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A front cover of the S20, an unusual surface at top of the crank hole immediately caught my eyes, what is that? I am worrying about this cover has had repaired once before, has not it? As a reference, the third picture is my Z432's cover, I see a lot of casting small dents, and some rough surface at top of the crank hole. I need to look at it more carefully. Kats I see casting code, "9 6 6 20 " I think this means "1969 June 6th " , I do not know last "20" And the water pump, temporarily a GTR one is fitted.
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Hi Alan, thank you for your input, that is what I was expecting. Mr . Yamamoto said the engine pulled from a Z432-R, but everything which I saw was a standard S20 engine parts . I understood that is correct, Z432-R which was sold to the public has a standard S20 engine. When you want to race , you have to buy and install race option parts into your S20 engine, I got it. I have seen and missed race option piston, 8H/8L camshaft, camshaft sprocket , but if I managed obtaining those parts, it would not work. I need to have a specific head gasket, specific valve springs, seals, etc, etc.. And professional assemble work. It is just a long way !! Kats I restored my race and rally manual , Terashima-san kindly gave me . I used the parts catalog' s picture. The Z432-R is exactly the same size picture of the manual.
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Hi moelk, yes it is. I am so impressed that they are so beautiful, so clean , and installed some race options. Kats
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Hi Gave, I am wondering about future price of our car and other old cars. When can I trade my Z432 with a Dino 246GT (or 206GT is more suitable for 2000cc car)? Never going to be happened? If I have a Z432-R , I would be able to trade. On the side note of this Z432-R , recently this car was bought by Japanese car guy in Shizuoka , Japan. I think I said there is a gentleman who has three Z432-Rs in Japan, his cars are pristine and still upgrading the level of originality. We will see them someday in the future. Kats
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That is right, this car has trimmings! Additional items which are not harming original parts are better than "missing " Kats
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Thanks everyone, By the way, some Z432-R will be showing up on the market not so far from now. Every owner becomes old, wife wants to sell the car. This Z-432-R was sold recently at 55000000JPY( approx.500 000 USD), we do not need to hurry for availability but, the price is going up like this. I guess millionaires are mostly out of Japan, so these cars will left Japan , sadly. Kats
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Thank you everyone, we have more to discover, let's keep going. Today I went to a shop , to see a S20 which is going to be my Z432's spare. Mr. Yamamoto is very passionate about S20, LY engine, he loves racing. Mr. Yamamoto said this engine might come from a Z432-R which was totaled , I will be happy if it is true. Does Z432-R's engine have racing piston, racing camshafts from the beginning? Alan , let us know. Kats
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Thank you Manny, I received mine today, I am so happy with the perfect tags ! Kats
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I think so too!! Kats
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Blue, thank you for the useful information. I checked my blue 240Z's SU, they have same oil (0W-20) , same amount, but not same force (very stiff though) to lift up the piston. Also not same timing when they drops. When oil is empty for both, the force and timing is the same. It will take much more effort to find out what is wrong.. I have bought nozzles from MSA, they supposed to be black plastic do not they? Also repair kit, the tube does not have to be cloth braided, this tube makes me wonder if it is going to be a problem due to not so flexible. Small things make me wonder. I hope these parts will work perfect. Kats
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Thanks Alan ! Now I see the reason. I do not want someone like this to overhaul my engine!! I am asking Matsui-san to hear some advice for installing the gear driven pump. Kats
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Gave, I do not know that, I will ask Ando-san about it. R-Factory is the famous shop , the owner Aihara-san rebuilt the engine. Aihara-san has rebuilt so many S20 for customers. This yellow Z432 has an unique all gear driven mechanism (including cam shafts gear driven) which is produced by Aihara-san. You can hear different sound from other S20s. Kats By the way, do you know who is an owner of this car? Mr . Nakamura Shiro , a former senior vice-president of Nissan. He got this car a few years ago. He was a chief of styling department. I hope Nakamura-san tells designers "make S30 again! " .
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Here is an oil pump for S20, this is a gear driven type only used for the early GTR. When Z432 was began to produced the pump was already switched to the chain driven type. I took pictures with a chain driven pump for comparison. An engineer said in an interview in a magazine, the change was made for reducing noise level. But later, many owners want the noise, we feel it as racing sound, we think it is music rather than noise. Some car have altered with this gear driven oil pump, I want to here the noise in some day. I found one terrible thing on the spare chain driven pump, a bolt head is scratched half ! What happened with this engine?? The car had an accident in the front section ? Kats
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Thanks everyone, I really like these conversations, anything is well come here. Gave, I too think the support member is generic , as Alan mentioned it has a part number Z432 code, E42 . That is strange because Z432 does not have air conditioning system. And we see the member even has a small brackets for a Z432's air filter box. Would Nissan engineers have intended to put the two big rudders just for horns for Z432 with an oil cooler , and for a condenser for air conditioned car ? "If you do not use it, just leave it" Kats
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Here is my 12/1971 automatic 240Z, it runs very nice.I do not know what oil is in it. Kats
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Hi Mark Maras, ATF ! I have never imagined it , thanks for the information. Kats
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Thanks everyone, bartsscooterservice, I am looking at ZT website, seems to me the roller bearings are good for the butterfly moving, they will give much smoother and almost trouble free for years to come. I saw ZT's 920 gold 240Z at Las Vegas convention 2000, I took my Blue 240Z there too. I am afraid my SU's shafts are sucking air due to wear. And how is everyone doing with the SU damper oil? 0-20W is stiff for the pistons movement, I will try much thinner oil. Kats
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Thank you too 240Ziggy, we love tags, and stickers ! Just for someone's interests, here is the tag's location and facing. Nissan made a single facing application for each belt, as the results, tags are not facing the same at the driver's side and the passenger's side when we looking at in position. One important thing is, the tags must not be flat with the belts, tags must be loose so that tags can be twisted and bended without breaking / peeling . These tags are my home made tags on Z432. Kats
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Thanks Blue and Alan, We want to know what purpose does these nuts have for ? Kats
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Hi , thank you for the information, the shafts are notorious when they are getting old, I want to check my SUs after seeing your reply. And also some car magazines reported on "new car test" , the throttle pedal was sticky. My blue 240Z had same sticky throttle problem when it was restored like new . Maybe ball joint linkage? Kats
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Hello 240Ziggy, I want to buy 9/69 for my Z432, 6 pieces please. I do not know when the changes were made about tags format, however at least 1969/ 1970 Fairlady -Zs have same tag like other exported models, I think... Chris , I still have the 9/69 tags which you kindly gave me, they are so perfect just like this, this time I want to have one more set for my relief. Now my Z432 has home made tags using a office copy machine , not bad but not professional finish. Mike , I think you saw the rags in ZCON San Diego 2014. Dan, I agree with you , my March 1970 240Z has 12/69 tags. By the way, this is the only thing which I found "dated 1969" in my Blue ACRYL ENAMEL 240Z. Kats 06/1972 Fairlady-240ZG has a different tag compared export models.
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Thanks Mike, we need to gather a lot more examples. If 1969/1970 cars have two holes for the screws on the floor, it could be an evidence that engineers had to design for both type ,short and long mast type. Maybe be cause of the different suppliers? If 1969/1970 cars do not have those holes, the change might happen around 12/1971 , my orange 240Z could be a betweenness, an early aerial with a later mounting floor. About a seat belt warning system, my 12/1971 orange car did not come with that, but it's floor came with a mounting pocket for the retractable / electric michro switch seat belt system. (I did DIY for the system installing for having fun though) Kats
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Beautiful car Mike! I have a question, the difference of the length of the mast, and mounting. Pleaee see 12/1971 orange 240Zand 06/1972 maroon 240ZG, 240ZG has a long mast. It is possible that this ZG have had the aerial replaced at some point, but it looks like pretty original. And mounting point of the floor, there are two holes for the retaining screws, and what it makes me wonder is, these holes for the long mast are already existed from the early days. My orange 12/1971 has exactly same mast and mounting like my 01/1970 & 03/1970 cars. What do you think of this? Kats
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Hi Blue, I did not know he is still selling that! It is a good idea just looking at , not to try buying anything. I payed like 250USD for the real one, I sold it with an winning bid 58000 JPY . It is also for S30S, but everyone want to buy for their Z432-R or for their other models topping "Z432-R " special feeling . I am regretting that I let it go.I thought I do not have a Z432-R nor a S30S. I thought I should focus on Z432 and 240Z. Kats
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Thanks Alan, I see why they have some comfortable features. They are road going Z432-R, each car has each owners needs. My automatic 240Z has day/night mirror of course. And this is the mirror which provided later from Nissan. Kats
