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What type of suspension bushings do you have?

https://forums.hybridz.org/profile/58825-sophiaprin/ Nonsense post in a long-dead topic

The 280ZX also came with manual or power rack-and-pinion steering. You should be able to pick one of those up easily enough. Post a wanted ad in one of the popular Datsun parts groups on Facebook. Be careful about scammers though.

Here's another one. It's very subtle and might actually be a real person, but they post about 5 meaningless but not obviously spam comments in a row, and then will sneak in a link or reference to 4wheelparts or similar.

@tube80z

Just spam bots searching for specific terms to spam and try to drive traffic to a website. We really need another mod or two to be added from the active users to delete the posts and ban the accounts.

Could always just order some shorter springs rather than having to cut and weld the perches. Costs money vs time, but as time goes on I'm more and more willing to spend the former in an effort to save the latter.

What material?

The horror stories I've heard about warping make me uneasy about blasting. What type of media do they use?

I'm in LA as well and have been thinking for quite a while about taking my car to Metalworks in Eugene. If I get it dipped I'd really like to get it e-coated, though. There used to be a place in Seattle that did it, but they closed down during the pandemic.

The clocking is necessary to maintain a constant rate, but in reality I don't know if you'd notice a huge difference on a steering shaft. I always love sharing this video. The final 2 demonstrations show why the clocking is important.

Ah ok. Nice work. You should be good then.

Did you go poly on the tension rod as well? That has been shown to cause cracking for some people

The flange is the one drawn by Ron, and then I think it's just a pretty standard plenum design. Looks the same as every blingy plenum for other engines. Nothing groundbreaking, but nice to have something on the market for those who want it I guess.

So I ran through your parts list, googling for the exact part when I could and estimating when I had to. Prices in USD Turbo 1800 BC 350 Inj 400 Plugs 25 Intake 1500 FMIC 1200 Pump 100 FPR 150 ECU 1600 Clutch 500 TOTAL 7620 Convert that to AUD and it's $11,283 at current exchange rates. With those parts I would expect an even larger bill, to be honest. $2k-4k for install as well as tuning is a bargain in my opinion.

I'm not near my car right now and don't remember the footwell area well enough to 100% confirm that's the correct spot, but I believe you're correct. The oblong holes in the engine bay are fed by ducts like these: https://www.thezstore.com/product/5706/reproduction-fresh-air-duct-kit-70-73-240z They take air from the round holes on the core support and feed those ducts. Then there would be a round knob at the bottom of the dash to control a flapper on the blocked off round holes in the interior. That mechanism looks like this: https://www.autopartone.com/products/72-73-datsun-240z-oem-climate-control-fresh-air-vent-switch-right I had been planning on doing the same thing, and I think others have run wires that way in the past.

The guy whose harmonic balancer fell off is on this forum. He's been posting about it over in the turbo section.

Ah man that sucks. Just when you almost had it all buttoned up. Hopefully it's something minor and you have it back on the road quickly.

Carb tuning has so many variables it's crazy.

You're replying to threads from 15+ years ago

It looks fantastic. Congrats on getting it out to a show for the first time.

I found one a while back. Mods please delete so the spammers stop messaging me

That looks awesome. This is just conjecture, but I'd bet that the stock body doesn't have the precision to where 1/8" per side will stand out. I can't imagine it would perfectly slide down and contact the whole rail even if the frame was perfect.

Determined that leaving your full fenders there wouldn't work?

Same