Victor Laury

Nice photo. What I see is someone has made a very good compromise to keep all the vapor control items operating without the stock air cleaner. A. (Same as "E") crankcase ventilation line in it's stock configuration. B. Brake booster Vacuum supply line C. the fuel bowl vents were originally connected to the air cleaner. There's nothing wrong with the way this has been modified, UNLESS the vents are exposed to too much vacuum, witch will lean out the mix. D. That was connected to the air cleaner to supply a slight vacuum to the vapor system. Hopefully, it's now connected to the new air cleaner and NOT to a vacuum tap on a carb or manifold. The system only needs a slight negative pressure. Hey! that Z is kinda pretty! Can I have it?

Rolf, I saw your photo, and have to agree that something is amiss. Your are correct in your statment that the fuel level will effect the mixture. The level in the fuel bowl IS the primary mixture adjustment. The nozzle level is the fine mixture adjustment after the bowl level. It is proccedure to set the bowl levels to the same height, as close as possible. Have you watched ZTherapy's SU video? Scott really covered this area in it, and stressed the importance of setting the fuel bowls the same.

Ken, Use the SM's! I'd love to see the run after their installation. Ha! Aint that something? I'll bet the dyno time in'nt cheap, but I'll gladly vollenteer you to pay for info I want!

Thanks! Found it. Here's a link straight to it Getting Rid of The Jerk

Tom, I'm following your plight with interest. My linkages, springs, etal are in new or perfect condition. But something is wrong with the geometry for sure! I can get into a surge cycle that tries to snap my neck.

Ok, Tom's on for it, anyone else? I'm hoping we can get this together for next weekend. I guess I'm itching for a ride. Tom, You've got a PM.

Oops, you live in Santa Paula - Not Santa Maria - My bad.

of a ride up from L.A. to the Ojai area, then up the 33, then west on the 166 to Santa Maria. The L.A. Crowd would take the 101 home. But, for you, you would be home. How about, You take the 101/150 to Ojai, were we'd meet up. Have lunch. Then up the 33/166 and you pick out a comfortable/fairly inexpensive diner-style place for group dinner? The other ride I'd like to plan is Santa Monica Mountains canyon ride.

There is a light at the end of this dreary tunnel. The encouraging thought I offer goes against my general pessimism. The more you chase down these little issues, the less they occur. Life has taught me that the above is NOT BY ANY MEANS a absolute rule. But in the realm of my 30 + year old Datsun sports cars, it actually works! keep after this stuff. When it seems you have "laid your hands upon" every component and system in your car, taking the cross-country trek will be more pleasurable than a McGiver Adventure. It's good to hear from you again, Victor. scroll back on the "Shout Box" and you'll find out you were missed.

Funny, as I have seen the very same "Full Automatic" badge in the same script and border on 71 and 72 1200's (Cherry's?). I guess the U.S. got them, one way or another.

It's Starting... I feel it..... Every time I see a Z32 in good shape, I get shakey. The other day, on my way to work, I made my usual left turn. Punching it, as usual of course. A gleaming yellow Z32 pulls along side my right, Driver smilling giving me the thumbs up. I could see it in her eyes, she had S30 lust, but I was lost in my own Z32 desire. Do I need an intervention? Is there a 12 step program for Z frenzy? Or do I need to find a parking space for the next Z?

Actually, I found his veiws realistic. But he tries to show off his wordcraft and loses clarity. He is not an easy read. The road reviews are on the money and his input on routes have inspired my ride lust again.

Thanks much for this link! SoCal Ride plan announcement soon!

What we need is for one of us to hit the lottery. A hundred million or so, no need to go overboard. Then he or she could tool up every unibody panel of the S-30 model range. Stamp out a hundred year supply and we'll be fine. Ok, lets get cracking on this guys! everybody buy a ticket this Saturday.

I must admit, It's a good welcome! I have a bent for smallish, brown haired women, so, the first on the right is just about right for me!

I don't know if this appilies in this case, but, I just had a mystery miss-poor performance issue. I have the ZX EI distributor, so I thought "at least I know it's not the points"! Turned out the plug to the EI module was almost completly disconnected. I would not have seen it. I thought my coil wire had gone bad. Went to pull the coil lead off and jostled the signal wire to the module and it fell off. AhHA!

Thanks Gavin! If you're ever over here, You get to drive her up the Angeles Crest Highway. I don't know if I'll be chasing or leading in the Z, as that Roadster Beast is pretty dam fast out the the Twisties! MG enthusiast love to call the roadster an MG copy, even thought Datsun beat MG on the rollout by a couple of months. The 1500 and 1600 roadster competed in the same class as the MG to for a GLORIOUS career. Right now, as you read this, on a race track, somewhere in the world, a Datsun Roadster 1600 is total disrespecting a MGB, even with it's 1800cc engine! The 2000 Roadster's main track rival was the Triump GT-6. Poor ole Triumph wanted the SCCA Championship badly to promote their sales. It was not to be, as the 4 banger roadster beat it out 2 years straight. (half the Triump racing Team ended up driving Datsuns before the 70's were through) The #1 reason why I'm a Datsun Fanatic today was the beautifull racing history enjoyed by Datsuns, both by big money teams and the grassroots privateer. In 1979 I was at Road Atlanta for a SCCA National and watched Bob Devendorf in an ElectroMotive B210 take H production(?), with low buget 1970 1200 privateer an .8 of second behind him, and the rest of the field a quarter of a lap back. I thought to myself, "Those Datsuns must be pretty good cars".

I do beleive Ztherapy is still making and selling the tuna~can~to~round~top air cleaner adapters Quoted without permission from their web site - Adapter plates, 260Z air cleaner to 240Z carbs CNC milled, all studs, nyloc nuts, countersunk metric bolts, tool. For street driving only. Hot Z cars must also buy ROUND air horns to install in 260Z air cleaner. 50.00 End quote from ztherapy web page

Steve, Less talking, More driving. No one is going to protest in a Regional Championship series. No one will protest in a National, unless you beat them. BSP is pretty safe. There's quite a bit of leeway before your bumped to FP (pretty much a purpose built track car. The Nit pickers will complain about your strut bar and header if you run BS, but only if your beating them. Seat time, pratices and Xruns. run, run, run. If you use up your first set of Victoracers in a half of a season - your having fun. And that is what your first season is all about. There allot of talent that comes out of the Central Coast area. It's going to take you at LEAST one season to get up to that level. So drive and keep your car mods under your hat. When your chasing around the country for a National Championship, Then it's time to use the rule book as a scale. I loved Auto X. It's was getting too costly to run the roadster (ever try to buy an Engine part for a U-20?). I first thought I'd make the Z into a AutoX Beast. But, it's just too damm pretty.

Sounds expensive. Sounds to me like he's ingested something and it's bouncing around on a piston. My first suggestion would be to stop running it. Not even to have folks listen to it.

On my 72, the 5 speed just fell in like it was made for the job. No sheet metal was harmed during this operation.

If your repairs are half as through as your documentation, You're going to have a first class restoration. We need to keep photos like these in a rust file for future reference.

I tuned a Roadster club member's 70 1600 to perfection. Does roadster work count as "Z Plans"? Wait, I know! My Z needs a wash! That'll do it!

Yes, On your 280Z, you can lock the door, just as you described. But, on the 240Z, our Texan brother described it perfectly. And just as Ernie said, I too thought my lock was broken when I first tried to lock the door with it open.

Gee I never considered my car as "pimped out". I guess it's up to the owner to decide. Alan T. proved the headlight covers where in the intial 240Z concept drawings. It's was most likely a production cost factor that kept them off the car. How "pimped out" is fulfilling the designer's vision?