Car: 1977 Datsun 260Z
Owner: Tom Whitfield
Purchased: July 2004
Power: Chasing 200 RWHP (153 RWKW). Should have figures after coming NIZPRO dyno day
ET: Low 14 second quarter (different car, same motor ran a 14.3 a couple weeks ago)







Interior:
Momo Corse Racing seat
SPARCO 4 Point Race Harness
Momo Race steering wheel
Re-trimmed seats and all carpets and mats
All working and original gauges
Red-back alarm, immobilizer and remote central locking


Exterior:
Custom modified front spoiler
Custom installed 2 window sunroof
Factory option rear spoiler
Powder-coated black exterior trim pieces


Rolling Stock:
Race:
Japanese 3-piece ultra light weight 15" race rims
Dunlop 215/50/15 Type-R race semi-slick tyres all round
Street:
Original 14" Datsun mags polished and painted
195/60/14 Nankang tyres all round


Engine Bay:
Nissan L28 Engine block bored 60 thou
Nissan P90 head shaved, ported and header flowed
Gemini pistons
Nissan l24 con rods
Datrally 78 race cam
Oversize valves
Triple 45mm Weber carburetors
MSD Digital-6 Plus ignition
K&N Filters
BMW gold centered harmonic balancer
Oversized crankshaft bearings
2 1/4" mandrel bend tuned length extractors
2 1/2" mandrel bend exhaust, 3" resonator, 3" muffler
V8 2-core radiator


Mechanical:
Lightened flywheel
Re-lined Exedy super-heavy duty clutch (soon to be replaced with button clutch to handle power)
Nissan 5 speed close ratio gearbox
Nissan Skyline 4.4:1 LSD
Custom stub axles
Datsun 1600 drive shafts
Ford BA XR8 2-spot front rotors and calipers, EBC green pads
Nissan R31 Skyline 1-spot rear calipers and rotors, EBC green pads
15/16" Brake master cylinder
Koni internally adjustable struts
King springs
Aftermarket sway bars front and rear
Camber Kit
Polyurethane bushings through-out
Volkswagon H4 headlights


ICE:
You dont need a subwoofer with triple webers

take everything painted black, chrome it. Delete the sun roof, and that car is pure sex.
Nice mate, even as is. but yeah no painted bumpers

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"Stroked is fun, but I'ld rather get blown"
"Redlines are merely suggestions"

my shrinking garage is down to.....
2x 1600s
1x GQ Tray back
1x 300ZX
1x FZR600

in the process of deleting said sunroof as we speak. just gotta figure if its cheaper to buy a new roof or just weld a plate in where it is...

as for chrome its all been powder coated and it looks AWESOME compared to chrome. silver and chrome = spew



and unfortunately cant remove the bumpers. paint behind is pretty scatched up and i need something to mount indicators on. would love to remove them, shave the panels, and then put a mesh grill on the front. now THAT would be pure sex then

The black painted bumpers looks more 'modern' to me.
Personally I like it. Doesn't look half bad!

Nice car too BTW!

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1972 Datsun 1600, S14 SR20DET Engineered (204rwkW @ 17psi.)
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very nice!! think i saw you fanging round the busselton forrest rally super stage a month or so back?? you were in the same pack as my mates 240z (with 350chev, sorry to the die hards but its a helluva qik car)? looks like you've done some travellin with it?

I seem to thing that the 260Z's that came out factory in metallic silver looked good with chrome!

...hey who did the poweder coating? (onxy black - dulux colour isnt it?)

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"Stroked is fun, but I'ld rather get blown"
"Redlines are merely suggestions"

my shrinking garage is down to.....
2x 1600s
1x GQ Tray back
1x 300ZX
1x FZR600

indeed. that was a SCARY track. super slippery and plenty of concrete barriers. 6 cars of 40 to hit the wall makes it 15% of entrants to that event had accidents. thats a huge amount when you normally get 0-2 in a field of over 70 at hill climbs.

as for that z i want him to put the turbo on that he's got though. now THAT would kick some serious arse.
place on guthrie street ossy park. bout 3 or 4 doors down from the ossy park service centre. thats the west end/towards inalloo. dont remember the name and the colour was just the standard black they had hanging on the "standard price" mural on the wall. dulux rings a bell but not 100%. whatever the colour was they had a big selection for the cheap price, which was about $70 for 35 parts i believe.

Nice Z

What sort of front bar was that before it was modified? Did you modify it yourself? Looks like a great design

Cheers mate

it was on the car when i bought it. its just the one you see floating around all the time with the 2 little air holes on the lower edges and with the large indicator and park lights fitted. just enlarge the hole but now you cant fit the park lights.

here is an example of a before modified:

http://z.about.com/d/vintagecars/1/0/I/8/240z_angle.jpg

i believe it was bought from a guy in sydney. probably from the z shop or z spares. i think theyd both have them in stock, bout $400-500 i believe

Tom.

Looks similar to the mould I have. Might have to get chopping!

Thanks