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  1. Victor Laury
    Blackhawk_induction
    The PCV (which looks gone in this photo), and the brake booster vacuum is all you should keep.
  2. Victor Laury
    I bought the D100 and the "Preserve-IT" right after this thread began. I have used it a few time since. Not enough data to form an opinion as of yet..
  3. Victor Laury
    Just don't be wearing an MG shirt while working on your roadsters
  4. Victor Laury

    '72 Interior

    Victor Laury commented on DatsunZGuy's gallery image in Interior

    '72 Interior
    It's a beauty!
  5. Victor Laury
    Save your money for the paint work. Don't let any other purchase get in the way. Worry about the wheels after. Then, keep your eyes on eBay and get a deal.
  6. Victor Laury
    decommissioned bob sharp
    Jerry, I want to buy a print. Is that possible? I'm serious. I'd also like to know if I could commision a watercolor of my cars Z and Roadster. My office will be complete with those on the wall.
  7. Victor Laury
    top view of my turbo motor!!!
    DeeDee is to blue as Vicky is to red?
  8. Victor Laury
    Not yet... We got a long way to go before "Banishing" is necessary. I got my air dam for $50 by visiting a local repair shop. Hanging from his rafters was a varied selection of used body appendages from many different cars. Amongst these, I spied the dam dam. "How much for that dam dam?" Local kids around here have been known to get quite creative. Just the other day, I saw an older Saturn sporting "Side Skirts" fashioned from plastic wire moulding, affixed with self-tapping screws. - And what a lovely job it was :sick:
  9. Victor Laury
    Find out where in Los Angeles it is. I'm near Downtown and might be able to take a look for you. No web site - Here's their listing from the online yellow pages. PIERRE Z CAR CENTER 12579 Crenshaw Blvd Hawthorne, CA 90250 (310) 644-3645 Fax: (310) 644-3647 Additional Company Information From the 240Z to the newest of Maximas, Pierre Z car center provides the service, and restoration for Datsun and Nissan. Call or stop in for a quote on your vehicles repair
  10. Victor Laury
    Fairlady Roadster
    By the way, I don't believe that those wheels actually fit the roadster. At least not and still roll that is! The roadster has an extremely narrow wheel width and offset requirement. Too much backspace and you hard against the springs, too much dish and your rubbing fenders. These look like 16's at least, and are probably photo shopped on the car. That IS a very pretty 68, by most standards. I would like it better if the side moldings were still there.
  11. Victor Laury
    We (the roadster community) are ready for you when you get one! BTW, here's an open invitation to anyone near the central California Coast. The Solvang Datsun Roadster show is the last Saturday of April. Come by and say hello to my 70 yellow SRL roadster and see at least 75 more while your there!
  12. Victor Laury
    The word "Coolest" is still there.
  13. Victor Laury
    I work in a shop crammed full of total American Iron, drag racing nuts. Yea, they poke fun of my Datsuns. The ones I respect recognize that a car nut is a car nut. There's not much diffence between me, wanting the right zinc plating on my fuel rail, and the fellow who wants the original driver's side mirror for his 68 Chevy Nova. Let them laugh. Why should you give a care to what they think. A real car enthusiast would understand.
  14. Victor Laury
    Also, check the pedal/master cylinder pushrod connection. Pull the pin out and inspect. you will be amazed on how a little bit of wear on the pin and pushrod yoke can make a huge difference in clutch action.
  15. Victor Laury
    Mr. C's version does return the "Sitting on the rear axle" aspect missing in the 350Z. Now if you could add a little more Kamin to the arse end and move the crest of the roofline back, we'd be a little closer
  16. Victor Laury

    Grand Turismo 4

    Victor Laury commented on Mike's gallery image in Big Z Photo Collection

    Grand Turismo 4
    The artist the rendered our Datsun must love them. The detail of the roadster and Z's is wonderfull. I wonder how it was done? Were they wire form modeled? How about early Skylines? Are they in the game too? I still haven't bought the game, and that's good. As I need as much time as I can to get both cars ready for the upcoming shows.
  17. Victor Laury
    I found this... http://www.superhonda.com/tech/wheel_weights.html "Datsun 280ZX Turbo 82-83 Cast 15x6 14.0 lbs" I believe this to be true, as I recall a roadster owner building a "Track Day" car (ugly, rattle-can flat black paint job, all the performance parts that can be had), uses them and had weighed them once.
  18. Victor Laury
    But Dave, in your case you used the 280 clutch components and therefore needed to use the shorter 280 T/O collar.. right? If I were (and I did) install a ZX 5 speed on my L24 which was equipped with the original clutch, I would need to use the longer 240 collar. True?
  19. Victor Laury
    Let me try. (disclaimer - I could be wrong) the difference is in the height of the flywheel/cluch disk/pressureplate. The stacked height of these components on the 240Z was less than the height on the 280Z. Therefore, the T/O bearing collar is longer on the 240 than the 280. When swapping JUST the transmission and NOT the flywheel/cluch disk/pressureplate components, you must use the longer T/O collar. Your free to swap forks/slave cylinders as you wish, but the T/O collar must match the clutch components. Comments on this Draft are welcome.
  20. Victor Laury
    Eric, Reply back after you call him and give us his advice.
  21. Victor Laury
    "Practical Mind Control Protection for Paranoids" Oh dam Carl! I gots to get me one of those!
  22. Victor Laury
    Mr. EB, I've never seen anything hooked to the "Mystery Nipples". My roadster (Dual 44's) runs just fine with these wide open. Don't bother eliminating them. And Jerry is right! Todd is my ultimate Mikuni Guru.
  23. Victor Laury
    Listen closely to the advice above! Don't learn the hard lesson. have all the information you need to inspect the car AND be ready and able to WALK AWAY from a car that "looks good" but will never be a whole car again without a Microsoft budget.
  24. Victor Laury
    I screwed mine up... So my "help" will be what not to do. I didn't notice the difference in the forks until AFTER I had everything buttoned up. Then I got to the clutch slave installation and saw the later fork had no hole for the rod to pass through. After scratching my head for a few momments=, I called my buddy Les at CDM. "Hey Les", "Got this problem.", "Just installed an 80 5 speed and I can't hook up the clutch.". "No prob" he said, "Use the 4 speed fork!". Well, I couldn't follow his advice, because I had wore out my welcome to the auto shop's lift. They had PAYING customers waiting! So, I cut the rod to match the fork. That was more than a year ago, and it works fine, BUT, come the day my clutch needs adjusting, I'll be out of luck and will have to pull it all and do it right then. That's my "help".
  25. Victor Laury
    AltZ is in the Southbay as well as PerrierZ
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