I'm very familiar with mechanical throttle controls since I have driven many early Land Rovers with such a mechanism. I was told it was a CC. Yes, safety is an issue and I would never consider using such a device in any situation but open road and minimal vehicles. Thanks for the insight though. Cremmanga, I would be interested in these pieces. Send me a PM.

Just go and take a look of a two levers installation on a Z fellow web site.

http://www.geocities.jp/datsunz903/choke.html

You will also see huge amount of details on this site.

That guy in Japan went nuts on his Z, so many original things done...I was wondering though....did Japanese Zs have the 'datsun' sticker on the hatch outside and on the fender? If not, why is he doing this to such an original looking Z other than that?

That guy in Japan went nuts on his Z, so many original things done...I was wondering though....did Japanese Zs have the 'datsun' sticker on the hatch outside and on the fender? If not, why is he doing this to such an original looking Z other than that?

I think he's nut because it is in fact an american 240Z not a japanese Fairlady that he has. Look at the the left hand drive Z, not in Japan RHD.

That guy in Japan went nuts on his Z, so many original things done...I was wondering though....did Japanese Zs have the 'datsun' sticker on the hatch outside and on the fender? If not, why is he doing this to such an original looking Z other than that?

This the website of our member "Kats". He's gone completely to the extreme in making his car as close to an original North American spec 240Z as he possilby can.

Check out his website and you'll see some cool videos of the first 240Z's to arrive in the USA being test driven around the country.

Do a search on his member name and you'll find some very interesting threads with exceptional information being shared.

Enrique,

As a fellow lucky series 1 owner, I have item in question in my car but it is disconnected. I have no intention of connecting it as I consider it to have the potential to kill me. It's that straight forward to me.

However, as a matter of interest only, although it wasn't intended to be used as a CC device, is it capable to sustain highway speeds if used to do so?

Well, I didn't mean to scare people with my comments. I have it on my car, and like many other things, it's only dangerous if you don't know what it can do.

But to answer your question: Yes, you can almost FLOOR the pedal.

That's one of the major drawbacks, there isn't a limit to how high, nor how to quickly disconnect it. Additionally, it takes a very careful hand to get it to function as a CC, since it's dependent on the throttle pedal position and not on speed. That means that on uphills you'll loose speed and on downhills you'll gain it real quick. For plain old Iowa / Nebraska style driving, you could literally set it at the Mississippi and shut it off as you enter Omaha.

In a manual car, if you push the clutch in, if you have it set, it will freely accelerate the engine. If you press on the brake it will continue to accelerate against your braking. An automatic will only have it if it's been custom adapted to work. (Mine is that way, hence the detail on the accelerator pedal links.)

Hope this helps.

Enrique

That guy in Japan went nuts on his Z, so many original things done...I was wondering though....did Japanese Zs have the 'datsun' sticker on the hatch outside and on the fender? If not, why is he doing this to such an original looking Z other than that?

Kats is restoring a LHD Z to the American Export Spec because in Japan that is the rarest of the rare. (From what I've been given to understand.) Sort of like a true blue JDM Fairlady in the U.S..

As far as the Datsun emblems, IIRC they had "Fairlady" where we have "Datsun".

Enrique