240Z on TV tonight

I could still spend loads more on my Zed,it never ends and as for you baldy,I blow off in your direction
 
To my mind if you keep the L engine you should stick to period mods, which means the car is still a "classic", if you do an engine swap for a later unit, then fill your boots.

Rob, totally agree about the cringing style of the show, frankly the Tim guy makes me fume. They did one about a Sebring Sprite and when they tried to blag an ex works engine off a gent I know well, it was just disgusting, especially when it then transpired it wasn't the engine fitted to their car.

Fuzz and his team are great and should be featured more

Paul you've just reminded me I must send the new owner my copy of Hot Metal !!
 
MikeB said:
To my mind if you keep the L engine you should stick to period mods, which means the car is still a "classic", if you do an engine swap for a later unit, then fill your boots.

Rob, totally agree about the cringing style of the show, frankly the Tim guy makes me fume. They did one about a Sebring Sprite and when they tried to blag an ex works engine off a gent I know well, it was just disgusting, especially when it then transpired it wasn't the engine fitted to their car.

Fuzz and his team are great and should be featured more

Paul you've just reminded me I must send the new owner my copy of Hot Metal !!
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Seconded the sentiment about Tim not so nice but dim. Total embarrassment. If he wants to learn how to present a program, he could do worse than watching a few episodes of Counting Cars. Danny (aka The Count) is an absolute natural, even though isn't "presenting" the show as such. Funny, knowledgable and really engaging and seems a nice bloke to boot. Probably a psychotic drug-addled crazy in real life, but a real pro when the cameras roll. ;)
 
I thought the best bit was making the diamond pattern in the vinyl trim.
The CANEMS guy supplying the ECU etc will be doing my car as he is fairly local to me and has done some work for my mate as well .
 
With regard to price, you could buy a 6 cylinder emerald/jenvey kit for £2300. You then just need the inlet manifold and maybe an air box which would be another £1000. So you could put together a cheap kit for under £3500 then allow another £400 for mapping.
 
So that's £4K before you look at head work, and an exhaust, which I presume is necessary to make the change worthwhile? Eeek! I suppose the couple of hundred quid you'd get for your old carbs and distributor would ease the pain a bit...
 
Sam_C said:
So that's £4K before you look at head work, and an exhaust, which I presume is necessary to make the change worthwhile? Eeek! I suppose the couple of hundred quid you'd get for your old carbs and distributor would ease the pain a bit...
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You could get one of mine with built-in lambda plugs.:thumbs:
 
Sam_C said:
So that's £4K before you look at head work, and an exhaust, which I presume is necessary to make the change worthwhile? Eeek! I suppose the couple of hundred quid you'd get for your old carbs and distributor would ease the pain a bit...
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It's not cheap Sam that's for sure. If you were to put on a new set of triples you'd be looking at say £1200 for some new webbers, £500 for a pucka manifold. Air box if you require and £400 ish RR tuning time as well. So not cheap either.

To save cost's go for a second hand manifold and airbox on either set up.
 
Had both set ups and the TBs leave the carb set up for dead when it comes to driveability but am not knocking webbers or dellortos ,loved them also but once set up you don't have to touch em anymore
 
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Had both set ups and the TBs leave the carb set up for dead when it comes to driveability but am not knocking webbers or dellortos ,loved them also but once set up you don't have to touch em anymore
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I never had to 'touch' my Deloorto set-up for +5 years after it was set-up correctly on a rolling road......and that is what most don't do for various reasons, none of which do the engine any good.
 
Carbs go out of tune,Don't think TBs do,they are just better as in driving experience which is wot I have,having had both
 
I've only ever had one set of triples (on my L31) and although a bit rich at the bottom end, they were fine higher up the revs and still ran on the road (normal driving) at +20mpg and that after 5 yrs.
 
TBs run ok all the time not to rich or to lean,you get wot you pay for and over thirty to the gallon at high speed ain't bad,no brainer really,two pumps and a squirt and away you go,which reminded me of some Dorris that said that about you once
 
I agree with you Paul and why I sold my triples on to be replaced by Efi.

Ah, Doris, sweet....but brief memories but recalling that you with your injection were always more rapid.......
 
Chasing classic cars on Discovery turbo now. Sold a 280z at auction for $45000. Next up a Toyota 2000GT.
 
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TBs run ok all the time not to rich or to lean,you get wot you pay for and over thirty to the gallon at high speed ain't bad,no brainer really,two pumps and a squirt and away you go,which reminded me of some Dorris that said that about you once
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Which setup sounds better between the two out of curiosity? I can completely understand the benefit of going to TB's from a reliability and economy point of view however does it take away from the classic car experience at all?

Quite curious to hear more about the pros and cons of both these setups, as long term this will certainly be a debate I have with myself.
 
TBs are better on mpg,cost a lot more,you get a similar sound when you put your foot down but more of a crisp sound,equivalent TBs give out more power I think,someone correct me if I'm wrong,I see you are in Surrey,I'm not to far from you probably an hour,you are welcome to come round and experience my Zed which is a 3.1 with TBs and all the tricks to go with it,
 
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