sblake01

I use my MIG whenever there's a need. Install my own mufflers, make stuff like strut bars, brackets, etc. Drill press, bench grinder, Mig, oxy-acetalyne (sp?); working on these older cars, I'd be lost without them.

AN 84 DAUTSON 280ZX? What is that? 280ZXs were made from 1979-1983. Could it be a 1984 DATSUN 300ZX?

If you wanted this thread to have a poll, you needed to select that by going to 'Our Club' or whatever heading in the forums and click the 'new thread' button, scroll down and select 'yes, post a poll with this thread' or however it's worded.

What are you doing? Reading us a quote from the Summit catalog?

It's just another expression used here but I believe that I speak for many of us in saying that we don't!

I've seen it at one of the shows. Can't say I was impressed. You don't see many 520 pickups stock or otherwise. People are always telling me to drop a V6, a V8, or an SR20DE etc. in my 320 but it's not happening!

So, hf240z, how's the Z coming along after about three years? I pulled a couple of diesel cranks from the junkyard a couple of year's back. I never considered building a stroker myself but I got these for people that were willing to pay me $250 each for them! There was a lot of work involved just getting those motors out of the maxima to get the crank out of them. I doubt if I would ever do it again but I don't see them much anymore in the junkyards.

Or check the connection at the temperature sensor.

Don't give up. At least yours ran when you got it. I had to tow mine home.

Truth be known, that is approximately 1/3 of the French I know!

N'est pas???

Aren't we all different? I just choose not to be different in that way. Get a Z first, you might change your mind about that Toyota engine or VH45DE, etc. Having owned a Q45, I can state from experience that you would be hard pressed to find a more difficult engine to work with. And in a Z? I've seen a couple of stories of people doing the VH45DE/Z conversion, I believe we discussed one here some time ago, but it's not a project I'd be willing to take on.

Maybe it does, for her.

As I said earler, I emailed him. This is his response for whatever it's worth:

Did you see the 1954 Oldsmobile 88 GM concept car go for $3,240,000 including auction fees? Incredible!

Oh, that's a long, long story! It has been discussed at length. Search for the thread I believe entitled Midwest Z???.

A 77 280Z would not have an O2 sensor. They didn't show up here until 79 when the 280ZX came out.

It's a 280-no ballast resistor.

Back in the day, we called them 'gulp valves'.

My Z (and the others) will have a new home in two months. (I hate long escrows but the owner insisted). The house has an over size two car garage with enough space to build a room/storage area in the rafters of the garage since the house has cathedral ceilings. My wife likes the house, I like the garage, you know how that is. Can't wait, will post pics.

A properly operating Air Regulator will warm up the engine fast enough but too fast an idle just wastes gas but a Z motor sounds good at any speed.

Here's a set. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7950561799&category=33692&sspagename=WDVW

Let's see here. You can't fix the distributor so you solution is to change out the entire drive train? Ah, the exuberance of youth!

I emailed him and said "You are kidding, right?" and have yet to receive a response.