Weight

[SlidingPanda]

I was wonder why the 70-71 240z are lighter then the 72 and up?

[NissanSportMag(Z31)]

Emissions and safety crap that got added in later years.

[evildky]

the unibody is a little different, as well as the seats, dash, interior trim, rear lover control arms, and a dozen other little odds and ends, the bumper brackets make up the majority of the difference, the series 1 cars have what amounts to a bent piece of bar stock for bumper brackets, on the series 2 chassis they added a lot of extra support for the frotn and rear bumpers

[SlidingPanda]

So what can i do to lighten it up?I want it to be as light as possible.I just picked up this car about 2 days ago.I really dont know much about the aftermarket support for these cars.Do they sell coilovers for this cars?All ive seen a sruts and springs for it.

[evildky]

you can get fiberglass or evan carbon fiber hoods, fenders, bumpers, fenders even door skins just depends how nuts you want to get, my s30 has no heatercore or interior beyond the dash shell and seats

As for coil overs search for strut sectioning in this forum and you'll find a write up I did when I did my coil overs,oversea sells a bolt on upper mount but you still have to cut off the stock k sori g pearch and weld a stop for the coil over sleeves, you might as well section the housings and add travel like I did

[SlidingPanda]

Thanks for the info.this forum seems pretty helpful with no newb bashing.thanks guys.

[SlidingPanda]

actually i was wondering if they had carbon fiber fenders. I know the have carbon fiber fender flares. Just wondering about fenders.

[evildky]

I don' t know of any gf fenders, cf is a waste of money IMHO, just get fiberglass and paint it so no one knows, unpainted cf adds a ricer quality

*damned iphone

[chitownguy]

,oversea sells a bolt on upper mount but you still have to cut off the stock k sori g pearch and weld a stop for the coil over sleeves

Huh?

I want to get the Arizona Z car coils but they're a bit pricey, do you think they're good or worth it evildky? If not I could just get Koni's and GC's but I want them valved so i can use them for street and track.

[SlidingPanda]

I wanted dry cf because it lighter.I would paint the cf if they had it but i cant seem to find it.

[evildky]

here is the write up I did on strut sectioninghttp://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=237090beta motorsports http://www.betamotorsports.com/products/index.htmlsells CF pieces as well as coil overs, they sell converted struts or you can buy the pieces and do your own, the emi style camber plates might require drilling but do not require you to cut out the shock tower like the Techno toys tuning http://www.technotoytuning.com...id=11 (I'm using thier plates)or ground control http://www.ground-control-stor...CA=27(I'm running their coil over kit)or many others

MSA sells an upper mount that offsets the upper mount to correct camber and allow you to use coil overs without cutting the strut tower outhttp://www.zcarparts.com

AZC sells presectioned struts and weld in plates, I believe they also sell the pieces a'la cartehttp://arizonazcar.com/coil.html

Modern Motorsport sells coil over kits and weld in plates as wellhttp://www.modern-motorsports....t.php

Reaction Research sells fiberglass replica pieces as well as widebody and specialty kitshttp://www.reactionresearch.co...s.htm

there are lots of others specialty manufacturers as well just do some research before buying form a non local company, show car body parts for instance sells fibergalss parts but have a horrible reputation, and have screwed lots of people

another emi plate seller

http://www.racetep.com/datsunsusp.html

[SlidingPanda]

Great thanksill be doing some research