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FYI Bride Japan makes a seat rail for S30's.

quick photos for now. Sorry, they are on the Iphone and somehow upside down?

Second update: Met up at the "Calgary Z car" garage. Got the full exhaust on and mounted and solved the fitment problem. The exhuast is on and she sounds great!! So smooth. I regained the low end I lost by installing that tailpipe. The engine mounts gave us the clearance to mount the tailpipe. The fitment is VERY tight. My twin pipes are resting on the rear control arm, just barely. It does not vibrate the car or anything. One note, one of the exhaust hangers on the muffler was cut due to it hitting the car. Also, the Kameari header coated paint has started to peel already. Been only 2 runs with the car. Maybe Jim can post up some pictures. I'll try and post some pics in a bit.

UPDATE: Well, as with these old cars, nothing ever goes as planned. Me and Zkars (Jim K) spent a good 5 hours today on the install. My biggest concern was the Kameari Drag header fitment. It went in painlessly. Clears the steering rack and makes a beautiful sound. BUT it does not work with SU carbs, like the US distributor said it would. Jim rigged up the SU's to work temporary, to get me home. We did test fit triple Mikuni's and the fit on like a charm but that's for another time. Next came up the Fujitsubo Legalis-R muffler. The mid-pipe bolted up to the header with little fuss. The Mid-pipe is a VERY tight fit in the transmission tunnel. And now comes the problem. With the mid-pipe being so tight, the rear tail pipe won't bolt up to the flange. The main problem is the twin pipes hit the rear diff plate. I do not know the problem as of yet. We think it could be a result of a few things : 1. My engine mounts are pretty beat, so it could affect the angle of the engine and the way it lines up the muffler. 2. The transmission tunnel can be "massaged" to widen it and make some room. 3. Remove/modify the rear diff plate. Most likely I will try option 1 and 3. As of right now, I am driving with the header and the mid-pipe installed. It's LOUD but only temporary until next week until I have some spare time. Power wise, My butt dyno says I have lost some low end till 2500. From there it starts to fly, its like a completely different car. The sound at 4000-6500 is Amazing. Simply Amazing. I have pictures of the install, but I don't know how to upload on here. More like I am lazy, if anyone needs pictures send me a PM and I will email them.

Oh, and to answer your question on if the Super-ex header and the legalis-r and fitment on L28/ stroked L series engine. Yes it will bolt up. Glenn has a stroked rebello engine with his Fujitsubo units.

Yes I did go with Kameari because 1. LHD 2. Maximum power gains 3. JDM mentality, (was going to order the Nissan motorsports header but they never replied back) As the fujitusubo header, I will clear this up now. As far as I know It will NOT fit our LHD cars. A member on here told me It would but only showed on pic and no details. The picture was of a stainless steel header on a LHD car clearing the steering rack. I email that same picture to glenn and Fujitsubo to double check. Glenn who has the full Fujitsubo unit on his car RHD fairlady says they are different. Fujitsubo emailed back saying that their headers have stamps etched on the flange which the header in the picture did not. Glenn also states that the Fujitsubo Super-ex header will most likely hit the steering column with 6th pipe. I also had a local Z guru confirm the same. I contacted Fujitsubo Japan and they stated that their header will not fit LHD cars, but the TRUST header might. Fujitsubo also did mention that their are so many generic headers in Japan for the S30 and some of them might fit LHD cars. So that brings me to TRUST/GReddy USA. They have 2 S30s. TRUST makes headers for the L-series engines. Two for the L24. They are both different. One is for our L24 S30 and the other is for the L24 skyline. TR is the model, discontinued. Greddy could not confirm fitment so I left it at that. A member GEEZER on here has a TRUST header that clears his LHD rack. I could not find anymore information on it. My last option was out of Japan. It would be built to order and would clear for LHD fitment. Spirit garage Japan. Beautiful, and can be mated to the twin tipped of the Fujtisubo or you can order the spirit garage matching twin tipped. In the end I went with Kameari (but it's really expensive. Price wise their mild steel header costs more than the Fujitsubo stainless) They had a US distributor, they can garunteed fitment, and they spoke English which made things a lot easier. Service was quick and easy. I received the header within 10 days which included shipping from Japan!!! Sorry for the long reply. That's pretty much all the info I gathered on this JDM header fitment search.

To tell the truth, the Kameari peice is very nice BUT it is not as nice the Fujitsubo unit. I got the Mild Steel header which does not look as nice as the stainless steel version, cost 3/4 of the price. The welds are real nice! If I were to do it again I would buy the stainless version, to match the Fujitsubo unit. Install is on Monday, pics will follow.

bump! Got My Kameari header in. Soon to mount it to the Fujitsubo Legalis-R. Will post pics.

Might need to get a sound clip soon. Just got my exhaust setup in. L24 Kameari 45mm octopus header (LHD fitment), Fujitsubo Legalis-R muffler. Soon to have 40mm triple Mikunis.

I have a momo hub adaptor, worksbell spacer with a nardi 350mm deep corn steering wheel. The wheel sits a lot closer than before, I had to recline my seat back.

I'm just curious how much power that header makes. I've been reading about this header and supposedly this is one of the best power making headers out there. Kameari claims on a stock healthy engine, power gain is 12-15%. I don't doubt them because they have proven they can build badass L series engines. But price wise, is a few extra ponies worth it?

I'm actually curious about those headers. I've been trying to decide between these headers and the Kameari ones. The Kameari one is 3X the price.

i beleive the zero offset would give you the deep lip look. while going with the positive offset would give you less. it all depends on how you want your car to look.

these cars are loud in general. I believe a header and muffler would just bring out the exhuast note more. Stock, you can only hear the engine.

Spirit garage carbon parts or Star Road LED rear lamps

Hey Glenn, I used to adore the Wats but that has changed. Price wise, they cost more than volk TE37V, SSR Professor, or Work wheels. They are also cast still, and heavier than the volks. It just seems that every Z I see has that style of wheel, and it loses its nastolgic value to me. That said, I am looking at older SSR Formula Mesh wheels. I was just wondering if everyone feels the same about the watts.

Simple question. Are these rims/style of rims (rotas,pansports,konig) overdone? I love the way they look but a recent datsun meet has opened my eyes. Everyone had it and made it seem like they all had the same car.

just curious, what did you do for the rears? beautiful restore!

your dad should post a build thread on this car. I was thinking of repainting my Lime green Z a different color but after this, it will be staying lime green.

If this car has a gnose front end then this muffler is the Fujitsubo Legalis-R. I have the same system, just not bolted on.

Watanabe does not make 17 inches. Please use the search system. This has been discussed many times before. 16x8 zero offset and the correct tire size.

Update. There are 2 TRUST headers for the L20-L24. One of them is for the Skyline and the other is for the S130. I have contacted Greddy for fitment and await reply. They have 2 Z's BTW. Nothing has been confirmed with the Fujitsubo SUPER-EX header.

I just got an email from enkei about the 92's. they did confirm that they did use spacers to make the wheels fit.

^yes sir.

^ I have pics of them on the actual car. Other wheels I love Work Meister S1 and the SSR Professor SP1R