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Click Edit, and click a pin to get the edit options.Looks like 77 valid pins so far. That's 67 in the USA, 5 in Canada and 5 for the rest of the world. Oddly, none from Australia, and none from California outside of the LA or Bay areas. I'd figured to see some other NorCal and San Diego pins by now. Also none in Arizona, and not nearly as many in Florida and Georgia as I had expected.

Thanks, Z-point, RSS is a great way to ensure that you don't miss a new update. For Mac users (who don't have a system tray ), depending on the OS version, RSS feeds can be read in Safari or even Mail (10.5 only). But my favorite (and I use lots of RRS feeds) is RSS Menu, which is Donation-ware. Puts RSS feed notices on your menu bar, and supports Growl notifications as well.

I also have a spook from CDM, the fiberglass work is absolutely top notch.

Since I'm going to need a complete exhaust when I do it, I have considered the Monza. But I'm still not sold on the looks of the dual vertical tips on my car, and the yellow painted in the tips would look odd to me on my red car. But yellow tips on a yellow car... that's nice!

Made by Hedman, and available at places like Jegs and Summit. The single resonated tips are 2 1/2" outlets, and available in 2", 2 1/4" and 2 1/2" inlets. They have some nice dual resonated tips too, but only flat, not vertically stacked. http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?N=400143+306199+115&autoview=sku

I bought an original about 2 1/2 years ago. Cloth-covered, and with the bottle-brush type flame arrestor inside it. But if that's no longer available, I agree, a length of oil-resistant hose to fit should work fine. If you are seriously after the OE look, you might also see if one of the later 280Z hoses might be the same but longer, and able to be trimmed to fit.

I tried again and found that it does work in some browsers, depending on the plugins, I suppose. I didn't think it was supposed to work at all, thought Mike had disabled HTML posts as a security measure. Must be wrong.

I could be wrong, since we don't have a nice straight-on picture, but the bell housing to block bolt spacing doesn't look like it fits an L-series to me. Take a look at this picture, especially where the bolt holes are near the starter, and compare. http://www.classiczcars.com/classifieds/showfull.php?product=3741&bigimage=IMG_1103.jpeg

I like the looks of the Ansa tip, but really prefer a single tip to the duals (either stacked or flat). So when I have my exhaust redone, I'm planning to use one (and only one) of these.

Not to my personal tastes, but nicely done, it appears.

Can't embed HTML on these forums, Stephen. It needs to be BBcode.

I'm with Stephen on this one. You play the cards you're dealt. It's much less stressful and easier to conform to the local rules than it is to attempt to weasel around them.

No, the one posted on Zcar.com (and also here, and hybridz.org) is an early Type A as used in '70-71 S30s in other parts of the world. That one is correct for '70-71, and will fit later S30s as well. completely different than the one pictured here.

Dunno about that. $21k for a really clean, possibly rust-free 240Z like that red one sounds like a decent deal to me, even if it does have ugly wire basket wheels. I know that I probably wouldn't sell mine for much less than that.

No. Even a certified engine swap must meet the requirements of the car itself, or the swapped engine - whichever is newer. Swapping an older (smog-exempt) engine into a car that still requires smog tests is not allowed.

They probably wouldn't be able to see the difference between different carbs, no. But California does require a visual inspection under the hood as well. And if the emissions sticker says the car was certified as injected but it has carbs, that's an automatic failure, regardless of what comes out of the tail pipe. I've actually profited from this in the past. My previous graymarket BMW came from California. It failed the visual because their "books" said that a BMW of that year needs an air injection system. This car didn't have one. A catalyst was added long ago, and the sniffer test was well below the limits for its year. But they couldn't get it past the referee, so they had to sell the car to someone in a state (like Oregon) with saner regulations.

No, you'll need to either keep the original EFI or convert to a CARB-approved aftermarket system (assuming there is such a thing). Retro-fitting carbs from an older model won't pass.

Mostly true. In my professional opinion, the recent Mac OS's are a bit more secure than Windows. They are also more difficult to write malware for. It's not impossible, and Macs aren't invulnerable, but it does take a bit more effort. And your typical malware hack doesn't want to invest the time it would take to craft something that would only affect a small percentage of the installed base. As simple as that.That said, while I hold valid support certifications on all three major platforms (Apple, Microsoft and Redhat Linux), I use Macs by choice. They are simply easier to maintain for home use.

If you haven't already, it'd be worth rechecking all the adjustments again just to be certain, but it sounds like you've already done that. On a later car ('72 and newer) the only adjustments are the pedal height and the free play (pushrod length).

Isn't the free play on a 280Z adjusted on the master cylinder pushrod? If so, he already stated that it is on the last thread there.

Actually, the transmission doesn't matter. Different years of cars used different height pressure plates and had throwout bearing collars to suit whichever pressure plate was used. The drive plate and T-O bearing itself were all the same regardless of the other parts. Unfortunately, I can't think of any way to verify whether this might be your problem without dropping the transmission and measuring parts. But your description of the problem certainly sounds like this is a likely possibility. Especially how the PO used every possible thread on the pushrod and such to try to get enough travel. Sounds like you have both a short collar and a short pressure plate. Here's a page that helps describe the issue with pictures: http://zparts.com/zptech/articles/trans_swap%20parts/4tobear_specs1.html

It is quite possible that when the swap occurred, they have a mis-matched throwout bearing collar and pressure plate. You may have to pull the transmission to figure out what they put in there so you can correct it.

Things like this are a big nuisance for me, but just a nuisance. I support Linux servers at work and use Macs both to admin my Linux boxes and also at home. So all I worry about is collateral damage via Internet congestion. As I said, a big nuisance.

Moving it to a different place is an excellent idea, Alan, and I have done so. (Yes, I'm still technically a moderator, but I really do try to let this place self-moderate when possible.)After all, it's only "garbage" when it's not in the proper place. The previous thread was NOT the proper place. Manure in the barn is a smelly mess, but tilled into the field it is desirable. But I do ask that as this thread continues (if it does so), that all parties be respectful and not stoop to name-calling and attacks. There's already been a little of that in here.

I agree, on my screen the pictures posted by jerz are very accurate.