Floorless240z

Though it does recommend a distributor from a 76-78, my pickup has red and blue wires and in the writeup theirs has red and green wires. Is my distributor still ok to use?

Just the advice I was looking for, thank you. Found a write-up here: http://www.zhome.com/ZCMnL/tech/gmhei.html

I have a 72 240z I'm putting an L28 into (n47 head n42 block). It didn't come with an ignition control module, but it did come with a new in box Crane xr700 ignition module. The L28 distributor already has an electronic pickup. My question is can I use the Crane system with it, and if so what wires from the distributor to the ignition box are to be spliced together? You can see in the photo the red/blue wires from the distributor and the 3 grey/white/black wires going to the module I called Motorsport and they said the ignition module was compatible with the 280z/zx distributor using the 280zx pickup, but didn't know the wiring specifically Thanks in advance for any info

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ttt, borini sent the wrong part, (though it was sent promptly, appreciate the try). Still looking for the hard coolant line that runs from the intake manifold, around the rear of the cylinder head, over to the passenger's side. It looks like this: Please include your paypal, price shipped to Buffalo, NY 14213, and a photo of the part so I know we're on the same page. Thanks!

Looking for the metal coolant line that goes behind the cylinder head, it runs from the intake manifold around the back to the split where the hoses go into the firewall for the heater core. You can see it here in black with the paint chipping a bit My car just has a couple rubber hoses there right now, doesn't seem like the best idea Price shipped to Buffalo, NY 14213 please. I have paypal ready

On the 73 240z L28 project I'm just getting started on, behind the head by the firewall are just two hoses, one going into another. On other z's I've seen, there's a hard line running behind the head. Is this just a workaround someone did in the past when they were missing the hardline? Also, how prone to failure are the heater cores and valves? Curious if I should replace them while the dash is currently out. Haven't pressurized the system yet to see if there are any leaks, about to order some hoses and curious if I should get a heater core/valve also.

SSnapped a quick pic in my shop the other day

Excellent, thanks!

My uncle recently told me the hard lines were intentionally removed, citing easier changing of the rear struts. Interesting, but seemingly unsafe. I was hoping to convince him to go with a more traditional sway bar setup, as the hole in the rear chassis should be inspiration for change. I wonder if he can use the same sways with stock mounts and bushings, or will have to get another set of sways

in the late 70's both my father and uncle purchased their Z's. My uncle's is a 73 with a g nose and flares, he purchased it from a prominent local scca racer. I recently put it on the lift at my shop as we needed to replace the clutch hydraulics. Found this rather... interesting sway bar setup. No bushings front or rear, steel "brackets" welded onto the frame rail up front, and in the rear the sway bar mounts to a threaded rod, the sway bar goes above the control arm/axle as opposed to between them. I also took photos of my dad's setup (aftermarket sways but normal mounting) for contrast. uncle's front: dad's front: uncle's rear: Dad's rear: the travel of the sway caused the mount for the brake line to come loose, and even wore a hole in the chassis:

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What are the louvers worth? I have a set, plastic I believe, that I have no intention of using and I would like to sell.

Are any of the brake/5 lug kits hubcentric? mounting wheels is a bit of a pain over cars with hubcentric center bores

heh, yeah. I got a look at the rust yesterday, most of the rust is on the passenger's side under the seat, with one smallish hole on the driver's side in the same location. Need to get some dry ice and tare up the insulation on the frontward part of the floorboards to see where that's really at as well

My name is Andre, I've been on here for a while but never posted much. I've had a few 240z's in the past that have come and gone just picked this up today: late model '71. I brought it to my shop today (it's been in storage about 30 minutes away for years). my dad and uncle bought it as a rolling chassis a few years ago and got a supposedly built n/a L28 and 5 speed for it. My uncle was spread thin and lost interest and my dad doesn't really have time nor interest (they have a 73 and 71 respectively in addition to other stuff). I have to finish the wiring, sort some things out, weld some patches in the floors (possibly give charlie at zedd findings a call if the floors are that bad, is he still around)? Needs a lot, bushings, brakes, body is beat but that will be at the end of the list I haven't had a 240 for almost 4 years now. I've had e30 BMW's for about the past 8 years, which led to a business (I was in Norfolk, VA at the time). A friend and I started an LLC swapping s5x's into e30's in addition to rebuilding wrecked motorcycles. Moved back to my home city (Buffalo, NY) about a year ago, business changed focus and is now an auto dealer specializing in alternative energy, green, and european motor vehicles. anyway, here is an obdI s52 we did for a customer, also installed h&r sports and bilstein sports: this was my personal car, e30 touring with euro s50 (276hp) e36 m3/m coupe 5lug, 3.25 lsd, etc etc. My dad's '71 in the background: my business partner's personal car, he had an s50 with 3.15's unfortunately we've sold both of our e30's since. When my business gets some momentum I'd like to find an e30m3 with a blown motor, I have a spare s62 in my shop... '83 gti, for sale actually. 1.8L with 10.0 pistons, p&p head, urethane bushings, happich pop outs, etc pm me if interested

Ah, I thought that was you Mike but I wasn't sure (we met at either the cleveland or kingston convention). my father had his dash signed his car for reference (pic from last year, unhappily sold my e30 touring since)

saw this on r3vlimited (e30 forum) and cross posting it here: Just spreading the good word for "Japan Relief efforts" IF you're familiar with the 'Heartbreaker' crew outta San Jose, then you know theyre cool cats with good hearts. Here's the Guy Yuta Akaishi's car most of you will remember! http://speedhunters.com/archive/2009/11/04/car-feature-gt-gt-that-240z.aspx Yuta's blog heartbreaker wagon So just folow the simple instructions here and lets chip in + you get a bomb ass sticker from the Heartbreaker crew!

does the yz front air dam have any aerodynamic advantages over, say, the valance on coffey's z? can make brake ducts and a splitter with either one

Did a search and couldn't come up with much info. found this on the internets: is that the imsa kit http://www.prestomart.com/store.php?seller=azcarbum&pd=1850602 or the yz kit? http://www.reactionresearch.com/280yzgallery.html I'm not a fan of the g-nose nor the yz front, I'd prefer to use the airdam in the first pic. now that I think my e30 track car has a buyer, I think (e30 touring w/euro s50b30, zf box, e36 m3 front brakes/susp, m roadster rear, tckline coilovers, koni double adjustables, all urethane bushings, etc incase anyone is interested lol) I think I'd like to take on my 72 240z as my next project there's bondo on the quarters, it has cracked on the driver's side. Rather than weld on new quarters, now would be a good opportunity to be able to fit some rubber under there. It will be a track car only, maybe get into some racing once my business settles down (we've been fixing/flipping sportbikes and doing s50 and s52 swaps in e30's) but I'm looking to get a retail license so I can sell cars without doing all the work, heh. thanks in advance for any info

that's my buddy christian. should be up and out pretty soon. edit: and he is DEF not staying awd. lol or do you just mean instead of going rb25 trans

it doesn't seem david is willing to sell me the coilovers without the camber plates, and I don't really want to weld my shock towers. so I don't really know.

ah. my z isn't my dd

def. our cars have no p/s & a/c, no need for a cluttered engine bay

how does the tokico hts compare to the azc shock? I'm reading that the hts is rather lacking in range on rebound. sounds on par with adjustability though. comments?