TexasRider260Z

YYYEEEEEOOOOWWW - I like how you think!

Thanks SRBB. Zealous, I am sure that is good advise too. And I have thought of that while my list and $$ grow larger. I even saw a good post by Carl Beck about leave it stock ( easy for him to say huh :). But is the 60 time really 10 seconds on these cars. It seemed fast 33 years ago to me . I cant have any teenies and chickas in VW's just whoop past me on the way to Hooters or something now can I?? It aint the Texas way! One other thing is after I told my buddies that ALL said -- Are you crazy? Get rid of that POS . Its junk. That is a Jap Trap. If anyone hits that you are dead. You wont like it. I am never going to get in it. Well they all drive Mercedes or Jags or some such - so you know ONE DAY we are likely to get up next to each other. If the SPORTS CAR does not at least make a good show then its going to be tough. So you see - I've GOT to do it!

Thanks Chris. The easy part - get the car. The hard part comes now huh. The PO is sending me the poly bushing kit etc that he did not install. So you know what that means huh? Maybe a trip over to the shop and let them do it HA HA !

2 weeks ago I did not have a Z - not even thinking about one. I went to look at the new 370 after I saw the ads during the bowl and BCS game. I had 260 way back when .......and now I have this one due to move in. At the rate I am adding work and gear to the car I might should have just got the 370 ! Nah. no 370 - not yet anyway. See the Classic, drive the Classic, Hear the Classic (oops ), and experience the Classic Z!

Was not sure the pic would post but it worked. Here is another of the car now. Likely to be metallic blue in its next turn. Any ideas on which aftermarket wheels these are? Thanks again.

Thank you guys. I am getting bleary eyed reading all the posts for the growing list of equipment and mods I am looking at for the car. When the car arrives I wanted to just frive it a bit then get everything rounded up that I am going to wrench on and then pull it all together.

Thats a lot better than 120 for the NGK's. Thanks I am thinking of going for the Z Specialties 105 amp just because it looked ready to go. I might want to wire some sound into the 260 other than my non working 8 track that came with the car. I saw a Datsun am/fm for sale that I can install and maybe I can slip a cassette or something correct (seems to me I bought cassettes in 1976 or 1977 )in somewhere on the floor . I threw away the 8 tracks. In looking through the forum I saw your engine bay work - that is nice work. Now I have that to add to my car too! Right now I almost thinking to just keep the car running while I source and receive all the parts I want to use. Then take it all down and go back with all the new. Maybe take a month? Hopefully not more than 2 months :lick: to get it all cleaned, polsihed and installed ! I dont want to get in too big a hurry nor blow the bank $$$$ but I would also hate to be posting here next year with my car still in pieces !

Dave: That is nice and what I want my engine bay to look like too ! I am most likely going to go back up with mostly new parts on the top of engine anyway cam, triple carbs, wires, plugs, alternator, battery, cables, ignition etc but I have a question? If I pull the engine, radiator, carbs, manifold and exhaust can I leave the rest - harness, braking, lights, etc etc like 510 did or maybe a bit more left in, or is all of that going to have to come out too? My paint in the bay (red color) looks OK but the engine grime and the fender black etc looks bad. Thanks.

Thanks for all the replies. I was out finishing some other work before the Z arrives . Thanks Moon Pup and in line with what I was thinking. I have not made up my mind if I want to tackle the bushings and suspension or leave it for the shop. You always see someone come in the motorcycle shop with a box in the back of his truck with all his "work" in it. I hate to trailer the now running Z in setting down on its frame after I get stuck on the suspension and bushings. It might hurt my ego ! I did go out and buy an old school analog analyzer(s) from Kal Equipment which was all still new. I last used the Sun made equipment but been a while. Yes Dave I am going with the Rebello set up on headers and cam I am pretty sure. NGK plugs with either the NGK or the Taylor wires. On Summitt the NGK wires were $120 :eek:! I am going to check the Z Therapy route this week and then decide the igntion when I get the car and check it over more. Have you heard good results the Mallory dual points set up with maybe the Pertronix - but knowing the optical works good as you said "the best set up" puts that on the board. Do I need more battery/ alternator for that too? I am likely to add a new battery/cables/alternator set up first rainy night or weekend. Tarmac - yeah I know all about that. I think I have doubled the cost of the car in less than a week. Oh and its not even here yet ! Maybe I shoud have just bought that 370 afterall. At least its not too late as they aren't all sold yet. Of course that is joking. What is not joking is that this Z could well end up costing a whole lot more. If I add another shop over my parking apron with more electric power, heat, cool, and plumb and then add more air (never have enough air you know) and a lift - that could easy go $50-75,000. Then say $10,000 in the car, then I HAVE to add a Rebello 3.0 liter say another $8,000. Do you see what kind of craziness I am trying NOT to have ?? :stupid: Thank you Chris and I am going to have a look at that too. Are these still sold new or aftermarket at all or do I have to mount an raid on the wrecking yard? As I said before my re-dos on that equipment always seem to let go at the worst time :embarrass:! Thanks again for all the replies and ideas.

Good evening to all the Z heads on this excellent forum. I am new guy to the Z Car Forum but not that new to the Z having had much time in a 260 back in 1977 or so! A couple of weeks ago when the 370 hit , and I saw those commercials during the bowl and BCS games, I went to a couple of the Nissan dealers here in Houston and had a look. The new 370 had certainly improved and it got my interest up. I decided to have look for another 260 and then if nothing was out there, then maybe I'd latch a new 370. About 10 years ago or so I had looked pretty hard for a good solid and not chopped up 260, but nothing I saw suited me at the time. This time was different, and in just a few days I had bought one from California and it's on the way. A quick search found this site. This is a great site - nicely done and well layed out and a most civil BBS with a lot of early Z info. Having spent big time over the years on the motorcycle boards I can say that while this site is not that huge the information is excellent and the folks I have corresponded with are tops. Thanks and Kudus to Frank for inviting me to the Houston Z meeting and for answering questions on the Mikunis. After blowing the dust off my Nissan Rebuild book, Nissan Modifications book, and pulling the old factory shop manual down I am readying to work on the Z. I just want a reliable but fun and stronger street car while staying somewhat close to the original Z look, feel, and mechanics. Coming form a long line of race equipment and especially race motorcycles I know very, very well about changing up components and the effect on others. I know I have had and raced bikes that only the stickers remained stock - and sometimes not that ! Not to even mention the cost :nervous:. So taking the normal hot rod approach I am looking at carbs, cams, headers and pipes with exhaust, ignition, and then if all that works I will think about the 5 speed and higher rear. I would likely go for an alternator upgrade and a host of small stuff like installing new battery and cables, brakes, lines, plugs, wires, etc. If I use drive it all here in the hot Texas summers it might need some radiator increase as well. No AC in this classici Z though ... Hmm maybe the good all days arent all that afterall. I am pretty much going with all new parts as my used parts experiences, and those pulled from the junk yards, generally dont seem to last and I have to work twice. Some of the guys just have a better eye for the right part I guess. For the carbs I like the Mikuni triples and Todd was very helpful and Frank gave me the local area low down. I see the Z Therapy is well recommended and I have not ruled it out either. The headers, cams etc will be from Rebello and what a great guy Dave is there; both in terms of knowledge and in sharing his time and opinion. If I did not go this route or if I had another car I would go with his 3.0 liter hands down. He understood perfectly when I told him I did not want to get that far out on this car (yet anyway ) and did not want to pour that kind of dollars into it for just an ocassional use fun car. What has me stumped is which ignition to use. Likely the Pertronix but I would have to get away from the vacuum with the Mikunis I believe. So it might need a new distributor but I am not so sure of the Mallory Unilites etc and the cost of these is high. So what are the ignition and distributor recommendations from the pros for my set up? Dave at Rebello said that some the 260s have the early electronic style igintions and I could just use that. I know he knows, but I dont know a thing about thatnor how good it would be after 35 years and 100,000 miles. And what other Z specific tools am I likely to need here at my garage shop other than maybe an engine stand? I have about all metric mechanics tools and other normal associated shop equipment but I do not have an old school engine analyzer ( do I need it and if so what ??), nor an air fuel meter to set up these carbs (as I have just used the EGA/EGT for the bikes), nor any specific import or Datsun tools. Any inputs on what you have and use all the time for your Z's would get me ahead of the game so Iwill be ready to work when the car rolls off the truck instead of ordering tools. Or does anybody recommend to just sell it and go downa nd get that 370 ! I know how this is going to go on the new guy ..! Thank you for your help and I will see you on the road in the real Z's.