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It is a Xenon air dam, yhlz called it. It's urethane though, so it would need some rear bracing if you want to go stupid fast with it on your car, without it caving inwards at least... The owner of that car actually has a build thread on this site: http://forums.hybridz.org/topic/99026-christines-280z-project/ And a much more detailed one on JDM Chicago: http://www.jdmchicago.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16112 Very sharp looking car!

Have a good set of pics all taken without the car moving, in an empty car park here: They are night time pics though, so they might not be useful for your purposes - although they were taken with a decent camera, so the quality is high, and they are available in 16mp res.

I would say that it's best to do this job once, and do it right. If you cut corners, it will likely end up costing you more money, time, and headaches in the long run. And some of these stick on products are not fun to remove, once on. I did the soundproofing thing with my car last summer, and chose to go with a product called "Second Skin Damplifier" (http://store.secondskinaudio.com/damplifier-pro-80-sq-feet-shop-pack/), which is similar to Dynamat - it's a butyl stick on with a layer of aluminium. I used about 70 square feet of the stuff on the interior, lining almost the entire floor, the doors underneath the door skins, and the trunk. It added about 40lbs of weight to the car, but I figure that all of the tar I scraped out in prep probably dropped 15lbs, so the gain is only around 25lbs. I also added a layer of a a product called "Luxury Liner" (http://store.secondskinaudio.com/luxury-liner-pro-36-sq-ft-4-sheets/) as well. It is what they call a mass loaded vinyl layer, which acts of a sound blocker. I used about 34 square feet of it, and it's heavy stuff, around another 40lbs - but it's easily removable, so when I head to the track, I just lift it out, roll it up, and leave it at home. Basically, I went pretty nuclear with soundproofing on my car, and the net result is that I can barely hear my (very) loud exhaust when the windows are rolled up. No heat transmission issues inside, and the whole car feels more solid and road noise is almost nil. I also can hear a lot more of the engine now, and I view this as a good thing. Generally the car is a much more tolerable place to be, which is important if you are using your Z as a daily driver. Prior to laying all of this, I removed all of the tar and paint of the floors with a scraper and some paint stripping gel. I used rust converter to get rid of the little rust I had in the passenger floor, and then did the full POR-15 routine to ensure there was an impervious shield to moisture underneath the sound deadening. It was a lot of work, but well worth the effort as I am planning on keeping this car for many years to come. Pics:

Whitehead is truly excellent, a little more expensive than most, but they are the real deal and have the expertise. I had my car in with them last spring and they worked wonders with it on the mechanical side. If Toronto is too far, or you are after some more basic work, I also use a guy in Kingston, ON that owns a 78 280Z and was head mechanic at the local Nissan dealership for years and years. He has his own shop called "Glenn Foote Auto Repair", and he does great work at very reasonable rates. Might be worth a look. He is currently restoring an 1970 240Z, with a low VIN around 6##, and it looks like it's going to be a beauty when finished!

Going to check on my car tomorrow hopefully, so if no one else has provided you anything before then, I will take some pics and throw them on here for you,

Went out to take some fall pics yesterday afternoon, but people out walking their dogs kept wanting to talk to me about the car... they ate up most of what little sunlight there was left I got one decent shot in though, maybe more today if the good weather holds.

Given that 95%+ of your time with the car will be with the hood closed, wouldn't you rather avoid the risk of sucking in debris and damaging your engine? I went with a large single ITG filter that covers all 3 carbs on my engine - if I am at a car meet and want to show off the stacks, it takes me 5 seconds to turn 4 clips and lift it off. Better safe than sorry IMO.

Would also be a good spot for an anti-theft LED, if you have an alarm.

Not sure about the black splashes and sporting both 240Z AND Fairlady Z badges, but it is a very clean looking ride. Love what's under the hood!

I had a 40 on my 3L stroker, with MSA 6-1 headers and 3" mandrel bent pipe. It sounded great, but drove me insane - very loud drone inside the car. The drone was bad to such an extent, that driving on the highway for any length of time was an ordeal. I switched the Flowmaster out for a Magnaflow perforated straight through muffler about a month ago, and it seems to shift more noise away from the car; it's much more bearable inside the car now. I would be sure to budget for a resonator as well, if I were you. (Edited to tidy up some grammar issues - need to proofread better when severely hungover)

Take a bow, looks like you did an incredible job!

Very sharp, really fills the arches!! No issues with rub?

Interesting. I guess it makes sense, but to confirm it someone that is suffering fumes (and eliminated any seal related problems) would need to run slicks to find out. As far as fume avoidance goes: When I redid my exhaust, I had the tailpipes extend an inch beyond the rear bumper. This seems to have allowed the exhaust fumes to exit far enough off the body to avoid them being sucked forward. I have only noticed any fumes one or two times since this was done, and both times where in heavy traffic, and I drive my 240Z a LOT. POR-15'ing and soundproofing the interior made a big bit of difference as well, sealing any small holes that may have led into the interior. I drove my car with the interior stripped a few times, and the fumes were borderline intolerable.

Junkers markings? Scrapyards pull engines, trannys and such from their cars, then catalog them with numbered codes for reference. I imagine that's what you have there.

Today was one of those less than pleasant days. 2 Weeks ago I had achieved all of my goals for work to be done to the 240Z this summer, hah! No smooth sailing for me. My battery died today and the car wouldn't start. Had the battery tested, and it showed as bad. Of course the PO I bought the car from had one of those Optima gel cell batteries in the car, so I bit the bullet, avoided the downgrade in part, and bought another. All good, new battery, the car is running, and now I have a battery warranty, so all isn't so bad! 2 hours later, the new battery is dead... Guess it might have been the alternator, and rather than being lazy I should have pulled it for testing also? Bah! It was 9pm and I was 40 km from home, the tow of shame for me.... Will have to pull and test the alternator tomorrow. All of the wires and grounds look good, so that's what it should likely be. The real fun will be in finding a replacement for it, as it's an Accel "Racing Alternator" #8080, whatever that is. Looks to be a Delco bodied 3 wire GM alternator, we'll see though. The PO had a bit of the mad scientist in him, and I kind of wish he kept more documentation with the car...

$1.41 a litre for 94 octane up here in Ontario, which translates to $5.33 a gallon. Kind of wish my car was capable of getting better than 14mpg around the city.

Ouch!

Thanks! I just refreshed the exhaust last week, new muffler and resonator. Thinking I will probably paint the muffler body flat black, so it stands out a little less - I was hoping to would be able to mount it a touch higher, but oh well... Loving the vertical stack look though, and the Vibrant resonator/Magnaflow muffler combo flows very nicely and give no drone!

Took a few pics last night.

Emailed you, thanks!

Hi folks, After the piece circled in the attached image. Gutted a broken regulator last fall, put the car away into storage, and very stupidly misplaced some of the pieces. Everything else is covered, but I need one of these to finish up. If you have one and can help me out, great! Shoot me a message with what you are asking I live a 30 minute drive from the US border and have a PO Box just on the other side of it, so shipping won't need to be international.

So many pristine engine bays! I'll need to put some real elbow grease into cleaning mine up once it comes out of storage in Spring, sigh... The carbs need rebuilt anyway, so it will give me something to work on while that's happening I suppose.

That was something the previous owner did. As best as I can figure, the strut bar would not clear the valve cover if it were bolted on direct, so those brackets raise it up around an inch - the 'Nissan' valve cover I have may be a touch taller than the other styles?

71' 240Z

Great work, looks so well done that it could have came that way from the factory!