Jeff G 78

Can somebody send me good dimensions of a gland nut? Are they all the same, or do they vary from brand to brand?

The easiest solution would be to CNC plasma cut a "stop sign" shaped hole into 1/4" thick steel and weld it to a 6" long 3/4" pipe with a 3/4" flange nut on top. The whole thing would take very little time to make and cost less than $10 in materials. Once set up, they could be made in bulk and sold for $20 or so. Is there really a market for them? If so, I can look into it. I have access to everything I need.

Sorry you don't like the look of the wheels. Selling wheels is always a losing proposition unless you can find a local buyer because of the shipping costs. I still think they look great on your car.

Cutting coils is not a great idea since it will change the spring rate. The front will become stiffer than designed which could then cause the car to become pitchy. Also, cutting coils on a progressive spring is a crapshoot. I run cut coils on my race car, but they are the same rate front and rear and I cut the same amount off both ends. It worked fine.

Check out this thread http://www.classiczcars.com/topic/29421-a-little-eibaching-help-please/. It appears the Eibachs are longer in the front and that many people say they end up with a car that sits high in front. My Tokico springs were longer in back (like your pic) and the car sits very flat.

Are you sure the front and rear are in the right positions? I've read a lot of stories of people installing them in the wrong positions. The longer springs go in the rear, but in some cases, the springs are mis-marked from Eibach.

That's too bad. I think they look awesome. I am willing to be your Panasports have a positive offset. Pretty much all other Z aftermarket wheels will be zero like the Rewinds. Sent from my iPhone using Classic Zcar Club mobile

I just wish I kept the "right" parts. Way back when, it was difficult to know what would become rare and difficult to find. I just thought I was saving parts that I would need short-term. Now decades later, I realized that I tossed future valuable parts and kept things that are now a dime a dozen.

I've been buying S30's and scrapping rotten S30's for the last 35 years. I still find uses for some of the first parts I ever removed back in the mid-80's. When I was young and started hording Z parts, I stored them in my dad's basement and garage. When I entered the workforce, I moved out of state and started a new collection of parts. A few years ago, my dad sold his house and moved to Phoenix, so it was time to gather my parts and bring them back to Michigan. It took a full 24 foot enclosed car trailer to get everything home. Needless to say, my garage is rather full now. My current plan is to sell cheap or give away parts I don't think I will ever need to local Z owners in need. If I can keep another Z on the road and reduce my clutter at the same time, I'm happy.

I paid $450 for my very minimal rust '74 in 2009. The floors are solid and the only rust was the battery tray and a small spot in the rear quarter where mice had built a nest. Mechanically, it was used-up, but with lots of used parts out of my stash, zero body work and a super quick paint job, it was ready for the track.

I miss the days of cheap Z's. Five years ago, that was a $2500 car.

It's easy enough to measure the offset. I can measure mine tonight. Where did you get your Panasports? Are you sure they are zero offset? MSA usually sells +6mm. My 16" Panasports are zero offset and they have the same look as your Rewinds.

FYI Chuck, Discount Tire Direct has 15x7 Rewinds on sale a few times per year. I bought two sets for my race car at $360/set delivered.

I love the new look! As much as I adore silver Panasports, the satin black wheels look better on your silver Z. Great choice!

Agree Steve. My tach worked by just hooking the blue wire to the negative coil terminal. I abandoned the OE wiring and ran a new +12V and -12V to the coil/ZX distributor.

The holes are not only larger, but they are not in the same place. When I made my emergency bar trackside, I welded the spacers on, followed by welding on the new crossbar. I then transfer punched the R180 holes onto the new crossbar and then offset them the correct amounts before cutting out the original bar section and drilling the new holes. I was amazed that the modified bar not only fit perfectly and lasted the remaining four hours of the race, but we actually left it in place and ran another 14 hour race with the fabricated mustache bar. We finally replaced it and kept it as a trophy for finishing our first 24 hour race.

Or change it to a ZX unit.

Is it an early 260Z? My late 260 distributor did not use points.

Nine years ago during my first 24 hour race with my 260Z, we broke the R180 diff and the only diff I could get my hands on mid-race was a R200. With no R200 mustache bar handy, we modified the R180 mustache bar to fit the R200 diff. This happened at 1am in the rain with practically no fabrication tools. It wasn't easy, but we did get it mounted and got the Z back on the track. Bottom line is that they are indeed very different, but ANYTHING can be made to fit with the right motivation.

The RT615K wasn't the best rain tire. We had a race last year that was very wet and it was like racing on ice. It didn't hydroplane much, but also had little grip. The older RT615 seemed to be better. Overall, I liked the RT615K though and would recommend it

I used to run RT615K's on my race car. Not a bad tire, but pretty out of date now. They haven't made any major changes in about five years, while the competition have all come out with several new versions in that time. Check out the Dunlop Star Spec. https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Dunlop&tireModel=Direzza+ZII+Star+Spec&sidewall=Blackwall&partnum=245WR6Z2SS&tab=Sizes

I know, I know! I want to get painted Futofab bumpers, but they never have both front and rear.

Link to the one you got? I looked a while back and couldn't find one that worked with an iPhone. I haven't looked lately.

Completely agree. I bought my 16" Panasports about 10 years ago when 15" tire choice was very limited as were wheel choices. I run 225/50R16 tires and they rub and look too big even though they are the exact same OD as the OE 14" tires. I might try 225/45R16 tires next. There are only a few choices in that size, but I think they will fit better. For my race car, I bought 15" Rewinds. The Rewinds are just over 1/3 the price of what I paid for the Panasports. I run tiny OD 225/45R15 tires on those.

That's awesome that they used an eyeball vent to direct airflow. Makes perfect sense!