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thanks for all the suggestions, for now I think I'll speak to a machine shop and see what they think of the work that been done already take it from there. I spose the best thing is to get the ignition tuned and carbuerattors dialed in correctly and see how she goes. I like the idea of HPC coating the extractors , and other bits and pieces to keep underbonnet temp down. I would also like to clean her up a bit too , fix up or replace the seats etc.. just small things and I bought a stereo also but this is a long term project and all those little things will help in the end so 1 by 1 I'll get it done .

Carefull what you wish for do you remember the Pepsi Claudia Shiciffer (<--- Spelt Wrong) commercial you could be the soap on the rope .

does anyone know if this applies to Australia and if so if that's on the History channel you get with Optus and Foxtel?

if i push her real hard through a corner she tends to understeer a bit, however if i let the tail cut loose she will do that also. My goal it to make my Z handle alot better alot less slop and make everything that bit firmer. I think negative camber up front will help this.:classic:

looks like a good honest car.

Alan I believe I am guilty of uploading images that may or may not be copyrighted. I admit though it can be hard to know when you visit an all japanese site and cant read anything. To Zmefly i know i bagged the Rx7 but that was more or less just a joke , i too enjoy looking at the old jdm cars but i agree it might help to label them a bit better I know i've been a bit slack too sometimes. Just my thought.

i think pre KPGC10 Skylines were raced, not sure all i could see was a 75 2+2 in 75 and there was a few datsuns here and there only the bathurst highlights tapes. :classic:

I think the inside shots are a fairlane or something like that because there wasn't enough room for them to do what they needed with it as it was only a 2 seater ZX. I think one of the guys also owned a 2+2 that was used in the series.

I'm not interested in a Thermo fan only because of the headache the last one caused also I think to do it right I'd need a larger amp alternator as the 60-70 amps the Z puts out is not enough and ending up going through alternators every 3 months on my old Z. I like the stock fan because it's simple and reliable. I would have thought a lighter flywheel would be better for 1/4 mile times because it would help the car's acceleration. Obviously there's a give and take here. Flat top pistons in the p90 block? i don't know of any P90 block i know of a P30 a n42 and F54. I have a n42 block here which is housing the E88 i want to swap onto the f54. The n42 has flat tops but it has tired rings also. The original idea was to rebuilt the current E88 on the F54 and install a larger camshaft profile but it worked out cheaper to buy an entire engine with the block and put a good engine head on a good block. Now however it's changed again I want even more power from it. However it still remains a budget and the original goal was to stop the valve stem seals blowing blue smoke . Anyway my original goal was to built a fast z but no compromises, I wanted to keep the original SU's but webers do sound nice, have the stock fan, have a simple clean engine compartment and be able to work confidently on it myself. Also stay within budget but I'm starting to understand why so many go turbo, it may seem expensive but you get lots more bang for $$$. Or I could use my P90 engine head in the garage which I was saving for a turbo project and build the same set up my mate has which I've seen how fast his car is on twin SU's only and go with something I know works. I just wanted to keep the P90 aside because here in AUS there scarce, but I guess it's not impossible to find another just don't wanna shave it and to get higher comp I'd probably need to.

I wasn't planning on going but what's the Z content like? I think i'll only go if other years have a good Z turnout but I'm only after "rare items". :classic:

I've been considering a set of tripples lately I don't think it will be so bad. The worst thing is I found out that fuel comes into the country at 30 cents the government taxes 30 cents on top now we are at 60cents. Then there is transport, etc.. by the end we are at 80 odd cents a litre. .

Well I think you've covered alot there Tiburon. I already have electronic ignition so that's not a worry. I have a set of Extractors that i was gonna get coated in HPC coatings. I was also gonna do this to the intake manifold to keep underbonnet tempretures down. I was definately gonna get the distributor recurved with the larger duration camshaft profile I would need it I believe. I don't know how to convert compression ratio's from PSI across cylinders. So I have no idea what it's at for the moment. At the moment a flywheel is out of the question as i'm running on a budget here. I thank you for your input and all but for now I don't think it's possible to do all these wonderfull things. I was thinking since i'll have the E88 head off and swapping it onto my block since it's less tired i could do a few things to get that bit more out of it. The electric fan is not of interest for me at the moment because the last Z I had the fan kept causing headaches so for now simplicity is bliss. I have a set of Superlite rims which are pretty nice and lighter than the steel wheels. The camshaft profile is already set and is pretty much on the street/track limit . Anyway thanks again I will take all that into consideration and see what happens. I saw a really nice set up for weber injection here... But the price is a bit high and dunno what It would be here in AUS$ dollars. http://www.racetep.com/ztripdcoe.html

I thought it may have been this one. I really like Yellow on Z's I have a friend with a yellow one and it looks amazing at night. Unlike red it really glows at night.

You could be right Mr C, I haven't peeled open the engine to see if there dished or Flat Tops. The story is I have the current E88 set up with f54 block , it's almost identical to the engine head I mentioned above except the new one I bought has the larger 76 degree cam. Now I would have just thrown a bigger cam into the current one but it was cheaper to buy this one as it was recently rebuilt and the old ones valve stem seals were worn etc.. I also had a couple of people clarify this engine as a real goer so I got excited about that of course . At the moment the car does ping a bit on WOT I think the timing could be a bit better but better yet the su's need adjustment they need bigger needles and seats I think. The reason I wanted to stay with the SU's is that I have a mate with a p90 head f54 block diesel crank and SU's and he's running low 13's. My goal was to get close to what he is running on SU's. However if everyone feels tripples are the way to go I should consider it i guess the PO of my car had a set of dellortos on the car and slapped the su's on when he sold it. He said he would sell them to me but I think I like the webber carbs. I plan on getting her on a dyno after it's all set and running also. The reason I liked the su's was because I knew the carb and after seeing my friends Z go figured there was no need for tripples. Thanks for the input anyway guys, seems like theres not alot more than can be done to it. How about if i made it a bit on the wild side?

mugen check my gallery you will notice that I have a few pics of this car. I remember seeing a web page once and seeing underbody detail and all unfortunately I can't locate these pictures presently but have lots of stuff to go through I will upload to my gallery if i ever find more.

Did you or anyone else manage to get a few pics of this yellow Z? It really caught my eye and if it's the same Z I saw in another bunch of event photos then it's a 432 also? See Attached.

Ok so I thought I should ask you guys what I could do to improve my engine set up. I have recently aquired a engine head (E88 Casting). It's basically got the guts of a N42 valves, had a fair amount spent on porting, 76 degree camshaft profile. It will sit on a f54 block most likely dished pistons will check when i put her back together. roughly 10:1 compression. I dunno how to check really I get 180psi across all of cylinders with the current e88 f54 combo on the car. Anyway to my point I'm told it's got roughly 120rwkw. Now that's fine and dandy but I reakon I want more power. I was thinking 3 way valve job, maybe match the intake manifold to the head. Etc.. but what else can i do to extract more from it? My requirements are to keep it street happy while not being over fussed about it being a bit wild infact I really don't mind. I don't want to change carbs yet I wanna stick with the SU's because of my budget and I think later I'll try something like Weber efi set up. For now though it's gonna be the SU's. Car already has electronic ignition etc.. Any idea people .

OK so if I went to the effort of obtaining once of these for my Z I would want to keep it in great working order. Isn't it incorrect cleaning that causes them not to work in the first place? I've been considering one of these in my Z but I don't know if it's worth while. Do you think anyone would attach the required filament to a blank window? BTW kats I don't think you should regret your purchase looks like it's working ok considering. Bit weird having the stripes vertical instead of horizontal thought

Wow Kats thanks for those photos they were great too bad there so small but still great all the same. Makes me wish I was there that's for sure. :sleepy:

I believe this is a tripple webber set up converted to EFI. We were just discussing this set up a while ago. Mugen this is the same kinda thing I'll be doing to my Z when I get the chance. Engine bay is marvelous indeed.

On the topic of NGK's I have a set in my garage but I had a bit of trouble finding another set a while back. My old set are fine but I'd still ike to know where you can get them from??? :classic:

I watched the scene a couple of times couldn't really see it I know there was an extended version of it in the deleted scenes but couldn't find that either oh well.