blocking upper intake manifold on 240Z

[Guest WhatBoost?]

i just got my car and i didnt come with carbs and intake manifold, so i found the manifold from a 260Z and the carbs from a 240Z.

 

but i noticed the manifold has EGR and other crap i dont need, so what i did was put a plate to block the upper part of the manifold. oh i kept the upper part because of the linkage or else i wouldnt of used it.

 

well im just wondering if anyone has done this or is there a better way to do this? it should run just fine right? do the 240Z manifolds also have the upper part of the manifold, cuz i havent seen one yet?

 

oh and how many quarts of oil does an L24 take, my dipstick is missing the rubber stopper thing.

[OlderThanMe]

it needs the crossbar that conects the two manifolds...just grind off all the unnecessary junk and leave at least one NPT fitting so you can measure vacuum.

 

and a L24 uses 5 quarts of oil...You really need to get a haynes manual...

[260pos]

If you find a balance tube from a ’70-’71 240, it won’t have the big honking EGR, water, and exhaust passages on it. ztherapy has a nice solution, but it is kinda pricey.

[randy 77zt]

thats a euro balence tube-i think courtesy nissan sells those-but anything new wont be cheap.if you find a balence tube minus egr you can plug up excess ports with brass plugs-all are standard pipe thread.try local hardware store.

[260pos]

I was under the impression that the threads weren’t NPT, but that they were BPTT (British Pipe Thread Tapered). Think of all the money I could have saved on rubber plugs! Might want to check that, I will too.