[DeTomaso] NPC - Did Datsun 240Z's always sound this good?

[Sean Korb]

My bad, they just seemed like twice as much but it's 180 degree headers.
Two of the tubes went under the oil pan and the tubes were so long he had
to cut the firewall and rout it where the passenger seat used to be.  After
selecting the cam shaft he tuned the headers to be perfect at his target
RPM.  He even fluted the ends.  A work of art and for some reason I can't
find Andy Nelson's pictures online anymore :(


On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know what 180 headers are , but what are 360 degree headers?
> Boyd
>
>
> On Thursday, October 31, 2013, Tom Shinrock wrote:
>
>>  I bought my 280Z new in 1978 for $8500 (included dealer installed AC).
>> I bought it because one of my friends got a 260Z while I was still in
>> school and I thought it was cool.  Another friend bought a TR6 new the year
>> before and that's what I decided I wanted to buy when I graduated but by
>> the time I finished school the TR6 was gone and it was the first year for
>> the TR7.  Went and looked at a new TR7 but was not impressed so I bought
>> the Z.
>>
>> Tom
>> 5186
>>
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jeff Detrich <jjdetrich at gmail.com>
>> To: Tom Shinrock <tmshinro at aol.com>
>> Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
>> Sent: Thu, Oct 31, 2013 4:58 pm
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Did Datsun 240Z's always sound this good?
>>
>>  They were about $3200 going up to over $5000 for the 74 260Z. Plus you
>> had to wait 6 to 12 months for delivery. Rust in the pressed frame rails
>> was a real problem. Ran circles around a TR6.
>>
>> Jeff (two 240s and a 260z)
>> 6559
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Tom Shinrock <tmshinro at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Obviously a tweeked engine and aftermarket exhaust.   Sounds sweet.
>>
>> The first new car I ever bought, right after I got out of college, was a
>> 1978 280Z.  By then they had gotten heavy, went to fuel injection and had
>> the big bumpers but it was still a very sweet ride.  Loved that car.   I
>> don't see many first gen Z cars anymore (at least here in Iowa) but
>> everytime I do I have to take a closer look and go back into the time
>> machine of my youth.
>>
>> Tom
>> 5186
>>
>>
>>   -----Original Message-----
>> From: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
>> To: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
>> Sent: Thu, Oct 31, 2013 1:36 pm
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC - Did Datsun 240Z's always sound this good?
>>
>>   I can’t get over the sound that the car makes in this video:
>>
>> Dare to Be Different in a Datsun 240Z<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO2y_-vpolA&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLtoI3QrvJpTzxHu7Arw78-AgNoEu0dgL0>
>> ,
>>
>> It’s not a stock exhaust system or a stock engine (why does that sound
>> familiar on the DeTomaso forum?) but I can’t get over how amazing this car
>> sounds…
>>
>> I never paid all that much attention to 240z’s, as they were a little
>> before my time, but I found the video interesting
>>
>> Charles McCall
>> Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe
>> 1985 DeTomaso Pantera #9375
>> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2323
>>
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