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The guy at Techno Toy Tuning makes wheel spacers to order, including adapters from 4 bolt to 5 bolt.

Your best, and cheapest source for doorskins is Tabco. Thier products can be sourced from victoria british, but sadly victoria british almost doubles the price. Fortunately, you can order directly from their website here: http://www.tabcobodyparts.com/ I ordered a rear wheel arch with lower front quarter section for $54.75, while it's over $95.00 from VB. (Those are US $ by the way). It's smooth, and fits snug over the old panel. I'll be cutting the old panel out sometime next month to replace the damaged wheel arch.

I think I understand. I was planning on on a set of 15 x 6.5 +40 4X100 Nippon Racing F2's (12 pound alloy wheel). So, if I follow the logic, the offest would be +12.06MM with the adaptor. I might consider getting a 7" rim, to fill out the wheel wells with a slightly wider tire. Thanks for the help Victor.

Thougt it would be helpful to add a link to the product I'm talking about. Z to Honda Wheel Adaptors

On a side note, why are they using standard measurements when offset is traditionally in metric? Especially for a Japanese built car. I'm pretty sure these guys are Canadian, and their whole country standardized on the metric system. I'm boggled. :cross-eye

Then my quesiton is, where is the stock mounting point on my 240Z? Is it at zero offset inside the wheel housing, or (+) some milimeters? I'm buying the adapters from Modern Motorsports, but they are very vague about how thick the adapter is. When I asked, I got this response: "The adaptors suitable for wheels ranging from 36 to 40mm offset as described (range of 0.15", not much) are of one geometry only. So if your's fit the recommended offsets and widths you'll be just fine with our typical adaptors. Custom adaptors we can do separately but sounds like you're fine with our typical adaptors." When I pressed the issue they admited that the adapters are 1.1", which converts to 27.94 millimeters. How is this going to fit a 40mm offset rim?

Ah, thanks for the help guys. I suspected the deleted spare tire well would be for the "R" version of the 432. Doesn't make sense to take up the luggage space with a tire for a consumer model. 100 liter tank, eh? Well, I'm not planning on moving the filler neck to the rear, so I suppose I must custom fabricate something for my application. I also plan on moving the spare above deck, or just leaving it out completely.

I'm not sure where I read this, but the big reason the 4 valve per cylinder, 3 Carb, 2 cam setup on the 432 didn't make it to the US was that the BRE team was able to pull similiar HP and Torque numbers from the standard L24 and E31 head in the 240 with slight modifications. My guess is that it didn't make sense to Nissan Japan to put money into production (or sourcing) of so many different engine parts (carbs, intake, head, cams, valves, exhaust, valve covers, etc...). Well, that and the reason that 2ManyZs stated about emissions.

I've seen pictures of the deck in the 432, which has the spare tire well deleted. Does anyone know if there is a different / larger fuel tank than a typical S30 below this flat deck? The reason I ask is, I want to delete the spare tire well from my Z. This will, of course, leave a gap above the part of the fuel tank that thins out to avoid the spare tire well. I realize that even the 432 tank is different, I'm won't be finding any at my local junk yards but, it would be nice to get some pictures.

I just purchaced a rear wheel arch from Tabco to repair the damage that I did to it last month. I tried to do an order by web, but the shipping price didn't come up. So, I called the their order line (800) 782 5226 and ordered directly. It turns out, their prices include shipping! The guy told me that the prices on their website are slightly lower than they should be as they have had some price increases recently. I'll update everyone on the quality of the product when it arrives at my door.

...also, to answer your question, that would be the main bar mounts. The ones welded to the frame.