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Just wondering if anyone's using the new 123igntion distributor on an L24 that you can tune via Blue Tooth? I'm running triple Weber 40s with an E88 head in my 240Z for street and track events. Timing's always been a bit of an issue. Seems like this would be a game-changer if it actually works as well as I think it could. Thanks for your input.

Oh, you could do two, they're six months apart! Just end your year in June and pretend they're in different years!

My sincere sympathy that you drank the Kool Aid.

So I think that I might have been the first Z owner to try the 123 ignition on their car. You can find the write up I did in 2014 here: I still contend that it is one of the best upgrades I have done and definitely makes the job of getting your advance curve optimized extremely easy. Let me know if you have any other questions. Mike.

Of course. Drivers want to dress up their entries in the East African Safari Rally. And what better way than to add a matched set of off road use only, scratched, non-OEM, as-is, no rust, 1970 Datsun Z hubcaps? I wonder if the seller has a release from liability form for buyers to sign in case of injury. Dennis

And while looking at the wheel section of the FSM's I turned up a mistake. This is an excerpt from the 72 manual, but this same mistake got copied all the way forward through 77. Looks like they finally fixed it in 78. Dyslexic style typo on the wheel offset number:

I'm really glad to hear that, I've only head good things about the guys! haha mine is in much need of that, the current setup really isn't working as well as it should be and is looking quite tired in a lot of respects. I'm hoping both the performance and economy will increase. They seem a solid option for fairly standard engines... I believe you call it a KA transmission in the states and it would be from your 240SX rather than our 200SX over in the UK. The bell housing will obviously go which will make it look a bit more familiar, however it should make it fantastic to drive compared to the long four speed that currently resides in the car. Thanks, I'm glad to hear that people are still reading and enjoying the thread!

Here are some of the award links. Would be nice to have a video of the presentation. http://autoweek.com/gallery/car-life/winners-la-jolla-concours Pic # 23 https://www.lajollaconcours.com/2018-winners

Yes, there were some great cars there. Mike Malamut's Mazda Cosmo took first in the Japanese class. His Mazda Rebo and a Honda sport coupe were the 2nd and 3rd place winners. The Judges graded on restoration excellence. The 2000 GT was easily the priciest car in the Japanese class and garnered a lot of attention. I would venture to say that my Z got almost as much attention as the 2000 GT. The show was very busy which blows my mind since the cost to enter is way high at $70. I usually attend the free show outside and peek through the fence at the cars inside. The cars in the show were just insane; Bugatti's old and new, Rolls Royce's and ton of Mercedes, Duesenbergs, McLarens, a 1963 Lola GT that had like an 8 man pit crew prepping it before the show, a charger Super Bird. I could go on and on. Amazing cars and a lot of fun. Glad the 240Z was well received. Oh, one other cool thing happening here: the Petersen Museum in LA ( https://www.petersen.org/) is doing a year long exhibition starting in May contrasting Japanese and US car design styles. They asked if my roadster was available to present as part of the display, so I will be loaning that out to them for a year. Nice to see the Japanese cars getting some visibility. Also nice to get some free storage . I need space

FYI... Thanks all After running it outside for a half hour, it stopped smoking so all the oils and anti seize must of burnt off. I was sure I screwed up something.