Excited first time Z owner!

[CenCal260]

Hey everyone,

So I am excited to announce that my friend and I are starting a little project together, and i think it has some potential. We just bought a 1974 260 with a 5 speed. (pictures below)

From what we know the engine and transmission are both strong, but it has a hard time running right now due to the worn out Hitachi carb setup. Not to worry though, because we purchased a triple weber 40mm DCOE setup with intake that was taken off of a wrecked 240. The guy we bought it from threw in a header as well.

So here is our plan, and i would like to know what you guys think. I am new to the world of Zs and am frantically trying to learn as much as possible. We decided it was not worth it to try and get her running with the Hitachi setup, and so I pulled that cluster$#@$ of a system out this evening.

We hadn't originally planned to replace the exhaust system right off the bat, but while the intake is out it seems to be the best time to do so. The stock exhaust manifold does not seem to be designed very well plus it has all the smog crap on it that we don't want to deal with. So I think i am going to install the header and have a local welding shop throw together a new 2 1/2" system with a new muffler.

I also plan to remove the smog pump and the charcoal canister and go for as clean of an engine compartment as possible. After that, Ill put in the Webers. We figured that since they were taken out of a running 240 the carb setup should be good enough to at least start the car and then we can tune it from there. My friend knows a lot more about webers than I do, but I am hoping to learn all about them.

Our goal is to get a nice strong running car and then improve upon it from there. Overall we are hoping to get a nice, fast daily driver for around $2500 that looks good too. Ive posted some initial pictures below with more to come as progress is made.

Please let me know what you guys think and if you have any advice or pointers for me.

Thanks

Phil

[WingZr0]

WoW !

Seems like you got a good start on things

Your doing right by yaking out the stock enxhaust manifold at this

point since you got a new one to put in now.

Just remember the Intake and Exhaust share the same gasket and make sure

you get the right one!

I cant stress this enough!

The one you need is the carburated version 1970-1974.

And 1975-1978 Z's are fuel injected not carburated.

I have a California verision '77 with rebuilt engine

and whoever reassembled it used the wrong Carb version

gasket which blocked the Fuel Injection Ports and made my Z

run like a Mac Truck.

An $18 part can cause so much pain

Just make sure to watch for the little things like that and you'll be Ok

You might want to look into a new steering wheel and make sure you buy a

cool looking muffler to match that clean interrior when your finished.

Other than that give here a thorough safety check jus to

make sure shes up to spec.

Big Thumbs up yo and Welcome to the club

~Z~