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Gotta love that feeling!

Considering Dave prefers Pacesetters anyway, I think you'll be fine.

Looks like we can get 280ZX inserts last I checked (bit over a week ago) but S30 ones are still hard to come by until they build up their inventory. Our site is: worksmotorsports.com I know we don't have a section for classic Z-cars, but I'll help you guys out if anyone wants to go through us.

I've got a collection of 3 old-school L-series headers hanging in the garage now, not sure if I want to break that up! I do have some cool stuff that I may decide to get rid of...

Maybe pull the seal out and see how it fits to check whether it's the seal or splines?

It should be an easy fit, are you sure it's the correct driveshaft?

Congrats! I'm commuting from San Bruno to Sonoma so I feel your pain. At least it's 5 miles shorter each way than my old SB-Petaluma commute, but still, it's a 90 mile round trip with SF in between. Lucky for me, the green car already has coilovers and rebuilt suspension! All I have to do is install the Bilsteins and camber plates. I'm sure you're excited to get your Z back on the road soon and try your own P30s out! Ha, you know I did! With some help, I also sourced the proper gland nuts so all that needs to be done is for me to cut up some spacers to fit the inserts properly. Also in the plans is a 123ignition distributor but I may have to free up some more funds to accomplish that. Looks like some more parts will be for sale, now that my other Z is sold!

That's Glenn's car, I bet he would know. His handle here is spitz17.

Ha, I was just looking at car rental options and was glad just for the simple fact that I can rent a car with a manual gearbox! Good luck with that in the US... XR6 sounds amazing, it would be fun to drive something we don't get in the States. No guarantees, I'm looking for the full experience here.

We're also considering spending the entire 2 weeks on North Island, instead of spending all the extra travel time to get to South Island for the second half of our trip and back to Auckland for the return flight to San Francisco. I'd love to explore it all but 2 weeks may not be enough and I don't want our trip to be too frantic...

I was JUST about to ask about Milford! It was highly recommended by a friend of mine. We're going to look into doing the Milford Track, unless there's a reason not to?

Ouch, I haven't made any updates since I started a new job last October! I've managed to do some little things here and there, mostly related to the fuel system. The regulator is mounted, the old feed/return lines cut and ready to adapt the AN fittings, but the $30 OSH tubing bender was not cutting (bending?) it. It would either kink or flatten the lines. I decided I wanted to do it right so I bought a 5/16" bender made by Rigid and it works worlds better! I'm hoping to finish this project up by this weekend and pressure test all my connections. The cam has yet to be pulled, so that will be the next project in line. I've got a replacement cam ready to send out but Isky wanted to look at the wiped one as well. After some thinking, my best hypothesis is that one of the rockers was poorly prepped before installation, leaving a micro-ridge on the closing ramp of that lobe which eventually eroded the cam. We'll see what they say. I bought all-new rockers and will be installing them with the reground cam, and re-checking wipe to be sure. Finally, I also wanted to cure my rear suspension camber issue as well as get new inserts. I placed an order for a set of new Bilstein P30-0032 yesterday and will be figuring out how to adapt them to my setup after I get them. I'm hoping the DP bolt-in camber plates will work but that remains to be seen.

Fantastic, thanks kiwi! We'll be working on planning for the next few days and I will be sure check in.

Ford EDIS fires the coils A-C-B...

Where can I get Z-specific Bilsteins new? I'd love to know because I just placed an order for the P30-0032 VW inserts and it would save me the $350-400 to re-valve those.

Holy cow, thanks Kiwi! Outdoorsy would probably be an in-between of "day trip along a nice graded and gravelled path or a 3 day scrabble through swamps". Banks Peninsula sounds like a nice one. I appreciate the feedback, we will definitely use it to plan the trip!

No longer needed, but I will always consider buying another set if anyone is trying to get rid of some.

Good luck!

I was going to say exactly that, turn the key and see if you have any voltage at the solenoid. Diagnose first, then replace/fix parts.

I know we have a few Kiwis on board (pun intended ), so I was curious if those that either live there or have vacationed there have any advice for a first anniversary trip? We've been thinking about where we'd like to go and the majority of people have recommended NZ. We're outdoorsy, and enjoy hiking and adventures, less so riding around on tour buses, staying in fancy hotels, and the like. The wife is a certified SCUBA diver and I loved snorkeling and diving in Hawaii during our honeymoon. I was pretty ocean-averse before that trip but I loved swimming in the tropics. I'm also a LOTR fan, so checking out some of the sets would be cool! I've done a bit of research and the plan is to do 1 week on North Island and 1 week on the South Island. Most suggest renting a vehicle of some sort and just touring around, camping, etc. I wouldn't mind doing some cool car stuff for at least a day (or as much as she can handle), and haven't had any recommendations for that. The biggest question would be what time of year to go? It doesn't have to fall exactly on the anniversary (8/31) or anything and I think we'd prefer something around summertime (winter here). Please feel free to brain-dump recommendations! Thanks in advance!

This may not be an ignition switch problem, FYI...

See if you can use some compressed air to get it out first. Use a nozzle with a long skinny tube that can fit into the booster and try to blast it loose.

I also have nice stock black seats from an early 260Z which fit all 240Zs as well. However, the driver's seat is torn on the outside wing. Not noticeable with the door closed, but obvious with door open. Passenger seat is in awesome shape. I'd do $200 picked up on those.

I'm in San Bruno. Sounds like you guys are figuring out a plan. Keep me in the loop if you want that air dam. I can also meet in Sonoma, at work.

I have an R200 4.375 CLSD from an R31 Nissan Skyline GTS-T (along with that air dam in your other WTB thread), if you want to toss a huge wad of cash at me.