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IMHO yes, for street and the occasional 1/4 mile run. I was very pleased how well my car pulled down on the strip from over 100 mph, straight and quick.

I'm running Silvermine brakes on the front and Modern Motorsorts on the rear. Basically that is Toyota 4piston on 300zx slotted/drilled and vented discs on the front and, and a 240sx caliper with the addition of slotted/drilled rotors on the back. Granted the slotted/drilled thing really isn't necassary for the street but the difference between the stock setuo and this setup is amazing. My car is street driven almost very day with only an occasional 1/4 run.

The 300zx will not bolt to your diveshaft unless you cahe or redrill that. If you want a 300zx input shaft I have one I'll sell.

The grille is a custom Billet grille for a '04 Dodge Ram . I stumbled on it on EBay, but the guy didn't remembr who made it, sorry.

Thanks man. It was retire or someone was going to do something really stupid. I took all I could take and bailed out. The work got boring and they started treating me like they wanted me to retire! I worked for this company all my adult life (43 years and 28 days) so I get a decent pension and with SS I'm good. I have no debt and no depentents other than the car, LOL. I think what you're doing with your car is much tougher than want I did, see ya in May. Dale

Thanks Warren. Other than the 2 weeks I took off for vacation I spent a little time everyday after work and every weekend working on that project. It helps being single with nobody giving me honey-do projects, LOL. Of course now my house and yard are a mess!!! Now I'm retired so I have even more time to dedicate to this obsessive hobby.

Lookin' good. You've done a great job, looking forward to seeing what you're doing to the interior.

On January 31, 2008 I finally finished my LT1 install. Well at least I pulled the car out of the garage for its maiden voyage. I had taken the car off the road on February 1, 2007 for the swap so it was an exactly one year project. Along with the LT1 and 4L60E tranny swap I also installed a Camaro fuel tank, the complete chassis wiring from my donor Z28, installed Tokico lowering springs and struts, built a custom dash using Trans AM gauges, a custom console and new carpet with sound deadener. Was it worth it? YES for sure. I have put 6825 miles on the car this year and it is a blast to drive. Its much faster than I thought it would be, handles much better and gets better gas mileage at 18.5 in town and 23 on the highway than my Ford Ranger. I raced it at DNI turning a best 12.921 at 106.48 mph. I did one long trip to Virginia and the car ran great getting that 23 mpg. That trip made me get off my lazy butt and finally finish installing the Vintage AC. The overall gas mileage for the full year is 19.4 mpg. Problems I encountered during the year weren't too bad. During the first week I had the brakes totally lock up on me. That turned out to be a simple brake pedal adjustment. Scary when it happened, I thought I was having tranny problems since the car seemed to lose power than started smelling. The smell of course was the smoking front brakes pads. That's been ten months ago and since then no brake issues. The starter died on my two days before DNI. I thought it was just the battery but after it wouldn't start several times at DNI I knew I had bigger issues. I ended uo replacing the starter with a gear reduction starter and added a heat blanket to protect it from header heat. Not sure if the heat took it out but it sits mighty close to the block huggers. I have thrown the serpentine belt......three times. I'm still not sure what is causing that but I think it has something to do with the AC compressor. I had to replace the tie rod ends but decided to go ahead and change the complete rack. During the year I have upgraded the grille to a custom Dodge billet one, added headlight covers, front and rear spoilers, side skirts and swapped out that ugly 280Z rear bumper for a fiberglass one to match the front one. The addition of a 300ZX turbo R200 LCD with 3:70 gearing and 280ZX CV axles should help my 1/4 mile times. Recently I upgraded the front and rear brakes (Silvermine Stage 4 in front) and new slotted, drilled rotors for the rear. I picked up a Grant steering wheel. I swapped out my Miata seats for some really cool Corvette C5 seats that I had custom leather covers installed. Its been a busy year. I have other projects planned for the car. I would like to do something about the rear valance, and I'm still not satisfied with my front spoiler. A few upgrades to the interior are planned. The big project if I can get the funds and courage is to rebuild that '95 LT1 that's been sitting in pieces in my garage for 2 years.

Don't know about him but you might be thinking of showcars he got a bunch of us.

When I bought my car it had a Scarab type V8 install with long tube headers. Because of room the PO put in a remote oil filter sitting in the front wheel well. It had rubber hoses running to it. I never had a problem but it worried me, just don't like stuff flying off the tires into critical components. Plus it was a PITA when I changed oil because filter was always covered with road grime, the fresh tar incident was the worst!! You have a nice looking car BTW.

That is impressive, nice work.

I was thinking the same thing. My fuel filter is up in the rear fender behind the wheel, beside the fuel tank. I added a stailess steel sheild, just in case.

Looks like Camaro to me, suprised the lid is still on, LOL.

You can select non-turbo on the front page under sub model when you select the year, car and model. There are two front performance rotors offered SP Performance and Powerstop. The picts show 5 lug but they look like file picts, not actual picts.

Lookin' good Wayne. See you at DNI.

Have you treid these guys. http://www.topbrakes.com/index.cfm I bought mine for my rear brake conversion off Ebay from the same people. They sell OE and performance rotors for tubo and non-turbo.

I don't know the exact weight savings but I did weigh the bumpers along with their shocks and hardware. It came close to 100 pounds. I used fiberglass bumpers which weigh nearly nothing instead of real steel 240Z bumpers. Like others have said most of the added weight is in structure so you can only remove so much from the 280Z. Its all about power to weight so sure adding HP will compensate for the extra weight of the 290Z, but then again you could put that same engine in a 240Z. If you want a race car go as light as you can. If its a street car its not that important. My car weighs 2905 and still turns in the 12.9s and get 18.5 mpg in town, I'm happy.

Oh yeah. Because of the collision rule put in by the government in the late 70's the 280Z had to pass the 5 mph crash test. Thus those ugly front bumpers and raised height to meet the spec. I put in Tokico 2" lowering springs and struts in my 280Z. It looks so much better and handles better too, a little stiff ride but I like that.

Fuel pressure at 40 psi is no where near as high as brake pressure so I don't think the connections are a problem. Granted I did have to re-tighten a couple of them after I first started the car. EBay on the corvette lines, can't remember what year but they are for an LT1 Vette so it has to be 92 -96. Like these http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/92-96-corvette-braided-steel-fuel-lines-2_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2em20Q2el1116QQitemZ370021838499QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories One is 3/8" and one is 5/16". If you go that way be aware that they won't fit without bending or cutting them. I cut mine and it was very hard to flare these. We had to use a press.

No. After I removed the old tail lights I cut and beat back the area where the license plate sits to make it flat all the way across the back. I had to cut some sheet metal out to make room for the Corvette lights. I added a brace to help support the top of the opening, see pict. I glassed in some bolts to run though the body so I could bolt the whole thing in. I used poly caulk around the edges to seal it up. Here's a short write up of the process. http://www.dejavideo.net/280z8/corvette-tail-lights.doc

McMaster Carr. It is Electrical Grade Fiberglass (GP03) http://www.mcmaster.com/#3345k61/=b8n7q

You also want to get a lowering springs and struts to get the 280Z 2" lower.

How are they protected in a stock 240Z? You could always make a U-channel to run them though in the unprotected area if it worries you. That is one reason I did not want to run hoses.