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Maybe the administrator could set up an appeal to save all us z car addicts just a small donation per month would make us all so much happier Mick

to all you aussies has anyone found a good seller of Nissan parts who can import non australian nissan parts Dealt with Nisansport years ago they got me some parts for the V8 but have since lost there address so could use someone who can access japanese parts Must be some dealers now with all these latter non australian cars on the aussie market Maybe I just need a Japanese company who will deal with me in australia all I want is some parts for my Nissan V8 Hope someone can help Mick

you can by the dellows for holden, chevs, fords and rover leyland v8's but the nissan v8 is one of a kind we used a nissan auto bellhousing and modified it to take the toyota box Mick

Must say im complexed by this discussion everything you read says the more rigid controlable your suspension the better the handling I would guess nissan only used rubber when zeds were built because it was cheaper than urathane its only in the last 10 years that urathane bushings have become cheapa nd easy to get that they are being used more by manufaturers Im sure that nissan woul build zeds with it today the ride quality is better the handling is better they last longer not easily ruined by oils so all round much better I would say most flexing in bodies is through the bodies not being strengthed to take horsepower upgrades When i rebuilt my car I fully seam welded every seam in the car not flex in my zed (of course im told ill never repair it if it has a a major accident but thats a risk i have taken) Mick

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The supra boxes may not be cheap by 6 cylinder standards but they are a bargin compared to v8 manual boxes Im told there are different models the turbo box being the strongest but as i said before my old celica steel case has lasted 10 years with a mild v8 Mick

I have run my v8 through a steel case celica 5 speed for 10 years no problem a friend had a supra behind a 327 chev for years with out a problem too so I would have to say that there ok myself What V8 you running Mick

damn so sorry im in oz have a set sitting in the corner doing nothing Mick

now thats a work of art would be fantastic conversion have seen a VL commodore done in street machine with full gtr drive train but this is awsome rminds me of my dream build Clubman style body but with 2000 style 18" rims with subaru wrx drive train and 20b rotary would handle like a dream sound unreal ultimate burnout motorkhana and go to whoa car But thats just a dream rego would be a nightmare helping a friend with a club man at the moment hard to get the sr20 very modified and still registered Maybe the Gtr 240 would be easier especially done this way Mick

Changing seats in a 240 zed is quite easy really especially if your new seats have a flat bottom just unbolt your existing runners from your seats it the runners in place in the car and measure where the holes line up to mount the seat to the runners Then its up to seeing where the mounts r on your new seats you can boly some flat steel between the runners and bolt your seat to that just drill holes to match seat and bolt together all depends where you new seat bolts up if your lucky it will have similar bolt centers so this will work other wise you will need to have a welder weld an square frame up to bolt to your runners and your seat still not a big job I would steer away from replacemant seats that have mounts at different heights this would make it too hard. My seats are recaro's that we stripped and customised Mick

come on now you know if your gonna do it you have to have the biggest loudess you can fit in its that simple as that Must say i prefer the sound of a good engine these days but in my younger days it was the louder stereo that i really liked probably why im still here today if i had had faster cars then i would have probably been wrapped around a tree Mick remeber he who dies with the most toys wins

must say for me the 3m clean and strip wheels are magic for small areas if you only doing a door or hatch or something like that they leave the metal polished clean Mick

it would certianly stand out but who would want to be seen in it Mick

i have 3 sets one orginal nissan part new never fitted two after market tinted ones new orginal datsun ones that fitted on top of the headlight cone luv the look just caant bring my self to drill the holes tried the double sided tape but that didnt work Have just bought one left hand headlight surround think i will but a right hand one then i will have replacement so i can drilll the holes going with the tinted ones Mick

would have to think it would be an easy conversion putting single point dizzy and then upgrading to the electronic never done it my self on nissan 6 have changed both of my rotarys to later electronic dizzys and was amazed at the power improvement so i would think it would be a good power move and good for reliability Mick

out of your three choices id go with the blue looks good Mick

dont know about the USA but automotive relays are cheap as chips here can get them at any automotive parts shop around $10 aus only need two to do your upgrade lot simplier than trying anything else to do the job

have you tried changing oil i know with an engine i was running the pentrith 50 worked wonders its much better for these older engines other one is Penzoil older engine oil though i found penrith better stopped the smoke and moderate oil comsumption Mick

you can buy a attachement to go on your compressor its just a hose that goes into a bucket of sand and agun type nozzle that blows sand out is quite good for small areas Our local Autoparts store Repco has them on special every now and then for $30 aus You need to have a clean floor and seperate area to do it so as to be able to sweep up sand and re use it and control dust Mick

the h4 conversion is really easy and well worth it just for the fact that you get the ability to change globes and not complete head lights when you blow a globe All you have to do is remove headlights put in new h4 cone and glass with new globe i use 100w /65 w fit relays in the circuit to reduce load on switches (well worth doing for the age of the switches anyway) Have tried th new ultra white globes but they where cheap chinese copies and apart from being white light i thought they where dimmer than the standard h4 globes. Mick

throttle linkage just pops off put a screw driver between end of linkage and throttle and prise it off as for the boot from memory it has a groove around it which fits into the hole in the firewall and holds it in place Mick

george if you leads are cracked or cut and you can see arcing they need replacing Dirty connections and cuts or cracks will actually increase resistance which as such increases the current needed to produce the spark so if your ignition only has so much current leaving the coil the higher resistance lowers your spark at the plug If you can see arcing then the lead has had it the arcing is the spark or pulse taking a shorter path to earth than through the lead so if any spark is getting to the plug i is reduced Mick

i find chemical the best way if you want every thing i also use 3m clean and strip wheels when stripping find that and chemical work best for me blasting is excellent for engine bays and hard to get at places but you have to get a professional if you want to do outer panel with blasting due to the possiblity to stretch the metal mick

thought this link might help you 260z 2 seater the guy has reserve of $8000 at auction. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2419647073&category=35227 Mick

why dont you try revolution race gear george the local guy down here was a great help to us last year when cams started making a song and dance about haqrness's he ended up telling us our existing ones were ok and missed out on a sale because we thought we had to change them they should be able to get you legal harness's cheaper than sparcos silly thing with our current harness's in the Rx4 is they have no date on them but because they have a E4 on them there ok for as long as we want to use them for the club level we are racing at Regards Mick