v8dream

I'm not concerned whether or not it is limited slip. Just want one in good condition. Thanks.

I do not have a blog or website. But I will try and post some pics soon. Frankly, you should be talking to lilredZ. His sounds like it would be much more impressive (I've only seen pics of it from a couple years ago). Mine needs to be posted in the White Zcar thread. Looks good from 15 feet. Basically, my (limited) money went into chassis and getting it to a point of being a good track day car. Huge power was not a priority. That said, its a hoot to drive. I built my first set of headers for it and they came out great.

I'd be glad to let you look at/ride in mine. I'm also in Livermore. PM me if you're interested.

There's a picture of Bob Murray's Z during the 2007 event in the new Car & Driver. http://www.caranddriver.com/features/13001/2007-one-lap-of-america-more-entries-page3.html Is he a member, or more to the point, does anyone know him? I'd really like to know about his car and what the One Lap tour is like. Thanks in advance. Larry C.

Dragging this back up. Anyone else have any experience with English wheels? I have a new MSA rear valence which is mostly flat and not curved correctly to fit the rear of my '73. Because it needs to be curved in two directions, I think an English wheel is just the ticket. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Tilton offers balance bars in three different thread diameters: 3/8", 7/16" and 1/2". Which diameter are you using? My initial aSSumption is that 3/8" should be enough. I didn't find any tech about this on either the Tilton or Wilwood sites. Any help would be appreciated.

I'm not sure where you're located, but there's a place I found in Oakland that does a lot of cars. I've seen everything from Jag XKE's to model A Fords in there. However, I don't think they shoot any primer. Oh, and don't be scared off by their name. They shoot other types of media besides sand! Myers Sandblasting, Inc. 800 Moorpark Street Oakland, CA 94603 510-638-0444

I had my rack/crossmember assembly on the bench while measuring everything. The rack on my car was not parallel with the crossmember to frame mounting holes, the centerline of the LCAs, or anything else. I have measured it with the original bushings as well as the MSA urethane bushings. One end of the rack housing (the part that actually mounts in the bushings) was about 5mm farther forward than the other. As I said earlier, there is no evidence of damage to the rack or member. It looks like it was manufactured that way, either intentionally or not. EDIT: For grammer.

Yep, like Jon said, they are designed for 2.5" springs.

I was taking measurements on my '73 while designing a new crossmember and saw pretty much exactly what you described. I have not found any indication of accident damage to either the crossmember or the front of my car in general. So, maybe the same brilliant minds who designed in all that bumbsteer had a reason for doing this too? That seems hard to believe, but who knows?

Yes it is. I should have included that in my post. That photo should be a sticky all by itself IMO. A good object lesson in the importance of matching pad material to the heat range generated by a particular braking system. Jon, out of curiosity, how many laps/sessions did those pads last before you went farming?