Doehring

Congratulation and wellcome to the worldwide Zedders, normally the engine bay has the same colour as the body. But don't mind. Most Ferraris at that time had black (shrimped colour) engine bays.

Hi BadDog I think 2manyZs is right. The muffler should be vertikally with te rear end at the bottom and the inlet at the middle. The MSA people are very friendly, so give them a ring. Have in mind they are preparing the West Coast meeting at the moment and they are very busy. If you are happy with the exhaust (I am !) and you don't need to change anything because of technical reasons or too much heat to the tank just paint the muffler's rear black with a heat resistent paint, exept the chrome tip, and you won't see it without knowing .

Great idea, I would take 4 at once

Hi all, the 260 was also quite successful at the Bandama Rallye and with Shekar Mehta on the continent. Does anyone have more information on the Museum in Japan. I heard some rumors that there is another interesting rallye car that is quite unknown to the public: the 280 ZX that appeared in Greece, Portugal and - I'm not shure - at the RAC in GB. I'm looking for pictures of that car ond technical details. I think the drivers had been Japanese. Sorry for mentioning a Datsun ZX on that Z page but concerning Datsuns in Rallye it's of interest. Rolf

Hi Alfadog, sorry, the Strosek is under www.zx-club.de, left column "Bilder" (= pictures), "Aero parts", Strosek. Surfing through that side you will find a lot of "Bilder" from members, cars and meetings. The Twin Turbo 2+2 has 300 PS (hp, but differently measured to the US), HICAS and so on. Rolf

Here in Germany Nissan ever sold only 2+2 versions. Ti started with the 260z 2+2, went on with all 280 ZX as 2+2, all 300 ZX as 2+2 and ended with the 300ZX Twin Turbo as 2+2. Have a look at www.zx-club.de surfing for great pics, for instance tuned by Stosek. BTW, here we never had a NA version or the cabrio officially. Rolf

A article on the Le Mans Z would be great. I have some few pictures and the 1:43 resine model. At the 24 H de Spa there once raced a red 260Z 2+2. Is anybody on the list who knows about that car or who has pictures or an idea how to get more infos. The belgian automobile club couldn't or wouldn't helpp on my e-mail request Rolf

Howdy Z-friends around the world, my name is Rolf-Karl Doehring. I'm 57 years old, married for 26 years, no children but 5 Datsun/Nissan: 2 '72 240 Z, 1 '82 280ZX 2+2 , 1 '88 300ZX 2+2 Tubo and a little Micra (March in the US, I think) as daily city driver. I got my first Z, a 260 Z 2+2 , in 1976. I'm working for 22 years now for the german paper industries association as head business administration and statistics/market research on european level. My hometown is Bornheim, near Cologne, overlooking the river Rhine. I visited the US 4 times for holidays and got some good friends there, all Z drivers. One of my 240Z got badly damaged in an international rallye event . So it's totally stripped now, but I will built it "bottom up" again and it will become better than before. By the way, I think that we have only about 25 240Z here in Germany. Parts are not awailable so I have to buy it all in the US - expensive job because of shipment, customs and taxes. but big fun when it runs. This is now the 2nd time I'm restoring a Z. All the best to all of you !

Hi Z-friends, I have 2 '72 240Z, one with SUs, 6 to 2 header and original exhaust system and one with 3 Double SKs(with horns), 6 to 2 header, turbo muffler, Crane ignition, el. fuel pump, el. fan, add. oil cooling, but stock cam. #1 Z is my "elegant" Z, quiet, comfortable and it has a radio. # 2 is my beast: Loud, tough and with direct response. The radio that was in at first was the first thing I took off. The sound of the engine is the best music to me. Looking at a stop watch there is no big difference in acceleration or top speed while both cars have the original cam and head. Different are fun, fuel consumption (not that much) and maintenance. Finetuning the 3 SKs is a science of it's own, but I like it! Which car I prefer ? It's depending on the purpose , on the kind of roads I plan to drive and on my wife. She prefers the yellow/white (interior) #1 with ( basic original) leather seats to the racing seat and harness in #2, but there she misses the sound , the feeling and the attention from outside. Rolf