skyblue Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 awesome z! I want one!!! Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted December 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 awesome z! I want one!!!Get one! You won't regret it... I picked up a wheel, from a buddy, today. Gonna order up the right adapter tonight, since it came off a 240sx. Came with an old school quick release, too. Pretty stoked about this one... Also, I talked to Omar, at Top End Performance. He said the car may not be straight, but if I'd like, he'll send out another brace. I told him I'd try this one on another Z first. Now I just need to find the time to get to my buddy's shop, to test it out on his car. Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 I just pulled the trigger on some triple weber 40's haha! This winter break is going to be awesome. My engine leaks oil bad all over the place, so plan is to pull engine change gaskets/seals on stand do carb conversion ….and not sure after that. ha! Header..... Quote Link to comment
Samson Posted December 19, 2013 Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 Header..... Im actually in the process of looking for one. Maltese, would you happen to have any headers you happen to have laying around and willing to part with? Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted December 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 Nope. I'm fresh out. I paid my last one forward, to a member here. I'll ask around, though. Quote Link to comment
Samson Posted December 19, 2013 Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 Nope. I'm fresh out. I paid my last one forward, to a member here. I'll ask around, though. Ahh, alright. Just found a 6-2-1 header on another forum its pretty beat. Gonna need new paint etc. Price is gonna total to like 140 shipped. Not sure if its worth the extra cost to get a "new" one Curious, which auto parts place do you work at? Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted December 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 I'm at O'Reilly. I'd pay the little extra for a new one. I think Top End Performance has headers on sale @ racetep.com. Quote Link to comment
Work280 Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 I've got a ceramic header for you it's a of the z store web site pm me if interested it's in good shape a little dirty but it's all there Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted December 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2013 So, I finally got the steering wheel mounted up. It came out of a 240sx, so I had to figure out a different hub adapter. I don't like how deep some of the hubs are, especially with the additional thickness of the quick disconnect I am using. Since I already had a Grant wheel installed, I opted to get a Grant to Nardi adapter, instead. The one I chose is 1" thick. When the adapter arrived, I tried to mount everything up. Turns out the adapter is slightly larger in diameter, than the Nardi hub. This caused interference with the disconnect. I installed the wheel anyway, and ordered a shim. Since the shim would add another 10mm, I also needed some longer bolts for the disconnect. I got some M5x0.8-25mm cap head allen bolts, from Fastenal. After all that fun, the wheel is finally installed, and I'm pleased. I hope the disconnect will serve as a theft deterrent, when I take the car to the big city... Now if I could just get a push button start from MSA?! Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted December 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 I had to go to work at midnight tonight, so the floors could be waxed. It's a 1 hour drive from my house, so I'm on the road a little before 11. Driving out of the mountains for about 30 miles, into the Central Valley, then 15 miles of straight flat roads. I'm about 8 miles from work, when I feel a slight vibration from the rear tires, at 60 mph. Slow to 55 and the vibration disappears. Then I make a left onto another road, and hear a pop. The vibration gets much worse, so into the next turnout I go. After looking things over, I found three missing lugs on the right rear wheel. I grabbed some tools, stole a lug nut off the other rear wheel, and tightened it back on with the only two remaining studs. Fortunately, they were across from each other. I wouldn't recommend driving with only two lug nuts! I was able to limp the car the rest of the way to work, however. I checked our stock, and as luck would have it, we had the studs! So, on my 4 am lunch break, I put 4 new studs on that side. I robbed more lug nuts from the other wheels, so I could run all four on the new studs. I'll check them periodically, on the way home, to make sure they're tight, and the new studs have fully seated. I snapped a pic, after I replaced one of the damaged studs... What a morning. Still trying to figure out when the rear wheels were off last?! Never had a wheel come off before, since I'm adamant about torquing things down properly. I guess there's a first time for everything. Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted January 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Been driving the wheels off this thing. 90 mile, round trip commute, daily. I got the timing squared away, now set at 17 degrees at idle, and 38 degrees at 2500 RPM's. It runs a million times better. Today, I decided to see how fast it would go, in 2nd gear. Set the GPS and hit the gas. All the way to 6900 RPM's. The top speed recorded on the GPS was... 78 MPH!! Holy cow! Kind of want to gear it lower!?!? 1 Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted February 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Got the passenger side stripes on... ...Finally. Quote Link to comment
Samson Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 cars and coffee fresno this sunday at palm & nees. You hear about it? Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted February 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Nope. I wasn't aware. What time? Crack of dawn? Quote Link to comment
Samson Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Nope. I wasn't aware. What time? Crack of dawn? 9am-1030am they usually have a mountain run after. im gonna be taking my Z out. Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Cool. My son and I will be there. Quote Link to comment
Samson Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Cool. My son and I will be there. its going to be at the GB3 parking lot. you should be able to find more details om facebook or instagram if you search cars and coffee fresno Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 I did that at lunch today. Found them on instagram. The last run they had, went just a couple miles past my house. Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Cars and Coffee was pretty cool, this morning. I got to park next to another '73... Went for a cruise to Auberry after the meet. Lined up before the run... Stopped to take pics on the 4 lanes by Shaver Lake... Was a cool event. Met some Datsun guys, and saw some ridiculously expensive cars. 1 Quote Link to comment
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maltese Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 And, the other two S30's that were there... Quote Link to comment
Samson Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 good meeting with you adam! wish I could've went on the cruise with everybody. Was there a huge group? Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted February 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 It was fun, not well organized though. A bunch of people got turned around. Glad I knew where to go, lol. A small group got pulled over in Auberry. Not sure if they got tickets. Good to meet you too, Samson! Quote Link to comment
Samson Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Really? how long was the total drive? forsure im going be out again next month! Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted February 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 I got home at 1:00. It was about 40 miles to the meeting spot, but people stopped at a few different places along the way. From there, I took some other back roads home. I had Rd 225 to myself, and got to play a little more. It was a good time! Quote Link to comment
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