Chino 240Z

Couple pictures from ACRA event at WSIR and from the NASA event at Cal Speedway. Just family fun. http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/ACRA-1.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/ACRA-3.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/ACRA-4.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/ACRA-5.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/ACRA-6.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/ACRA-7.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/ACRA-9.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/ACRA-10.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/ACRA-11.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/ACRA-12.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/ACRA-14.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/ACRA-15.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/ACRA-13.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/ACRA-16Passoverthetrack.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/ACRA-17Passoverthetrack.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/IMG_6797-1.jpg http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/?action=view&current=100_4295.flv http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/NASAMarchCSW-1.jpg http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/?action=view&current=100_4454.flv http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/100_4372.jpg http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/Chino240Z/?action=view&current=100_4452.flv Hope you enjoyed.

I guess it's a give and take situation trying to get a fat tire and big rim and hope everything clears without too much modification. All 3 rims mentioned are close look alikes... Panasport, Konig & Rewinds. I was actually looking to jump up in size to an 8" rim and bigger tire yet, but now glad I couldn't find one would have been even bigger issues. I'm happy with the 15 x 7 size. Good luck anyone using 16" and lowering too. As for front air dam rub, the air dams that don't have a large area that wraps around towards the front edge of the tire should be fine. I think Cozy Z Cole mentioned that the MSA-Type3 would rub. That's the air dam I like the most too. Yep, rubbed for me too. At first the 14" Toyo RA1s only touched a little, then the 14" Kumho V710 touched more, and last the 15" Kumho V710 touched even more. Each time I shaved a little off the air dam edge and in 20 minutes both sides cleared just fine. Some people also use a 3/8" to 1/2" wheel spacer between the hub and wheel. This helps clear inside tire rub to frame issues and also after market brake caliper kits that may hit on the inside of the rim.

Don't get your pants in a wad there Jeff, that's not what I said .... The fact of the rub is due to larger tires!!! I'll explain a little better. I had a the rear driver side tire rub that was "more audible than anything. I can see witness marks on the tire sidewalls just below the shoulder, but no grooves or slices" just like you mentioned and this only happened after the 15" were installed not the 14" tire. This rub only happened as I would apex in turn 9 at Willowsprings track and no other track, which has a slight dip that will push the left rear suspension through a lot of travel, and also, with 275 springs it had much side lean when pulling over 1.1g's in a hard turn from 115 to 120mph. We had suspension mods already on order to increase spring rate on all corners of the car, which were to change the 275 rear to 300, and 300 front to 325 (by the way Tokico and other shocks won't take these kind of spring rates, you will have to find bigger shocks and have them re-valved for them to live with the rebound rates above 250 or 275). With the new springs and a touch of height adjustment (no longer exhaust dragging low) the car still goes through enough travel and got rid of the unwanted lean for better handling on the track. Sorry don't know anything about larger tires on soft street setup with lots of suspension travel, nor do I even care, my interest lie in running this Z in WOT and hanging on by the seat of my pants. But I do know I didn't need to fook up the paint all the way around the rear fenders by rolling them and having the paint possibly crack and start coming off. It was nice to see the tire rub go away with the new suspension mods and adjustments, simple, clean, and the fenders untouched. Probably not what most Z owners will experience, except if they have shortened strut tubes with coil overs, you can add back a little height by raising the lower spring perch to allow more travel before rubbing. Jeff, by the way, when you get around to replacing your front air dam that isn't lined up on one side you may find front tire rub on BOTH sides! Some new air dams will need to be trimmed on the front inside edge depending on the width & height of tire you have. Suspension travel, spring rate and ride height will have nothing to do with the tire rub. It will only be rubbing on the outside front leading edge of the tire. This is when you get your dremel tool and half round files out, they work wonders. Nate, glad to hear Les could help you out with the rims. He helped us with ours too. Try the tires out before you might get lucky with no rub. I like Yokohama tires on my daily driver Firebird. I've had 3 sets and will use them again!

Any one else interested here is a picture of the extra Panasports & V710s. Hey CoastGuardZ, have you checked with Les at Classic Datusn? http://www.classicdatsun.com/ He moves Panasports often.

I.M.O. I think the Panasport fit the race look best with the Z. I could only go 15" because of the width of tire and lowered coil overs it starts to rub the rear wheel wells in hard turns. Didn't want to roll the fender edge or go narrow tires... so increase sping rate and raised rear ride height a bit made things perfect. Hold out little longer for what you really want, you'll be happier in the long run.:classic:

Probably not the size you are lookin for but I've got a set of [5] 14" x 7" Panasport racing rims with new Kumho V710s (225/14 R50) with 2 track days on them, with also a set of [4] Toyo RA1's tires with a couple events still left on them. Had to get 15" Panas for the Wilwood brakes to fit. Need to get all of this out of the garage for like $1100 or so for everything... Just to busy to put them up for sale. Craig

If you call Summit Racing they could possibly get you a set in the range you wish to limit your rpms. Example: http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=MSD%2D8745&N=700+115&autoview=sku If you have a one now you can remove the chip or pill that is plugged into the side of your unit and see what is printed on it, should give you the rpm limit...say 6000. I think you can remove the pill and it will run just fine, but will have no limit (just be carefull). I believe I was doing some testing in the past with and without the pill... I had a problem of not being able to get above 5800rpms. It happen to be fuel supply and not an rpm limiting problem at the upper end. But you can test yours by removing it to verify it is being limited by a pill or perhaps you are seeing a different problem?

Yep, some tachs and injector systems won't recognize the trigger signal and need this adapter to convert it to be recognized... looks sorta like this one. http://www.msdignition.com/pdf/8910_21247.pdf http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MSD-8910-Tach-Fuel-Adapter-for-Pre-1989-Honda-SCI_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33691QQihZ020QQitemZ300075316223QQtcZphoto The adapter unit is used with the MSD-6AL box.

MSD-6AL has plug in "pills" or "modules" set at 100rpm increments that limit rpms in it circuitry. Haven't seen one like what is in your picture... here is more info. on the MSD unit. http://www.msdignition.com/ignition_6_6420.htm http://www.msdignition.com/pdf/6%20series/6series.pdf http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=MSD%2D6420&N=700+115&autoview=sku 2 & 3 step soft touch rev control modules are also available for adding timing control into your rev limiting too. I use the MSD-6AL unit mounted under the passenger side glove box area protected from heat, moisture & vibration, with a 7000rpm pill installed. I also use an adjustable rpm shift light. http://proformparts.com/PDF/ShiftLightInstructions6.pdf http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?N=700+400405+115+304978&autoview=sku Good Luck.

You're hired... we'll give ya a call to repaint ours next! Nice job.

Stack of new 15" Panasports w/ V710 tires & a stack of old 14" Panasport w/ V710s Oh and something I found on my rim when I came out to the garage after a recent track event... I got the message.

Hey Ron, Cindy and I thought it was great to catch up to you at Les's shop the other day. Never know who might just pop in or who's car just might be parked in his shop! Magazine article turned out real nice, we enjoyed it. And thanks for selling us the Panas too. Craig