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  1. Actually, I was just talking with YETTERBEN the other day. He has experience with the CamdenSC. His was with the RX7 setup, but he has been able to give me alot of info on certain limitations, and what others have done. He actually brought up a conversation regarding that exact subject. He said he had seen a watercooled intercooler that someone had built for the SC. As he could recall, it fit between the SC and the manifold. I'm guessing it was a custom built unit. It sounds like a very simple and direct way to really reduce the intake temps, my only concerns would be with the interference with intake flow (??), and the increase in height to the T.B. I'm guessing to make one that would allow good flow, and cool well, would need to be about 2" thick. Ben said he was going to look into it, and see if he could find any info on it...... HEY B, any luck??
  2. Thanks Ben.. Yes, if you find that diagram, please send it my way!!
  3. Ok.. another update for you guyz! Jesse came by today, and we took our tail and did some drawing on it to brain storm. We went over the few details I listed above, but actually added another change to the tail. When RTz was over last, he made mention that it might be nice to have it a bit more angled. So we looked at making it slightly angled more to the hatch. This gave a slight different height on the tail. *( See first two photo ) Photo 1 Shows tail as sits.. photo 2 shows it how it will be once kick is slightly changed. I didn't take any photo's of the leading edge of the tail/to hatch. But there is a ledge thats about 1/2 if not more, that will be removed. You can slightly see it in the photo below... This will allow for a smooth transition into the tail. Now here are the photo's of the tail outer edges. It will be kind of hard to see it in its unfinished form. The chalk shows were the edge will be rounded to. It's not much, but it will make a much more dramatic effect on the shape and how it mimics the more rounded features of the Z.
  4. OK.... Heads up!! Got with Jesse ( mold maker ) today, and he is up to making the small changes to the Tial that most of us have agreed on. I'm going to meet with him again tomorrow, and we're going to go over the details. Here's what were going to do: 1. making the tail more flush to the hatch lid by doing away with the 1/2 leading edge. 2. remove the rear overhang lip, to allow for the tail to be fitted on the hatch better. 3. rounding the outer Edge's of the wing just slightly, to match more of the Z body lines. Ultimate product were shooting for is a 2-layer, complete CF tail ( FG will be available ).. Weight will be less than 3 pounds by our estimate. If your seriously interested in purchasing this tail once complete, i'd like to hear from you to get an idea of confirmed interest. PS: We also will be discussing a few other projects that are just as awesome.. One is truely remarkable, and insane!!
  5. Ya... Atkins are not the best guy's to deal with ( to say the least!! )......... **** bags pretty much covers em' Well, I was lucky enough to get ahold of one of the mechanics there at Atkins Rotory. Playing a bit under the radar, as not to give him to much info, I told him only enough info that to get the job done. I told him I had a 7" Camden SC, and that I needed some replacement parts. I also told him I needed an exploded diagram if possible. After a few discussions, I made enough headway that he sent me a real basic parts list w/ pricing. He never would get me a diagram. I purchased some seals and some bearings ( which you can probubly have matched at any bearing shop ). But the reason I did it wasn't for the seals or bearings, but I also was able to get about 6ft of the teflon material for the tips of the blades. This should be enought to replace the tips twice!! From what I heard last, Atkins is done with the Camden stuff. They're looking to sell off the rest of thier stock, and call it quits... Not surprising with the customer service they have!! LOL OK..... Down to business. THROTTLE BODY: As it was brought up by YetterBen, the camden SC was made to be a "wet" system. This meaning that the fuel needs to be run through the SC to cool, and somewhat lubricate the blades. This was a puzzling piece to my system. Another consideration I needed to look at, was the space under the hood. As you can see from the photo at the beginning post, there was a custom intake hat made to keep a very low profile, while re-directing the inlet to draw air from the front of the car. So I need something low profile, and really all I need is Throttle body unit that has my TPS, and possibly a cold start valve. I started with a flat stock of 1/2" aluminum. The whole purpose of this part was to mount to the SC as a base. As you can see, I marked a center section that I would cut out ( as I had already found my TB setup.. WINK! ), and I drilled the pattern for both securing the plate to the SC, and holes for the T.B. Here is the answer to my needs, courtesy of a mid 90's Ford Mustang, I took the TB and elbow unit. The unit was perfect for my needs. It has a 70mm T.B., and It incorporates the T.P.S. and a Cold start valve if I decide to use it. It also has a very low profile, and has a flat mounting base. Now, to address the "wet" system requirements, I simply made sure I purchased 7 Injector housings!! On the back of the T.B. was a port, and it was gonna have to go anyway. I cut the back port off, and drilled the hole out to allow for the angle of the Injector housing to be welded on, making sure the injector tip would have a straight shot center to the SC. The seventh injector will run off of its own relay on the WOLF EMS. This will allow me to tailor the injector seperately from the main port injectors. The seventh injector should be able to cool, and lubricate the blades to keep the tempratures down to a managed level. ( fingers crossed!! )
  6. OK... I was going to wait for my next post, but since you jumped on the subject of Ignition, I'll give a little bit of info. IGNITION:[/b] Once again, another friend of mine had also purchased a WOLF system from RTz. On his project, Ron came up with a sweet setup that not only was very effective, but very customized as well.......... Just perfect for my project indeed!! So, I went down to the local junk yard, and pulled a set of suburban coilpacks from a LS1-V8. These incorperate thier own ignitors in each coilpack, and are relatively easy to wire. Using the custom bracket Ron had come up with, It allows you to line them up under each cylinder, mounting the bracket to the side of the block. It's a snug fit for wiring, but do-able. You can see RTz's info on this setup Here: http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php?/topic/59961-ignition-wolf3d/ You can see all RTz's WOLF info Here: http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php?/forum/64-wolf3d/ MORE TO COME..
  7. INJECTORS: For injectors, the bungs handle the standard 14mm GM style. This give a huge array of sizes to choose from. They also are fairly cheap in price. In order to choose my injectors correctly, i first asked myself, "being realistic, what kind of HP am i going to reach?" I know that my largest pulley will allow me to run a maximum of 9-10psi. If I have a cam ground, which at that time was in discussion phase, than being realistic I would say I'd make somewhere around 250hp... Maybe 300hp ( fingers crossed ) . So with a bit of RTz's help, we figured that the best bet would be 375cc to 400cc Injectors. I opted to go with the 400cc Injectors. They will support well above the 300-400hp mark, and with the EMS control, we should have no problem tuning them down if need be.
  8. The white car above is 1TUFFZ.. This was when he had it installed. It now has a very nice V8 conversion. You can look up his work here on the site. As for the Holley, it wasn't a Carb as per say, but a TBI. The limitation was more in the control of Fuel delivery. At the 9psi, the injectors were not able to delivery a precise fuel ratio to keep it controlled. It was more specific to the entire control system ( which was analog ) when compared to today's more advanced computer ECU's. Back to the SC'r..... The original install above, shows the manifold installed w/ the Pro-Jection TBI Kit. Now picking up where I left off: MANIFOLD: So I knew I wanted to take this setup to the next level. So in my planning, it was pretty simple to come to a few conclusions.I want to make a system that is more up-to today's standards in performance and control. So........... 1. It will need to be F.I. 2. Being F.I. it will require a EMS. 3. Better IGN setup 4. Cam?? So it just happened, that at that time RTz was testing the waters with the WOLF3D EMS system from Australia. The company is established (www.wolfems.com), and has been selling thier systems for racing and performance application for 10+ years t/o Australia and Europe. The highlights of this system in comparison to others, is the fine tailoring that the system will allow. The WOLF is designed to be used with almost any sensors, Injectors, and Ignition configurations, allowing very fine fuel and Ignition controls. So for my first purchase I started with the brains of the system ( good place to start ). So to start my customization of the manifold, I purchased some really nice CNC machined Injector holders. I don't remember the name of the company I purchased them from ( I'll get back to you on that ). They were very reasonable in price, and they should fit nicely on the manifold. These parts are made of aluminum, and the machining is excellent. The neat thing about these is that they not only act as the holder for the injector, but they also incase it. This means no fuel rail will be required. This was perfect for me, as I wanted to run individual braided lines to each injector. I started by marking the locations on the manifold I would be welding the Injector housings. I tried to think ahead with this, and place the injectors in positions so they would not interfere with each other, or other things that may come later in the build. After a little mach-up, I proceeded to drill the initial holes for lacating the injector nose. Once the holes and angles were good for what I wanted, I drill the holes out to match the port of the injector bung. Once I had this to my satisfation, I took the pieces to my welder ( my brother-inlaw... lucky me! ) and had them welded into place. As you can see, it looks to have turned out pretty darn good. So now I can say the manifold is setup for Port Injection. This should allow me to use the injector sizes appropriate to control fuel demands. MORE TO COME>....
  9. After some discussion with others here, who had no idea I was working on this project, I've decided to start a thread for my project. This Z project, as with alot of others here, has been a long ongoing process to say the least. I started about 3 years ago when I had the opportunity to purchase a JCR Supercharger kit from 1TuffZ. The kit was purchased by him new, and he had alway's taken care of it, as he does with his new baby. For those of you who may not know about the old JCR Supercharger setup, it consisted of a manifold made to fit the L6, and a Roots style 7" Camden Supercharger driven off of the crank pulley. Fuel was delivered simply by a Holley Pro-jection TBI Kit ( which was great for its time ). The SC is oil lubricated, and has 3 different pulley's that can be used to obtain 5,7, and 9 psi settings. In speaking with 1TuffZ about the limits of the setup as it was, the 9 psi pulley was pushing the limits of what the holley kit could handle. The heat was way up, and so was the possibility of detination. So in my quest ( if you will ) for my custom setup, I had to ask myself what it was I was wanting to do with this kit. The first and most obvious was to improve its performance. To do this would not be a hard task, as things have changed int the 10+ yrs since its release. Today's performance components should be able to bring up its potential with ease. So I sat down and started brain storming to see what it was I could come up with. In posts to come, I will outline the things I've done to change this kit, and were its taken me over the past 3 years as my mind has wandered.
  10. Yep.... Thats one of them. Totally missed that on the photo!
  11. David, Great photo's..... Thanks for taking the time to get those done. It looks like a few of them were made hanging from the rafters!! Yes, the photo's don't do it justice........ Almost had to search RTz's car before he left. LOL Ron, My pleasure, your welcome to drop by anytime... Sorry I didn't have my hotel setup better for you ( tried turning him and his wife into a Popsickle ) I'll make sure to have the heat blaring for you next time.
  12. If anyone is interested in getting a Sparrow tail as it sits now, and can get it on thier car for photo's, I have a FG version ready to ship! I want this to go to someone who can get it on thier car "immediately"!!!!........... Please don't reply if you cant do this. HybridZ member.... $300 Shipped U.S. Contact me: azcarbum@msn.com or 541-913-6530 ( Brian )
  13. That is really cool Ron.... great work.
  14. Chill'n at home with a sick kid... Poor thing.

  15. It is still going to happen guyz... I'm still waiting to get in contact with Jessie. I did speak with my composite builder, and he has spoke with him. He said he told him I'm wanting to move ahead on this. I know he's pretty busy right now with a job he took. As soon as I get together with him and get things rolling, I'll let you all know.
  16. No new new's here yet. I'm trying to arrange a meeting with the mold builder. I'll let you know when that happens. I'm going to sit down with him and go over the ideas.
  17. OK guy'z.... It does look like there would be enough interest for me to take the plunge and make this mold. So the question's are: Do we round out the shape a bit on the corners of the tail? Do we lower the leading edge to be a bit more suddle in transition to the hatch?
  18. You know, its almost scary how much we all think alike!! RTz and I were just talking a few weeks ago, on what things might be changed if the tail was to be molded. One of these things was exactly what Nigel touched on. The tail does seem to sqaure to fit with the rounded form of the Z. We talked about rounding out the sides of the tail to add a bit more of a smooth transition off the side of the car. We also talked about smoothing out the leading edge that has a pretty blunt edge that stands about 1/2 off the deck. It's an abrupt edge that would be nice to smooth out, and make a sharper, thinner, and smoother transition into the hatch.
  19. Here is some info for you guy's that you might like. I had the chance to meet with a kid who for the last 4yrs has been training in composites and mold building w/ probubly one of the top 3 composite builder in the nation. Needless to say, it was just by coincidence that I had this oppurtunity. Anyway, he looked at this tail and was not super impressed by his standards. I told him that there may be some interest if it was improved in quality. Basicly this brought us to talking about molds. Right now the tail is 1layer of carbon, and 2layers of glass on the backside. The tail CF/ weighs 7lbs, and it has faded seams that hides the seams, but also hids the CF look.............. He's saying that he can build me a mold, and a part that will keep the CF look t/o the part. He's also positive, that the part will be made of 2 layer of CF ( NO FG ) and will weigh in around 2lbs or less ( 4lbs less!!), with better strength. The price would be around the same $350-399 per part. So, Obviously before I spend the money, I want to hear from you guy's, how many of you could give me a positive, "I'd want it if you make it like that"?........... For those who want FG, that will be done as well for a cheaper cost.
  20. I have a CF part here in my shop.. I'll weigh it today and let you know the #'s. I have a FG part at the my builders shop. If I get a chance, I'll get him to get me a weight as well. Since I don't build them (YET!! ).... I can't comment on the clear coat.
  21. Just a curious question.. How many of you would be interested in this tail... CF or FG?.......... especially if they were coming from me?
  22. Hey Guys, Was directed to this thread, thought I'd chime in. Yes, this is a part made by Paulo, and yes he doesn't have the best of comments.... The part is a very nice piece though, and in comparision to some of the tails, I would think it is much more functional than most. It reminds me of my 3 piece IMSA tail, but with a bit more flare with the shape changes. Fitment is very good. I've sold several to many members here.... Any one have photo's yet installed. Someone has to!
  23. :mparty:Didn't know where else to put this.... Happy 40th B-Day "Z" http://www.autoweek.com/article/20091015/VIDEONEWS/910159995
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