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Not so. The seat belts from a '69 or '70 built 240Z had a black aircraft-style buckle. Starting in 1/71 they switched to a push-button release with a 'Z' on the button. The later push-button style will fit and work in a '70, but they aren't technically 'correct'.

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No black locks were ever factory installed on an S30. All were the normal polished stainless finish.

Not with carbs, no. WAY too much pressure. Most carbs like 5 psi or so. The factory fuel injection pumps do about 35 psi. They'll over-flow a carb's float bowl in no time.

Short comments: Unless it is pouring rain, Deanna and I will be there on Sunday in our red 240Z. All the hooraw aside, I'm glad that Datsuns NW is willing to sponser this, as it gives me an excuse to go look at cars and meet with friends. I still refuse to take any of this too seriously, nor too personally. I'm just here to hang out and have fun. Finally, I'm not really convinced that this is the best place for all this discussion. Not sure that the rest of the Z world cares about our Datsun politics here in the Pacific NW.

Not odd at all. My 10/70 240Z also has the early stalk, but not the red dot. Seems to me that in the red dot thread we decided that was normal for the late-1970 build date cars.

For the past few years, Towel Day has settled on May 25th. This date was selected - appropriately enough - for no discernible reason.

Don't panic...

Thanks for the clarification, Stephen. I know the S30 alloys were 5.5", but that fact always seems to slip my mind when I need it most.Which reminds me that there was even a factory 5.5" steel wheel (for hubcaps) offered as a dealer-option clear back at the start, or at least by 1971. It was part number 40300-E4600, and the list price in 1971 was $13.50 per rim.

Remember that May 25th is Towel Day, in honour of that hoopy frood Douglas Adams.

There are a few. My red 240Z is darn close. The only drivetrain modification on it is the exhaust downstream of the factory downpipe. Yes, still running points ignition, and the smog pump and plumbing are intact and operating. Since the replacement exhaust is still only 1 3/4" pipe, the difference from stock is negligible.But I doubt I'd every bother to dyno it. Don't really care what the numbers are. I just like to drive it.

Not many people running wire wheels on these cars here, so there's not much real world experience with wires specifically. But selecting wire wheels that fit properly is no different than any other wheel. You are going to want no wider than 7", and as close to zero offset as you can get. If you are looking for 15" choices, you want 15x7 with around zero offset (4" backside setting). roper tire sizes for those wheels would be 205/60-15, 225/55-15, or 225/50-15 (225/50 is just a bit shorter than stock or 225/60-14).

You're probably right, John. While I'd love to get that much for mine, if this sale falls through it would be an indication that a bit of sanity has returned.

Pretty stringent requirements there. I can't speak for the S30 offerings in Oz, but here in the states the largest S30 rim was a 14x6 alloy. Which would limit you to a 7" wide wheel. Obviously, some of the JDM offerings had wider than that, but they may or may not apply to the Oz market, so I don't know if your state would recognize them as legit.

Well, part of the reason I asked is that I have one of those headers on my yellow 240Z. Mine is in much the same condition, I have a Y-pipe collector for it, but the little plaque is missing. I somehow can't imagine anyone paying anywhere close to that for mine. Of course, if I put it on eBay now, I'd get maybe $125 for it. It takes two nutty bidders to run something up like that, and there may only be one of them left now. Bet the seller is laughing his way to the bank...

Depends on your definition of 'all'. I'm only bringing my red 240Z, not the yellow one!

Are the old Hooker Super Comp headers something special in any way? Or is the explanation for this just dumb bidders? :stupid: :stupid: :stupid: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200110008214

I prefer the chrome bumper cars ('68-72) myself, appearance-wise. But every time I drive one, I am unimpressed. The chassis and suspension are essentially unchanged from '63 through '82, and the early Sixties design just doesn't cut it for me. They feel over large, rather flexy and crude. Then again, I'm a bit prejudiced - I've always preferred the smaller, lighter sports car design model. All Corvettes of that vintage have going for them (in my opinion) is looks and a big torquey motor.

It is. We use AKI (Anti-Knock Index) which is an average of RON (Research Octane Number) and MON (Motor Octane Number.) That generally works out to 2 or 3 points less than RON. So at best, figure our 91-92 AKI as about the same as 94-95 RON.

I'd recommend something other than copper, I've heard copper reacts with some of the additives in gasoline.

It's probably for the best. While i could have easily at least broken even on it, the fact is that there just wasn't a lot of parts on it that I need for the yellow car. A few, but not all that many. So it probably wasn't the right car for me at this time. Which was probably why I didn't move very fast on it. Still keeping my eyes open though.

FYI - I didn't get the parts car I was looking at. While I was weighing the options, some one else apparently bought it. :disappoin

Guys, the old profile is still there, you just have to use one additional click to get there. Go to a new profile, and then one of the choices near the top (above the photo area) is "Forum profile". Click that to see the original profiles. All the original data is still there.

Seems to me that's the same text (errors and all) from the "History" printed in the front of every Black Dragon catalog.

John, first you have (correctly) pointed out the difference in octane requirements for the differing years. This is because as the emissions laws tightened up, Nissan (and other makes too) lowered compression ratios. So the '72 needs less octane that a '71. It may be that only the '70 and '71 240Zs will NEED the higher octane, assuming they are stock and well-maintained. As for the E88, I have found references to show that there were at least four major head variations that had the 'E88' casting mark. The very earliest were almost the same as the E31. I've heard these called "early E88s." These would have come on '71 cars right after the E31. The second variation was for '72 cars and maybe late '71s as well, and had a different chamber size and shape than the E31, and had the lower compression ratio also. These days I've heard these called "small chamber E88s". The '73s apparently came with an E88 with a larger chamber yet. These are referred to as "large chamber E88s". Finally, the US 260Zs had an E88 with larger exhaust valves, and are often called, unsurprisingly, "big valve E88s". Last, I'm a little surprised that your 2/71 car has an E88, as my 4/71 parts car had an E31. But maybe one or the other of these is not original.