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  1. does anybody know what the name of the vid on youtube is that has that white fairlady with huge fender flares goin around a track? it was a well known race team in japan. it was a 1'st gen z.
  2. does anybody know what the name of the vid on youtube is that has that white fairlady with huge fender flares goin around a track? it was a well known race team in japan. it was a 1'st gen z.
  3. http://www.cuttingedge.org/News/n1207.cfm interesting! just something i came across.
  4. well it qiut running all together the other day. i replaced the water temp senser and it idles alright now but way to rich. i know its just to rich cause it wont rev or nuthing but if i hold the throttle 1/4 the way down it just sputters , not rev. but if i cut the fp off while holding the throttle it will smooth out and rev up fast till it runs out of fuel. so thats the symptom. i will soon post the cure just as soon as i figure it out. i have some very knowledgable friends, a haynes manual. and a decent mechanic's head on my shoulders, but i would be lost without hybridz! thanks. ^ and yet another gay moment by flatbackz.
  5. how bout a first gen rx7 ? aerodynamic and light.
  6. actually if you flat blacked it. then when you go to prep fer final paint just scuff it real good with a scotchbright pad. that way you'd be less likely to get any waves on the surface then with 220. works just fine.
  7. are you taking it down to bare metal or are you just gonna paint over the the old paint? i would start at 120 grit if your leaving the old paint on there, but if your goin to take it down to bare metal then i'd start at 40 grit.i would take it down to the metal and get each panel as straight and perfect as i could. and dont let it set in primer any longer then you have to. primer absorbes moistour out of the air. if you leave it in primer too long then your paint will start bubbling and crap later on down the road. if i was you then i would primer it then paint it with some rattle can semi flat black. i used this on the hood of my z and the color is very nice. kinda like a satin but not real shiny. i think it was krylon but not sure. but that way you could ride around as long as you needed untill you got the car painted and be worry free. then when you get it painted just block it wiith some 220, and the wipe it down with some cleaner. oh yea, you definately want to use a block fer the sanding. i would suggest that you got a book that you could read more about prep and paint fer cars. hope i didnt say anything that sounded too stupid!
  8. no. the inside handle and the outside handle connect to the latch seperatly. so you wouldnt need the pivot bolt if you dont want to use the inside latch handle. at least on my 77!
  9. i would love to see this car finished the way you were goin in the first place.the only thing i would do would be to shorten the front just a "tad". and round it off just a little.but i luuuv the rear end of the car. just my $0.02
  10. my car has a pantera hatch, and a wing thats about 4-6 inches lower then the roofline. it sits right at the back of the car. kind of ricey,but being this tall do ya'll think it will take care of the ill effects of the hatch conversion? i sure dont know nothin bout aerodynamics,it was all i could do to spell the word just now!lol but it looks like to me that the wing would catch the wind and carry it off the back of the car before it could start swirling or whatever it does back there. i like the pantera, but if it proves to be a hazzard at high speed, then it will have to go.
  11. i agree. i dont know why, but i love the mid '70s to early '80s custom styling. my favorite example is the 69 stingray in corvette summer. that car was badazzz
  12. i would think that it would work as long as you didnt cut out the hole for the pivot bolt for the latch linkage. are you gonna brace it?
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