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I have battles with my PC and digital camera at the moment...I'll post some pics as soon as I can. Where in Hants are you? I used to live in Crookham Village near Fleet. Aren't Portmouth doing well!

Once you get your 240, swap the L28 into your 240 less the injection and there you have an extra 30BHP just like that. Keep the ignition and maybe rejet the SU's. Nice drive then.

280ZX Fever, The P30 that the guys are stating refers to the type of block that the L series engine has. Check out a good Zed website for the differences at http://www.geocities.com/zgarage2001/engine.html

Thanks Abas...I'll add this to the ever growing list of "Oh my God...give myself plenty of time to sort that out" jobs that are ever mounting up. When I got my Zed the rhs rear hatch grill was in the glove box with no possible way of mounting it (broken). My guess is that it must have some sort of pin to attach it to the hatch. The 2 screws that unscrew from the hatch have a hole in the middle of them. My guess it that the grill has 2 plastic pins that fit into these screw holes and that's it. I'll RTV the grill back infor now and wait until I have reason to fix it for good....probably when it gets new paint.

If you are looking to go and build an all out race engine then you will need 45's in there as you will be pulling high rpm. So after all your cam, head, ignition and exhaust mods you will need to go to 45's. No they won't go out of tune every week but you may notice a change in atmospheric conditions can effect your tuning. Hot day vs cold day, altitude does make some differences also on jetting sizes. Classic case for atmospheric changes happened to me when I was racing a 125cc Kart in New Zealand. I bought the Kart in one city and then moved to another. When I first used it in the new city, it would flood on tight hairpins. Turned out that the main jet was too big by a knats gonad and that was all due to the fact the air was less dence (humid). Popped in the next size down and what a difference. The jet size change was minimal. Yes a small change but it didn't half kill any slim chance I had of be competitive. For what you will be spending on buying and setting up triples properly, you might well be better to invest in a upgrade ECU for your existing injection. You will get better daily driver use. Maybe even get a ZX turbo engine in there and really notice the difference. Triples aren't cheap. Good luck :classic:

45's will be a little big for a standard L28. You would be better of putting a set of 40's on there. You will notice a difference in gas mileage and noise (lovely "gorp" induction tones) if you do choose to go with triples. However, if you have a wild L28 then absolutely put them on. I still think you are better keeping the EFI as starting triples in the middle of winter can be a PITA. Once you have set the 45's up then they shouldn't go out of tune too much. To get them setup properly you should really put the car on a dyno to find out the best jetting combo. Maybe someone here has already used 45's on a L28 and can give you a head start. Good luck

I've tried to get mine off but stopped as it got a wee bit hard. One grill is broken off my Zed (still have it), so I don't know how to take off the other grill.....any ideas? I too have taken off the inner cover (those plastic rivets are a PITA aren't they) and looked at taking the pockets out. Mine are held in but a still soft black sealant. I'm guessing that that is all they are held in by...just lined up. If anyone knows if this is wrong then please post it as I don't want to break an already UV brittle pocket. Is there any new ones available???

My advise to you when buying a ZED is to see it for yourself in the flesh before parting with any money. Zed's rust and although this car is from Southern California you still won't be sure it's totally rust free unless you use YOUR eyes. Replacing parts in these cars can add up very quickly and with it does the price. Good luck and if you can talk to the seller before bidding then all the better.

I suspect my wiper motor is shot. In the process of removing the wiper arm and motor, I found that the rubber boots that protect the wiper arm pivots are perished to the point of no return. Does anyone know if they are still available? Or what else shoudl I use to weather proof the pivots? The location of the boots is hard to explain. They are under where the wiper arms attach to (what ever that little axle is called). They stick up out of the airvent grill. Cheers

Akir-ra. I've been searching for some info on wiper motor problems and came across your post. Since it has been so long since you posted, I guess that you've sorted out the problem. My wipers are very slow to move, I'm convinced it's the wiper motor in a sad state. I have removed the motor tonight and will pull it to bits tomorrow and have a gander. My bet is that it is probably stuffed full of 30 years of gunge/crud and crap. Looking at the wiper arm pivots all I could see was dust clinging to what is left of some grease. What did you find? Cheers

Welcome..... Sounds like you were lucky to get it home. A story to tell for a long time " The day I got my Zed" Well done and I'm sure you'll have more great yarns to spin.:classic:

You'll need to fabricate a cluch pedal mount, put in a clutch master cylinder and mount, not sure if you'll need a new speedo cable but probably. Might be easier finding a firewall from a wrecked manual body. There a posts on this site regarding this so do a seach and see. Good luck

You have me worried now. If they were retro fitted then the entire rear deck would have to been fitted. Someone help me sleep tonight!

Last pic of open hatch without vinyl liner. So those who have anything but a series 1 might have one over us "Optioned " owners. I wouldn't put any tools in these hatches as just imagine the noise when the tyre brace hits the jack every time you corner hard....no thanks.

This pic shows the crappy vinyl liner

Battle score 2-0 to me vs PC...here are the pics.

Has anyone got a picture that they can post showing where these plastic lids fit. I still can't see where they fit. Maybe they are only for the series 2 model. I have vinyl liners under the hatch on my series 1. It looks stock as they are very old and are showing their age. They come out really easy as the contact adhesive is shot. Looks as though the design team lost interest under the hatches or too busy to get the series 1 out on time. Digital camera is out this morning and I'll post some pictures of what mine looks like later today (if I can win the battle with the PC) :classic:

I'm after a price for a rear RHS dogleg, 2 sills and a hatch threashold repair panel. Please PM with what you can do. If you have a full price list then send that to. Cheers

It was taken me 12 months to get back on email so I fear that it will take longer to get my digital camera taking to my "Noahs Ark" PC. But I'll post the pics I have as soon as I can. I have only metal hatch lids (with the 90 degree thumb twisty lever). Under the hatches is a space where a tool box would go. From what I am reading now from your previous posts is that I don't have these tool boxes. I just have the original hatches. So I guess that the plastic tool box lids and not the metal hatches are what the brackets are for. In answer to your other question. Yes I have the hand throttle complete (cable broken). I will not be fixing it as it is the single most dangerous thing in the car. I don't have the side mounted indicators that I think you are referring to. It only have front and rear indicators (amber of course). It has the original engine and head (E31...off car in some need of repair/rebuild/sale), E88 on it at the moment and I haven't driven any other 240's so I wouldn't know the difference between a E31 or E88 headed ride or not.

26th-Z....should yours have them as well being a early Series 1 240Z?

Thanks Enrique, Have rear deck tool hatches. Have rear vents. Have 240Z emblem instead of Z emblem in rear quarter. Have lighter/ashtray in front of shifter (under is fuse panel) Have two indents for switches in dash to left of speedo. Not used. Have chrome coat hangers. Have series 1 240Z. Have rust Have little money now. Have fever as bad as ever. Have hope Have time...well not really but they wife is understanding. Have faith Getting number plate 71 240Z.....I thought it might have gone. But my tool hatches are had of metal. Should they be plastic???