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Hey Bartman, Great work! Here's some other enthusiasts who are doing some work in support of Autism Awareness: http://www.racing4autism.ca/ Also, we're auctioning off a door from last year's Targa 240Z rally car at ZCON this July and a portion of the proceeds will go to the local Autism Society here in Newfoundland. Additional proceeds will go to the Japan Disaster Relief Fund and a couple of other charities. We've got 2 fenders and 2 doors from last year's car that will all be auctioned off at various venues all in the good name of charity. Keep up the good work! Stay tuned to http://www.targa240z.com/ Regards, RSC

Hey, This might help if you haven't already checked: http://atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/wipermotor/index.htm Regards, RSC

Pete, Awesome work. Bad Dog 2.0 is going to be a savage. Looking forward to the plot. Regards, Ron

Hey, Not that it really adds to the technical discussion of the seadoo supercharger but, I know and have personally viewed a 240Z with an L28, 3.1 stroker. It has been worked over to receive a STILLEN 370Z supercharger. The intake appeared to be a BSR/AZ Car 4bbl modified to adapt the supercharger. This is the supercharger: http://blog.stillen.com/2010/03/stillen-introduces-515hp-supercharger-for-nissan-370z-infiniti-g37/#more-985 Should be decent. Regards, RSC

Agree with TimZ. Although a little heavier than the nomex we used braided stainless FI hose on our rally car. But I will vouch for the needly, prickly nature of working with braided stainless. Wrap some electrical tape around your section then cut to length and it comes out neater. Oh and WEAR LEATHER GLOVES! Stainless splinters are no fun. Availability, ease of installation, cost, ability to take some damage and not crush/break were our considerations since we can have anything happen on the rally we run. White picket fences seem to attract rally cars like magnets for some reason. ;o) Ditches, lakes, ponds, bogs, forests, cliff sides and the Atlantic Ocean are our run-out areas so we've got other special considerations as well. We also installed a surge tank, and made both the feed and return the same I.D. so we could swap either over for feed in the event of damage (redundancy factor). -6AN feed and return lines (to/fro surge tank/bulk head fittings) and -8AN under the hood from the surge tank to the pump. Hope this helps. Regards, RSC

Hey, I haven't been so fortunate to get the jump on some of our more senior members/adminstrators as I have on this occassion. Maybe its one of their off days considering the holiday weekend. I'll play admin for a moment, please endulge me. That said, here's pointer #1, the only one you'll ever need while on this site: SEARCH! Its been done many times over. (Sorry, just had to do it man.) Now you got me feelin' like an asshat so I'll throw you a bone: http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/topic/56983-heres-an-easy-to-make-surge-tank/ Tony D, J Coffey, RTZ, BRAAP, et. al., you're welcome. ;o Happy Easter. Regards, RSC

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Hey, Nice stuff. MMmmmmmm....car candy...yum! RSC

Hi, I just parted out a '77 280Z. Have Rad, Hinges, and a bunch of other parts. Nearly a complete car. Engine, driveline and suspension we're all I was really interested in. The rad is in good shape, not leaking, it was re-cored about 5 years ago and holds pressure fine, etc. The hinges are also good, not bent, broke etc. Its at my storage locker so you'll have to bear with me for some pics until I get out there. Will try to get out there in the next week or so. Let me know if you're interested. Thanks, Regards, Ron

Hi Wyn, Here's a pic of the runners from the 72 240 I have. Check the PM I sent you and return the PM with your thoughts. Thanks. Ron

Hey Boy from Oz, Nice work, been contemplating a similar mount for our build. We used Bad Dog Subframe connectors for our chassis. The rails project about 1.25" from the bottom of the floors so doing a tube through the rail for structure is a little more involved with some extra plating etc. Haven't fully engineered this do-up yet though. Looks fairly straight forward, wouldn't have a dimensioned drawing available from your setup would you? Thanks. Regards, RSC

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Hey, If its just spotty surface rust clean it up, wipe it down with some neutralizing agent, warm it up to liberate moisture (wifey's/gf's hair dryer will work) and then spray/feather it out with some good self-etching primer. RSC

Hey, Take a 27mm impact to the bolt if you haven't moved it already. If the cyl head is still on you could use the old rope trick down the spark plug hole to keep the engine from turning over. Or put the flywheel bolts back in and use a bar to block the rotation of the crank then take off the bolt. Have someone hold the bar or jam it against the engine stand to keep the crank from rotating. If the damper doesn't come off after removing a bolt use a couple of well placed whacks with a rubber mallet on the back of it. Should come right off. Use some penetrant if the damper is still a little cranky. (PUN intended) You'd really have to do something wrong to break something up. Don't be afraid of it. RSC

Z-Ya, Awesome looking engine build, very high quality. I call dibs when you want to sell the engine. hahaha You guys are going to clean up in the vintage racing, just like BSR and BRe did when these cars we're new! Wicked! Cheers, RSC