I know I have posted a few pics before but that was under the heading of How stuffed is too stuffed. It does not describe my second sedan so well as it does my first one. I bought a very rusty one as it was the only one I could get my hands on but ended up being a great parts car. Roll forward about 9 months and I got a phone call from a guy in Melbourne who had his late fathers car garaged for many years and decided to sell it. He got my number by googling Datsun 240k sedan and my gumtree add came up as the first result. He asked me what I thought it was worth and I gave him an honest answer. By chance I was to be in Melbourne 4 days later( I have not been to Melb since 1994 sports trip). Could not believe my luck. The owner picked me up from the course I was attending and took me out to look at the car. He asked a lot about what I planned to do with the car, checking to see if it was going to a good home I think. Checked it out, agreed on a price and I had it transported back to Brisbane.

It runs and drives but no way I would take anyone in my family in it, needs brake work and has leaking valve stem seals.  Waiting till I get my own shed before starting on  that one.

Yeah I know them feels. I really want to have the sedan stripped and repainted but I need to get the coupe undercover first

Engine getting closer now, still waiting on a gasket set from amazon but have got it this far with stuff I already had. Going to run with the original 260z air fliter housing for now at least. Painted that in Chev orange which is not a very good match but looks good I think. Have been reading many posts on what kind of power to expect and don't know what to think. Some really low educated guesses and some high, then I look at Robello's mods and he can really squeeze some power out of these things.  Just hoping for a noticeable improvement, may dyno if I get really keen.

 

Mods are:

240K 83mm block

260Z crank

240 83mm pistons shaved 2.79mm

240 rods

Ported head E88 head ( by who?)

Not sure on  cam specs but looks to be about 280 duration? Moderate lift. Made by Camshaft engineering in Brisbane, no longer exist.

Dome top SU carbs

Removing belt driven fan for thermo.

Hi tech headers through 2 1/4 system

5spd manual

 

Any guesses?

        

 

Didn't have to change the sump and pickup?

No, that's why I didn't just rebuild the 260z engine. Combined the 240k with 260z so can still use original dipstick hole. That seemed to be the main issue, swapping sumps and pick-ups didn't look too bad but the dipstick looked more difficult. In using both motors I could machine the 240 pistons and use the longer rods to basically give me flat pistons instead of dished. Local parts guy has 240z's and said this was the mod back in the day to keep l24 engine numbers.

Oh she's looking cool there Cam, very nice 

Just about done, not sure if the red cam cover and orange air filter cover go together. May end up running the brushed alloy cam cover instead, will see what it looks like in the car.

They look like early Z SU's with a 240z air cleaner.

I want to run the same setup on mine Cam. And you take some detail photos of the carbs and manifold? I think I'm missing bits

I can do that but not till Monday, motor is at work. I do remember they where the 3 bolt cap so this would be early 240z? E80 or E88 intake manifold.

I've got the early done top ones in 4 screw varient. Only minor differences. My manifold looks the same so hopefully will help me with mine 👍

I'll have to check the manifold. What stamping on yours?

Not sure which part you needed a pic of but here are a few. Let me know more details if needed. Also I haven't run this motor and carbs yet so house routing may not be correct.

First three are of my motor and next are from a z at a local car show, maybe helpful.