Georgia Flash Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 I won this old issue of Popular Hot Rodding off of Ebay the other day. It is a May 1978 issue that has an article of a Chevy big block being stuffed into a 240 Z. The guy doing the swap is a fellow by the name of Kenny Laughton from southern California. The article is written by Leonard Emanuelson. The article is very interesting in that the writer talks about the Z being more than capable of handling the power of the big block with few if any modifications. “The Datsun Z comes with a front frame section that is strong and provides a good mounting base for an engine, even with as much torque as the Chevy big block.†Emanuelson writes. By the way do any of you old timers here remember this article way back then? I was in the eighth grade in 1978 so I was too young to even ponder V-8 swaps. Also does anybody know if this Z is still around alive and kicking? Here are a couple of pictures that I scanned to share with you all. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dot Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Back in ’77 when I was in collage I found a Hot Rod book on engine swaps. I was working on a V8 Pinto then. The book had an article on a Z with a SBC from LA. That was what got me thinking about a Z swap. I cleaned house during a move about five years ago and this book was one of the victims. Just got to keep that old stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilRufusKay Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Some sort of tube mount point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruxGNZ Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 How cool is that?! I was really straining my eyes to the point there was tears coming out trying to read the article. Do you think the rest of the article could be posted, a little bigger perhaps? !M! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia Flash Posted May 17, 2005 Author Share Posted May 17, 2005 Some sort of tube mount point? Yeah it says in the article that those actually tie into the roll cage on the inside of the Z. Here is a couple of quotes from the article on those tubes. "George Britting added a couple of upper support tubes and tied them into the McPherson Strut towers that were beefed with 3/16-inch thick steel plate." "Kenny thinks that the Datsun Z is strong enough in this area that this isn't really necessary, especially on a street car." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia Flash Posted May 17, 2005 Author Share Posted May 17, 2005 Mat, I could try to get it all scanned in and perhaps email it to you. By the way, I did not know it when I bought it but this magazine also has the Evil Kneivel V-8 Z-car in it. That car was sold on Ebay a few moths ago. Cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Battle Pope Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 That's what mine's gonna end up like... but with a Ford (460). I'd appreciate a scanned copy of that article as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameron Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 hahaha~ I have that issue of the meg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbk240z Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Hi, If it's not too much trouble, I would like a copy of the rest of the article when you get it scanned. I looked in your pics gallery, Is that your black primer Z? I like it, the primer is cool, kinda old school, and that hood is cool as well. Any way, thanks for your time. Jason jbk100@comcast.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike kZ Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Also did you notice the front mounted mag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryb Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 For thos of you that are collectors ...there are two issues on ebay right now.. http://cgi.ebay.com/Popular-Hot-Rodding-Magazine-May-1978_W0QQitemZ280175914527QQihZ018QQcategoryZ280QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8ZRACER260Z Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Now there is one for sale. Thanks for the post! I try to collect those old Z magazines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 For thos of you that are collectors ...there are two issues on ebay right now.. http://cgi.ebay.com/Popular-Hot-Rodding-Magazine-May-1978_W0QQitemZ280175914527QQihZ018QQcategoryZ280QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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