deja

How do you tell the difference? I have a '77 280Z and I know the manual has a R200 but the automatic has a R180. My car was purchased with a SBC installed and I don't know what it started life as. Can you tell which diff I have from this really bad pict?

They are made by Western Wheel if that's any help. Newer pict, I removed thise ugly hubcaps.

I bought my '77 280Z with a Chevy 350 on EBay too. I was also a little surprised about a few things but fortunately rust was not one of them. Great report and the videos are awesome. I shoot underwater video so I know you put a lot of time and effort into editing these. Keep up the good work on the car, looks like you'll have a sweet ride when you're done.

nt

I'l give all those ideas a shot.

Excuse me for the spelling error and phrasing that wrong, but the end result is the same.

That didn't work too well. Maybe I'm missing something here, but this looks like a pretty dumb design. Kind of out of character for Nissan.

but it goes against the basic law of physics "energy can not be created or destroyed, it can only be altered'> And that alteration always has a lose. Like TheNeedForZ said, it would help, but you can't produce the perpetual motion machine. A friend of mine made one of these way make in the '70s, it sort of worked but had a lot of bugs.

I am attempting to remove the entire ignition switch/keylock assembly. I took the top two screws out but there seems to be some sort of rivet on the bottom. How do you get this thing out? Surely I don't have to drill this rivet thing out.

nt

I've been lurking on these boards for a while, mostly on the V8 board since that's what I have. I'm not running low profile tires now and don't plan on any "trick" shocks or springs. I knew about the lube thing for poly bushings and will be sure to use it. I've never run poly bushings on anything I've owned so I just wanted to be sure I wouldn't be building something too hash. I want it to handle, just don't want my filling jarred out, LOL. Years ago I race a Sunbeam Tiger that I also drove on the street. Got stopped once for "dodging" manhole covers because the shocks were so stiff. The cop took no pity on me and wrote the ticket for careless operation anyway!

My '77 280Z is in bad need of suspension work. No real clue on the mileage on the car, odometer says 91,000 but the previous owner did not know how accurate that was. What is your opinion on poly bushings vs. stock style rubber bushings? I have heard the poly bushings are the way to go but have also heard there is a huge sacrifice in ride quality with poly bushings. This car, although it does have a Chevy 350 in it, is a daily driver so I don't want to end up with a race car suspension on a street car. My plan is to change all the bushings, shocks and probably the ball joints while I'm in there.