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Awesome man!

Looks like your clutch fork is not properly seated on the pivot ball to me.

Awesome pics of the JDM factory air!!!!! First closeups I have ever seen.

I'll be there with my 71', it'll be my first as well!

Welcome and I love that Fairlady Z! She needs some TLC for sure though. Would it happen to have the factory AC?

I know this sounds simple but have you checked to see if the throttle is actually retuning to closed when you let off the gas?

Woo-hoo 4:11 gears and new rear struts!!! Sooo much nicer than before, why didn't I do this sooner ;-) Now it's all set for the trip down to MSA in Socal next week, should be fun.

Thanks! She's running good, keeping the carbs a bit on the rich side this time to be safe. And running a lot less advance due to the higher compression the Maxima N47 head gives me. Now in the spirit of while I'm at it I have her torn apart to change rear struts and install the 4:11 diff. Hope to have it all buttoned up tomorrow evening ;-)

Well almost 6 months has gone by and I finally got my 71' back on the road.... That took longer than expected, but hey I got a LOT of things done on it over the winter slumber. Turns out my E-31 head was cracked, looks like the rear carb was running lean and I was getting detonation in #4. Not sure if that caused the crack or high heat from running lean but that was where the water leak was coming from. Replaced the head with a Maxima N47, that is in really good shape. Had to notch the block for the valves though. While I had everything apart I rebuilt the carbs, refreshed the air cleaner, radiator, intake and exhaust manifold. Runs like a champ now, but only like 10 miles on it yet. Also fabricated a pretty bitchin battery hold down seeing as I don't have the correct battery at the moment and the stock one sits all caddywhompus on it. An hour and few cents worth of scrap metal I had around the garage with a splash of left over black engine enamel and voila.... sweet battery hold down. Also refinished the steering wheel, patched and installed the original blue door panels and as a bonus I have speakers now! Took advantage of the previous owners speaker holes in the door panels to install new speakers so I could have tunes. Got both windows rolling up and down like butter too, after replacing the drivers regulator and trimming off all the knarled up channel stripping that was bunched up inside the channels. That was fun!!! Here are a couple pics for an update, don't have any handy of the interior work though. All back together and ready for a Sunday drive: Pretty Engine: Battery Hold Down (pay no attention to the nasty starter): And the splash pan I fabricated for my race car that will be donated to my 71' until I find the real deal:

Yes, it should be held all over! But seeing as it's here in Cali this year and I just happen to have gotten my Z on the road I'm pretty stoked to drive it down there and put it in the show. It's the love of the cars not what coast the show on that matters.

Awesome! I'll be driving my 71' down, let me know when you are planning to take off.

I registered couple weeks ago and will be driving my 71' down from Sacramento! Anyone else driving down from Northern Cali or surrounding areas?

Like how he mentions the Scarab was his favorite Hybrid of the era and how they really did it right ;-)

I'm running the FS5C71A trans in my 71' with the later model L24 pressure plate and the only problem I had was the release bearing collar was too short. Had to get a late 280ZX release bearing assembly from Napa Auto Parts and she works like a charm now. The early transmissions with the removable bell housings used a taller pressure plate than is readily available today. In fact most clutch kits even for the 70/71 use the later shorter pressure plate from what I've seen. Now I wish I would of kept the old one when I took the car apart...... Hindsight is always 20-20 right ;-)

Welcome to the family man! I'm near Elk Grove myself, we should get together and talk Z's over a brew sometime.

I have that shift knob and it should have markings on the base around the hole where the gear shifter threads are. I can recall the name but it's printed in the plastic insert. Hope it helps.

Accept for the ShopVac in the neighbors front lawn ;-)

I got my JDM Type A 5 speed off Craigslist for $250. Just had to source the front half of the drive shaft from a Roadster guy on Ebay and I was in business. Nice thing about the Type A is no modifications needed to shifter hole or console for a 70-71 car and as long as you're running a 3.90 or higher rear it will be quite nice. All of the L series Z trans will bolt right in using the 71 trans mount but the shifter hits the opening for a type B trans requiring trimming like 3/4" off the forward lip. I wanted to keep mine all factory so i scoured CL to find a JDM 5 speed.

My 3/30 car had the manifold that has no bolt holes, and the corresponding carb head shield without the upside down "U" cut out in the center for the heat riser. My 4/71 car has the N36 manifold.

I'd keep her blue on blue, but I am partial to it as I have a 903 blue 71' with blue interior myself ;-) As for mods, it's your ride so do what makes you happy man. My only thing is I wouldn't do any permanent mod that could not be easily reverted back to stock. The 903 blue is really a nice color when it's in good shape and shiny but that's just my opinion. I've seen some really nice resto-mod series one cars with tasteful yet fully functional mods. Looks like a serious keeper, in better shape than mine was when I got it! Congrats my friend.