~KnuckleDuster~

It's time to finally pay some attention to the aging front suspension. I figure while I'm doing a slight re fresh I may as well do some upgrades while I'm there. After some research on adjustable front control arms I came to the conclusion I didn't need anything over engineered. The Techno Toy Tuning arms had good reviews but they were quite a bit heavy, hence over engineered. I decided on the Futo Fab control arms because they're close to stock form and not heavy at all. They retain the stock sway bar location and can be used with their adjustable tie rod ends or stock. They're held in high regard in the 510 world and I've only heard one Z guy who had them installed. They seem quite beefy and sure are pretty! Paid extra for the optional dust boots.

Definitely want to do that in the near future. I've heard about specific year 510's that have the same side inlet and outlets but my searching hasn't come up with a part number for something after market. I would prefer something that somewhat replicates the stock mounting points. Do you know what rad your going with yet?

So I've had my eye out for a used intake heat shield on ebay for a while now and finally came across something that fit my criteria. It's a K&N heat shield from a 94-04 Mustang kit. It's very robust stainless steel and required very little modification to make everything fit. I took a gamble on it for $25 bucks and it fits perfectly. Before having a heat shield the filter was about 100* and 120* on the side facing the exhaust manifold. It will be interesting to see how the temps read now.

Hey! How long did you own the Z for? I wish I had you as a contact before the car was sold, always fun getting the history of the car. The car was sold on ebay to a guy in Canada and was never heard from again. I've since tried to find the guys ebay name to send him a message asking how the car was but I couldn't seem to find it. Kinda weird that it's never came up anywhere online. There's only a handful of rb25de Z's rolling around North America & Canada. And yeah the seats were awesome, never bolted down properly but felt great none the less. Here she was on Bring a Trailer... and a trailer was brought.. http://bringatrailer.com/2010/11/11/1971-datsun-240z-rb25de/

This is why I've been wanting security cameras. Good deterrent and at the very least you could get a general description of them. Do you have neighbors near by? Things like this tend to happen in more rural areas.

Throwback..Z added to 1st post.

Ok took the Z out around town this morning. Felt really good. Pedal travel is very short and feels nice and firm. It feels like the rear brakes come on the same time as the fronts during hard braking where as before you would feel more of the fronts stopping you. I don't see this being a bad thing yet at least for driving around town. The real test will be when I get it out in the canyons and see how the car behaves. I've heard some people replaced their NP valve with one from a 280zx, that may proportion the brakes better since the zx's had disc brakes. The e-brake feels better too, only a couple clicks to fully engage not cranking the whole lever sky high. After the drive the front brakes were @ 145* and the rears were @ 110*

Here's my referencing threads for my info. I just finished getting the e brake hooked up so I'm going to test drive today or tomorrow and check the brake temp front vs. rear with a pyro meter and see if the rears are getting hot from some drag. http://forums.hybridz.org/topic/105599-need-help-with-dragging-rear-disc-brakes/ http://community.ratsun.net/topic/38410-master-cyllinder-change-for-disk-brakes-swap/ From 73 FSM: The 1972 FSM shows the proportioning valve in the rear, different master cylinder internals, and a lack of an NP valve in the engine bay (#6 Above). So the NP valve in the engine bay is the proportioning valve in the 73 model. I wonder if it's operation is the same and I should gut the rear line side. Getting someone to chime in with a 73 & rear discs might be tricky... more research on this NP valve..

If you want to see more of the 240z..

Ok so apparently the residual check valve was only at the rear passenger side of the car from 70-72, on 73 models it was located in the engine bay. From what I can find there's residual check valves located in the master cylinder. I've since upgraded to the 280zx 5/16 MC. The 280zx had all disc brakes yet the MC still has the check valves but the springs only add a couple pounds of pressure to keep the pads loaded and keep the rotor clean. So the 240z MC would have had the higher 10 lb spring in it for keeping the rear drums loaded. Is there some other location for another RCV or am I good? When I test drove I didn't notice any noise and since I didn't have the e-brake hooked up at the time it was definitely rolling around with ease.

Awesome thanks for the heads up! I've got to get back in there anyway to attach the e-brake cables. The brackets never made it with my order and I didn't realize it until the end of the install but they're on their way now.

No I didn't come across that in my search..do tell