Zedrally

Definate 120Y with a front spoiler. 140Z, I seriously have my doubts. Nissan would have been advertising this in a big way otherwise. 120Y's were an in-expensive coupe for people to buy over here, not many exist now. Another interesting model is the Datsun Sunny 1000. Several are still being rallied succesfully in their class!

Carl, from memory they were a spade connnector or similar. Try you're local auto store. The rubber boots are a different story! edit: thats the female spade!

If the position it sits in is a problem then there is no reason that you can't heat and bend it. It's just that you will need to have it re-chromed after. Also consider that depending on how far you may want to re-position it may require a longer piece of rod. The best way of bashing this up first is to use copper tube to bend the curve required.

That means the gauge is OK. There is no earth exactly, thats why there are 2 wires to complete the circuit, else there would only be 1 and the body would be earth. [even though it is neutral with respect to the negative of the battery]. The fault is in your sending unit, sometimes it can even be the conectors, give them a good clean and squirt with wd40 and try again. Hopefully that is all that is required.

Thinking back, I remember Nissan making a song and dance about computer contol of the complete electrical system in their newer cars. So I guess thats what this thread is all about, or have I mis-read this? Has anyone adapted this system into their zed? Personally, apart from headlights I don't see any reason for relaying anything yes?

I guess that thats already occured with the starter. Many of us would probably have re-wired the lights wiyth relays. Which other areas would be suitable for this?

I wouldn't be surprised if the originals where NLA from Nissan anywhere in the world. Very rarely here [in Australia] would one go to a Nissan dealer for a key anyway, when a good locksmith could cut you a key for a fraction of the price. Try you're local "smithy', I'd be very surprised if they couldn't help!

Are there any benefits in this?

hhhh, the only person I know that ran a turbo with a webber kept on melting pistons. I guess that's why turbo & FI go hand in hand now-a-days. Good luck with your project.

Mustang maybe, on a L6 doubtful, or are you considering changing engines, in which case you may be better asking this question on hybribz?

I'm a little confused here? Have you changed the SU's from Flat Top to Round? If you have then the air filters are different. If this is the case consider de-smogging the engine [if you are allowed to] & use either a 240 air box or socks for filters. Perhaps a search under de-smogging will answer your questions. HIH

This was posted to me, so I thought I would pass it on! So you want to build you're zed into a dragster, read on!!! Kind of makes any other form of motor racing pale into insignificance. This will put motor racing right into perspective for you. These things are seriously impressive. One dragster's 500-inch Hemi makes more horsepower then the first 8 rows at Daytona (or Bathurst 1000). Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1 1/2 gallons of nitro per second, the same rate of fuel consumption as a fully loaded 747, but with 4 times the energy density. The supercharger takes more power to drive then a stock hemi makes. With nearly 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into nearly-solid form before ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock. Dual magnetos apply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder. At stoichiometric (exact) 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture (for nitro), the flame front of nitro methane measures 7050 degrees F. Nitro methane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the exhaust stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases. Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After 1/2 way, the engine is dieseling from compression plus the glow of exhaust valves at 1400 degrees F. The engine can only be shut down by cutting off its fuel flow. If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up in those cylinders and then explodes with a force that can blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or blow the block in half. Dragsters twist the crank (torsionally) so far (20 degrees in the big end of the crank) that sometimes cam lobes are ground offset from front to rear to re-phase the valve timing somewhere closer to synchronization with the pistons. To exceed 300mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate at an average of over 4G's. But in reaching 200 mph well before 1/2 track, launch acceleration is closer to 8G's. If all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs $1000.00 per second. Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have read this sentence. Top Fuel Engines ONLY turns 540 revolutions from light to light! The redline is actually quite high at 9500rpm. To give you an idea of this acceleration, the current TF dragster elapsed time record is 4.477 seconds for the quarter mile. This means that you could be coming across the starting line in your average Lingenfelter powered "twin-turbo" Corvette at 200 mph (on a FLYING START) and the dragster would BEAT you to the finish line FROM A DEAD STOP in a Quarter mile distance! regards, Con Alexandrovsky Electrical Engineer JELD-WEN Fibre of Australia

Cam, If these guys are talking that sort of money then I would just go for the MX5's. Price wise you should be able to pick them up for a similar amount. Else, try one of the local zed wreckers.

No chance, couldn't live without Alan's words of wisdom!

Just knock the tangs off and silicon them on. It's only for the "K " isn't it!

Well if there not zed ones then what are they and what type of rims are you trying to mismatch them to!

Actually, after I posted the last, I started thinking that you may have the wrong size. I'm happy to take them off your hands at 1/2 price you paid for them. Just doing you a favour as they don't fit and you haven't a zed to put them on!

Thought that may have been the cap, it is the one with the "Z " stylized on it, isn't it? If it is then they where an extremly tight fight and needed a touch with a rubber mallet to seat them correctly. Just out of interest where did you get them?

Might be the switch located on the Key, occaisonally after starting it may not return correctly to the ON position.

Oh I don't know about that. This could be from Alan's replica of the Safari Car!

shhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! If he doesn't, then he will need to change his name the, The Faceless One!

Yes, no doubt it is and I would think thats only half the story as well!

Couldn't post a photo of the cap?

Of course it does. It's only to easy to be over critical of your own car. Be proud of it and dare to be different. Good luck with the art project!

Is that whole, ground [as in a pepper mill] or fine[ as it would be in a Pepper Shaker]. The other fix I'd heard of was to beat/whisk 1 egg and add it to the cooling system. Same idea, different twist on bacon and eggs!