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I did told myself this is the last thing I will be spending out. Everything else I will do myself, even if it takes a learning book on it, I could prob do a better job.

Hi, what a great car. Have the same , Color in- and outside from 02.1971. It is original , just missing the original engine .? 90% first paint and drove ist over 3500 miles this year. So keep it as it is and have a lot of fun with the Z.

These guys make a very nice leather set, https://interior-innovations.com/product/datsun-240z260z-genuine-leather-w-diamond-stitching-tunnel-strut-tower-covers/ I have it in my car, very nice fit, smells great.

A goed comparison could be trying to get a goed tune done on your Volvo 1800E with D-tronic fuel injection. Although if I go by my mates troubles he is having with his 1800E, not much better than Barts experience. It could be just anything old over here and you are in trouble looking for any kind of speacialist.

Hello. This might seem a long way away from you guys but maybe, for once, you want to be there at Le Mans, especially after the recent Fordvs. Ferrari film ? Club Datsun-France is preparing for this prestigeous and enormous biennial event, the dates for which have been set as Thursday 2nd July – Sunday 5th inclusive. We aim to continue the 50years theme and to improve upon the 2018 attendance of 50x cars, so we’re counting upon you all to come together to celebrate and share a great moment against the fabulous old-school atmosphere of Le Mans ! In order to benefit from the preferential club stand, discounted tickets and no booking stress for you, I as usual on behalf of our club, will be organising the Datsun/Nissan ticket bookings direct with Peter Auto including camping accommodation via the ACO ! It’s not too early to book for track sessions, accomodation and a place on the stand ! I invite you to contact me at : seanz@wanadoo.fr for a more complete information package including estimated* prices. *we’re awaiting the official figures. Kind regards, Sean Président, Club Datsun-France http://datsun-france.com

I've been running my Maxifuse 4 circuit fuse block for a few months (replacement for the old fusible link set up) and all the electricals are working well. My worry has been the fact that the set up is definitely not water resistant (much less water proof) which could be a huge problem if I get caught in rain or simply carelessly wash my car. I like the fact that it's a simple 4 circuit system with readily available fuses so I found a way to put it inside a Husky brand (Home Depot) WATERPROOF 6" small parts box ( measures exactly 6"x6"x2") made of hard clear plastic. It looks like acrylic but I'm not sure. I pulled out all the partitions, opened 4 holes (one in each angled corner) and fit them with rubber grommets for all the input and output cables. Fixed the fuse block inside with well nuts placed on the bottom of the case (as well as the sound system fuse holder) and attached the set up back again in place of the old fusible link holders. Oh yeah, and I covered up the inverted "husky" logo with a spare 3D printed 280Z logo I had laying around. All the electricals tested well. I will run this for a while to test the durability of the clear plastic but I think it'll fare very well considering the fuse block itself was exposed to the heat of the engine bay for months without issue and this plastic seems very similar to that. I'll report long term findings if any. Pics below.

What Dave WM said, just looks like the cam is 1/4" too far back, as long as the cam is all lubed up you should be able to tap the back of the cam with a rubber mallet. Or you could install the cam gear and pull the cam forward with the cam bolt, just be sure the locating pin also lines up.

Oyyyy.... there goes all my cash! Better start saving again.

I can do a lot of transmission work for $2200 and reading too for that matter

True. Bought it seems I bought from a scam shop in the US.. cause there was my first one from. Paid them 2.2k for the AOD alone. There are good shops out there, but they seem hard to find. Everybody is out for a quick buck...

Not sure I will do ITB’s. I have a custom plenum I’m building for NA or turbo. One TB to mess with and tune . I do like the look and maybe I’ll go that route some day . I have a diesel manifold that I would love to run also - just something different .

I tapped my grease caps with a rubber hammer pretty hard until those center caps stayed on. I read on here a few days ago somebody used 1/8" spacers on the front to let them fit without denting the grease caps like I did.

video near the top. the engine cut out takes place about 1/2 thru if you want to cut to the action.

Thanks Alan , if we don’t understand fully line up of Nissan at that time , we can’t see what was happening with the S30 . Kats

Thanks Carl , yes I think so too , it is not that simple . Reading many books from my book collection , I see these. 1961 Mr.K started a KAKU “ U “ project to let not only engineers but also executives know what is needed for selling cars in the US . Mr. K and Mr . Hara they met already at this point . 1965 L20 six cylinder went on production 1965 Mr. K became a president of Nissan USA 1965 Mr. Matsuo / Mr. Yoshida / Mr. Chiba these styling designers began to study for a new sports car 1966 Chassis Engineers had began to study for a new sports car ( Mr. Kambara is the key person for this ) 1966 late Mr. K met Mr. Matsuo, at this point the cray model which would become S30 was not settled yet . 1967 is the most important year for the birth of the S30 I think . 1967 Feb Mr. Tamura joined the studio and started refreshing the body . Mr.K saw a cray model and said “ I buy this car “ . 1967 Mar Mr .Hara who was a manager of Design engineering and styling section had been watching activity of styling designers and chassis engineers had had decided to start a project of a new sports car . He also believed Nissan can make a new sports car and well sold in the US . 1967 April A meeting was held by production management to set the target of a new sports car. This is the moment of S30 officially became to have six- cylinder engine. A base model is four -cylinder engine, a high performance model is six-cylinder engine. And set the target main market - USA . However this was not seem to tell the styling designer until June , Mr.Tamura . Because he said “ one day Mr. Matsuo came to see my work and suddenly told me “ this car became to have six-cylinder engine “ . That was the summer of 1967 “ . 1967 June 1st new sports car meeting was held and this project was named “ Maru Z Kei kaku “ . The engine has two types , L16 and L20 . 1967 November Mr.Hara had an idea to achieve an approval of a new sports car from executives. I think Mr. Hara did a great job at the presentation. So the answer of the question “What made S30 prototype upgrade to a six- cylinder engine from a four- cylinder engine? will be , “ the meeting of production management held April 1967 “ . As a side note , Maru Z Kei Kaku decided to install a L24 for USA model is July 1968 . Kats

Just love breaking this engine in! The torque is very strong. I’ve limited myself to 5500 at this point, but still pulling very strong. Have to be careful not to hit it too hard in lower gears or I just break the tires loose. Able to run 35 degrees timing so far, but probably close to the limit. Need to break this bad boy in and and get to the dyno to dial it in. Running very similar tune I did with my 2.4, just more fuel. Seems to be doing rather well on the MPG- beauty of EFI. On the dyno I will probably advance the cam a bit too if I can get away with it. I’ll see where the power curve comes in. Took a peek at the cam and everything looks peachy. Just finishing up the install of my old motor in to the customers car. After it’s gone I can devote more time to tuning. Right now just driving around and letting Megasquirt do it’s thing.

Thank man, I plan to keep it as stock as possible. I scored a bunch of parts yesterday. A lady in Elizabeth, CO has a parts hoard. She sells parts on Ebay under Z car crazy. I got a right front marker light, a nice rear tail light, a window crank, a new style 240 mustache bar, a new style transverse assembly, and a used untested transmission for $415. Since I need to take the trans out anyway I am going to swap in the other one and see if it works. I can return the used trans if there is a problem and I found all the parts to fix the original one if I need to. Today I am going to start soaking the bolts with PB blaster and order parts. I will be ready next week to get started. I am pretty excited.

It's a quality control stamp which reads 合格 ('Go Kaku') meaning 'Pass(ed)'.

Hi Blue , the mono color 240Z picture was given from Mr. Yoshida when I met him and interviewed him . The picture is a big , like 200mm x 300mm . And the other pictures are printed from a set of slide film maintenance of Datsun 240Z which I bought a long time ago . In this case , is this a set of slide film belonged to Nissan , or an individual who owns it ? Anyway I have more 6 reels of film which are still in the wrapping . If someone want to see it and I maybe open them and print by a photo shop . Kats