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Good solid groundwork goin' on there Joe. Won't 400rwhp need some serious boost?..Keep us up to date, it will be interesting. WHAAT? Geez Gary , I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I read that! :laugh: ....but I can see what you mean. I quite liked the Yenko Stingers, but I'm sure Joe won't mind me throwing this in to clear it up for you. Jim.

Hi Victor, The J and JJ refer to the rim profile. If you cut the wheel horizontally through the centre you would see a profile of the section where the tyre bead sits on the rim. I think the JJ was an early safety rim designation, after the "J" style, and had a raised profile on the inside of the tyre bead to help hold it in place in the event of deflation. I can't find anything to confirm this yet but in the meantime here's a good site to browse Jim.

SR311 everywhere, and a speaker setup for 2,300,000 yen !!!!! To see what else they are selling, click on the user name (Tokiwa311) and his list will pop up.

On Yahoo JP Hmmm, some nice wrought iron legs, a glass top..make a nice coffee table come hallway conversation piece for "Casa del Thommo"..? :laugh: ...No? ...It was just a thought :cheeky: Jim.

Eric, from the respective sales brochures,(I only have them in PDF) the stock PGC10 weighed in at 1120 Kg. The stock KPGC10 weighed in at 1100Kg, and just for interests sake the fastback KPGC110 tipped the scales at 1145Kg. I'm betting Alan T has some interesting gems about the race weights of the racing 4 door GT-R and the racing 2 door GT-R. Jim.

Thanks Alan, I had my suspicions about the car...still sounds good though! Would you believe I was going to ask the question about the "Seven Samurai" in that post! Typing "Gan San" made the phrase pop into my head, and I thought " there's something I must ask of Mr Thomas, what is the story of the "Seven Samurai". I only know the term relates somehow to group of drivers associated with the development of the Skyline through the late sixties. Mate, I will happily post any sorta crap if it will entice your goodself to tell us a bit more of the Prince and Skyline history . Sad I know but hey....it's a corner of history that has me by the goolies Thanks mate, Jim.

You can buy it from eBay here! This DVD has the 4+ mins of the (Original?)No6 works car being punted around Fuji Speedway by Motoharu "Gan san" Kurosawa, a much reverred racedriver whom I suspect raced these in their heyday. I know he raced the Nissan R382 (Can-Am looking V12 powered beast, not unlike the Mclaren M8a) to success in 196(9?). Very little talking and real uninterrupted spine tingling sound of one of the better known S20 powered cars in its natural surroundings. I just wish I could find more sound and vision of the 1964-1974 era and class of Japanese motorsport. Jim.

........6 ?, you say he has 6 C10 GTR's?!?!? Now that's just plain greedy Nice post Mikey, I love the photos, thanks

I suffered those exact same symptoms in my '75 240K(almost identical electrically and mechanically to the 240Z).No pattern to it, and could find no fault. It had me stuffed for quite a while 'till I discovered quite by accident what seemed to be the cause......the ignition lock! the turning action of the key from OFF to ON to START, once fired up then springs back to ON. This action was a little sticky, and I think it was just the weight of a few extra keys on the keyring with the ignition key was enough to let it swing towards the OFF position while driving. It is only a tiny movement of the key in the ignition finding a dead spot (no ignition +12V). I wasn't convinced at first but gave the ignition lock a few shots of locksmiths graphite powder (straight in where the key goes) to free up the action and have not had the fault since. Hope it works for you too Jonathan. Cheers, Jim.

Due to circumstances I had to fit the thermo regardless. During the meanwhile I have modified the clutchfan setup to fit with out risk of fouling, so if the thermo doesn't work out I can re fit the clutchfan without any dramas. I've travelled about 200Kms over the last few days since fitting the thermo fan, it's coping with no complications so far. Long freeway runs at 4k +, 30mins of stop start 1st gear only traffic , air temp ~ 28C, with the fan automatically cycling on and off as required, and everything else you get driving across Sydney. Indicated temp gets to 80C(which is dead centre of the temp gauge. and varies about a needle width either side, much the same as with the clutchfan. We'll see how it goes over the long weekend, but I will be carrying the old fan and a 10 mm ring -open ender....just in case! Next mod is a Smiths 270deg display capillary line temp gauge. The original fitted unit only has a 90deg arc of display, variable electrical resistance. I'm off to change oil and fit new fuel filter. Have a safe Easter break, and remember ....double demerits for the duration in NSW. Cheers, Jim.

Look here Kent , I'm sure the cars are still there. He's a little hard to get hold of on site, by appointment only! I'm not sure if the cars are manuals though. Jim.

I rang Customs about this last year, they laughed and said the "gift" thing is the biggest myth about bringing anything into Australia via post. If you get serious about bringing something in, check with customs first as to what you could be up for. There are many variations of the rule. Frinstance, bought something OS via ebay? if it's over ~$500 (IIRC?!) they will ask for the eBay item number to check what you paid!! A camera from Hong Kong at $600. Dealer marked it as "gift" and understated the price on the documents. Customs was aware of this character doing this quite a lot and anything brought in from him was red flagged. Even so, we only had to pay another $65 dollars in the end. Forewarned is forearmed. Jim.

All to do with the Australian Design Rules again Alfa. All new vehicles had to have a clear or white light for parkers at the front, or rather you couldn't have a "traveling light" other than clear or white light displayed on the front of a vehicle.Amber was legal for indicators only. I had to put a 1970 Torana LC XU-1 over the pits. It was originally fitted with clear front parkers/indicators, but I had fitted amber lenses from the 72 model L J XU-1. The '72 models had a parking light incorperated into the headlight, the 1970 LC did not, so my amber indicator/parkers didn't pass rego ....until i either fitted the original clear lenses or the later model headlights with the little parking lights in 'em. As the 240Z was around the same era I suspect the different colour lense issue has something to do with the ADR introduced around the same time. Jim.

Hi Pete, Thanks for thinking about this. The engine mounts are good, the problem is the large diameter fan and coupling are from another vehicle and when placed on the L28 in the KGC10 the clearance at the bottom edge of the radiator between there and the fan is less than 5mm! The clearance for the same part of the fan when at it's highest point of rotation is around 30mm. The shaft for the fan-clutch is the culprit here. It sticks the whole assembly too close to the radiator. I compared it to the same unit on my 240K and it's about 30mm longer. If the thermo fan doesn't work out, I could try swapping them I s'pose. I think there is a bit more clearance in the 240K bay. Hi Thomas, ...or is it really Magpie (MAG. P.I.) Thanks for the link Tommo. Comprehensive and clear! I like that. Oddly enough the fan I've been given looks identical in size and blade shape to the Taurus one in the story. Excellent info, Thanks guys Jim.

I decided to get the coolant flushed and replaced by a radiator specialist yesterday.There have been no overheating issues, the coolant appears clear and green, I just had no idea how old it was.....well i tried anyway! He took one look and said he wouldn't touch it! He went on to point out that the current fan-clutch and fan setup was too close to the radiator and, as was evident by damage to the blade tips, under certain conditions was actually clipping the bottom frame of the radiator. It appears under hard and harsh braking, the engine, being on rubber mounts, is moving forward just a little, ....throw in a bump at the same time and it travels down a little at the same time. This all adds up to enough movement to cause the contact. As the blade damage came with the car, and I originally couldn't see how the current setup could cause it, I assumed it had been done by something that had already been removed :stupid: .......Anyway, I've decided the easy way out is to remove the current setup and fit a thermatic fan. With a little luck I won't have to buy one ..I've got an unused thermo switch left over from the Monaro, and a mate has a spare 14.5" flat motor fan in his workshop! The radiator is just over 15" wide. So, if anyone has any suggestions with regard to the Nissan motor and thermo fans, please, jump in and tell me what ya reckon is good, bad or just worth a mention. Thankfully I am auto electric friendly so correct wiring practices aren't a problem. Hmmm...better check alternator can cope! Jim.

Have a look here Gav. Lots and lots of wheel weight info and other stuff. Jim.

Hey Vincent, (should call you "Black Shadow!) Sorry, no recordings yet. Yair, I saw these systems for sale on JP Yahoo and thought ya gotta be kiddin' when I figured the cost, but a close inspection shows a heavy gauge, very well built system...so I s'pose you pay for what you get. Ther is nothing I dislike about the sound. It is different to anything I've heard before. It barks a bit when poked..and for some reason I get a silly grin when this happens :laugh: I've always been happy at the sound of a six through a twin system. My mid seventies pride and joy was a HR 186 S 4 speed with a 350 holley and a genie dual system. It was a very unusual sound back then, nothing at all like the big bore single systems. I think Goulburn will be a smorgasbord of sound! Make sure you get along! Jim.

Hi ya Tom, I just put the verniers across one and it comes up 51mm or 2"...take your pick! P.s. You don't mean the chrome bits do you? I just checked...same O.D. anway, which gives in I.D. of 45mm.

Good clearances all 'round.

Ok, here's a few shots of the wheels on the 1972 Skyline GT Rears are 15 X ? Watanabe with 225x 50 x15 tyres fitted. The outer edges of the rim are definitly wider than the tread contact on the road. Given the tyres fitted, what do you think I should have on there? Fronts are 15X? Watanabe with 205x50 x15. The fit looks ok so I'm guessing ~ 15x6.5"?

....and one of the car on ramps!

System is labelled Fujitsubo Giken Main Factory. Very nice stainless but dirty! very heavy duty 6 into 2 extractors. Very solid twin system through a midmount muffler to a large twin outlet rear muffler. I like the flanged and bolted couplings.

Some interesting maths here Tomo and Steve... Most AA/FD top fuelers are turning 300mph + at the 1320 mark these days, so the rail in our story here would be accelerrating away from the Callaway like it was standing still in that last second or so. I think an overhead shot of the run could say it better, if you could imagine that? Just wondering, this is just the sorta thing one of those specialist sports channels orta do! It's in the same vein as the footage of the formula 1 Mclaren with David Coultard giving a little E ?series mercedes a huge headstart, ahead of one the faster Mercedes coupes around Silverstone I think it was. It finishes up with the F1 car catching and passing the two road cars within sight of the finish line. Jackie stewart did the same thing with Fords years ago. Cheers, Jim.

I really must take one of the wheels off and see what size it is. The tyre does look stretched in the pic I posted earlier...I'll take another from behind in the morning for comparison. I had the intention at some time to get another set of wheels to fit some track type tyres too (how many times can you say " rubberbabybuggybumpers" )...sounds like the ones you may be selling would be perfect. Sadly it will be some time before I could consider spending that kind of money.(No reflection on the asking price V !) Regarding the handling? Well ... On the road it's great, but they are definitly NOT track tyres. It seemed to start drifting early if you know what I mean. No sudden transition from grip to slide, which was good for a novice like me! Once it started you could back off a little and drive it through..or if there was enough road to play with, keep up it and sort of neutral to understeery drift across the track. As this was the first time I've ever had a play on the track, my driving was very inconsistent as I attempted corner approaches and departures in allsortsa ways ..and all sortsa gears :stupid: I couldn't honestly say I noticed what the rears were doing...I just don't know enough yet to say what's tyres or what's suspension or the nut behind the wheel!...Sh*t most of the time I was too busy keeping out of the way of the turbo-thrusted, fuel injected, triple reverse jumpover rinkback zonna-metered things also on the track to know where I was :paranoid: I'll try again at Goulburn. Are you gunna be there? About your Yahoo Japan auction, it's most likely too late now, but I know someone who MAY be able to help in future. I will enquire further and let you know. Cheers, Jim.