Kaz

Nevermind... I called Motorsports and talked with them and got my questions answered. I went ahead and ordered from them. =) Thanks everyone

The Motorsports Gasket seems to just be for the header... what do I do for the intake? Or is this gasket the same as a stock one, that it is used for both intake and exhaust?? Price wasn't too bad, like $11, and everywhere else I was looking, it was like $15 for an intake/exhaust gasket anyway. Thanks, Kaz

Let me know... I need it by next weekend... Thanks! Kaz

I'm trying to figure out if I have a stock head setup or not (I purchased the car about a year ago, and I wasn't given much background on it). Anyway... its an early '74 260Z. Has twin SU Carbs, and a Datsun Motorsports 3 into 2 header/exhaust setup (its twin exhaust all the way to the tail). I pulled the carbs/header off a while back to have the header coated and get the carbs rebuilt or set properly... unfortunately I'm now moving in the next month, and I might be driving the Z from VA to Dallas, TX... so I need to get her back together again and running. The head and the header are square ports. The intake side is circular (not diamond). Is this the "stock" setup for a '74? I'm trying to buy a gasket, and I'm just not sure if its stock or not. Thanks in advance! I'm sure this is a simple question, but I tried searching, and didn't come up with the answer under "manifold gasket". So alas, here I am. Thanks!

Thanks! Its always good to find a home with fellow enthusiast (I'm on a few other Z forums, mostly dealing with the later model Z32s and Z31s) and I'm a bit of a shade tree mechanic... so its always nice to have a good resource like this one... I printed out the SU Carb Adjustment tech someone posted in the Tech forum and used that to slightly tweak the carbs before I left Phoenix the day I bought it... but she is still running a bit right. Only casulties from the trip were the exhaust manifold gasket (last bolt closest to the firewall was either missing when I bought it or fell out during the trip and I blew that corner of the gasket out, d'oh) and one or both of the U Joints in the driveshaft (car rumbles badly when I accelerate hard or cruise, but goes away completely when I decelerate). No biggie. Transmission also grinds third, which requires double clutching to get it to shift into 3rd from 2nd, which is no biggie... but I have an '84 200SX Turbo transmission that I'm going to swap in when I get a free weekend (has ~74k miles on it, compared to the 159k on my Z). I've already been checing out the parts on that, and it looks like it should be a fairly quick swap... I just have to take the front half of the transmission case off and install the current one onto the new transmission and of course change out hte fluid! Oh yeah, and I pretty much killed the shiftknob too (was loose when i bought it, but it pretty much falls off now from 2600 miles of shifting getting her home, ).

Yes its the early model... has the skinny bumpers with the rubber bumpers and the rubber trimming, which has aged fairly well, but I think when I have it painted I'll bring the bumpers in more as the 240Zs were... =)

I've been lurking for a while searching for an older Z (I've been a Zer since I was 16 and learned to drive on my father's '76 280Z 2+2 4spd 10 years ago) and I've finally purchased one and I'm on the fourm more and more searching for information, so I thought I'd introduce myself and say Hi! Anyway, I just picked up a '74 260Z (early model) from a guy in Phoenix, AZ and drove her home to Virginia Beach, VA. Logged over 2600 miles doing it too, and my wife and I had a blast! I'd post some pictures, but I haven't had a chance to clear her up yet and get some pictures. A little history: Learned to drive on a '76 280Z 2+2 4spd - Drove from '95 to '97 while in High School First car was a '85 300ZX Turbo 5spd (Maroon on Maroon) - Owned from '97 to '00 while in College Third car was a '91 300ZX Twin Turbo 5spd (White on Charcoal Leather) - Owned from '00 to '05 Fifth car is now a '74 260Z 4spd (soon to be 5spd). - Just purchased last month 260Z will be a hobby/fun car, and I'm driving my '97 Maxima SE daily... we attended this year's ZCon in Syracuse with the family and wife really had an eye for the older Zs and I was missing my Twin Turbo after having just sold it back in March... so we compromised and I picked up the '74! Should be fun bringing her back up to snuff (she is excellent mechanically, just a few bits and bobbles, but she needs a paint job as most of her paint is original and the fenders and hood were swapped out recently and don't match). Interior is all original, as is most of the exterior. Nice rust free West Coast Z! =) See you all around the forum! Kaz