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Open discussions about the early S30 series issues and topics.
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Not too bad for a '72 with 150k on the odometer. 116 hp and 121 ft/lbs of torque with stock airbox, stock SU's and stock motor. Air fuel ratio was spot on through nearly the entire rpm range. A little lean at the bottom and a little fat at about 3750 to 4250 and spot on up to redline. Took it to 7000 rpm... complete waste of time. Second and third runs only went to 6500. The only upgrade is a Crane XR700. No more points to worry about! WooHoo! Every mechanical item on the car with the exception of the heater core has been R&R'd or verified it's within factory operating specifications. Now all it needs is a complete paint job... and interior panels... and carpet..…
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Thanks to 'kats' for discovering another way to date code your S30. I thought this deserved a new thread. If your Z still has its original jack and tool kit you might be lucky enough to have a checklist enclosed by the factory which can aid in date coding your Z. The date will usually be stamped in black ink with a date in the Showa period format. In the case of my 240Z (08/70 HLS30-08323) the date was 45.8.15 or August 15,1970 which corresponds to the doorjamb tag of 08/70. Just as an experiment I checked another toolkit I had from a 1978 280Z. In that case the paper was much smaller and the date was 53.5.25 or May 25,1978. Attached is a photo of the inventory list:
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Don't know who you guys are getting parts through, but I gotta give a "heel ya" to Motorsport (zparts.com). Ordered parts through these guys on line. They called me to tell me they were shipping them right then and that the plug wires I ordered were on sale and that they were adjusting my bill! How cool is that? I know $10 might not seem like a lot, but that whole honesty thing was pretty freakin' cool! Two thumbs up for those guys!
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1972 510 Wagon, AT A/C 56k miles, 94 year old granny(not mine) bought it new, have owned tons of old cars in my 50 years and this is the cleanest ever. NO rust, all original, except tires and the like. Runs like a new one. Is there a 510 site as good as this Z site out there? Mike
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I know this isn't the right place for this but I want to get some more attention. The classified ads obviously arn' t the reason people come to this site. Anyways, I need an air cleaner, flapper or not I don't care, but has to fit roundtop su carbs. I also need a set of stock springs that arn't sagging. I don't have the cash to upgrade at this time but I think that my rear springs are sagging. Thanks.
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I'm looking at an E31 head....anyone know what a reasonable price is for one these days....used, good shape just needs to be cleaned up and new valves etc. thanks
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when is it?
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I just have a question because I am still new to this. I have a question for all the people that have raised compression to 10.1:1. I was thinking about doing the mod that this guy has in his post. http://www.geocities.com/zgarage2001/head.html Buuut! What kind of rings would you have to use to keep them from blowing! And what kind of other mods besides header and more breathing through throttle body ETC. would you have to do to actually make it scream! I know the difference between rings and how to crosshatch the cylinders for the right rings but do you have to get performance rings from say http://www.zcarparts.com/store/merchant.mvc? or can I just use stock rings…
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got the zed out of storage today. first turn of the key and a few pumps of gas- no go. second turn and hold gas to the metal- fired right up!! not bad for sit'n for 173 days. she's purring like a kitten and running like a swiss watch. i'm happyer than a gopher in soft dirt! last tuesday we got 2" of snow and they put the salt trucks out.:mad: snow gone the same day. thursday we get an all day rain:) to wash salt away.
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ebay 240Z Flame job is a little much for my taste, but otherwise nicely done! Even the chrome fire extinguisher and oil filter fit in pretty well....
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Hey folks, I'm looking at yet another L24 for additional parts. If I do this, I'm going to have some spare stuff left over. Anyone have any thoughts on value if I were to offer things like: Early (non-flapper) airbox4 screw SUs on '72 manifoldsL24 head, either E31 or small-valve E88 (not sure which)L24 short block, either a '70 or a '73 (again don't know which yet)Additionally, I'm going to have an L28 long block available too. An F54/P79 combo from an '83 ZX. Will likely need rings (oil control, has good compression). It will probably go cheap just to get rid of it. Anyway, any ideas on value of the L24 stuff? Or should I just figure on ebaying it all?
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I made it back this morning after 1050 miles 16 hrs drive with no time to rest. Picked up vin# 913. Build date Jan 70. I went out on a limb because I couldn't get an answer as to whether or not the engine was original or not.As it says in my post better lucky than good they matched. My wife was concerned about the shape of the car not having much info and I said if it is all there I don't care what shape.Turns out to be in a lot better shape than I could have hoped for.Not only is most of it is there but there is a ton of extra parts.What is not there I have already.The only thing missing is all the knowledge to put it back original.I am not worried about that because of …
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