JonnyRock

Horsepower Freaks/Torque Freaks is a dyno and aftermarket specialist in Portland. They put on "Dyno Days" every once in awhile, where you can come and run your car on their rollers for about $35.

I'd be very interested in the winning lotto ticket...

I had the same issue on my old Yota pickup. It's pretty straightforward work. Just manual labor.

That works out to 30mpg...

I don't know if it's original. I assume that it is, but I'm still new to Z car ownership. When I get home I'll check my FSM. It does have the mounting brackets for the shroud, that line up with MSA's shroud so my thinking is that it's an original radiator. 280~Master: I don't see any need in removing the hood, it didn't get in the way. Although I guess it couldn't make things any harder. I didn't remove the fan simply because I needed to get the shroud lined up and marked such that it didn't interfere with the fan's rotation.

Because of the lighting and angle, it looks worse than it is. It's actually a good bend, not a kink.

I've only driven it once since doing the install, because I got done rather late. However, the shroud only really helps when in traffic or idling. It shouldn't help at speed. That being said, I don't know what effect it's had so far. My needle sits about 2/3rds of the way up the gauge, but it may just read high. I recently drove 260 miles of all freeway with no problem. The real test will be when I go to the Canby Datsun meet on Sunday. It's gonna be around 80+ degrees and I'm gonna see if I can recreate my last overheating experience. I'll let you know how it goes.

I just completed mounting the fiberglass radiator shroud that I recently purchased from MSA. Let me tell you, it was a kinda PITA. So I thought I'd share with everyone how it went. 1) First step, drain al the coolant. There's a spigot on the bottom of the radiator, simply spin it and watch the coolant drain. about 2 1/2 gallons are in there. There's also a drain bolt on the side of the block. 2) Second step, remove the radiator. This is very simple. It's attached by 4 bolts and two hoses. Unscrew the hose clamps, work the hoses off and them unbolt it. Be careful when you pull it out, there's still some coolant in there. 3) Next, I had the radiator flow tested and hot tanked to clean it out. It was pretty rusty. 4) Once I got it back, it was time to see how well the shroud fit. The fit was alright but not perfect. It wasn't quite square, needed the holes drilled, and a little bit of trimming because the edges interfered with the frame. So first I drilled the holes. I marked the placement by heating up a small screwdriver and sticking it through from behind to melt a small mark. The drilled at those spots. 5) Fifth, I mounted it through those holes and marked with my niece's sidewalk chalk where the extra material on the shroud was. 6) Then I took a jigsaw and cut off some of the unnecessary excess fiberglass. Now I should have thought it out more, because I ended up cutting off the wrong part. It didn't mess things up, but it didn't help the interference issue. You should cut lower on the shroud than I did. 7) Lastly, it's time to mount it back on. This part was the biggest PITA. If you're gonna do this, listen to my instructions and save yourself some grief. First, put the shroud over the fan and spin it 90 degrees. Then lower the radiator most of the way into it's position. At this point you can spin the shroud into place and lower everything down into position. Now bolt the radiator on, then the shroud on to it. Tighten everything down (not too tight on the fiberglass. And I used nice large washers to spread out the load as much as possible). Attach the hoses, refill the cooling system and enjoy not overheating in traffic! BTW, I refilled it with water and drove it around for awhile to flush the system out before putting actual coolant in.

Oh, he'll be rich, but 'ol GW was a notoriously bad businessman. As evidenced by his track record in the oval office. It's Cheney and his cronies that are making out like bandits. Awarded all the no-bid contracts in Iraq to friends and family.

Just got done driving 260 miles of only freeway. Averaged about 68mph @ 3800rpm. My overall mileage was about 25mpg, if not better! I'm surprised and pleased. BTW, I've always found fuel gauge accuracy to be a funny thing. As we all know, they are not accurate. Not by a long shot. And there's actually some behavioral reasoning behind it but that's a different subject for a different thread. Anyway, my gauge sat just-barely-above to on-top-of the half tank hash mark for more than 150 miles! Almost no movement!

Alright. I learned from an earlier post a few months ago that my car should have one sided keys. Unfortunately, at some point my locks were replaced. I now have one key for my ignition and doors, and a separate key for my hatch. They are this style of key, but the grooves are on the wrong side.

Apparently I didn't pay close enough attention and recently bought NOS Nissan keys that are mirrored. What I mean is, the slots are on the opposite side from mine. Can anyone tell me what they are for? Are they RH drive keys?

Very cool Derek. I hope to do some casting @ school this summer and next year, I'll have to read up on your posts.

The variations I ran through before deciding on 20TIL3Z: 20TILL3 20TIL3 TWOFRTY TOFRTYZ among others...

I'm only 21, so most of my experience with wheel culture has involved "dubs" and the like. Hell, now they're manufacturing 30+ inch wheels. But it's really funny to me that there was a market for 10x4 inch Shelby wheels! It's also hard for me to believe that Shelby made wheels specifically for Hondas as early as 1972. Crazy I tell you!

Thanks Will, I was hoping someone would get it. It's not the most obvious plate, and that's why I like it.

My new plates are here in time for Canby! Check 'em out:

I run 87 and after figuring out that I've only been getting 13mpg, I decided to finally tune my SU's a little. So ten minutes under the hood and now I've been getting 18mpg. I plan on pulling out the unisym and really getting things right, and hope to get 20mpg overall. I drive spirited, but never go above 4k rpm and it's about 50/50 highway/city.

They look good Mike. Off topic: Three Z's and a new 'Stang? That's a nice little collection.

I second seeing it in Canby. But if not, I'm sure us SeaTac area guys could get together over the summer.

Well to be fair, this was not a topic for deep discussion.

Is that the stock seatbelt mounting setup on a 260?

I'm pretty sure I just glimpsed a Z drive by in the latest "Mobil 1"-NASCAR commercial.

That's definitely cool. The longer one has great proportions.

Yeah, I knew it was a 280. I was just glad it wasn't a 240.