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I'm positive that they are the right springs for the rear. I can definitely tell when they are not in the perch because the metal to metal noise is very loud. The seal went out on the rear strut, so Tokico sent me a replacement. I will put that in and see if the springs do any better. One thing I can say, I never heard sounds from the rear with stock springs installed. There is no load on the spring when I installed it. The spring sits loose. All I have to do is lift the car an inch off the ground and the spring is loose. There is enough room for me to turn it 360 degrees.

Does anyone here run Tokico lowering springs and have the clunking sound in the rear every time you go over a bump (either medium or big)? The rear springs are under load only when the wheels are on the ground. If I hit a bump, the spring gets loose in the perch. This does not happen in the front, the springs are tight even with the car is off the ground. If I jack the rear end up to change a tire and I'm by myself, there is no way I can lower the jack and hold the spring in place to make sure it seats properly unless the jack is right next to me. I called Tokico and they said this is normal. So if this is normal, does Eibach's springs do the same thing because I'm thinking of switching to them. Thanks in advance.

Warren, coming from anybody else I would have said sorry, but from you all I can say is butt out. lol On a serious note we are working on fixing the bandwidth problem. The site has never encountered so many people downloading one file before.

It's was Fred Sangalang.

I'll be there for the first time this year as a spectator. Looking forward to seeing some 9 second Z's for the first time. The best I've ever seen a Z run in person was a 10.25. I will also be looking for potential Hybrids for a feature article. Thinking of making it a multi-car story. I 'm sure I'll have a lot to choose from.

looks a little like a Opel GT on juice

Joel might be talking about Z Car Magazine (ZCCD). I went through my emails where I have talked to Joel and I didn't see any problems with his requests or questions about SZM. Althought not knowly, I can sometimes piss people off. But I really try not to.

Bob H, email me at arts@nissansportmag.com and give me all your info: full name, address, and phone number that you can be reached at. Also give me specifics on how you ordered ie: internet, mail, phone, etc. John C, my bad, I know I should have contacted you sooner, but with the embargo only being lifted on friday night these guys have been keeping me very busy and the time just flew by. I owe you something the next time I'm in CA. Not sure what it is, but i'll think of something. 2003z, the switchover is automatic. All SZM subscribers will be getting a postcard in the mail explaining the switch. Gabe, we will continue to support SEZ and one of these times I'm actually going to show up even without a car. Don't look at this as a sad day, we have a lot of new things planned for the new mag and I think they will make it even better.

A 5hp compressor is the lowest you can go with that setup and even then it's still weak. I T-d two 5hp compressors together amd that helped. Also do not fill the tank with media more then halfway. The finer or more consistant media works best. If using any kind of sand, it will sometimes clog up at the lower valve making it a pain to clear. I found that having a 25 gallon trash can and a big kitchen sifter helped to cut down on the clogging. Copper Slag works excellent and has no dust in it. The problem with CS is, it's black and if you don't plan to recapture the media you will have black stuff all over the place. My neighbor was not very happy with me since a lot of it blew over into his yard.

I have the spindle puller from Darrel. I have used it twice and it took about twenty minutes with no sweat involved. They came out easy. If you want to contact him his email address is: DLH2460@aol.com. He will get back to you. If you belong to a local Z club you should get it to buy the tool as a loaner to club members. That way the cost is deferred to all the members and it actually gets used more then a couple of times.

Copper Slag works great. But if you don't plan to recapture it you will have a heck of a mess since it is black. Great thing about it is there is no dust/dirt in it at all. About $5.00 a bag.

desert dog, do you have a decent center console?

Okay dr_hunt, I'll bite. When can I pick up the motor? Do I need to bring a hoist?

Z-Gad, if you haven't recieved the latest issue by now, PM me your full name and mailing address and we'll send you another copy.

Vinh, I'm the guy you need to talk to. Not sure who John is since there is no one that I know of that works for the magazine with that name. First and foremost, one of the things we require for a Z car to make it as a feature in the magazine is for the owner to at least have a subscription to the magazine. Your car is a perfect canidate for our pages since we are always looking for modifed 280ZX's. JeffP's is nice but it's always good to have others. Contact me direct (PM me) or go to our website at ww.sportzmagazine.com. Hey EZ-E, I guess Rick Marcus's 76 280Z V8, David Greimann's 79 280ZX V8, Bruce Bladon's Scarab V8, Rick Johnson's 73 240Z V8, Jeff Priddy's 450hp 280ZX, Mike Debusk's 500hp Z31, Sean Wagner's 744hp Z32, Joel Michalski's V8 Z31, Brian Schwatken's LS1 Z32, just to name a few that have graced our pages don't count? I'll check some of the other magazines from the past couple of years to see if combined they match up to this. Don't be discouraged Vinh, contact me and we'll talk. Art Singer Sport Z Magazine