OlderThanMe

well I got the rear bolton the header loose so I think the rest will be smooth sailing. The rear bolt is known to snap off as I have heard.

well this is why they call the 260Z the red-headed stepchild...

2003Z your right...Dish changed the programming guide to what you said...my bad.

yeah...painting it camo will probably boost me into the 250 hp range...

yeah I know...looking through different threads and articles it looks like it will cost about 3 grand with labor and parts. I don't want a turbo motor. At least not right now. If I get into turbo stuff now I would have to do the holset and a nice BOV...etc. I would rather learn how to rebuild an NA motor and gain power while I am at it. I don't even know if a 3.0 can be made from a L26. If someone has a free or cheap L28 shortblock that would be nice...I doubt that is going to happen though. I am just a litttle upset that I had my engine running near perfect a week ago and then 2 days later I cranked it and it started knocking and getting bad fast. It got much worse in about 5-6 minutes of running which makes me think it is an oiler. I have done very little work on my engine other than some ignition stuff but that is not much. I ordered the book "how to rebuild and modify your datsun engine" from borders and it will be here this weekend.

I think your "ego" is just inflated...

I have Dish and it says the making of is at 9 and the Z race is at 9:30. I think the www.Pinks.tv website backs this up. fyi. *edit* it says the race is at 9:00 but I will record the entire hour tonight.

there is a guy down the street with one...he won't let it go. It has been sitting in his yard with the top down for over a decade. I wanted to buy it from him before I got my Z and he would not take $1500 for it...

all true points. I am just a poor college student that has a bit of time on my hands. I figure I could do it for maybe $100 of aluminium plus the extra carb. I am slowly begining to like FI because you can tune the poo out of it to be very precise. I may just keet the pair until I can afford FI stuff after my motor rebuild. I want to just build a good motor that will last for a long time and will make good power. A 3.0 sounds like a good option and pretty reliable for the amount of power and money. I don't want to build something that won't be cost-effective. I hate throwing money at a project that ends up not working or taking too much time to get right. I am thinking that if I build it myself I can have a 3.0 *longblock* at 250-270 horsepower for $3500. I have a friend that works at a machine shop so he could probably help out or at least point me in the way of a good machine shop in the area. Thanks for the opinion Jmortenson! OTM

yeah...efi has a few more wires...lol the only wires that control my engine are coil wire, distributor sensor wires, and the main power/ground wires. I have the oil sender wire, water temp wires, and I think that is it.

welcome, you are, young padiwan...lol

tonight at 9 pm eastern time...actually 9 is the making of... 9:30 is the one with the Z on it.

Well there are only like 5 wires going to my engine. All of them are brand new as I am rewiring the car without a kit from scratch.

here is an L6 tripple SU intake. looks fairly simple. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=839&d=1031206053 a throttle linkage could be built. I would not need to worry about using a stock air cleaner like the guys at classiczcars.com were wanting to use. Why would you want to use a restrictive stock intake with triple SUs? I was thinking making all new aluminium runners and a cold air intake since I am going to be using a belly pan and won't get that much cool airflow past the carbies. I can have the shop at my welding school build me one since I am graduated now. oh...I can TIG weld all day long so that is not a problem. I just need a TIG-AC welder and I would be set. I just need $2000 for a nice Synchrowave 200.

all but one or two...

ok. Maybe I'll put new bolts on it before I use them...I am guessing the bolts sheared and not something else? thanks for the tip!

good greif...those guys at classiczcars.com can make drama from nothing! Just read the thread that you mentioned and I am going to read some of the older threads over there. Looks as long as you use a balance tube everyhthing should work.

ok. thanks a lot!

umm...yeah some... it was a hybrid Z build...

if you like slow motion video...I have the megaload right here for you...you want the link? okok...here it is. Engine valve springs, valves and all... http://www.engr.colostate.edu/~dga/high_speed_video/index.html#Mechanisms I have spent hours on there looking at slow-motion.

I have been in the search of some cheap sidedraft webbers or something similar. The fact is that it is not cheap to do. I was wondering if anyone knows if anyone has put tripple SUs on an L6. I searched and did not find anything about it. Some of the old Jag D types that did not have webbers had triple SUs. Since you can get an SU much cheaper than a twin barrel side draft I thought it would be a good conversion. I have the ability to have the runners made so that is not a problem. I am also getting pretty good at tuning SUs to run good so I don't want to start over with a different carburetor. I think that three big mouth rebello SUs would provide more than enough air for a ~270 horsepower 3.0 or the like. I already have a pair of SUs that I am using and would only need one more. A lot of guys have the SUs but want more but don't want to spend near two grand for a 50% increase in flow. If there would be an intrest I could buy two full sets of carbs and build two triple SU sets as not to have an extra carburetor sitting around. The tripples would all have equal length runners unlike the stock SU lengths which aren't the same but are close. I heard about someone that put tripple SUs on their L6 but I can't find the web page. ideas, comments questions? Thanks OTM

I have an electric fan...one of those cool things that was already on the car when I got it. the shifter handle takes a full 20 seconds to remove and I am a pro at it since I have had the tranny out twice. I like the idea of lifting the rear. Very good idea and I will use it. I have some nice SUV jackstands that will do fine for that. I was putting 2x4s under my wimpy little car stands but it did not seem safe for pulling the tranny out of the back of the car. Thanks for the help and maybe this thread could be stickied for all the newbies like me that have never pulled a motor. Lots of good info.

that is the worst part about the show. Commercials in the wrong place. Someone should put the episode up on youtube or some other site...

oh great... Well my dad was saying that we could take my engine down to any engine shop and have it rebuilt for $500... I was like 8-O NO WAY!!! I don't want some V8 guy touching my block!!! Called the Z junkyard/service garage and they said $2200 to rebuild it to OE specs...right, like I want that...ordered info from Rebello. Looking at the three liter...270hp looks yummy. I think that nasty sound was coming from the #4 piston for sure. I'll get some more pictures up later. thanks guys. OTM

just over a quarter inch across and 2.5 inches long.