cpark_12

The gated style? I would think a stock shifter would have to much play for one. I'd like to see it done though.

Ha! Nah...I'm usually the DD! I hate Crown, but I do love me some Dos Equis Ambar

I know I'm bringing back an old thread, but I'm a sucker for shift knobs! this is mine for now. I have a black crown royal bag that's going on shortly to match a little better

Hopefully fixed

I know it's not your traditional start up and rev clip, but I didn't think about recording until it was almost too late! I'll see about getting a start up clip and maybe a better drive by style clip too. I recorded this on my phone by the way... It's a N42 head on an F54 block, carbureted. N42 exhaust manifold into 2.5" pipe into a Flowmaster Original 40 series 1 into 2 muffler. Both the tail pipes are 2.25" tubing coming out side-by-side in the stock location with 3" exhaust tubing "tips". I think it sounds mean as hell! I'll get some pics up of the underside also. Anyways, let me know what you think... Good or bad comments are welcome! I like constructive critisism

For those of you using redline...How long have you been running it? I've heard good and bad things about it.

Don't konw the brand of wheels as I got them in a local trade. 17X7 with a pretty high positive offset. I had to get a 2 inch adapter/spacer and all is well now. Tires are Michelin Pilot MXM4 225/50-17.

I just finished up on a 240sx 5 speed swap into my 83. I had the original 5 speed in it first. Now, I have a 3.90 rear end, but at 70mph, I'd run about 3500rpm. That tranny went out and I had a 4 speed out of a 76 laying in the shop, so I swapped it in just to get it back on the road. At 70mph, I'd run about 4000rpm. Now I've swapped the 240sx tranny in and I'm running about 2500-2600rpm at 70mph. Much better imo and I'm getting about 27mpg too.

Okay, all the bearings look to be fine (all the balls are there) and the pilot bushing is good too in the first transmission. I'm gonna try to get the other transmission out tonight and hopefully apart, but that may be tomorrow, we'll see there's the shift fork that broke around the roll pin.

The roll pin in the shift fork is fine, but the fork did crack around the pin, so that may have been the problem. And I'm not ignoring you newzed, I'll cheek it out when I get to the shop today.

I haven't torn into the 2nd transmission yet, but hopefully I'll get it out and apart tomorrow evening.

On the first transmission, 1st gear would kinda come and go so to speak. It would slide into place, but it didn't have the "catch" feeling like normal. And when I let off the clutch, it would act like it never went into gear at all, just stayed in neutral. Then it would go into gear and shift just fine. I drove it for about 2 days like that, then it just locked up going into 3rd. I played around a little and got it into 2nd and limped to a parking lot where I left it and towed it to our shop. The transmission in it now is starting to do the same thing. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th are going in and out, reverse is just fine. I actually drove in reverse to the shop (about a mile) from where it started acting up. I haven't driven it since Now, I did get the original transmission taken apart today and it's very bad! Most of the gears are gone, like missing teeth gone. I'll get pics up soon

No one?

I had a problem with my transmission the other day. It just lost 1st gear for a bit. I let it sit for an hour or so, then it shifted through all the gears just fine. The next day, 1st was gone again and the synchronizers seemed to be going bad. It kinda grinded going into 3rd. Finally, I was driving and shifted into 3rd and it just locked the rear wheels up. I took that tranny out and put in a 4 speed from a 76 280 and all was good...for a day! The exact same thing happened again. I completely lost 1st gear. Are these trannys known for this? Anyone else ever have this problem? I'm gonna start tearing into the 5 speed next week, just wanted to check here to see what's going on. Oh...83 280zx. Original 5 speed, n42 head, 4 barrel carb.

http://orlando.craigslist.org/pts/3597952299.html Like that?

Yea...definitely need new suspension all the way around!

You and me both...it looks slower in the video than in person! I should have done a before and after launch

There's a quick video right after we got it together and the kinks out of it. Be warned... It is just straight pipes in the video, no muffler! I've got a 40 series on it now

I just got my motor back together and took it for a drive and I'm impressed for sure! I have an 83 N/A that I got for pretty cheap in July of 2012. It had over 214k on the clock when I bought it. All stock from what I could tell. I started having some FI system, so I put a 390cfm carb and cartech intake on it and it opened it up pretty good. I also have a 76 Z that my brother and I are putting a 302 in. So, I had a N42 head not being used, so I decided to put it to some good use! Anyway, I started pulling it apart and found that it had a "Datsun Performance" "C" stamped cam in it. I don't know much about it, but I figured I'd leave it for now. I left the bottom end like it was...it wasn't smoking or knocking, and it still has crosshatch in the cylinders. I put the head on and cleaned everything up, and after some timing issues were fixed, she fired right up! Now, all of that leads to a question... Should I be able to hear the cam? It sounds like it lopes some, but by the specs, it isn't a big enough difference, or isn't on paper. I have no vaccum leaks, and my timing is good. I'll have to post a video when I get a chance. I'm very impressed by the throttle response more than anything. The power is good all over too! I don't really know where I was going with this post, was just excited and had to tell somebody that would understand!

That was my initial thought, I just wanted conformation. Thanks

I put an N42 head on my f54 block and was looking at the difference in the plugs I had in my p79 head and the ones that came out of the N42 head originally. It looks like the N42 plugs are a little shorter. Is there a reason for that? If so, which plugs do I use? Will the plugs for the p79 head be too long?

I have some... Give me an email and I'll send pics. cpark2412@gmail.com

I have one off a 78 z if you're interested. Just pm me