dasz33 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 The wheel wells can vary as much as 1" side to side on a 240Z. John, You posted this in another thread regarding 1 fast Z's alignment. How or why do the wheel wells vary by as much as an inch? Could this be why my front right looks like it sits higher then the left? I have had a frame shop and an alignment shop look at my car and they say everything is square. But the whole car looks lower on the left than the right, or the right is jacked up more than the left. I was thinking maybe a sagging spring. I am still on the stock (and possibly the original factory) suspension in my '71 240z. Am I reading too much into this and/or is there something I can do about it? Thanks all Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie05 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 There was a thread going around a few years back, where someone was asking for frame dimensions of the front. I can't find it now, but that is where i read the same thing. I can come up with a BS answer but I prefer somone knowledgable to explain it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shire240 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Check out the Sticky "240Z Chassis Dimensions" thread posted by Mat73GNZ http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=100401 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 yeah I noticed that problem that my fenders were different distances from the tire...but I then decided to hammer my fenders so now they are a really different shape than stock. My suspension stuff was completely shot from bushings to struts to coils...I am now just about ready to put it back together once my struts get here in afew days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasz33 Posted April 25, 2006 Author Share Posted April 25, 2006 Check out the Sticky "240Z Chassis Dimensions" thread posted by Mat73GNZhttp://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=100401 Thanks Shire. I actually took printouts of these drawings and my '71 FSM to the frame and alignment shops. Based on these they said my car was as square as it could be. They said it was probably suspension. I guess Im wondering if its a problem with the metal or the stampings, or ifits really any problem at all, other than cosmetic. I am getting ready to build this into an autoX/track day fun car which is why im surfing this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Even assuming perfect manufacturing quality, these are 30+ year old cars and most have been in some kind of accident over the years. Body shops shim front fenders to get the doors to line up, rear 1/4 panels stretch from body work, and replacement fenders and 1/4 panels are not exactly the same as OEM nor are they correctly aligned before welding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug71zt Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 If you are riding on stock springs still, I believe that the early cars had a longer spring in the passenger side to counteract the road crown. I remember reading this in the 240z Hayes manual. I haven't run stock springs for about 20 years though. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie-GNZ Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Absolutely agree with John's statement from personal experience. Saw it when I did the flares on the GNZ and it drove me batty when I did the C4 IRS swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasz33 Posted April 27, 2006 Author Share Posted April 27, 2006 Thanks guys! Im still hoping its all cosmetic, but we shall see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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