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I found fur in mine,

Well, mine was shaved. Does that count?

From the FSM:

Okay I spent the last 2 hrs cleaning the head and valve cover where it had caked oil everywhere. It’s not perfect but I got most of the debris that I feel confident nothing is going to get stuck in a valve or spring. Added assembly lube to the cam lobes. Spray bar is cleaned out and installed with homemade gaskets The dizzy is back and all hooked up. Whew....

I believe Cliff has some Lube for that, right Cliff?

So, finally up and running but still some great content to follow and more parts later. Thanks for your support.

I think that EuroChas implied that, not me. Neb is making fantastic progress, he'll probably come up with his own plan pretty quickly. Lots of options, from building an engine in the "meantime" to swapping heads, to swapping engines. Many of us have the parts for those options in our garage or sheds. I ponder those options occasionally then take the car out for a drive and decide that it's fine like it is. It can sit for a while and start when it's supposed to, and it doesn't break down. And it's fun to drive when I drive it. That's the goal I set when I started. I had my crazy days back with the GTO and Pontiac 400. Can't fault anyone who takes a different path.

@siteunseen The fact that the engine seems to run fine when it's warmed up makes me think that the chokes are fully closing. I'm sure we're not done but the only problem I see at this time is the engine runs a bit crappy if it's pushed when it's cold. Which is totally understandable. I'm the same way.

Screw U-Haul! That baby's gonna make it on it's on.

I don't blame Jalex for pushing it. EXCEPT WHEN THE ENGINE IS STILL COLD. One has to push "IT" (submit your own definition) every now and then to see if it's worth keeping. Who want's to baby something forever. Especially a Z or a girl.

You need to be careful when exposing your hose unless it's to more hose.

Silly like farting and giggling? Instead of pull my finger they were saying pull my choke!

H ZH, I agree it’s not as visible. I looked at the scratches and markings around the groove and compared them in relation to the groove in both pics it apprears to be right on. So the new oil pump is primed and installed. The tang for the the dizzy looks perfect to me now. What do you think?

(Post starts on page before) Despite feeling somewhat rubbish having been getting over a virus we were accepted to take part in the members parade on Saturday morning, which while it was very much a parade was good fun. I got to at least open the car up along the pit straight out of the chicane and we heard our car being talked out over the radio so will be on the look out for the days coverage when it gets released by Goodwood. We also managed to blag circuit parking on the Sunday given how shocking the car park fields were there was no way we wanted to go anywhere near them so the car got some more expose and a fair bit of attention as well. With the weekends awful weather it was also the first snow the car has seen with us which made for some good pictures! IMG_5355 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr IMG_5408 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr IMG_5410 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr IMG_5437 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr IMG_5422 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr IMG_5464 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr IMG_5465 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr All cleaned up briefly from the weekend before being put away IMG_5468 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr Its fair to say the cars handling has transformed beyond belief and can now attack corners with far more speed and confidence, the BC's are set at very soft settings to keep things compliant so overall we're very happy with the results. Also having the adjustability that comes with the T3 control arms has meant the car is really sharp and responsive in a way that it never was. The only issues now to combat are the 1cm of play in the steering, which is linked to a worn lower UJ in the steering column. Some squeaky polybushes from the rear control arms are driving me made though! With the weather being the way it has though we've still not had a proper opportunity to really take the car out and put it more through its paces to get dialed in and familiarise ourselves with the changes. We had hoped to add anti roll bars in at the same time however unfortunately couldn't tie them in with the planned works, given the delay I've been talked into now going with Suspension Techniques anti roll bar kit which mounts off of the rear diff. In hindsight this seemed more appropriate rather than drilling holes in the chassis with no rear mounts fitted being an earlier car. On that note a big shout out to Mike and Chris on here who are both helping me out big time with getting them across the atlantic without incurring the extortionate postage quote that I received! They'll get put on in the coming months with other planned work. Any thoughts on the ride height? I'm thinking the rear could come still down a tad? IMG_5294 by Mark Woodrow, on Flickr As usual I've said enough so I'll stop here, I am already working on the next stage of the project so more details will follow shortly!

There is good information in that link. Sensitization is a subtle thing that can't really be predicted. I met a guy years ago who was part owner of a company that built high performance kit airplanes. He'd been working with two part epoxies for years and one day he started a job and found that he couldn't work with them any more. His body started acting up and he couldn't be around them at all. He had to stay out of the shop when they were laying up the materials. He still seemed kind of in shock just telling the story. So you might think that since you've been exposed in the past and nothing happened that you'll be fine to keep dong what you've been doing. But once your body changes it's "mind" you're done.

A full tank of gas or just accelerating?

Riding low in the rear huh? 227 gallons is pretty heavy.

@siteunseen Possibly, but I've seen crappy, worn out engines run strong. I'm still going on the assumption that the engine is good. The compression is good, the valve train isn't shedding parts, even at six grand. If we get the spark and fuel right, I think it'll be good to go. At least I'm hoping so.

Which takes us full circle back to the California Datsun motor, known to be problematic from the reviews of buyers. Not only is it from California Datsun but a California Datsun "high performance motor". Would that qualify as an oxymoron?

View of the road ahead with a full tank of gas. Phil Smith

Also, according to the FSM I should easily be able to drive from California to New York on a tank gas. You’re welcome. Phil Smith

I remember back in the day watching a 60 Minutes episode. The episode was ripping on 3 wheelers and how dangerous they were. To illustrate their case, they showed people doing all kinds of stupid things on them. Soon after, they were taken off the market. A week or so later, they did an episode on a supercar. It was Ferrari, Lamborghini, or something similar but I cant recall the exact manufacturer. To illustrate how great the car was, they were driving down public roads at 120mph. I wonder which episode illustrated greater stupidity?

A nice pretty fresh zinc'd cap is pretty though! Now to get a nice zinc'd lock ring and screws...

I was not trying to mess with you Jalex, it's been I while since I have removed one and I know the clearances are tight. There is a way to do it with out damaging the paint. Is that being done with tools or the bolts in the cover? If I remember right you need to remove the bolts from the cover before you try to remove the cover. Padding the tower with a towel will help too.

Not really sure how this thread went Star Trek, but I will play along....... Remember Vina......

Yay!! 205/55 fits! I rolled the fenders and was able to set the camber much less aggressive. Tried to eye the toe close to 0 as well. Very happy with how this looks.

Interesting clip. Too bad there's not another one available that illustrates the flow around the back of the car, where the other half of the Z's issues reside (front-end lift being the issue at the front). I spent almost 15 years of my engineering career with a Canadian company that was one of the four world leaders in wind tunnel design in the day (the others were Sverdrup in the USA, TLT in Europe, and Meidensha in Japan). For reference, my company (DSMA International -- now reborn as Aiolos Engineering) designed and built the Porsche wind tunnel in Weissach back in the late 1980's and later designed the Williams Grand Prix Engineering wind tunnel in the early 1990's. We also worked for Volvo, SAAB, Honda, Ford USA and Europe, GM, Chrysler, Hyundai, BL Cars, as well as for clients in the aerospace and fuel/lubricants sectors. Those were interesting days. The picture of the old Nissan wind tunnel shows a rather old-fashioned design (even for its time) with an open circuit layout (affects efficiency), a small test room cross-section (affects accuracy), and the absence of an in-floor measurement 'balance' (floor/ground effect ignored, yaw measurements complicated or ignored). In terms of absolute accuracy for Cd measurements, it probably couldn't do much better than +/- 3 to 4 %. By contrast, a modern tunnel delivers +/- 1% or less. Nissan replaced this tunnel with a much larger and more capable, closed-return circuit design sometime in the late 1970's or early 1980's (it was in place and operational when I visited circa 1988). Production car aero development was in its infancy at the time when the Z was being designed. The oil embargoes in the early 1970's were what really made the industry get serious (Americans will remember the 55-mph national speed limit as another component of the 'energy crisis' days, while Nissan captured the spirit of the times with its marketing slogan, 'Datsun Saves'). There was major industry investment made in the acquisition of modern, high-accuracy/capability wind tunnels throughout the 1980's, as well as for accommodating the cost of aero test/development hours into new-model development budgets. It's all become pretty formulaic now, but that's because of all the ground-breaking work that was done in those new wind tunnels throughout the 1990's. I remember that one of the important issues that designers were trying to sort out was how to optimally locate and size the extractor vents to enable effective cabin air flow-through. As all of us Z owners know, this was something that Nissan hadn't really got a handle on when the Z was being developed!

You're a little early with your April 1st joke. Hopefully you won't get clipped by any passing traffic when you are messing about with your bonnet/hood stay. I mess with mine whilst I'm standing on the kerb.

Does not matter.. videos are great! Thanks

The E88 also looks like it might have been cut. The casting numbers are pretty close to the edge. Some measurements would be in order there too. Also are the cam towers shimmed on that head?

Celebrating 47 years together today. It did not start out as a "forever car", it just worked out that way.

Feel free to draw your own "aerodynamics art" on the original sales promotion image of the Bingo Sports 432: