Britt Boyette

Have you had any clearence problems with the top shoulder supports or "wings" on the seat? Mine interfears (hits) the door when I close it. I had to bend it a bit to clear.

I have never heard of anyone saying they had too much in the way of braking. If you use them hard, the stock set up will fade and that's when it will hit you that an upgrade might be a good idea. If you decide to get an upgrade, Ross is the best. He will be around for you after the sale too.

I know there is already a classic Z car register at Zhome but, they don't cover all of the cars. I'm surprised they don't at least have a section for 260Zs'.

Oh man, now everybodies gonna want a Z car.

I saw on Ebay, a single Holley on an aftermarket mainfold to fit the L24, L26, and L28. Are these things any good? Something like that would sure be easier to tune.

I will be buying some of the POR system supplies for doing my cowl area and under the battery tray. I haven't found a local supplier in my area yet so I might have to mail order it. Does anyone know of a place in the Portland, OR area that carries it?

I saw the same problem with my tarboards. They were a pain in the butt to remove but I found water underneth on the drivers side. My 74 260Z came with a chromate primer that really saved a lot of metal from cancer. You will have to remove all of the tarboard before you try to to anything with the metal. I have been using a wire cup brush on a 4" angle grinder to remove the rust spots and everytime I hit a little chunk of that stuff that I missed, it just smears it into a black goo. Cleans up with actone, but it packs up on the brush.

Has anyone ever seen a Z that looks like the body was dipped in Zinc Chromate by the factory? I have a 74 260Z that appears to have had this done. I was looking at a 73 240Z that was being stripped down for restoration and there was bare metal under the tar boards. On mine, Zinc Chromate under the tarboards, paint, seam sealer, you name it. And it's done a great job too as my Z has very little corrosion. The battery tray looks like you would expect though, deep pitting and all.

Wecome aboard! You know, now that people know you and the fact that you have a ton of knowledge and parts, you will probally become the go to man on the West Coast. Bummer huh?

Are any of them fiberglass?

I looked at it again and the only things on it I can find are E-30 and JAPAN. There doesn't appear to be any other markings. The cam looks to be in excellent conditon and I checked the lobes with a caliper, they are perfect.

It's installed in an E-88 head so I don't think it a BMW. Thanks for the specs. I will search further for more info on the cam itself.

I have a cam that I'm trying to ID. It has the casting "E-30" on it. Any ideas?

My early 260Z had it. It is to bypass the safety interlock for your seatbelt/transmission in neutual or it won't start system that some of the cars had then. The system was crap and they quit installing them. Someone had to push and hold the button while a second person started the car if the safety went to crap. Mine went the way of the trash can a couple of months ago.

Mike, would it be possible to post some pictures? That might help his cause.