Zedrally

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!

No idea if it ever existed apart from the V6 EFI. If it did exist then it would probably have been down draft of some description or triple SU!

ooooooh....... Nice yellow there biker....... Where did you get the strut bars from????

Oh well Gav, take heart, at least you've got one. My poor 240 hasn't at all. Personally, if it performs anything like the 260 version, then it's as useless as...you know the rest. On the other hand if it's a functioning light you'r after then add an adjustable rally light.

Can't understand how you lot missed it? I rated it 6 out of 5, if only........

I for one would love to have one. Remember seeing this on Zhome several years ago, do you have the original flyer George?

Was this operation done with engine in car or out?

You're right on the money with that. Not only did they lose there investments, but all the knowledge. How come Duff hasn't been mentioned yet?

I would guess the one that has the largest area? Can everyone go back to the're heads and please measure.

Eric, it all depends on your use. Obviously, it's not the tranny you want to run, shame you're not in Aus, otherwise I'd be tempted to make you an offer. It's ideal for my use [Rally], unfortunately the freight would be prohibitive. As to how to shift it, get a shifter from another trans, and yes you do make perfect sense, you may as well stay with a stock trans. Mike