280z springs on a 240z

[240260280z]

yeah they were at a friends warehouse. He picked them up in Maine from a Z hoard that John from Bad Dog Parts tuned our club intro. I think those parts were left outside.

Here is his car with our club racer "team zero" in the background

[AWAUDIO]

Everything you need to know about this is located on the Hybrid Z site (sorry if this is a no no) authored by John Cofey from BetaMotorsports. I'm replacing my springs and struts on my 1972 240Z with the following: Tokico 280Z springs front and rear (8 coils front/9 coils rear) and Tokico Illumina 5 way adjustable shocks. This morning I went to a shop which does racing suspensions to confirm the compression spring rates for both the front and rear. Using the info from John and the FSM, we confirmed the following: Right front spring @ 604 lbs- no coils need to be removed; Left front spring @ 562 lbs. needs 1/4 coil removed; Rear springs measured at 703 lbs (FSM says they should be 635 lbs@8.4") so we're looking at removing .5 of a coil. Before installing I will run the compression tests again to verify. So to give credit where it's due, I got all this from John and I'm just verifying his calculations. Please read his post as it contains much valuable information.

Andy

[OniZ]

Cool Z I'm digging the Z's paint in the background

[240260280z]

Team Zero won GT-2 past two years.

[OniZ]

Is that racing a BRE themed 510?