If you were going to have something American engineered or Japanese engineered, I'd take the one from the country famed for quality, its a Japanese car, I prefer it to have Japanese parts as it just 'feels' right.
Why are you so anti Japanese parts for Japanese cars? Do you not like the more 'original' parts?
I didn't answer you which is strange for me unless I thought at the time you were merely being protagonistic and not constructively contributing to the discussion with your 'feelings' ?
I am categorically NOT agianst Japanese parts - my car is loaded with them. Because I ask the questions means solely that I like to learn....not that I doubt. How do you learn - sit, listen then believe ?
Why is something made today in Japan 'original' or more so than made elsewhere....eg the dp racing sump, faithfully copying the period part used and raced ?
I suspect a lot of 'using Japanese' parts merely because of the country of origin is the same as that of the cars' production is like wearing loud-coloured Nikes......that one later discovers are made in Malaysia ! I'm not saying that Japanese parts are sub-contracted to other countries for manufacture - simply that one can judiciously buy parts from all over without compromising the finished quality of a Z - it is after all a world car eg Les Collins has a superb reputation for engine building and he's 1000s of kms from Japan.
Moving on to the today
I received this in the post this morning (see photos).
https://zcardepot.com/products/oil-...28-240z-260z-280z?_pos=9&_sid=c0010c767&_ss=r
Also available to be posted in kit form (you-weld). The finished article weighs 7kgs and uses the stock pick-up.
They also sell this ::
https://zcardepot.com/products/oil-pan-racing-competition-moroso-7-quart-240z-260z-280z (I have one here too to compare)
which is also available here :
https://www.jegs.com/i/Moroso/710/2...GmHd2NziohwLPVd-CKi5k_0bZ8c_EcjfisUgNJ5Rgej8M
Although on my Z is this :
http://www.arizonazcar.com/pan.html
which, we've been told shares its' casting with this :
https://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/17-8067 but where they're both casted I don't know as the AZC version is half the price so I doubt that it's shipped from Japan.....
Also courtesy of Alan, the Datsun Competition USA carters are still made by the American company «Design Products»:
https://www.dpracing.co/engine
And of course, one could always baffle a stock sump but risk to reduce the overall oil capacity.
Anyone can list anymore on the market currently ?