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Sweet, now I can update my differential listing here. There is now 5 people that have confirmed that the 3.36 came in the 260Z MT 4 sp. 2+2. !M!

I bet he's just about to find that out too. "Oh CRAP, it ain't dead!" !M!

This was posted on a local board I visit. One word KISS (where is that smiley that drools...) !M!

Didn't even need to turn the sound on for that one . !M!

I heard abot this a few months ago on Paul Harvey. Very interesting stuff! I need to buy stock in this company !M!

Thanks 8) It's coming along. I Hope to be posting pictures that I and quite a few others have wanted to see for quite some time now . !M!

F'n Illinois Bastard !M!

I like your bracket design much better than mine! It also uses OEM tank straps off of a later model vehicle which I like. Where were you a few weeks ago? I believe jeromio was refering to the Camaro tank when he said "'maro". I see you are going to use the stock Camaro filler also. Are you going to fit it (make it work), in the same manner as I am? Or do you have a crafty way to adapt it to the Datsun filler? Although, I don't think it can get any easier than putting a hose clamp around Datsun filler tube, capturing the Camaro filler when it's inside the Datsun filler tube. !M!

You're not the only one. I get the same thing, but the wierd thing is, I have posted a wanted ad right after Dan upgraded the site. But now I don't see "Place An Ad". !M!

Fractional Orbital Bombardment System Why sure! Of course it is... what the heck is that? !M!

Nice! Love the color. I second the engine and interior shots. !M!

Was this actually true or some sort of short story? I'm having a hard time believing that this was real. !M!

You know, that Brett Farvra guy on 'da Packers (football) !M!

My aunt e-mailed this to me and I had tears in my eyes I was laughing so hard. In the numbered list, at least 20 of the 30 are true! Subject: JEFF FOXWORTHY ON WISCONSIN: If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 38 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Wisconsin. If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Park Falls is the coldest spot in the nation, you might live in Wisconsin. If you have ever refused to buy something because it's "too spendy", you might live in Wisconsin. If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Wisconsin. If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the year, you might live in Wisconsin. If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, you might live in Wisconsin. If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in Wisconsin. If you may not have actually eaten it, but ! you have heard of Head Cheese, you might live in Wisconsin. If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might live in Wisconsin. If you have either a pet or a child named "Brett", you might live in Wisconsin. If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in Wisconsin. If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in Wisconsin. If you know how to say Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Menomonie & Manitowoc, you might live in Wisconsin. If you think that ketchup is a little too spicy, you might live in Wisconsin. If every time you see moonlight on a lake, you think of a dancing bear, and you sing gently, "From the land of sky-blue waters,....you might live in Wisconsin. YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE WISCONSINITE WHEN: 1. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway. 2. "Vacation" means going up north past Hwy 8 for the weekend. 3. You measure distance in hours. 4. You know several people who have hit deer more than once. 5. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again. 6. Your whole family wears Packer Green to church on Sunday. 7. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching. 8. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings and funerals ). 9. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked. 10. You think of the major food groups as beer, fish, and venison. 11. You carry jumper cables in your car and your wife or girlfriend knows how to use them. 12. There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at Mill's Fleet Farm at any given time. 13. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. 14. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow. 15. You refer to the Packers as "we." 16. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction. 17. You can identify a southern or eastern accent. 18. You have no problem pronouncing Lac Du Flambeau. 19. You consider Minneapolis exotic. 20. You know how to polka. 21. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce. 22. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age. 23. Down South to you means Illinois. 24. A brat is something you eat. 25. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole shed. 26. You go out to fish fry every Friday 27. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost. 28. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car. 29. You find minus twenty degrees "a little chilly." 30. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your Wisconsin friends! !M!

I'm really impressed that you were able to take your vision and make it three dimensional. So where's Gumby? I kid, I kid... !M!

I guess us Wisconsin people have no clue what a FOBS is. I know what a FIB is though! !M!

Mike, I posted that picture about 2 years ago trying to find who made it. I'll have to dig it back up, but if I remember right, a friend of the person that made that air dam had posted to my question. He said it was a custom fiberglass piece. I believe that red Z is located up in Canada. I'll see if I can find the post. EDIT: I can't find the post. I bet it was lost along with a lot of other posts when we changed software for the first time If you have pictures of other cars with the same air dam, I'd like to see 'em! !M!

Gunmetal, I know for a fact that the front air dam located here is a one off custom fiberglass piece. !M!

Yes, I weighed the whole thing, the tank and brackets to get at 41 lbs.. I figured that all 240Z's had the same filler? I guess not. I didn't even think of putting a crash brace behind mine. Just more weight anyways . Why do you have to install a fuel cell? !M!

Well that makes four of us now with the LS1 fuel tank. Do you have pictures of your brackets? Did you use the two long 240Z straps? !M!

Yeah, I had a good laugh after fighting with mine for a few minutes, knowing you did yours with the car upside down. Gravity wasn't my friend today. It would have been SO EASY to do it upside down! It sucks welding on your back. In my best Ralph Wiggum voice, "I smell like burning". I almost forgot, I still need to make the top and door to fit over the old well hole. Pictures of that coming soon . !M!

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Well got her in today. Pain in the ass doing most of this one handed. I will have the measurements posted soon, but for now pictures! Bracket 1 Here you can see the finished bracket. I added a gusset later, which you can see in the other pictures below. Bracket 2 This is a second shot, from a different angle. Notice the two holes in the small length of 1x2. Two bolts hold the tank strap to the bracket. You probably only need one, but I felt better using two. Tank strap This is the other end of the tank strap. I used some rather large angle iron I had laying around. Doesn't look pretty, but it works. Test fit This was just a test fit of the bracket to make sure it fit correctly. Almost finished Here you can see how it bolts together. Instead of using a bicycle innertube between the strap and tank, I used the old ones from the 240Z straps. They just peeled right off and fit perfectly on the new straps. You can also see the gusset I put in, which it didn't need, but I felt safer knowing it was there. Installed This is a crappy picture of the tank installed. I just got my damn camera back and now I have to take it to get serviced AGAIN! It won't focus right and it eats 2 AA batteries within a minute or so. I have a few other pictures, but they are all fuzzy. If anyone wants the full size pictures, just drop me a e-mail and I'll send them to you. Here is something interesting. I took the LS1 tank with both brackets installed and weighed it... 41 pounds. Then I took the stock 240Z tank and weighed it... 21 pounds. Damn, I gained 20 lbs. Wait a minute, actually less, because I took the spare tire well out. I think that well weighed about 15-20 lbs. I wish I had weighed it to see if I had actually gained any weight from this tank install. Next I need to fiit the filler tube up to the stock 240Z filler tube. The O.D. of the Camaro filler is the same size as the I.D. of the 240Z filler. I'm going to look into getting a length of rubber fuel hose and lengthen the Camaro's hose a bit, so it fits inside the 240Z tube right up to the filler door. Then use a hose clamp inside the car to clamp it to the 240Z filler tube. There is a few bends, but nothing a stainless steel spring inside the filler tube can't handle (keep it from kinking). I'll see how it pans out when I get some rubber fuel hose. !M!

I gutted it. Pictures are posted on the first page. Click on the links under "pictures". !M!

I made a lot of progress today on the tank install. It is a bit hard considering that fact that I probably fractured my right wrist. Phil R. heard my wrist snap over the weekend when I went to pick up his weather stripping . Anyways, I went a different route and instead of using the stock 240Z tank straps, i'm using some metal from the local harware store. I know I was going to have it set up so someone can just use the stock 240Z straps, but after playing with one of my straps, it started to fall apart! I was NOT going to use a 30+ year old part to hold my fuel tank up after seeing this. I have pictures that I will post tommorow. The tank install will be DONE tommorow! I finally have time to finish it !M!