&????|??????? 1971 Datsun 240Z with BMW M3 Engine Swap - Nissan Forum

China can make smart phones because of american design, german & american processes, western oversight, and german factory automation. Left to their own abilities, corruption, lack of laws, over population, congestion and different values (as a result of communism and gansterism) the products are not the Apple kind but more of a pesticide poisonous apple stuffed with paper and worms made by underpaid workers. I do agree that western corporate sell outs and our weak spineless leaders (if you call them that) are also a significant factor.

Yup that is the problem. Watered down metal that oxidizes... it looks like reed switch and feels like a reed switch but it is not.... fake crap. I bought a SS knife set for my apt when I worked in NJ. it rusts in the dishwasher.... fake Chinese stainless steel. The business model is that the western world and huge Chinese and Indian markets will continually pay low prices for fake junk that may work for a short time but that we are too cheap and lazy to do anything when it fails but to buy another. It is a vicious addictive cycle where huge numbers of small financial transactions continually flow to China. We must all break this cycle or the junk will continue to proliferate just like the phone scammers will keep in business and tells us our internet is broken due to their success from enough fools amongst us to keep them in business.

Spent a full day chasing my tail helping a friend with his newly imported California series 1. Just when it is tuned and on its way home the "micro" fuel pump fails but still buzzes. Made in China crap. Previously it was working fine. Ended up limping back to my place and scavenging from a few beater mechanical clackers, threw on a G2 filter, and it went on it's way. I did improve my method for tuning fuel and balancing carbs so it was not so bad.

Love it. there are a few vids and web pages of M engines in Z's. I think the engine has to tilt a bit to fit and maybe steering/cross member mods. The L28 looks a lot like a motor from a unimog (Mercedes m180 engine) and the 280z has a German efi so German kit under the hood is OK

Easy: V12 BMW engine with, dry sump and with 6 down draft webers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4gWUlXTewc

Looks like a plastic cooling fan.

shifter knob seems non-original appears to have an AM-FM radio.. not sure if FM was on early Z's AC added Odd coloured intake but correct one for the car. Incorrect valve cover.... may not be original engine Two rear hatch struts...looks like one was added Armrest pad added Door-window frame corner rubber (drivers side near lock) is missing Quarter window small rubber seals are missing (4)

Greg, I have a couple of ideas for tuning SU's and customizing needles that I can share with you in confidence. PM me and I'll share the ideas. I was thinking of you and your racing when I thought of them. Captain Obvious (on this forum) can also help as he is a great machinist and knows one of these ideas.

Hank, now you must post pics of the yellow z

My guess would be the fuel pressure regulator failing or the fuel pump malfunctioning. Cold engines need more fuel to start (what a choke does) but once the engine is up to temp, the fuel metered has to match the oxygen density in the air. To match the air temperature, the jets should be lowered 1.25 turns down from their summer hot day setting to match a cold morning just above freezing. Here is a more accurate tool for setting standard jet heights. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/su-carb-technical-articles/43477-su-jet-depth-calculator-temperature-altitude-compensation-xls-tool.html

Hi Burto, The above really is for wiring a 280z. There are only 3 connections (Ground, +12V and the tach. signal from -neg coil) This may help with your '73 tach: https://www.google.ca/search?q=site%3Aclassiczcars.com+73+tach+wiring&oq=site%3Aclassiczcars.com+73+tach+wiring&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.13917j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

HP: 225HP at engine (206HP at wheels) Torque: 227 ft-lbs

The start of Hockey Season. Thanksgiving (Canada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia