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If you have a Series II 240, then you won't have to switch hardly anything at all. Maybe check out the dimension from tranny tailshaft to diff. flange. But I don't think you'll have any problems. If you have a Series I 240, then you'll probably end up swapping consoles, driveshaft, & tranny mount. Other than these things, it's a bolt up swap that takes no more time than pulling/installing the stock tranny.

Contact Rick about this.... 240Z Shell

mperdue, I can't rightly tell you who makes the bar I have. Mine was on the car when I bought it back in '93. Carl's looks much newer than mine, maybe he bought his from somewhere other than an individual.

I have the same sway bar that BambiKiller has. Mounts to the rear of the differential on the support bars for the differential. Here is a pic. You can just see the sway bar in the picture.

Took a look at those pictures, Sparky. Man that valve cover looks strangely familiar... :pirate:

I'll agree with Ed here. You'd be amazed at how much front-end damage you can fix with just a chain and a tree. Granted it won't ever look pretty, but it'll be good enough to allow you to drive the car. I rear-ended a pick-up truck with a VW Scirrocco. Hit hard enough that I lost 1st, 3rd, and 5th gears. Shift linkage got out of whack. Limped over to my girlfriend's house, borrow a heavy chain, and hooked it up to the big oak tree out front. Threw it into reverse and started backing up, hard! After the fourth pull, got all my gears back and drove the 55 miles home. And yes I did have the frame straightened out at a later date. My sister had an '85 Buick Regal that she ran into those concrete poles in front of the gas pumps. Pulled that heavy steel bumper damn-near straight using the same process. Yes, it's a crude method for fixing some types of damage, but for a cheap/throw-away car, it can do the trick for little to no cost. 4381821, $3900 seems like a lot for the damage shown in the pic. Must be something else we can't see. If you don't care too much about what the car looks like, then yes you will be able to get it inspection legal for around $200-300. Scour the junkyards for a headlight assembly and turn-signal, forget about the grill, pull out or cut the front of the fender, and replace or repair anything else that might be bent behind the bumper and in front of the tire. As long as the car will run and nothing is rubbing or out of alignment, then drive it until you get your Z finished. You're young and everyone has to have a beater-car at some point of another. I've had a few of them....they're called "throw-away" cars.

Here is the official invite for you and your club members to come participate in Z-Sport’s 3rd Annual Car Show on March 20, 2004. Come be a part of the camaraderie and enjoy a nice day looking at Z’s from other clubs. And hopefully you head home with a trophy! To be held at World Car Nissan, IH-35 & Topperwein in San Antonio, Tx, March 20, 2004.

Just a short note.... I fully agree with your point of view, JMT240K. I am a Hunter and a Shooter. I shooter rifles, pistols, and shotguns competively. Most of the competitions I'm involved in are black powder. Some are Civil War Skirmishes, Mountain Men, and Cowboy Action shooting. Dressing the part is the best part of these activities. Just my view...now back to the topic already in progress....

HEY!!!! I got into all the football games for free, the cheerleaders almost always perform in front of the band at games :devious: , I got a letterman jacket for free, and hot band chicks....

Michael, Have you heard about the "other" DFW club? It's called Cowtown Z Club Might be worth looking into. Btw guys, Any chance of making it down to our car show in March here in SA? March 20th. Make some plans to come down if you can. I'll be sending out flyers to the Texas clubs next week. It's listed in the events calendar right now.

One thing that both my wife and I are big into (we're both band nerds), is Drumline competitions. Those are awesome! Makes me wish I had learned drums instead of saxophone.

Yes that hp figure was taken at the wheels. On a chassis dyno. Follow the link to the webpage and you'll see the pictures. What you need to keep in mind is this: all chassis dyno's can and will produce different hp figures based on level of calibration, height above sea-level, maintenance programs for the dyno, etc. All this using the exact same car. Now take into account the fact you have a completely different car and engine. That alone is a big factor. 6hp is a fairly big step up from my car which, aside from headers & exhaust, is basically bone stock. But with the mods you have you really should be running a little bit more, IMO. Use the dyno to your advantage. Take some time and plan to spend a day on the dyno making changes to your engine. Tune it up some, adjust the timing, mixture, etc. The only way to fully tell if you are getting the most out of your motor, is to make minor adjustments while using a dyno. The hard numbers will tell the tale. As for me, I'm getting ready to make plans for another trip to the dyno again in the upcoming months. I have my '71 motor rebuilt and back in my car. E31 head, Fel-Pro gasket, K&N filters, headers/exhaust, electronic ignition. I'm hoping to hit at least 130hp (at the wheels!) and then the mods will start from there. I have to establish my baseline first, though.

Right now my "worse" half hates my car and me. I won't go into details, but at least I still have my car!

I had my '73 L24 engine dynoed last July. Motor has 200k+ miles, bad valve seals and worn rings. Burns about a quart of oil every 1500 miles (more if out on the track, a lot more!). Here is a copy of the Dyno Chart . The chart is at the bottom of the page. 127 hp w/ 127 ft-lbs of torque, at the wheels! And it was running rich. Not bad I say. '73 L24 block, E88 head, stock points, cam, '71 SU's, 6-2 header, 2-1/4" exhaust. btw - if anybody is interested, this motor is for sale. $100 obo.

I have a set of 6-spokes that I polished up similar to DastunZGuy's set. The "star" pattern is highly polished w/ the inlays painted Nissan Silver (touch-up paint), and the outer rim is somewhat duller polished (not as mirror-like as the star). It still keeps the overall look of the wheel bright, w/o being too overly chrome looking. But still shows some distinction between the different areas of the wheel. I don't have a close up of the wheels, but here is a picture of them on the car in good light.

I definitely can't compete with that one. I don't even want to think about it any more! :sick: :sick: If I wanted out of a parade, I just locked my knees at attention and started to pass out from the heat. Worked every time. I will admit that marching competitions were an absolute blast! Those were usually all day long and over the course of two days. Awesome stuff to watch.

The irony of it all.....I replaced my battery area, portion of the firewall, and the upper unibody and lower frame rail (from the strut tower to the fire wall) from a '76! :cross-eye I'll have to try and find the old section I removed from my car and send you a picture of it. You'd be so proud! It's in my back yard in the small junk pile folded up flat, the metal was that thin!

I was waiting to see how long it'd take you to find my comment. Btw, I had to patch that area of the hatch sill on my car, right side to be exact. Actually it was the structure of the car underneath the hatch sill plate that rusted out. A little tough to do, but not impossible. And the area under the battery on my car was "perforated" but not completely gone. Although it was bad enough that the frame rail directly under the battery had cracked! :surprised

Since EScanlon threw my name out there, I'll post my opinion of parades. I've had enough of parades!:cross-eye Don't get me wrong, I don't hate them. There are lots of people that make a living off parades. Here in San Antonio there is a company (just down the street from my office) that does nothing but build parade floats all year long. So parades are good in some respects. But having been a member of a marching band from Junior High to High School, I personally have had enough of them. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, etc. I've done enough marching in the parades to have my fill. The area of South Texas known as the Rio Grande Valley (as far south as you can go in Texas, or the US for that matter) has to have the worst parade I have ever been a part of. The Charro Days Parade celebrates is the annual fiesta celebrating Brownsville´s bi-national heritage. This parade is almost 8 miles in length and takes over 5 hours to complete! It takes place at the end of February/beginning of March just as the Texas sun is warming up. As a member of the marching band, we start-stop-stand, repeat as the day goes on. Most times we would barely finish the drum cadence before we had to stop again. All because some dance troop only went 50' before they started their routine again. It basically sucked. So there is my reason for not ever wanting to see a parade again, TV or in person. It brings up too many bad memories. :disappoin

I hate NASCAR because they always go in the same direction...LEFT! Part of the reason I like watching WRC so much is not only are they going both left and right, they are doing it sideways at the same time!

Kind of like that commercial awhile back with Mario Andretti as a Student Driving Instructor: (Mario) "Turn left..." "Turn left..." "Turn left..." (Student Driver) "When are we going to turn right?" (Mario) "Why would you want to do that?"

They're legal as long as you don't get caught! Basically they are fine (actually better) for use on the street. But because there are fees and paperwork for getting a product approved by DOT for use on public streets, many aftermarket companies don't go through the process. Costs are too high to make a decent profit. Then to put all the greedy lawyers and free-loaders at bay, they have to put "For Off-Road Use Only" on the product so they don't get sued. Ahhh, Capitalism at it's best...:tapemouth

Same here...."Off-road use only." And I do use them for "off-road use," they see a track day periodically. But I took the tags off, so it doesn't say that anymore! :classic: My personal view is they are better than the stock rubber lines, and give better performance and brake feel. I'll argue it in court if I have to, but how many times have you ever seen an Officer (or other Gov't official) look that closely at your brakes?

I have the "Earl's" lines from MSA also. Great deal, easy installation, and everything has been great since. I don't know how easy it is to change out struts once the lines are installed as I changed out my struts and springs when I put the lines on.