Arne
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I bought mine direct from my Nissan dealer. No shipping, and the price was no more than MSA, maybe less.
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My favorite is the so-called 'NOS' blue Nissan oil filters that sell on eBay for like $15 or more, plus shipping. My dealer keeps them on the shelf (no shipping) and sells them to me for less than $6 each with my club discount.Back on topic - I called up my dealer and had him order the two numbers visible in Randy's first post. He tells me today that the order was "held" (his words) due to the parts being "out of production". He's worked in Nissan parts since before the 240Z was released, and his comment to me was that status and reasons aren't the final word, and that he was going to leave the order active for a while. He said that sometimes "held" "out of production" items just magically show up after a few weeks. We'll see.
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Welcome Daniel. I'm afraid you may not get a solid answer to your question, at least not right away. The 4-bbl Holley conversion is not well thought of, generally, and there's not going to be very many people here with a lot of experience with it. You might want to check with some local hot rod shops - tuning a Holley on a Z can't be all that different from tuning one on any other car.
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Yup, the exact same rims, and other than the fact that my spook was built within the last 18 months, the same.Mine has a bit more than double the miles on it (>66k now), and has been repainted once when the sunroof was deleted. All the other mods on it can easily be restored to stock - steel fan, AM radio, Koito headlights, alternator, etc. I still have all the original parts other than the same splash pan and battery cover Randy mentioned, and I don't have either the original exhaust, nor the stock wheels and hubcaps. Here's a similar picture of mine, a larger version of my sig pic. The similarities (once past the color) are striking.
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It IS a cluster up here! Seriously, there are still a lot of all sorts of old cars here. Those of you who think of the Pacific NW as a place of rain might be surprised to know that rust is not nearly the problem here that it is in most of the country. A bit more rust than So Cal or Arizona, but much less than most of the rest of the country. Never been any road salt here in Oregon, for example. And more than half of Oregon (geographically speaking) is high desert and fairly dry much of the year. So old cars simply last longer. As an example, I can recall visiting the DC-area about 10 years ago, and I never saw a single car older than about 10 years the entire trip. Out here it's very common to see various cars from the 60's and 70's every day. As an example, I drove my '71 Z to work today. On the way I shared the road with a 620 pickup, a '65 Nova, a early '70s Nova, a '67 Mustang, a early '70s Bug, and numerous '70s Chevy and Ford pickups. That's a typical commute for me, 7 miles through town. Out here a 30 year old car is just that - a 30 year old car, not necessarily a rust-bucket. If you shop carefully rust-free cars aren't hard to find at all.
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Well, a replacement wouldn't be any newer, and might then die again in a short time. A proper repair would be more likely to last, assuming you can find a 'proper repair' for one.
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The transmissions are all the same length. Use the driveshaft you already have. All '74-78 2+2 driveshafts are the same length, regardless of transmission.
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First, your car is a 280Z, not a 260Z. That is shown by both the build date in '75, and also by the 'H' in the VIN. (A 260Z would start with an 'R'.) As for the rust in the fuel lines, I'll have to wait for more experienced people to chime in on what needs to be done. I've not had any rusty tanks in any of my 240Zs here in Oregon, and I have no knowledge of the fuel system on the fuel injected cars.
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To clarify, the correct driveshaft to use is the one already in the 2+2. You need the extra length. The 2+2 driveshaft will fit the five speed just fine.
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I'm far enough South that the sand is gone, and no salt was dumped down here. So the roads are as safe as they'll get, just got to watch for the crazies in their SUVs on their cell phones.
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Atsugi? Oh my! A fourth brand! Can you get us a picture?
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Ahh! More Appliance Wire Mags, in your case the 14x7 version. I have two sets of the 14x6 size, am getting close to finished on my refurb of one of the two sets. Very much period-correct, a relatively common wheel for Zs back in the day. Due to some previous owner-inflicted damage, I'm experimenting with painting the area around the lug nuts with various grays - similar to the tail trim color. The attached picture was taken a few weeks ago, the project is farther along now.
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I've been driving mine to work all week. Cool in the mornings, but windows down and listening to that sweet six exhaust on the way home!
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I just got another Nikki cover from Brian at ZCCJDM.com today. Don't know the build date of the donor car (I just asked today), but this one is also stamped 2501. Might not be date codes, maybe some other manufacturing code. Edit: Brian tells me it came from a '72. Month not known, and the car is history.
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If I'm reading the A/F ratio correctly, you were running very fat (rich) once you got off idle. Which is typical for SUs with worn throttle shaft bushings. They leak in piles of un-metered air. If you set the mixture correctly at idle (with all the extra air leaking in), you'll be way rich once the throttles open and the leaks become far less significant. On the other hand, if you set the mixture correctly for open throttle, you'll be way lean at idle. The way you had it was way safer. Probably more power to be had even with just fresh SUs. Of course the current triples took care of that nicely....
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Much the same in the Eugene-area. No organized clubs here. Tried to gather a group a couple of years ago, but it didn't take.
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For L24 and L26 11826-E4600 through 6/72 11826-N3300 from 7/72 through the end of 260Zs Listed as: HOSE - ROCKER COVER TO AIR CLEANER
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Hey, but free shipping...
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Dunno, Dave. I've seen the tires on the back of Steve's Buick, and I don't think your Z could do them justice, even with a puddle!
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My thoughts exactly....
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1201? on a 2/71 car? Hmmm. Mine is 1701 on a 7/71 car. That sounds like a bit of a coincidence, doesn't it. Mike B, can you peek at the stamped numbers (if any) on your Nikki covers? Also, that is one more apparent confirmation that Nikki was the original supplier. Although Dave's K. Denki might indicate otherwise. But so far, all the known-unmolested cars through 5/72 have had Nikkis, and the Ampcos have been on '73s and 260Zs. Mostly consistent so far.
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Like to? Sure! Able to do it on Friday? Not likely...
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Side note - I wonder if the number stamped on my Nikki cover (1701) is a date code of some kind?
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Thanks Mike. That appears to broaden the date range for the Nikki considerably. I've edited the earlier post to keep the date ranges current.
