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Anybody who tries to market a copy is going to have to have a good lawyer. The designer / manufacturer of this part has put a lot of time, effort, research and yes -money into the project, and I can tell you that they will make every effort to protect that investment. In any case, have you any idea what it would cost to make something of comparable quality? Have you costed a minimum run of custom-made gears? That's just the beginning....... If you want to "sell them for cheap" you'll have to make them for cheap too. That's not the philosophy behind this item. It is always going to be a niche market part that will interest a very few people.

Both idler gears run on needle roller bearings. The lower idler has its own oil feed, and the top idler catches oil from the chain in a half-moon which is machined into the block holding the gear. This feeds oil to the bearing. Close-up photos of this detail can be seen here: http://alansphotos.fotopic.net/p3673713.html http://alansphotos.fotopic.net/p3673714.html

You would not have been the first anyway. There have been at least two first-generation Z's with supercharger setups in the UK to my knowledge, and maybe more. I don't think either of them are still being used. That might tell you something.........

Got a spare front crossmember laying around anywhere? If you have, just lay the rack in the crossmember - in the configuration that it would be in for an RHD car - and you will be able to see whether it fits or not. The crossmembers on first-generation cars are identical year-for-year whether they are LHD or RHD, as they have 'dimples' in the crossmember ( to give clearance for the lower steering column u/j ) on BOTH sides. Therefore an RHD rack should fit onto an LHD crossmember and vice-versa. If it does not fit, then you at least will know that its not for a first-generation car. I'm going to try and attach some photos of two spare RHD racks that I have in my garage. One is from my 1970 Fairlady Z-L and the other is from my 1972 Fairlady ZG, but they are similar to all other RHD models, including UK and Australian market cars. http://alansphotos.fotopic.net/p3492693.html http://alansphotos.fotopic.net/p3492694.html http://alansphotos.fotopic.net/p3492692.html edit: Sorry - can't get 'em to link properly, so its a cut-and-paste job if you want to see them.......

Ben, I will e-mail you direct about this. Lockjaw, I have PM'd you my direct e-mail address. Hiten ( Godspeed Racing ), I have replied to your PM, and sent my direct e-mail address. v8dats, You are correct, this thread did indeed start off on the subject of transmissions. It very quickly turned into something else, but I don't think that it was hijacked........... more a case of the conversation changing direction, perhaps? To bring the thread back on track a little ( and as a little penance to myself for helping to divert the thread ), can I suggest an R32 Skyline 2WD transmission - normally found attached to the RB25DET engine? These are used in Japan with fabricated adaptors to mate them to the L6 engine block. Alan T.

Lockjaw, I sent you a PM about helping you to obtain the chain tensioner, but you have not read it; its still showing "unread" in my PM Outbox. Still, if you have an 'inside line' then you probably don't need any help anymore. Just wanted to let you know that I did in fact offer to help.......

Hiten, I sent you one yesterday too. I think PM alert e-mails are disabled at the moment, so you might not know there's a message there.

Lockjaw, check your PM.

KGC110 Skyline GT. Note no "P" in the VIN....... "P" would denote S20 twin cam engine, and therefore a GT-R. This is a GT, which came with the L-series 6. Does it still have its VIN tags? Glad somebody has saved it. PS - "Hakosuka" ( literal translation: 'box shape' ) was the nickname given to the C10 series Skyline, which is the previous shape to the "Ken & Mary" or "Kenmeri" C110 in the photos.

904 - Grand Prix White. The only other colours for the Factory-built ( real ) ZG were: 110 - Grand Prix Red. 116 - Grand Prix Maroon.

Mike ( ON3GO ), You didn't need to delete the photos from this thread, and you seem to have gone way past the point where I can convince you of my intentions - but here goes anyway: Please try to understand my point of view on this subject: Recently I've been noticing more and more instances of my photos turning up on the web with the "classiczcars.com" logo washed or photoshopped off of them. Now I realise that trying to stop this altogether is going to be just about as effective as making a chocolate teapot, but I feel the need make the point - even if it gets totally ignored. When I post photos into my Gallery, I have always tried to make sure that they are photos that I have taken myself ( ie - standing in front of the subject with my camera and actually taking the photo ). If I use anyone else's material I will always seek their permission first, and tell them what it's going to be used for. In fact, I think 99.9% of the photos I use are those that I have taken myself. Many of these photos are from events in Japan, such as the NISMO Festivals, small shows, NIssan promotional events, club meets and friends cars. As far as I can tell, not all that many non-Japanese Z enthusiasts get the chance to visit these events - so the photos that I take, and indeed the photos that others like me take, are a glimpse into a scene that I am lucky enough to be able to see first-hand. It's my intention - when I post the photos in my Gallery - to give others the chance to see what I have been lucky enough to see first-hand. When I post the images in my Gallery, its intended as an act of sharing in a common interest. When I upload the photos to my Gallery, it usually means that I know WHERE the photo was taken ( ie - at what event ) and I have a pretty good idea WHAT I was photographing. This means that I can at least attempt to answer questions about them, and try to help anybody who has any questions or queries about what is in the pics. I always try to make every possible attempt to answer the questions that I receive about them. Some people have asked me to e-mail higher-resolution copies to them - and I will usually try to oblige. Personally, I find it frustrating that the web is such a free-for-all. It means that stuff gets moved around and appropriated, and its sometimes hard to know the true origin of what you are viewing. In the case of my photos, I find it a pity that they might sink into the ether and just get mixed up with all the other photos out there. It means that people who want to know where they were taken, and what they depict, have very little chance of finding out the truth. Mike, when you posted two of my photos into your own Gallery at classiczcars.com ( innocently, and without knowing where they came from ) I thought it was a perfect example of what tends to happen. You had downloaded those images from a website, and the person who put those images on their site had actually taken the time and trouble to delete or somehow 'wash' off the classiczcars.com logo from each of my pictures. To me, that is both a bit of a cheek ( it smacks of dishonesty too ) and a bit of a shame. The person who did this is really just making it MORE difficult for people to see the rest of the images, and the context / story behind them. I think that's sad. From my viewpoint, the person that deleted the classiczcars.com logo from those photos was cheating you out of knowing where they came from, and where you could find more. I come from a working background that makes me take copyright very seriously. Everybody has their own opinions on how seriously copyright on websites should be taken, but I have my own policy and I try my best to stick by it. If the web turns into too much of a free-for-all ( its probably well past too late already ) then it seems clear that we won't get any good new books, magazines or videos on the subject that we are interested in. It just won't be economically viable to produce something if its going to be pirated and re-distributed over the net within five minutes of its release. That's my personal take on it. I know I'm certainly in the minority, so I'm under no illusions on that score. As I think you know Mike, I do actually try my very best to help people like yourself in any way that I can. However, I cannot give you an instant response every time ( I have a job and a private life too! ) and in that case you need to be a little patient with me. You sent your latest PM to me over the weekend, and I need time to make a proper response to the many questions you asked. I certainly don't want to give you any misleading information, and the particular area that you now seem to be getting interested in is one that I have been learning about for many years ( yeah, STILL learning ). I can tell you that you might not find all that you want to know on the net. Certainly not in the English language anyway. Be mindful that your latest project has a very Japanese mid-Seventies kind of theme ( as if you need reminding ) and that therefore you will need to start immersing yourself in the 'feeling' for that period and that place. Certainly as far as Japanese aftermarket wheels are concerned, you can learn a real lot from contemporary Japanese magazines. Mid-Seventies to mid-Eighties Japanese car magazines ( especially when they started to use more and more full-page full-colour advertising ) are a good source for pictures and data. "Car Graphic" magazine in particular has some really great full-page ads for obscure and not so obscure wheel brands and designs. If you start hunting down these mags ( one of the benefits of the web ) then you can build up a good idea of what was available at the time and the correct names and makers. That will surely help you to hunt down the 'real thing' in due course. I think you need to get closer to the 'source' in order to make your own interpretation of it, and to avoid getting confused or misled by the interpretations of other people. Its hard to give a formula for what's cool. Anyway, I recommend that you take your time and try to research through 'period' material just as much as through contemporary stuff. I don't expect everybody to agree with my philosophy about copyright and the web, but I hope I've at least gone a little way towards explaining the reasoning behind my beliefs. Alan T.

The wheels you are asking about were called SPEED STARS. And yes, I DO mind you using my photos without asking first. They are covered under the copyright of classiczcars.com - which you seem to be ignoring. What was most ironic was when you started posting MY photos in YOUR gallery at classiczcars.com - without seeming to realise that they were already FROM my gallery there... If you had taken the time and trouble to ask me, I could have e-mailed some pics to you which you could do what you like with. But that would probably not be fast enough for the I WANT IT NOW generation, would it? I don't mind anybody downloading the images for their personal reference, but when people start posting them on other sites as their own it gets irritating. Why don't you just use links?

Phyte, Is that your album? I want to ask you a question about one of the photos on there.

Hmmm, maybe I should plaster my name all over the photos that I post. This is not the first time I've noticed people saving my photos and using them with 'gay abandon' LOL. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you ( may your God go with you - whatever God you worship........ ). Alan T.

Ron, that's my photo. I don't know where you had seen it before, as I only reduced, compressed and posted it on classiczcars.com in order to illustrate what I was discussing. Its the interior of my friend's car ( its a pretty good replica of one of the Works 240ZR's ) and I took the photo at the 2002 NISMO Festival at Fuji Speedway in Japan. Yes indeed - its one of the Factory "Sports Option" roll over bars, which used those four captive nuts that were welded into the bodyshells at the Factory. I knew the answer before I asked the question, but I wanted to see if anyone had any other theories. It has been suggested that the captive nuts had some other use too - but I don't believe this to be the case. I am told that the PRIMARY function and purpose for them being in EVERY shell was as attachment points for the Sports Option roll over bar. Can anybody suggest proof for other uses? Cheers, Alan T.

Hi Bill, I'm very pleased to hear somebody else ask that question. There is some interesting discussion about them here:http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7844&perpage=15&pagenumber=1 Perhaps it would be of interest to you too. Cheers, Alan T.

Well, the first thing you have to realise is that its no.2188 of the "HLS30" prefixed cars. In your car's case the "HLS30" refers to the HLS30-U model that was produced for the USA / North American market ( as opposed to the other LHD Export markets such as countries in mainland Europe ). Do remember that there were also cars with the VIN numbers "S30-002188" & "HS30-002188". If they had made that many 432's then there would have been the VIN number "PS30-002188" - but they didn't. So, your car is the 2188th HLS30 to be given a number by the Factory, but its NOT the 2188th S30-series Z to be built and its not the 2188th "240Z" to be built either. They didn't start from zero for each Model Year if that's what you mean.

I never said that. I think you can get pretty accurate information about JUST the USA / Canada market "HLS30" ( if that's all you are interested in ) because NMC USA kept a good record of what was imported. However that's quite different from the actual total that were MADE - isn't it? As for colours - maybe somebody in the USA might know a breakdown for that market.

Hi Nic-Rebel 450CA, PLEASE don't place too much faith in the numbers on that list. They were originally supplied by Nissan's USA operation at the launch of the S130-series Z and they were of better use to advertisers trying to launch a new model than to true historians. You have to watch out for the question being loaded too. A better question to ask might be how many S30-series Z cars were produced in each year ( not 'Model Year' and not just ONE market version ) and then the breakdown over model type and the market it was sold in. When you ask about the "240Z", I wonder if you actually mean ALL types of S30-series Z cars, or JUST the USA market "240Z"? The list might lead people to believe that EXACTLY 500 "240Z" cars were built in 1969 ( that's a nice round figure isn't it?! ) and that no other S30-series Z cars were built in that year - which is quite far from the truth. The "other" section is also misleading, and the fact that the list does not even mention Japan specifically makes it either confusing, plain inaccurate, or both. Another example that would question the accuracy of the list is the amount of "240Z" cars that were supposedly sold to "other" markets in 1971. If the "other" section DOES indeed include Japan then the list is completely wrong, as several thousand HS30 models were made for the Japanese market in 1971 and not 89 as the list shows. If the "other" section does NOT include Japan, then the list is pretty much meaningless as a historical reference anyway. Nissan were notoriously bad at supplying accurate information on the WHOLE picture of their production numbers, although the USA operation had a pretty good handle on what they received and therefore the USA and Canadian market totals are more reliable. Hope you don't mind me making the point. Sincerely, Alan T.

David, You're going to have to leave it with me a bit longer than a couple of days. I'm really busy with work at the moment, and I'm out of the house for 18 hours a day. I hardly have enough time to sleep let alone anything else. With a bit of luck, my friends in Japan will be able to give me the contact details for some specialist suppliers - but it will be a long chain of favours for me and they will do it in their own time. I can put you in touch with the right contacts as long as you are patient. If nothing else, I like to think of myself as a man of my word, so please trust me. If I were you, I'd not tear into it too fast. If you DO bear with me I think I can furnish you with a parts list / rebuild manual at the very least. This will have part numbers in it, and those part numbers will allow you to track down what you need more accurately with the Japanese suppliers. I've done the same thing with my S20 twin cam, and the parts lists are absolutely invaluable. They have all the exploded diagrams and data that you will need. But like I say, it won't happen overnight. David, please PM me a direct e-mail address for me to contact you on. Many thanks, Alan T.

OK - I'll see who knows who. Leave it to me for a little while, as I'll have to make some calls on it. Kaiser eh? Now we're REALLY talking about long-horn breeds! I wonder if it was a Kaiser design licensed by Nissan or if Nissan licensed it to Kaiser? Surely you'd be well-placed to get Kaiser stuff a lot easier than obscure Nissan stuff? Sure hope so. Good luck! Alan T. ( ps - I know how you feel. I'm deep into an S20 twin cam rebuild at present ).

Hi David, I have a little bit of data on the Y40 from some early Japanese literature. I collect that stuff. Apparently the Y40 was NOT based around the design of any particular American V8 engine - but took certain design characteristics from several and mixed them all together. Nissan claimed that it was a stand-alone new design ( although that does not mean its true ) - and it was introduced to the President range in October 1965. It had a fairly long production life, and I would have thought ( knowing Japanese manufacturers ) that there would have been many updates and modifications / improvements during that time. I don't know where the data you have comes from - but the Japanese engine technical data article I have states: Y40 water-cooled V8 OHV. 92mm x 75mm ( 3988cc ) Compression Ratio 9:1 180ps @ 4800 rpm 32kgm @ 3200 rpm There are a couple of power / torque graphs and stuff - but not much else. Sorry. There are quite a few Presidents of that era still knocking around in Japan ( I've seen a fair few at car shows and swapmeets etc ) so you SHOULD be able to get pretty much anything once you get in with the right contacts. Its usually more a case of who you know than what you know when it comes to these long-horn breeds of Nissan and Prince exotica. Want me to ask around a little for you in Japan? I know a couple of people who might know the right people to ask. Alan T.