New 260Z Owner from NI

Ian

Ian

Club Member
Hi Andrew, good to find some more owners here in NI.

Would be good to have a get together sometime, I'll let you know when I'm home next and see what we can do, unfortunatly my car will be off the road for a while then though, I'm hoping to get the bay and front wheelwheels stripped, media blasted to bare metal and repainted along with fitting my new suspension in two weeks but realistically I can see it taking 3. With me probably only having 5 weeks at home that doesn't leave long but lets see what we can do.
 
MikeB

MikeB

Well-Known Forum User
Guys, let me know when you are meeting up annd I'll get my 240 along as well

Cheers

Mike
 
Ian

Ian

Club Member
Stevie P said:
Love the colour, really suits the body shape.

Wheels look superb, are they 260 or ZX?

Steve
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Thanks

Ever since I decided I wanted a 240/260 I wanted it to be blue, guess I was lucky that one showed up in the right colour. Definitly my favourite colour for them.



Wheels are from a 280ZX, I really like them, if only they were bigger.
 
Ian

Ian

Club Member
I'm home for a week after finishing some more training so I got a chance to check out some parts that are gathered.



Airdam


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Indicators for the Airdam
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New PCV hose, bonnet adjusters and some new fittings for the inspection panels.
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Carbon Fibre BRE style rear wing, very lightweight and rather nice looking:
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Coilovers
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New fuel filter and thermostat, hood prop rod (will get this chromed) as mine is missing and second hand dome light as my switch is broken, will swap internals to my unit as its cleaner.
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Headlight relay wiring
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Red stiched gear gaiter, thought mine was a bit tatty:
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Oil and Filter:
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Billet alloy lock pulls:
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Got more on the way although mostly now I just need parts for re doing the wiring, paints, ss bolts.
 
Mr.G

Mr.G

Club Member
Ian, I'm liking the Cusco brace, nice other parts too.

I may have missed this, but what are the plans for the engine, I guess you won't be keeping it stock having seen your driveshafts....

Enjoy
 
Mr.G

Mr.G

Club Member
franky said:
I wish someone would do camber adjusters that didn't require cutting the turret tops.
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Not wishing to deviate too much from Ian's thread but these don't require cutting : Kmac Datsun 240Z 260z 280z Front Camber Caster Kit S3 | eBay from what I gather the ride quality can be a bit harsh as you do away with the rubber insulator, but no reason why a substitute rubber insulator to go underneath can't be made.

Ian, I had another look at your pics, she looks really clean, and even better now you touched up the odd bit.
 
Ian

Ian

Club Member
Mr.G said:
Ian, I'm liking the Cusco brace, nice other parts too.

I may have missed this, but what are the plans for the engine, I guess you won't be keeping it stock having seen your driveshafts....
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The cusco bars are great, they look very nice and are very solid, Cusco stuff is always very good.


I haven't fuly decided on the engine yet, going to drive it a bit more with the L26 before deciding. Either going to go RB26 which was the original plan or possibly a built L28 2.9/3L.






Ian Patmore said:
Nice Ian, "Santa" was busy carrying all that!
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Santa was very busy, just a pity he also sent me all the bills, thought gifts from Santa were meant to be free.






franky said:
What/which suspension did you go with? I wish someone would do camber adjusters that didn't require cutting the turret tops.
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Went with the Mckinney setup in the end, although with 4 and 5kg/mm springs rather than 5 and 6.






Mr.G said:
Ian, I had another look at your pics, she looks really clean, and even better now you touched up the odd bit.
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Thanks, shes seems pretty clean all over, looking forward to getting the bay sprayed as that will finish her off nicely and then I can also be happy that there no hidden rust issues on the front end.





MikeB said:
Nice looking kit, Ian, you'll have a busy week
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Unfortunatly I won't be fitting any of these parts this week, they will all be fitted on my next holiday around summer time.
 
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Gaz 300

Gaz 300

Well-Known Forum User
Hi Ian nice to see another Zedder in N.I. there is not many of us about in the provence. Nice 260z you have there and it would be nice to see it some day when the weather is warmer. My Zed is the newer 300zx swb (Z32) Hope we meet up at a Summer show:thumbs:
 
Ian

Ian

Club Member
Thanks, I hope I'll be at home for at least one show/meet somewhere this summer. Would be good to see a few more Z's.
 
Ian

Ian

Club Member
Unless I'm mistaken this is my voltage regulator?

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I'll be respraying my bay soon and I'd like to tidy it up a bit so I'd like the voltage regulator to go. I believe if I buy a new alternator with an internal voltage regulator Like this one then I can remove the external voltage regulator, but how does it get wired in, what do I do with the plug where the external regulator used to be? From what I can see I need to put some kind of diode onto it? Is there something I can get that will just plug in?




Also while on this subject is there a neater alternative to fusible links? Can I just wire in some kind of inline fuse?
 
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