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I think it looks great except the flat-fender thing nissan is putting on all of their cars. I think it makes the wheels look smaller. I like the S30-esque rear 1/4 window though.

So... Why do you have the radiator hose butted up to the intake?

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Well I will be joyfully burning gas/breaking in the new clutch all today so call me whenever you need help.

Whoo! glad you got everything on there, we're going to have to do a cruise this weekend how about an all-nighter tonight to get this done??

ITBs http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=125027&highlight=Vh45 http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=134964&highlight=Vh45 Found in 2 secs using the Search function... "VH45"

Find F0rrest on Ebay he sells a killer kit that all my Z buddies are running and its fairly cheap http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/injector-connector-kit-6pc-datsun-280z-280zx-300zx_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a1423Q7c39Q3a1Q7c66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a12Q7c240Q3a1318QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem290261239769QQitemZ290261239769 Good luck hope this helps!

Trumpet and I are working on getting more people involved with Zs up here in NWA... Sorry to hijack I went to the shop last night and got those manifold bolts for you Chris

Ive got a couple... Its not as clean as that though. PM if interested

So you just cut the 280 brackets? Im running the 260 brackets on mine... Car looks great!! Im jealous becasue you have a full battery tray

Wangan 540?? every time I get on there its 65 behind jackasses who like to block everyone in who decides to go the actual speed limit. err. Hows the diff coming

sorry to hear. My brother would still be in there thinking about what he did while my wallet remained healthy The carbd turbo looks really cool though, I hope those cars go to deserving homes.

what happened?

I also didnt know much about Zs when I bought mine. All I can say is a motor doesnt take that long to fix or replace, much less time than body work. My advice would be to hold out and find one with a decent body. Good luck!

I guess Im getting ahead of myself here, Im just going to use the P79 until I can rework the liner'd sleeved N47 and save up for a cam. i can always change the head when the motor is in the car... It seems like a worthwhile swap, thanks for all of the input!

Alright, i want to apologize, I just get angry when every post I open is someone telling someone else to use the search thread, which is why I never ask questions on here, which is why I called in my join date. It was very lame of me. Sorry. I searched to see if anyone was running this set up and got a couple of people saying they were running their car as a daily, and I read about zeiss150's car and a few others. I got from reading posts that you could set your timing to compensate for the increased chance of detonation [along with using higher octane gas] and didnt realize the importance of the longer duration cam. Thank you all for the advice, this will be my last post, i promise to search only from now on

The point of this thread was to talk to some members that had done this swap if they'd like to share information, not about the liners and gasket specifically. I search often, and i post infrequently, look at my join date. Thanks to everyone else for the advice. I don't think I'll use the P79 though because I wanted to give this motor a little compression ratio boost, running on premium gas. I had searched for this swap on here before I posted this thread, and was mainly wondering about which head to use.

Looks like no one is biting, but my friend got angry that I said that he suggested I used a head with a bad cam - I had not told him the condition of the head other than it had exhaust sleeves.

the car looks great, I love those 'turbine' wheels [or whatever theyre called]. Not a big fan of the bumpers though

I have pulled all of the emissions equipment off of my 78's intake manifold and my car ran fine. Its just a vacuum valve, you can get vacuum from anywhere on the manifold and it should be o.k.

Hah I showed a friend this auction last week... He has way too many Z's - most of them look decrepit.

I am putting a new motor in my Z car, and heard of some people on here running N42s on Flat top blocks, giving a fairly good bump in CR. The motor I'm working on has a P79 on it currently. I have a couple of questions: The N47 that was on my rebuilt L28 that I am replacing had the exhaust liners cut out of it, and I ported it and it is very smooth. I also had it 'decked' at a machine shop so it is level. A friend told me to use my other head, another N47 with exhaust liners. However, it came off of a motor with a blown head gasket and it looks nasty underneath and the cam has a pretty rough surface. Would anyone advise not using my decked N47? I'm using ARP Head bolts and a Felpro gasket for an early L28, are there differences in cooling passages from the late L28 or can I use this gasket? I saw a different head gasket part number on a website for the L28 and ZX L28. And if anyone else running the N42 setup would like to chime in on random things you ran into I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks

Well, I took pictures of both my N47s. I actually posted some pictures of my non-sleeved head above, I thought thats how it came. Little did I know! I havent put the new pictures on my computer yet but hopefully tonight I'll get that done. I also smoothed out my exhaust ports so it won't really be an accurate view of what was done previously to the head.

Does anyone know if any N47s were made without the Exhaust liners? I pulled the N47 off of my ATK-rebuilt motor and it did not have liners in it. I was talking with a friend and he thought the PO probably had them cut out. The N47 I just pulled off of my new motor did have liners and im sure has not been rebuilt.

Hmmm... looks like there goin in the flat black car. Thanks for the sell, Im anxiously awaiting them. I'll be sure to post a review of how they feel around these Midwest roads.