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Some of you have dealt with this little annoyance, and I have found a perfect solution. When doing a full restoration, or at least the full interior, you often have to replace the head liner and the A pillar vinyl, as well as the vinyl trim that goes across the top of the windshield where the sun visors and rear view mirror mount. While I won’t discuss the pain of installing these items, what I have found is even more of a pain, is finding the nine M5 threaded holes to put the visor and mirror mount back in. All that fresh painfully installed lovely vinyl, and 9 secret little holes you have to find to poke holes through. Get out the pokey thingy of your choice and start poking until you find them. If you put some kind of thin foam behind the vinyl like you’re supposed to, those damn holes are just a nightmare to sleuth out. Not any more! I put some nice long M5 grub screws in the nine threaded holes, THEN do the upholstery. Then finding the tips of them sticking out is easy! Make little “X” slits to expose them, grab your M3 hex key, back them out and screw in the visor and mirror mounts. Five minutes each! Easy peasy.

The Evil (1978)

Hey guys, Been a while since I have been on the forum. Anyways my engine is cammed, and ever since the stock Bosch Jetronic fuel injection system had problems running the cam. Cold starts were near impossible, and mid-range throttle was never happy. I messed with it for well over a year but made the decision to go a different route. I decided to switch over to a new ECU and engine management setup. I chose the STM PRO because almost no material was out there on how to do it, and I find it to be a very capable ECU for sequential fuel injection. If anyone is considering swapping over to an aftermarket ECU, I highly encourage it. It seems super daunting at first to try and figure it out, but if you read lots of material, the fundamentals become very easy to understand, especially how different sensors and such are wired. Anyway, I provided a manual on how to put the STM PRO in your Datsun 280z. It is pretty comprehensive, but it is almost impossible to cover everything. It also references many links that you may find useful. I did make a wiring diagram, which I don't believe exists anywhere else for the STM PRO. It is specific to my setup, but you can tweak it however you need. Hope this finds someone to be of use for! The manual is listed as an attachment. PS. Special shout out to Pro TunerZ for setting me up with the STM Pro and all the other items that I bought. Everything was very high quality and I was very impressed. 280z STM Pro Conversion Manual (FINAL).pdf

Thanks Site.....this will be my last one.....cost more than my first Z.