ZMunkey

I need a set of outside door handles, left and right sides... do you have them and how much including shipping to Blythe, California 92225 Thanks Eric zeemunkey@yahoo.com

Well, I'm sure I can take this trans to 1 track day and sell it to someone. There's always someone looking for Nismo gear and there's a lot of these Zs still being raced here in the US. ZMunkey

Because I already have wheels with the proper offset! I don't need spacers, have no room for spacers, don't want spacers. These are not 40mm offset Honda/Nissan/VW wheels. ZMunkey

Does anyone know if Z car hubs can be redrilled for 4x100 pattern? I have a new set of 15x7 wheels, 4x100, with an offset that will work with our z-cars, that is, if I can redrill the hubs acceptably... Eric aka ZMunkey

I've got these carbs on my 73 240z racer I just bought and I don't think he had it jetted correctly... What mods were you running on your motor and what jets did you have installed in the idle, primary and secondary? Thanks Eric aka Zmunkey

If anyone's interested, rather than just cash, I have a laundry list I need for this car: Hood with hinges front bumper and early 70-72 mounts rear hatch w/glass and seal front windshield seal body seals for left and right doors rear hatch body seal a gallon of decent white paint (or heck, just about any color in a gallon quantity) I'd love to paint the car bright yellow, but that paint's just too expensive for me) Toyota truck front brake calipers (4 piston) I have to make this car a little more "stock" in order not to be thrown into a class I can't win... My front bumper is mangled... the front hood is dented and converted to 4 pin retention rather than two pins and hinges, which I'd rather have. Other other items are pretty self-explanatory... You can reach me via email or at work daily at 760-922-7121, just ask for Eric. I'm in Southern California and can deliver. Eric aka ZMunkey

'simply put it in 5th gear' Easier said than done... its not in the car! How do I shift this bad boy? Why would I be a lucky lucky person to have this tranny? From what I can see on the tranny calculator, I *could* run auto-x events in 1st gear all the way out to 63 mph with my stock 3.364 rear end... BUT, that's *identical* to 2nd gear in my factory tranny with the 3.364 rear end! Where's the benefit in that (other than having 3 more gears to play with before I'm in 5th at 1:1 rather than just 1 gear before 4th-1:1)? Am I making sense? A really BAD Z in a magazine was equipped with the factory 4 speed and 3.90 R-200 rear end and had finished 5th and 7th at SCCA auto-x nationals on two different occasions... His motor was built similar to mine, only with triple Webers instead of duals (and 30 years of development time because he bought it new!). It was really wicked! Now on a road course I can see the benefit... 1st locked out to the left (like the old Porsche trans) and 4 higher gears ending in 1:1 with 2nd being only slightly taller than 1st in order to make it useful for cornering. Sounds like, for what I need to do, that I need to sell this trans and get a 3.90 R-200 and other related parts I need to make this car nicer... Eric aka ZMunkey

I went to this transmission ratio calculator: http://www.geocities.com/z_design_studio/ which does show some of the competition boxes that were available. I don't know if I have the "close ratio w/od" box or the "Option 2" box like you've suggested. I'm thinking like you though, that NMCD 2# means "option 2" and that its got a 1:1 5 gear... If I mainly want to do auto-x and driver's track day events and not actual road racing, wouldn't I want the shorter 1st gear found in the factory 4 speed? Expecially if I'm turning the 3.364 factory R-180 diff? Oh, if I use the competition 5 speed and the 3.364 rear end, I can pull to 60mph at 6156 RPM! That would be a complete auto-x in just one gear (mainly)... If I use the factory 4 speed then 2nd gear is the same as first gear in the NISMO box (60 mph at 6170) and I have a shorter first gear for launching... Does anyone know if I need a different driveshaft to install the NISMO box? I was told that I didn't... that it was the same length as the original 4 speed. Eric aka ZMunkey

Classification... Hmmmmm... I'm pretty sure that the way this car is built and stripped, I'm going to be in whatever the highest class is... basics are as follows: 1. 8 gallon fuel cell 2. fully stripped car 3. full rollcage, welded and braced to rear strut towers, no dash, connected to firewall and flooring and directly to seat 4. modified engine (not original) w/cam/ weber carbs, recurved electronic distributor, MOPAR "Orange" box and Accell coil, 6-into-1 header, 2.5 to 3" exhaust, no muffler (currently but will add one soon) 5. no alternator, running relocated marine deep-cycle battery in hatch area 6. enlarged radiator 7. coil-over front suspension, a-arm bump-steer adapters, koni shocks (non-adjust) 8. rear coil-over springs on stock mounts, koni shocks (non-adjust) 9. 4-speed tranny (stock 73 240?) 10. Stock rear end (73 240 3.54? R-180?) 11. two sets of rims, one Toyota Celica Supra 14x8 w/Kumho V700s, one set 14x7 Slotted mags w/ BFG street tires for practice runs (and for sliding around!) No ignition switch, but a master kill switch on the passenger side, switches for fuel, ign, fan, and a big ol' "start" button Its a pretty cool car but I think the jetting on the carbs isn't right. The guy didn't know much about webers and had no adjustment gear to even read the settings. He just stuck the largest jet in the kit into the secondary jet! I'm pretty certain the carb is running rich at idle, lean in the primary and very rich in the secondary... I don't know anything about webers, but I'll be buying a book and tuning equipment from Motorsports soon. Eric

I was told that it was a "close ratio" model... I dunno what good it would do me if I were to auto-x the car like I want to do... that and driver's events at tracks like Willow Springs and Phoenix International or Firebird International. If I stick w/ the 240Z trans and look for a 3.70 or 3.90 rear end, then my acceleration will be faster (than the stock 3.64 rear end). That's what's needed for auto-x work! Anyone else agree with this statement? Eric aka ZMunkey

Does anyone from "way back in the day" know what the available ratios were for a NISMO 5-speed tranny for the 70-73 Z cars? I just bought a 73 240 Z racecar and it came with a Nismo 5-speed for a spare. The serial number is listed as NMCD 2#. Any help would be appreciated. Much thanks, photos coming soon! Eric aka ZMunkey

I just got a 240 Z racecar this weekend and it comes with a spare tranny. I'm told its a NISMO 5-speed... numbers on the tranny are something like NMCD 2#... I don't know what that means. Any help would be appreciated greatly... I'll have some descriptions of the motor and Weber carb set up later as I have some time to type. Eric aka ZMunkey