Car: 1977 Datsun 260Z

Owner: Tom Whitfield

Purchased: July 2004

Power: Chasing 200 RWHP (153 RWKW). Should have figures once i find a dyno day when the cars not in an event or off the road (not often )

ET: Low 14 second quarter (different car, same motor ran a 14.3 a couple weeks ago)

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=whittie260

Interior:

CAMS approved 6-point roll cage

Momo Corse Racing seat

SPARCO 4 Point Race Harness

Momo Race steering wheel

Re-trimmed seats and all carpets and mats

All working and original gauges

Red-back alarm, immobilizer and remote central locking

Exterior:

Custom modified front spoiler

Custom installed 2 window sunroof

Factory option rear spoiler

Powder-coated black exterior trim pieces

Rolling Stock:

Race:

Japanese 3-piece ultra light weight 15" race rims

Dunlop 215/50/15 Type-R race semi-slick tyres all round

Street:

Original 14" Datsun mags polished and painted

195/60/14 Nankang tyres all round

Engine Bay:

Nissan L28 Engine block bored 60 thou

Nissan P90 head shaved, ported and header flowed

Gemini pistons

Nissan l24 con rods

Datrally 78 race cam

Oversize valves

Triple 45mm Weber carburetors

MSD Digital-6 Plus ignition

K&N Filters

BMW gold centered harmonic balancer

Oversized crankshaft bearings

2 1/4" mandrel bend tuned length extractors

2 1/2" mandrel bend exhaust, 3" resonator, 3" muffler

V8 2-core radiator

Mechanical:

Lightened flywheel

Re-lined Exedy super-heavy duty clutch (soon to be replaced with button clutch to handle power)

Nissan 5 speed close ratio gearbox

Nissan Skyline 4.4:1 LSD

Custom stub axles

Datsun 1600 drive shafts

Ford BA XR8 2-spot front rotors and calipers, EBC green pads

Nissan R31 Skyline 1-spot rear calipers and rotors, EBC green pads

15/16" Brake master cylinder

Koni internally adjustable struts

King springs

Aftermarket sway bars front and rear

Camber Kit

Polyurethane bushings through-out

Volkswagon H4 headlights

ICE:

You dont need a subwoofer with triple webers :twisted:

Sweet, sweet ride...equally stunning on the driveway and the track...must be a blast to bomb around in...

Cheers mate!

yeah she sure is hell of a lot of fun either way. can get a bit tempting to do silly things on the road with the power though, but i generally manage to keep it to the race track *wink wink*

Nice wheel and tire combonation man

Also nice to see you leading the Pack ehh

Also nice to see you leading the Pack ehh

Just the way it should be

Very nice car, I especially like the black around the windows instead of shiny aluminum. Nice touch!

Just the way it should be

Very nice car, I especially like the black around the windows instead of shiny aluminum. Nice touch!

Yeah were the fastest in class. that picture was from the vintage regularity last year which is coming up again in a few weeks. absolute ball of a time. im generally overtaking the back of the pack after 2-3 laps :devious:

as for the black. Thanks!! most people seem to think the chrome looks better

but personally chrome and silver was too much, and the black makes it look kinda stealth like so i definitely prefer it.

Just the way it should be

Very nice car, I especially like the black around the windows instead of shiny aluminum. Nice touch!

That's stainless steel isn't it? not aluminum.

Noticed you fitted XR8 rotors and 4pots. Was this hard to do? Just looking at 4 pot options now (in New Zealand)

Noticed you fitted XR8 rotors and 4pots. Was this hard to do? Just looking at 4 pot options now (in New Zealand)

Theyre only 2-pots but they have about 2 times more pad area and much more powerful pistons than what was on the car (Toyota 4x4 4-pistons), so over stock, if thats what youve got, even over the toyotas, they would be a PHENOMENAL upgrade.

Rather easy to fit. re-drilled commodore rotors to 4-stud patter to fit on the hubs and had to shave the suspension arm where the calipers mount down to a completely flat surface (they have a slight bump. about a couple mm i believe) and then used a shim to situate the caliper centrally on the rotor.

not too difficult but not super easy.

If youre not going to be racing it id honestly recommend the Toyota 4x4 4-piston and solid or vented rotors, much easier to fit and work fine. these were on the car and did a far more than adequate job on the street, the solid rotor just got too much heat soak on the track though. fine for sprints and motorkhanas and "street" racing but could be better for circuit racing, which is why i upgraded.

the added bonus with these xr8/commodore brakes too is that they fit in under the 14" stockies had to use an angle grinder for one spot on one of the fins on one of the rotors that JUST touched but otherwise all good.

**EDIT** the commodore and xr8 brakes are identical i am lead to believe. i also am told that these particular specimens are from a VN commodore, but they are however identical to the brakes on all models of xr8 and commodore up to but excluding the current iterations. i am not certain of this though so some searching for "commodore brakes" on this website and/or hybridz.org would probably be prudent.

Thanks - that's excellant info.

I have an VN commodore station and an XR6T - so will be interested in comparing how these match to the 260z.

But just to clarify - are you saying that the commodore/xr8 bolt pattern matches directly to the 260z? (apart from a shim)

That's stainless steel isn't it? not aluminum.

Yes you are right mr. camo, I guess working around diesel trucks is getting to me (memory loss)

Just curious Tommo, how did you go about painting the trim? Is it powdercoated, did you sand it and paint it?

Thanks - that's excellant info.

I have an VN commodore station and an XR6T - so will be interested in comparing how these match to the 260z.

But just to clarify - are you saying that the commodore/xr8 bolt pattern matches directly to the 260z? (apart from a shim)

ohhh... good question. now you mention it i think they are out by a little bit so we welded and re drilled one of the holes. i dont think its out by much. sorry cant be more precise but it was a while ago and i dont really remember, just that i took it to a cnc place and said fix it. whatever they did it didnt cost much, i remember that much.

Justin: Yeah, Powder coated. flat black i think. looks great.

wow... sweet car!!! i wish i could have one of those.