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I got one from Autozone, I don't remember the brand but it was junk. It had more slop in it than my old one and that was even after I tightened up the inner tie rods that were about to fall off. Zbarn said they had 280 ones that were in good shape so I may try them next -Trevor

This may have been brought up before but I wish Nissan would have done the body lines more like BMW did with their Z4 Coupe. When I first glanced a side view picture of one online I thought of the early Z's.

I've got a 73 that I've replaced the mechanical fuel pump with an electric one and I'm looking for an easy and effective automatic shutoff for the electric fuel pump incase of a wreck. My 78 has an oil pressure switch with two prongs on it, one prong goes to the pressure guage and the other one is closed if there is no oil pressure and that shuts off the fuel pump. Any chance I could just changeout the oil pressure switch for one from a 280 and wire it in? I know the 280 has a circuit to bypass the switch for starting and the 240 has the carb bowls that would hold enough for starting but I guess I might need some type of momentary pushbutton to run the fuel pump for those times the car has been sitting for several weeks. Years ago I drove a company Ford Ranger that had an inertia switch that (if I remember right) basically had a magnet and a steel ball that when hit hard enough the ball would drop away and break the connection. It disconnected during regular driving twice

here's a site I found that seemed quite detailed: http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=1803105&uid=786489&members=1

and Wow, talk about a revenue generator. If they know where you are and how fast you are going they could just mail you a pile of tickets for each time you exceeded the speedlimit.

thanks for the ideas, it looks like I'll have awhile to decide as the next project on the Z has moved from being the engine to floor pan replacement. Severe rust on the passenger side has left it in pretty bad shape. A screwdriver poked right through the frame rail and it is actually cracked in one section. Haven't gotten brave enough to look at the drivers side. On the good side any job on the car that gives me an excuse to buy new tools isn't all bad -Trevor http://www.geocities.com/z-car

I'm planning on replacing the engine in my 73. When I got the car it had the 2.4 and 4 speed. It then got a used 2.8 with Automatic Transmission (long story don't ask The used 2.8 is very tired and leaking oil. Its time to switch it back to a manual transmission also. The 2.8 has round exhaust ports and my stock manifold is still on the car which is square (I'm sure that doesn't do much for performance) I can get a 2.8 rebuild with square ports. Although comparing a 2.4 with a 4 speed to a 2.8 with A/T isn't a real good comparison I do miss the high revving 2.4 engine. It used to pull pretty strong right up to the redline. I'm not sure if it had any mods prior to my getting it though. I like the low end power on the 2.8 (especially with the A/T) but it doesn't pull much past 5,000. Unfortunately I definately don't have the time, (or skill and patience) to do the rebuild myself so I don't get to do all the fun custom combinations I keep reading about on here. My current options are an ATK rebuild, Jasper Engines rebuild or possibly but not real likely a rebello engine (just way more than I can afford). Tossed around the idea of the ATK and just putting a stage 2 cam in it before installing it. Figure that might mess up the warranty though. The car is a daily driver with A/C and gets a 100+ mile commute every day so it needs to get decent gas milage and be very drivable. Not looking at any track time and I'm not looking to beat anyone off the line at a stop light. am I nuts to consider going back to a 2.4? ATK said as long as the core value is the same the core doesn't have to be the same as the rebuilt. Not looking to start a war on what is best, just hoping for some opinions on the different options. thanks! Trevor Sacramento, CA