Open Chit Chat

5,989 topics in this forum

1. 

   My Hobby BiZ

   August 21, 2019 by jfa.series1

   • 3 followers
   • 4 replies
   • 1.1k views

   Fresh inventory for PartZ R&R - S30 heat shields just back from plating, before and after pics. One for early 240Z without the heat riser, three regular 240Z, one 280Z. Coming soon: Fuel Rail Fiesta!

   

   Last reply by Mike, August 22, 2019

   • 
2. 
   
3. 

   Greetings from vacation... guess where.

   August 17, 2019 by 240260280

   • 1 follower
   • 2 replies
   • 681 views
   

   Last reply by siteunseen, August 17, 2019

   • 
4. 

   Got a few hours to lose?

   June 10, 2019 by wal280z

   • 3 replies
   • 962 views

   If your wife gets mad at you for spending countless hours looking at the site linked below, it is NOT my fault. You just have no self control. Found this while looking for something else (we've all been there, and then SQUIRREL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) https://archive.petersen.org/pages/home.php All of the photos do have a "P" watermark on it, but some amazing pictures taken back in the day... For those who don't know or can't remember (like me), Petersen Publishing created the magazines of Hot Rod, Car Craft and the like... If you click on a photo, there is an option to request a copy. Not sure of what costs are involved with that, I confess. Enjoy

   

   Last reply by Captain Obvious, August 8, 2019

   • 
5. 

   Vidmar cabinets

   August 1, 2019 by Patcon

   • 0 replies
   • 513 views

   There are about 300 Vidmar cabinets up for auction here. If anyone is interested https://bid.yellowtagauctions.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi

   

   Last reply by Patcon, August 1, 2019
6. 

   Mikuni 50mm carbs for 240z 1 2 3

   November 7, 2006 by brushie1320022

   • 2 followers
   • 30 replies
   • 14.2k views

   I not sure if i am supposed to post this here,but i have a full set of mikuni 50mm factory nissan competition carbs with manifolds and linkage...paid 4000 asking 3000...e-mail me if interested at brushie1320022@yahoo.com...

   

   Last reply by kats, July 30, 2019

   • 
7. 

   How to tell your significant other is thinking about you

   July 26, 2019 by SteveJ

   • 3 followers
   • 2 replies
   • 514 views

   You have text message exchanges like this:

   

   Last reply by gwri8, July 26, 2019

   • 
   • 
8. 

   My weekly rant. Premature Parts Death Plague 1 2 3

   July 12, 2019 by zKars

   • 6 followers
   • 24 replies
   • 1.9k views

   So the older I get the more of a crumudgeon I become. I need to rant about first world problems. So today I experience yet ANOTHER failure of a relatively new car part. Back in 2014 I bought a variety of distributors, including the 123 Dizzy for both the Z and the 510. We now know the issue with the crappy caps on those dizzy's that came up, that left me and others stranded. This is another dizzy failure story, for the 510. A friend with a roadster put me on to a guy in the US that was building EI distributors for various inline 4 Datsun engines including the Roadsters and as it turns out the L4 as well. It is a rebuilt body with in this case a Pertronix …

   

   Last reply by dutchzcarguy, July 15, 2019

   • 
   • 
   • 
9. 

   Fuel Rail Designs

   July 11, 2019 by jfa.series1

   • 1 follower
   • 5 replies
   • 2.2k views

   I'm working on some fuel rails I came by as part of a large used parts purchase, spent today bending and straightening the abuses of prior owners. One of the rails is different - it is at the front of the group pic. This design also matches the OE rail on my car. So... a question for the knowledge folks: was this design unique to early cars - those we refer to as Series 1? Next up: the dreaded and tedious cleaning process to get rid of years of grease, grime, rust, ...etc.

   

   Last reply by 240260280, July 15, 2019

   • 
10. 

    Signal flasher gives you cancer!

    July 9, 2019 by grannyknot

    • 2 followers
    • 7 replies
    • 758 views

    Just picked up a new flasher for the signals on the 280z and here is another one of these warnings, they seem to be everywhere. So how do I get cancer and reproductive harm from this little flasher? I think I would have to grind it up to a fine powder and snort it.

    

    Last reply by heyitsrama, July 12, 2019

    • 
    • 
11. 

    sleeving master cylinders

    July 8, 2019 by Patcon

    • 1 follower
    • 5 replies
    • 885 views

    I know many older more rare cars have very limited availability for parts. When they have a bad master cylinder, caliper or wheel cylinder there is no replacement available. So there are specialty restorers who can sleeve these with SS sleeves. Then new rubber seals and you're good to good for a very long time. I have a number of master cylinders that could be refurb'ed. Does anyone know of a source for small diameter SS sleeves?

    

    Last reply by psdenno, July 8, 2019

    • 
12. 

    Calling all engineers 1 2 3 4 5

    April 24, 2019 by Patcon

    • 10 followers
    • 53 replies
    • 5.6k views

    My daughter has an assignment and she is struggling to get going at it the right way. Maybe one of you whiz kids could help "Basically, I am trying to figure out what the Equations of Motion (EOM) for the system are. It is complicated by the fact that we have a moving cart and a massless pendulum. " Inverted pendulum is a classic problem in control engineering, as its unstable nature poses a significant challenge to the design and implementation of its controller. The typical configuration of an inverted pendulum system is shown in the figure below. The moving cart that supports the inverted pendulum is powered by an electric motor through a pulley-belt …

    

    Last reply by siteunseen, July 5, 2019

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
13. 

    Happy Canada Day

    July 1, 2019 by 240260280

    • 2 followers
    • 7 replies
    • 715 views

    Testing_Canada.mp4

    

    Last reply by Captain Obvious, July 2, 2019

    • 
    •