Zedrally

Ah so Mr Toyota! So they had a cross flow head on a 6!

www site maybe? Why not enter the details into the coming events thread Sounds like a great clubbie, the government is doing heaps to get Vic clubs to run events on the other side of the pond, unfortunately it runs to close to the Alpine and Rally of Melbourne.

Any supps out yet or is it still in committee?

Hi Mick, 'Who is the promoter?

Quoting from the other uploaded photo in your gallery [looking in with cover off]. Whilst the aircleaner is Nissanish, it's definately been hacked up to get these SU's to match, and not a good hack either! So what do we now know. 1. Air cleaner possible Nissan. 2. Manifold possibly British. 3. Definately not a L24/6/8/ series head. 4. Opinions vary as to the SU's [Hitachi or British or whatever]. 5. No one has any idea what type of car/motor these where fitted on, but I would be inclined to think British. Anyone for a game of darts!

I must be missing something, why aren't these carbs Hitachi's? What do other''s think as I think they are! I had thought that the original question in the tread was what head did it fit on? I would think that you could safly say not a Nissan one, but what?

You know, I must be going bonkers, but I can see the 2+2 G nose with it's top cut off!

Forces the airflow through the radiator rather than around it. MN

Oh my god the're inclined as well! Absolutely got me, wonder if they might be zed SU on a manifold for another manufacturer? possibly English???? After all no one said it was a 240Z that crashed!

Bah, be nice. Those can be re-built and will work as good as roundtops at a fraction of the price!

Hi Royce, Simon was querying the manifold. I must say it is interesting, I've certainly never seen anything like it and could only guess it may have been associated with a 240K or GL? That would mean a different head to the types we are used to! Crossflow, the mind boggles...... I wonder if the SU's are actually Zed SU's? I have seen many zeds running around with smaller SU's from SSS, with owners thinking that they where the correct ones! Measure the head side of the carb body if you have time.

Guus, Thats wonderful about the emblems. I never expected a 2+2 badge on the front grill. Interesting that while they never sold any of these g-nose 2+2's they did make it onto the road via the constabularly., at least thats the way I read it? Any of them still around I wonder? Maybe they had the metal nose? Just as an aside, I looked at mu nose today and noticed "rust " marks, I'll inspect it in greater depth tonight [if I remember] as I seem to recall the attachment lugs [fittings] seeming to be metal underneath. A magnet will reveal all later......

One last thing, Don't forget to plug the vac lines that go to the choke pots. Unless the carbs have been O/Hauled before then I would think that the float level would be pretty right, but once you remove them it's better to double check now. Buy a machinists steel rule, not as handy as a dial caliper but cheaper.

Again from memory, The accelerator pump vac line is internal. If you haven't removed it as yet from the carb body then you won't see it. These lines are small are very important to clean completly. My kit didn't come with a ruler either, I used a dial caliper to check the float level.

Just need to clarify the photo I posted. It is NOT a metal Nose, simply just the G-Nose that I had obtained recently. sj you raise an interesting point about the metal nose. Another scenario:~~~~~~ It may be posible that it is some type of composite metal/glass contruction. Unfortunately, until one actually sights one then all we have is conjecture. PS. Alan, even the 1 armed man might be persuaded into a halfway point with this info! PPS. Hope that floppy turns up

No datto, I think the're right. After the 350z will come the 350ZX which will have all life's little X'ras to make everyone want one of these unloved cars. ROFL ROFL ROFL

That was the saddest day in Australian Racing History, congrats on your new baby, post the #'s after you get it. [wonder if the nose would fit]???? LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

I omitted one thing in the last post and that was those "choke" dashpots where the only thing that I found didn't have a major effect on performance. In other works if you disconnect them there is no noticable effect.

Victor, I'm doing this from memory as the car is at home, I'm at work! From memory the dashpot you refer to isn't actually the acelerator pump. It actually has sometrhing to do with choking. There is a "U" shape vac line that contects from the top of the carb to the "pot". The accelerator pump is the round part held onto the body of the carbs by 3 screws. The rebuild kit contains the rubbers, seals to rebuild these. Becareful what you remove as far as smog gear, personally I wouldn't remove the water as it has a cooling effect when in heat. Mike

At last remembered to get a snap of it.

What ever it is it doesn't work for me! ROFL ROFL

Ah, OK then, I didn't realise it was already in car. What, which car etc..... Also you can check the diff if you can get the boths wheels up. They both should turn in the same direction if it's LS, else if they turn in opposite then it's standard, can't help you with ratio though!