[Roadsters] 1967 RL411 (R16-powered!)

[Alvin Gogineni]

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A 240Z owner at the shop also owns a few Nissan Patrols and this cherry
Bluebird wagon. I was really intrigued with the R16's induction, airbox,
and custom parts. It might be inspirational for roadster owners interested
in modifying theirs.
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The R16 has been stroked to 2L, and he used CAD to design and then weld up
the exhaust manifold that still exits out the fender!
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The whole drivetrain and engine bay look really sharp. Induction is in the
form of dual Mikuni flatslides with a 3D-printed airbox:
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The 411's dash has always been a favorite of mine and Greg's looked a bit
different. Turns out he used CAD to make a custom panel:
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I asked Greg to fill me in on his custom gauge cluster work:

"The stock gauge cluster didn't come with a tach.  When I put the 4 speed
in it I thought that would be a nice addition.  Also neither the temp gauge
nor the fuel gauge worked.  The gauges out of the early roadsters are
beautiful so I was originally intrigued with them.  They are expensive if
you can find them and the diameter is too large to fit nicely in the stock
cluster housing.  I ran across a few images of this sss cluster in a car
but it appeared to also have a larger cluster housing.  Both seemed
impossible to source.  The new electronic  tachs  and speedos are way
easier to get working than fussing with MSD tach adapters or speedo gears
etc.  If you look at the CAD image you can see that I gutted the original
speedo housing and added the toothed wheel and sensor to it.  It's driven
from the stock cable running to the transmission.  I was also able to
repurpose the stock wiring  plug so the whole mess plugs into the original
wiring harness exactly as the original unit."
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The elusive SSS unit:
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You can see more pics and read about Greg's build on the blog here:
https://www.zcarblog.com/2021/11/23/performance/zcg-big-brakes-zcg-cv-axles-and-panasports-for-gregs-1970-datsun-240z.html
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