Travel'n Man

Brandon - He rolled right over my post........it didn't even phase him! He may be a little overfocused on this rebuild - but, if he drove a triple Mikuni it would bring him right into the drivers seat in a hurry - he wouldn't know what to do with all that torque and power from a little straight line 6 - SU's are fine but nothing like triple Mikuni's!! You guys need to get out of that Richmond heat and drive down the Blue Ridge Parkway (or should I say up / elevation 3500 ft) and come and drive my Z - I promise you it will put a smile on your pops face!! There is no better feeling than to pull a mountain with twisty's with my L28! Open invitation Guy - what do you have to loose other than the heat of Richmond!!

Guy - You've gotta try some triples on one of your engine - it is a total surprise on how much more power and torque you can generate out of a solid rebuilt engine. My power band is 2000-5500 rpm and it is F'n fantastic!! Todd at Wolf Creek really does a great job on his Mikuni's!

..................nothing to the cam?

Don - Get ready for a great ride. Back in '71 the Z's only transmission was a 4 speed. A popular mod is upgrading the transmission to a 5 speed. If you are looking to putting her back to stock I would be interested in taking the 5 speed off your hands and shipping you my 4 speed (we would need to discuss that live if you have an interest in a swap). Be sure to look under the driver and passenger side floorboards / back hatch area / battery carrier / wheel well / dog legs / rocker panel / for rust - these are the most prone areas. Passenger side brake lights show up on e-bay very often (the drivers side is usually the worse one due to the exhaust fumes). There are a few nice one's right now for a small price of about $70.00 - windshield wiper arms may still be available from Nissan - call you local Nissan dealer and see if they can order part number 26380-E4600 (just happened to have a parts manual next to me this AM). While you are getting that you may want to fresh up part number 28890-E4100 - shaft boot for the wiper arm. Get some pic's up when you get the Z - welcome to the site!

If I were you I would not do another thing until you READ the Pertronix install instructions!! The tach goes to the NEG side of the coil. Sorry for the double post!

Double Post

Dave - I've had the fun of having kidney stones a few years ago - while I was on the road traveling............now there is some fun!! Finally ended up in the ER and morphine drip did not even phase it...........that is some crazy stuff there. Hope everything comes out ok (a little pun intended there!!)

I'm really surprised that a lot of folks do not run the original air cleaner boxes. I know that they are not the most attractive things out there but they do have a clear cut function with the built in air horns.......I ran those snap on air filters when I first got my car and went to visit Roger at the Z Barn. He hooked me up with a great air cleaner box with all the hardware - gave it a refresh/paint job (great link on the site by the way) and it automaticlly added power the first time I ran the car..........proper air horn size makes a big difference!! Desertmonkey - the mechanical pump is plenty to run both your carbs just so it is in proper working condition. There is a location on your passenger engine bay for your Nissan fuel filter holder to attach to. I have only ran 1 filter with no issue's but that will be based on the condition of your tank.

Have you tried removing the BR and totally bypassing...........might be worth a try. I physically removed my BR and have no issues at all.

Gary Agreed.....I never had challenges with my point system - I upgraded to Protronix due to looking for a hotter spark. Never an issue with points for me and very easy to set/adjust/maintain.

If the geometry of the linkage throws off your linkage plaecment you could go to a LOKAR throttle cable (there's a thread on that install). Honestly I would not reduce the insulator depth - I would re-arrange the air cleaner to a different style (several filters on the market than the typical Datsun original air cleaner). The built in air horns of the original air filter housing (if you loose them) will decrease some of your power though. Those air horns have a purpose and a lot of folks don't use them for some crazy reason??

I'm a little confused - IMO the spacers are really insulators to help reduce the heat transfer from the manifold directly to the carb..........not sure why you would want to remove the insulator....... I would be concerned about additional heat buildup and poor performance.

Every 100 miles I roll I am pulling plugs and reading - tweaking each cylinder fuel setting to get the nice light tan/grayish top of the plug. The beautiful thing about these is there is a setting for each plug - they are dead on or not - once your plug is reading correctly you are done. http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/tech_support/spark_plugs/faqs/faqread.asp http://www.4secondsflat.com/Spark_plug_reading.html

My first experience with Pertronix w/1.5 coil was not a good one - my second install with a 3.0 ohmn coil is great - hot coil and no issues at all.

With the Pertronix set up it is recommended by Pertronix NOT to use the ballest resistor with a 40,000 volt coil (3 ohm), you will need to connect those two wires together or to put a jumper in to by-pass the ballast resistor. I just installed Pertronix w/3 ohm coil and mine is dead on. The first one I installed from them was defective and had to go back to points. You may want to remove the Pertronix entirely and install points (along with your ballast resistor and correct coil - and see if that fixes things. If it does, you will know it's your Pertroinx set up

We had snow flurries last night...........crazy!!

It's rained here in the Carolina's for the past week plus. 2" of rain yesterday and 42 degree's outside right now - damn, what month is it?!! Not much drive time at all. Missed a car show last Saturday due to rain - Huge trophies (more trophies than cars) but I'm not getting my car out with a hail warning ........others did (but naturally it did not hail)..............maybe this weekend will dry out some. Just finalized Mikuni's and trying to get some miles on her so I can finalize adjustments................oh well.......it's still raining right now! The sun has to shine soon!!

Welcome! We all like projects so keep us posted with lots of pictures! You may want to check out HybridZ - those guys are a little more radical than most of us with a lot of crazy mods and fabs..........they drop in Vette engines and all kind of crazy stuff!

Great looking project! Glad to see you found us - get ready for a great ride (and some elbow grease)!

...........did anybody ever dial the number above.................maybe it was post #10 that scared her off..........a lot of questions but no answers!!

Great looking progress!

These carbs bring the entire rebuilt engine to life. The sound of the climbing RPM's and the de-acceleration is fantastic!!........head and cam work makeup part of all that along with the headers and exhaust system. 3 of my plugs were a little on the phat side so I backed off the setting just a little - I'll run 100 miles or so and then re-read all 6. I guess on the initial set up some of my setting were off a 1/4 turn or so. Fuel consumption is all based on your right foot...... Over all this was Z$ well spent!!

Welcome to the site - a lot of eye's on your first message............we maybe be faster than you expected................. 70 views and 8 responses and the first 24 hours has not even gone around the clock!

Allen - I'll have to get in touch with my guy in Japan and see if I can get him to order any more - Let me check with him and I'll let you know. If he doesn't want to mess with it again the price really doesn't matter.

Mike - Unknown to me - it was a part from the PO of my car in California............