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no none - the other set I sold to a fellow local Z club member for his race car and he did not have any problems - my set has not gone on the car yet - long term project been off the road for 5 years now - shifted countries (leaving Zed behind) now I am back home and saving to finish the resto.

My Series one had this setup and it was connected. Like 240znz I disconnected it. The cable got a slight bent in it causing the accelerator to jam on - result panic and quick thinking - getting my foot under the accelerator and pulling it off the floor. A stop at the next garage to disconnect the bugger and that was they way it stayed.

I have had 2 sets of these - still have one today. I am running vented rotors with mine. Here is what I did. Split the caliper and you notice that there is an O-ring between the two halfs. One half of the caliper is flat the other has a machined out to hold the O-ring. I then had a machine shop make up spacers to go between the halfs with the same machine out O-ring facings. Then I purchased some longer bolts to hold it all together. So I now have FIA 4 pots on my 260zed hubs with 300zx non-turbo 4 stud rotors with a spacer for the rotors and the between the calipers. And yes the capiler are a bolt up. Hope this helps

Most of the Zed here in NZ have the clear lenses - they usually have orange/amber in half of the housing but the lense is clear.

Doing that to the C10 is just not right :disappoin - hahaha they do love fibre glass

ZSaint you were asking about the "LZ22S" here is a link to info about the LZ engines that were produced by Nissan for racing, not sure if that is what engine you are talking about as Nissan did create the L Series, Z Series and the LZ Series (race only I believe) LZ Twin CAMS Also see this link for a list of factory engines produced by Nissan/Datsun/Prince does not include special heads like the LZ twin cam or the LY six cylinder cross-flow heads Nissan/Datsun/Prince Engines

You guys in the US get fined for having your music too loud? Now that taking things to the extreme.

They look like RS Watanabe 16" maybe A/B Type for F8 going by the style of the 8 spokes. see http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/index2.htm and click the middle top button for the product section.

240znz, Have you checked trademe (NZ's local ebay type site)? There are a few listed - one has hit the reserve of $50NZD and it is a 1250lb (568kg) unit current bid is $91. There are also smaller units up there also.

HS30-H, Sorry to kick into this thread but Alan I tried to PM you but your message box is full. I am coming up to London just after Easter and I would love to a see a real ZG in the flesh. Cheers

432 emblem currently listed in YahooJP see 432 - badge and also a FairladyZ badge

GT-R rear currently listed in YahooJP. See the following GTR - Rear Panel

excellent find.

Found this while look at the classifieds on hybridz GT-R Mirrors on www.hybridz.com 4 sale - if you are interested see the folloing GT-R Skyline Fender Mirrors

Thanks guys - thats the sort of info I was after.

Guys that know about the 240k GT - I am thinking of purchasing a 240K GT to go with my Z (don't like Z with 2+2 config but like the look of the 240k). So when I am looking at cars are there any things that will help me find a good model - ie they rust here, make sure it has this part and it is not damaged etc. What are parts like to get? ie tie rods, body parts, (other than part cars) regards Mike

I'm in the 30's club - only had one Zed older than me (good old HS30-00016 - sold and now in Australia). Got my first Z at 22, had a 240Z race car by mid 20's, retired from racing by the end of 20's - mortgages will do that to a man - stop you from having fun with $$.

What a beauty Nate - nice

I found this while looking for vintage tires for a mate http://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/productPage.php?productID=713&categoryFilename=radial.php This states that a 175TR14 (not quite a 175R14 but might be the same aspect ratio) is 634 in dia and 172 wide. So using "Doc's 280" formula and working backwards you get (working in mm so changed formula a little) (section width X aspect ratio X 2) + wheel diameter(in inches)x25.4 = diameter ((diameter - wheel diametre (in inches)x25.4)/2)/section width = aspect ratio ((634-14x25.4)/2/175 = 0.795 so the 175TR14 is equal to a 175/80/14 which from what I have read in other forums is correct. I believe the reason Nissan change from the 175R14 to the 195/70/14 as both have the same rolling dia of approx 630 or 24.8 inches Hope this helps

I have used the following URL and you can save the html code local and use local http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

Guys, Not sure if you have seen this but hosted at Zparts.com are more photos of the Blue 240z shown in the first post from Razor. The car has a VH45DET installed Pic of Blue VH45DET 240z

Thought I might share this with you. While looking for old school style mags today I noticed that AmericanRacing wheels have released a few new rims that are old school design - good for us. The do the Wantanbe style in custom offset and stud pattern. Also might be work asking if the will do the Series A69 in our stud pattern. Anyway have a look at the new style sections see URL below http://www.americanracing.com/wheels/wheels.asp?currentPage=1&section=N http://www.americanracing.com/wheels/wheels.asp?currentPage=2&section=N Anyway also attached image of the two styles I like. Sizing of the Ansen 15x8 only or 17x7 or 17x8, Silverstone 15" from 4" to 14". Images are Ansen then Silverstone Cheers

On most cars it is not a good idea to shift the centre line. However Nissan/Datsun has/had a tendency to over engineer. There are a number of Zcars over the years that have run large negative offsets with no issues. In the 70's a lot of racing Zed had large10" rims or more in the rear (some of the US guys can tell you how big the IMSA car had but I think 12" or more) with stock spring perches/sizing. A Zed can handle upto 4.5" BS with stock springs. So if they ran a 10" rim with 4.5" BS (remember rim measured size and edge to edge are different, approx 1" different) this would shift the centre line out 1" from stock. I have read that on a RWD car that has a north/south front engine setup can usually run up to a maximum of 20% of the rim width in + or - offset without causing too much of an issue if the bearing are engineered correctly. So in theory you could therefore run a 10" rim with 3.5" BS on a Zed if the flare is big enough to handle it. Like you, I am no engineer I am only going by the research I have done.