SteveJ

Hanging out with John Morton and friends while testing for the Mitty.

Here's a picture I grabbed from the interwebs. Earlier this month, the Events Manager from Classic Motorsports Magazine contacted me on behalf of the BF Goodrich Regional Manager. The BFG rep was looking for 3 cars to display BFG tires at their display in Vendor Village at the Mitty. After I told them I would recruit some owners at the GZC meeting that evening, I remembered that I had purchased some BFG tires just 7 months ago. I had my car at work, so I snapped a couple of photos and sent them to the BFG rep. At the club meeting, I found a 240Z, a 280Z, and a 300ZX (Z32) that would be available. I sent the rep photos of the other cars, not caring whether or not mine was selected. Well, he chose the 240Z, the 280Z, and my 260Z. I had these tires when I did a drive up in the North Georgia mountains a few months ago. I thought they handled really well. I didn't notice any tire squeal in the video, but then again, I wasn't listening too closely.

The week of the Mitty is always busy for me, and more so this year. Today I took the wheels to the tire shop to get the new BF Goodrich tires mounted so my car is ready for their display. The old tires were only 7 months old, so they are stored in the garage. While I was at it, I fixed some of the wiring at the headlights and replaced the LED headlights with a different type of LEDs. I just wasn't crazy about the row of LEDs in the old lights. I also found that the newer headlight rings on eBay that fit our cars will better accommodate the LED headlights. It's raining now, so adjusting the beams will come later.

I've put a little effort into it since then. It helps that I have made some friendships with some really great Datsun guys in the area since that convention. They have helped me a lot over the last few years.

I washed and polished the car today in preparation for the Mitty. Now I have to pull the wheels off so I can get the new tires mounted that were provided by BF Goodrich.

It looks like it's going to be good weather for the Mitty, too. What a great opportunity for a cross-country drive.

Indeed he is.

https://www.eeweb.com/tools/loop-inductance

Magnetic fields

He would have left the dust and grime on it, but he must have read somewhere that 240Z prices are going up. He must owe quite a bit to his crack dealer, too.

If good fusible links are installed, all 4 white/red wires should have voltage to ground. The white/red coming off the black fusible link (assuming the links were installed in the right locations) branches off with one going to the alternator and the other branches off again with one leg going to the voltage regulator and the other going to connector C9 in the wiring diagram. The picture is zoomed in so close that I can't tell where in the loom you might be looking.

http://xenonzcar.com/s130/vin.html What kind of information are you trying to find?

Yes, once he finds which end has the voltage, the other end of the resistor should go to the negative post on the coil.

I think something broke in your attachment. The good news is that the BMW mechanic said he could fix it, and it would only cost $5000.

The 74 FSM has a picture of the resistor that is the same as in the 75 FSM. I did a brief search to see if I could find the old part number. So far, no luck. On the other hand, I did buy a bunch of 2.2K Ohm resistors about a year or so ago. They are stashed away in my garage somewhere...

Here is the page from the FSM with the tach schematic. I would say that the resistor matches the photo.

Well, we are going to have a pretty good special guest list for ZCON, too. Just less racing.

Basically the negative side of the tachometer connects to the negative side of the coil through a 2.2K Ohm resistor. The stock wiring has the resistor built into the circuit at a connector.

No, but I know how the tachometer gets its signal from the ignition circuit.

If you're curious about the Mitty schedule and entry list, they are online. Go to http://hsrrace.com/classic-motorsports-mitty/ and look for them. There are about 45 Nissans and Datsuns entered, including a D21 Hardbody and a C110 Skyline. Most of the Nissans and Datsuns are in group 3A.

When you did your modification, you probably did not leave the tachometer connected to the negative side of the coil. The best way to do that mod involves leaving the stock wiring on the distributor, adding the additional wire for the HEI to trigger the spark, and disconnect the TIU from the wiring harness. I'd offer to fix it at my house, but you're 5 hours away.

Bring it down to ZCON in October. @240260280will be there.

I can find 4 people nearby easily who could set up triple Webers for me. That's the advantage of living in God's Country.

It doesn't seem so weird to me that the problem is happening at higher RPM. It's likely a combination of the amount of current and frequency of the pulses. Splitting the circuit as Zed suggested may not be enough. It may also require a small resistance in the tach side of the split. If I were to test, I would start with having a potentiometer in the tach side to see how much resistance is needed and replace the potentiometer with a fixed resistor of the value in the test. ZKars does have a point about adapting the tach. It may be easiest to use a 260Z/280Z tach and the faceplate from the 240Z. Either way will require some wiring mods, though.

That's impressive getting the award seeing that there's a 2000GT parked next to you. You faced some stiff competition there.