Anyone have the name / # of a good reliable Z mechanic in the NY / NJ area. I'm in Staten Island and have a 72 240 in need of a new exhaust system and carb balancing / adjusting. Thanks for the help.

For your exhaust any good muffler shop can take care of you. Just specify that you want either 2 1/4, 2 1/2" aluminized steel tube. Welded together not clamped. Resinator yes/no, and what type of exhaust. And a chrome tip to finish. You could also buy one of those pre-bent systems from Motorsports but you will end up taking it to a shop anyway because they are a pain to install.

On your carbs. Here in the Great white Northeast Z mechanics are pretty hard to find. Z's up here are pretty rare and thus are the mechanics. You might get lucky if you grab your phone book and see if you can find an export specialist that can tune dual S/U carbs. Don't go to the shop that says "Yea, sure, bring it in and we'll take a look".

If your not planning to drive it until spring then I would suggest getting the video from Ztherapy. It will teach you how to take your carbs apart, rebuild them, tune your engine first and then tune your carbs. It's real easy work once you see how it's done.

Good luck,

Ed

JMKM,

If you don't want to do it yourself (SU's are tricky), you could always ship the SUs to ZTherapy as well. They have a great reputation, I need to do the same.

I am actually down the Jersey Shore, trust me there are no Z specialists anywhere that I know of. You'd be lucky to even see a Z in this neck of the woods.

Interesting that there ARE Jaguar specialists -- I say that because I own an E-Type. There are alot of similarities between the Z and the E-Type, and given the E-Type's rarity, tendency to rust, etc., I would have figured there would be at least one Z shop around.

Let me know how you make out, as I mentioned, I need to do the same.