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Good to see you doing the 280ZX conversion, Neil.

A Toyota engine will kill your resale value, what about a Infiniti V8

1200!!!!! IIRC a pair of double adjustable Koni inserts cost me around that. But they are a lot shorter than stock so a coil over conversion is best done at the same time.

Interesting point. IIRC the 280ZX has a similar setup but with three bolts per side instead of two.

Yeh, excellent discussion. Just one possible point, lowering a Z will lower the center of gravity (C of G), a good thing. That same lowering will lower the roll center, which may or may not be a good thing. Assuming that any such lowering uses the stock suspension pivot points. So lowering the car may still show up in testing as an improvement, due to lowering the C of G and not to the changed roll center. And Jolane, yes, the attachment of the front Xmember to the body would appear less than ideal The only improvement I could think of, short of a major rework, was to use hardened steel flat washers under the bolt heads. They being much less likely to flex and deform than the stock type washers.

Mine has double adjustable 8611-1257 on the front, will get a pair for the back when the budget allows

If I had your bits I'd do exactly what you are doing. Don't think that you will have to worry about CV wear though, unles you are looking way into the future Pics when the job is finished?

Later boxes had a left hand threaded nut, apparently to counter the loose nut problem. But even they can come loose.

Great looking Zed, its your car, embellish it if you want

Build it to competition specs whatever they are in the US, a one piece hoop seems to be universal though. For good reasons, which I'm too lazy to mention

It could be a reference to the linings being non asbestos. Which they all have to be now anyway?

All useful info, thanks. It may be worth looking at transplanting the entire subframe mounted rear end of a Silvia or Skyline. There is heaps of suspension stuff for them, plus those cars can be set up to handle very well.

Noltec do some suspension stuff for the ZX too, their quality may be a bit better than Kmac.

Thanks for the info, IIRC Kmac do an adjustable front strut top for the ZX.

Thinking about getting a solid top two seat coupe and putting a Nissan V8 in it. There does not seem to much aftermarket tech info around on these cars but my impression is that in some ways they are better than the S30. Any site links would be appreciated, concerning racing a fairly stock one would be good. Plus experiences and advice with mods, particularly the suspension and body stiffening.

If the engine is behind the strut towers thats OK, no point in obsessing about having it bang against the firewall for several practical reasons. Heat soak is one, weight distribution with a stock S30 tends towards being rear end heavy anyway. A little more in the front than the rear (unloaded) is a good thing IMHO.

My '77 has had eccentric D washer camber adjusters fitted for many years, they are/were available as an aftermarket item here in Oz. Fitting them was done in conjunction with altering the pivot point locations, the up 'n out trick. They do the job but do have the disadvantages mentioned. If this car was going to be built again I'd concentrate on altering the strut towers to allow for big camber and caster adjustments to be made there.

Yeh, DCS

Picsorban? We want to see that you have located the scoop in a high air pressure area.

The clutch place at Albion, dammed if I can think of their name, have a range of options for Nissan clutches. Importantly they won't try and sell you a big dollar item that you don't need. Mine is from them, basically has an uprated diaphragm to give more clamping force with an Exedy plate. Recommended.

Thanks Steve, know what parts to look for now

So Steve, I assume that you used an adaptor plate of some sort so that the outer six bolt CV flange would bolt up to the four bolt S30 stub axle flange? Any tips there? Very useful pic BTW

How durable are those ZX CV axle setups? Seeing that the later model Zeds have different and larger CV's. Anyone put a lot of power through them, busted one?

Thanks for that, nice cars, have to do some pics of mine when its done.

Round Skyline/Corvette type tail lights might work?