[2014] What did you do to/with your Z today?

[bquiggle]

Took the Z30 miles to the grocery store, was having a nice cruse back when the engine blew..........guess its time to find an L28

[Hunter260Z]

Cleaned and waxed the inner fender wells in the engine bay. Also started polishing the valve cover using a scorch brite pad. That didn't last long, the temperate here was 95.

[moelk]

Went to a car meet today. A guy in my age (34) started to ask me alot of questions about my 240z and then invites me to look at his car, a Ford GT he say. And Holy crap he realy got one. I had to put my arse in the drivers seat. The noise when you hit the throttle is the most angry engine/exhaust sound iv ever heard. Supercharged 950hp/1050nm. Would look great in my garage next to the Z

[Fred Sigarto]

Ford GT40, and it only sits a bit over 40" off the ground

[SteveJ]

Ford GT40, and it only sits a bit over 40" off the ground

The Ford GT40 was only 40 inches tall. I'm not sure if that included the Gurney hump.

The newer car was the Ford GT since Ford could not secure the rights to GT40. Anyway, the newer car was more than 40 inches tall.

[SteveJ]

I got the air cleaner back from the powder coaters for the 260Z.

I'll also be getting new vacuum hoses for the brakes today and a urethane air dam tomorrow.

This is going to be a fun weekend.

By the way, Guy, how much horsepower will this add?

[Hunter260Z]

That looks great. All you need are the decals. We want to the engine bay when you're finished.

[Stanley]

Raised the float bowls a little higher than stock a while back. Don't think it's overflowed since then but wanted to check. If all goes well (or wrong) a quick check of the Sriracha bottle will let me know if it has. Should still be plenty air for venting.

Had to swipe the bottle from the coolant overflow line though. If I eat enough burgers, should have another empty Sriracha bottle soon.

[justinyee]

Pop'd on new side view mirrors on the 280z.

eBay; plastic; not quite a value buy; still looks decent. About a 15-30min job. At least I'm not worrying when my side view mirrors are gonna wobble out of sight. I did a full write up on my blog, DailyDatsun.com

Edited July 20, 2014 by justinyee

[Oiluj]

Removed the original, non-functioning A/C compressor, compressor mount and hoses from my neighbor's 240Z. Next step will be to get a new A/C kit and install it.

[CanTechZ]

Actually two days ago, took the 240Z to a local car show at an excellent venue. Of 144 registered cars three were Japanese, mine, a very nicely restored '74 260Z and a very nice '74 Toyota Celica GT.

Here is a link to a youtube presentation posted by the event organizers, if you like history you will enjoy it. You will see me arriving at 3:59, there was a wide variety of vehicles.

Mike

[SteveJ]

I got the new 2.5" exhaust run to the headers today. Now the 260Z runs smooth and has no complaints pulling north of 5,000 RPM (on a ZX distributor). Next come the new needles for the SUs.