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"Handles" means different things to different people. You could make probably make it run, for sure, but it would be probably have problems in certain areas, like idle or cruise if you tuned it for top end, or vice versa.

Just because I like GTO's. Even though it would feel like piloting a supertanker after driving a Z. I used to think of the 65 GTO as the small one. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1965-pontiac-gto-41/

Never mind. There's good stuff in there for those that want to dig. Carry on...

Classic orange 72 with some shiny additions. And...a visual pyrometer cold start video. Haven't watched it but it has to be cool. Predator. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-datsun-240z-163/

That link was in an old thread about the BPE, in one of your posts. It's a fairly common "dead link". So anyone reading that thread and clicking on the link that you provided gets a "site cannot be reached" error. So, here is what I was talking about on today's zhome, below. If I open the zhome page I get the choices on the left and 2/3 of a page on the right. So, how do I copy the link to the page on the right to send to anyone? By the way, it took me a while, again, to "refind" the BPR link. If I go to the top of the page where the url is I get this - https://www.zhome.com/ I just see a lot of hard work and good information fading away. Do you know how many views you have on the zhome page? I was the one that let you know there was a problem before with the https and http issue. If you have a page view counter it will tell you if your site is actually being looked at or just sitting out there, unused Just trying to help. Lots of good ideas just get obsoleted and all of the information withers away. Myspace, AOL, Wordstar...

They start teaching coding in the third grade now, I think. I was having crayon fights in the third grade. I learned some Pascal and some Basic along the way to now, but none of the graphical interface stuff. More like the computer in War Games. Soon people will be writing the code for their own electronic brain replacements.

zhome problems again. @Carl Beck http://www2.zhome.com:81/History/BlackP.htm No offense Mr. Beck, but you really need to get somebody to bring your site up to today's norms. The format might have worked back then, but it's clunky and weird now. A person can't copy a link, since the links are all internal to zhome.com, so you have to dig through the oddly formatted sets of menus to try to find anything. It's probably pretty easy to do, for one of today's wiz coders. Thanks for putting it together but right now, it's like a stack of old magazines over in the corner. Lots of good information if you have the time and patience to try to find it. https://www.zhome.com/

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1978-datsun-280z-84/

There seems to be a "Sport Appearance Package" out there also. The Holy Grail of 280Z's is probably the Black Pearl ZZZAP with the Special Decor Sport Appearance Package

S30 did say "exactly" and your post confirms the inexactitude. If you consider that they chose two zeroes for their estimate the next lower double zero is 1,400. "Fewer than" 1,500 could be 1,401 to 1,499.

There's a guy planning to sell some of his Z collection, looks like he's already sold some. Save your pennies. https://bringatrailer.com/member/cmillermorris/ cmillermorris (The Seller) This author's likes: 89 @Chrystal I have had this discussion with BAT a few times. They do not want to assume the liability. The story on this car is it was sold new in Sioux City, SD. The first owner purchase the car and kept it in his barn until the early 2000’s and it was sold to the second owner. The second owner was going thru a divorce and it was his “mid-life crisis” car. That is where the second owner repainted the car. The repaint is well done in my opinion. The car is 100% OEM(added dash cap). The only option the car is missing is the aluminum alloy wheels that were offered. As you can tell I added those. I do have the original wheels and hub caps mounted on new tires. I am the third owner of this car. The only reason I am selling it is because I am selling my house and I will not have room for all of my collection. Over the next few months you will see several of my cars on BAT.

Somebody's counting. 384? Not sure why they put a log on top of the car. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2017488148479045/

As I understand it the heart of the whole "package" is that black was a non-standard color. So it gets the code for black at the factory and a couple of other things and ta-daaahh, it's a Black Pearl. This one doesn't have its original paint though so it's a cultured pearl now, I guess. All it has is that paint code showing what once was. "The Black Pearl 280Z was the first US-market Z-car offered by the factory in black (638). This example was repainted in its current black during previous ownership in the 2000s and features factory-style red and silver stripes, dual side mirrors, and a power antenna."

The 2020 370Z 50th Anniversary barely got in to 1971 240Z money. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2020-nissan-370z/

I think that emissions efforts were driven by the States, mostly California, the LA basin, because we have so many cars and burn so much fuel. Choking on the smog. A 1983 European model 280ZX might not have an O2 sensor, or a catalytic converter. Can't find a reference source but I'm also pretty sure that many non-States 280Z's still used carbs for quite a while after EFI was introduced.

1978 with special paint code. Non-catalyst. 2020 oil change! Needs new headlights. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1978-datsun-280z-84/

He built his own small fuel supply system in the engine bay, apparently. I don't think the ignition switch is involved at this point. I should add to my other point about the temperature sensor that if the wires are shorted the opposite problem occurs. The ECU thinks it's very hot and cuts fuel supply down. If we were all standing around the car pointing at things it would probably be running by now. But I think he needs to get that meter out and take just a few measurements. EFI is more about electricity than the mechanical stuff. p.s. finally figured out exactly how this "multi-quote" thing works. It's weird how these programmers will put all of these cool features in to their work but not give any instruction on how to use them. All of that coding effort, gone to waste for most. Wonder what else I'm missing.

There are two temperature sensors up there. One is for the gauge, it has a single terminal, the other is for the ECU, it has a connector like a fuel injector (EV1 style). The one for the gauge is usually called a sender, not a sensor. If the sensor for the ECU is disconnected the engine will flood with fuel, because the ECU "thinks" that it's -40 degrees. The water temperature sensor needs to be connected. You can test the pins at the ECU connection to be sure it's working correctly. There's a chart in the FSM and in that book that show what the resistance should be.

The sandworm sold for $10,750. The driving video isn't bad. Probably worth it, a fun car that you can not worry too much about.

Another ZX. Blue. Says 19k miles and kind of looks it. Not sure if I've seen the need for a terminal block in the engine bay at 19k though. Don't think that's stock. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1981-datsun-280zx-19/

The engine will take longer to start with the CSV plugged or removed. But it's not too bad. It's a simple device and might just be stuck open. It's easy to test. Removing the fuel line and plugging it is a simple and easy way to see if that is the problem. Don't forget that it will have 36 psi behind it at all times with the pump on. And you might leave your plugs out and spin the engine to blow the excess fuel out. Sounds like there was a lot of excess fuel in the manifold.

I am pretty sure that the metal one will swap right over. I remember messing around with a bunch of parts and realizing that Nissan had done some cost-cutting. Looks like it's called a set collar. It just sets and spins. http://www.carpartsmanual.com/datsun/Z-1969-1978/electrical/distributor/280z/12

Fuel would be coming out of the AFM according to your description. It's the next thing after the air filter.

It depends on the fuel being used and the camshaft and how you plan to drive it. Best to stay away from highest.

New 72. Doesn't look bad. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-datsun-240z-159/