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Excellent job! This will be useful when I get to converting my early 260Z.

I'm pretty sure the Nissan A cam is assymmetric, just from looking at it. I haven't directly measured though...

That's the same guy...

Yep, Ray is right, my early 260Z doesn't have that Tee. I'll be using a pipe plug for the thermostat housing (BSPT threads, order from Mcmaster). I've deleted the Y-fitting near the dipstick as well.

Sorry, keep forgetting to do this for you. I will set a reminder for myself to check tonight.

Let's see, it was about $150 for the trigger wheel and sensor mount, $50 for EDIS hardware, and $180 for MJLJ. After adding in assorted relays, wiring, fusebox, etc. it's probably closer to $475-$500 but well worth it, IMO. It can be done for less with some time and ingenuity by making/adapting a trigger wheel and sensor mount. I bought Derek's kit, secondhand, because I didn't have the time to mess around with custom triggers and mounts.

"Finished" the bracket tonight, bear with me, I'm no master fabricator. It's not pretty but it works. I used existing holes in the body for bracket mounting. I fab'd the coil bracket a while ago. It's ugly but fairly thick steel. Dangit! Looking at the pictures, I just realized I need to file down those sharp corners on the coil bracket...

You'd want new rear outer control arm bushings if you're doing spindle pins. I'd go to PU for the rack bushings and steering coupler as well.

Quite the bare-bones Z you got going there! There is just something about electrical work that is very calming and satisfying to me. Crimping, soldering, running wires, making circuits, etc. is just fun! I should be done with my ignition module, fusebox, and relay bracket pretty soon. It probably won't be pretty, but it'll do for now. Keep it up!

Wow, nice job Alex. I'm sure that took quite a bit of time and patience. Every little bit of work adds up, as tough as it can be to squeeze it in sometimes. Keep it up, little-by-little and you'll be on the road soon enough!

Nice work. Does the throttle cable clear, looks pretty close in the pic?

Ouch, I love working in the garage when the sun is actually out! We usually get fog and wind. I hate wind. The Panas are 16X7. RKR's would look nice too, they look similar to the Type R Wats which look fantastic on Z's. Heck, pretty much any banana-spoke wheels just look great on Z-cars! I look forward to seeing your Z mobile, keep it up man! Thanks! I hope I can make it, but I heard rumors of a family function on that day while at dinner yesterday. Fingers crossed...

Oh, and Alex731 stopped by today. Good meeting you, Alex!

A few updates... While prepping the ZX 5-speed to go in, I installed the new speedo gear I got to match the 4.375 rear diff. In doing so, I did a comparison of speedo gear housings since I had both on hand and was curious. Old gear (blue, 18T for 3.7 diff) vs. new (purple, 21T for 4.38 diff) Here is the slot, which must be indexed correctly in order to be able to tighten down the housing to the tranny. It will not index correctly if the wrong housing is used (will be 180 degrees out). Here are the two speedo housings, the one holding the blue gear works with gears up to 19 teeth (3.9 diff) while the one with the orange gear is for 20 teeth (4.11) and above. The slots are on the left side, as pictured, thus the right side of the gears (as pictured) mesh with the worm gear in the trans. The gears will not mesh well if installed in the incorrect housing. As you can see, the purple pinion is installed incorrectly, in the housing from the blue gear. The right (meshing) side sticks out way too far and will not fit properly into the transmission since it's offset to the opposite side. New gear going in... The slot is indexed correctly Done! Finally got to work on wiring up EDIS. Before any wiring work though, I finally installed the ZX fan to make sure it worked. I had a thread about it a while a go, which I'll update as well. I got a little cheap-o fusebox from amazon.com to power the EDIS module, coil packs, Megajolt and the WBO2. Added jumpers, probably not a great idea but works for now. More to come, hopefully tomorrow!

Wow, time flies... I bought a used ZX fan a while back and finally installed it today. Works great! 240Z to 280ZX fan comparison Installed

The car is back on the road as of a couple of weeks ago! Time flies... I had a bit of an issue installing Dave's billet linkage, the arms did not clamp tightly on the main throttle rod. I "solved" this by clamping them in my bench vice and going at it with a hacksaw that I had lying around. The blade was thick enough to cut a wider slot in the clamps so that they actually stay in place when pushed. I went to the Brisbane ZONC show on 7/28, which was a great time. I loved ZCG's black Hakosuka, I need to get me one of those some day. We won some delicious home-made jam at the raffle, too. Still have some left in the fridge, better make some more biscuits this weekend. Mmmm, biscuits... Ok, on to current Z-stuff. I picked up a Dapper Lighting Classic HID kit yesterday, thanks Ben! Fantastic customer service by the way, and it's great that they're local. I want to get some big things done before driving down to JCCS in September: (1) Install late ZX 5-speed, Fidanza flywheel and new clutch, along with new shifter bushings (2) Install R200 CLSD (need new gear oil) (3) Install EDIS along with the ZX clutch fan, get it working and tune with my laptop (which I'm in the middle of "fixing", needs a new battery too) (4) Install HIDs (5) New carb jetting - custom jets from Keith Franck And then there are little things, like: (6) Buy and install new door and hatch weatherstripping (7) Fix interior vents (8) Wrap fuel rail in a nicer way (9) Get Nissan thermostat and fill up with new coolant (10) Plug extra thermostat housing outlet (11) Re-sync carbs and install new filters (12) New floor carpet (13) Bleed clutch and brakes, re-adjust rears (14) Polish up paint and windows Jeebus, so much to do, so little time. I feel like taking a week off from work. Time to start crossing things off of the to-do list, one-by-one... 29 days to go, hopefully a lot of new updates to come!

Nice vid, sounds similar to my twin 2" system. I have 2 glasspacks per pipe, turned around so the louvers face the other way. I've yet to dyno it, but will soon. I dynoed with a single and stock manifold so I'll have something to compare to. I agree on the sound, it's good but not exactly what I wanted. No problem, I was more curious in the type of merge collector you use (when browsing through the SPD link). I can handle placement and design.

Nice job getting it done!

Thanks for the link! The duals on my car right now are okay, but a bit loud and raspy for my taste. If I were to build another exhaust system it would be a single 3" with a nice muffler and resonator. With that said, I always wanted twice pipes and I'm happy I tried them out. The car is mainly used on the street with very occasional autoX use, but I am planning to run it on the track in the future. John, any recommendations on which merge collector you choose for a street/autoX car? I'm thinking a parallel 2-1 Y-collector with a megaphone following when I get to building a single system. I'll have to find good spots for the WBO2 as well.

Those results are great. If you're burning oil, it's the valve stem seals. They won't show up in a compression check (obviously).

You have either an early 260Z or possibly a late 240Z 3-wire tach. Should be easy to make it work (one connection to coil negative, plus power and ground). EDIT: follow beerman's post.

John, I'm running two 2" pipes off a Nissan Motorsports header and have been considering going to a single 3". I don't trust an exhaust shop to make a "proper" secondary collector and I know that Nissan used to make them to go along with the header. Do you know if there is still a way to get those 2-1 collectors or must it be custom fabbed?

Not only the font, but the redline as well. 8/73 is right at the end of 240Z manufacturing. The 260Z received a 3-wire tach as part of the change-over to electronic ignition. Some very late 240Z's might have gotten 3-wire tachs as well. I remember this being discussed on classiczcars before.

He needs an input (pinion) flange not the half-shaft axles.

FWIW, this guy is selling his for $75.