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Dan, That's too funny, "like a fat boy playin dodgeball, I'M OUT!!" Haha... I'm going to have to work that into my lingo when I say good-bye to someone. Here's one you can use if you do something that involved quick thinking, "yep... just like a midget at a urinal, I'm always on my toes." No offense to the little people. !M!

$5995+ tax or $9995 installed plus extras?!?!?! Plus for almost $10k you don't even get a paint job. What are people thinking? For that cash, and if you really liked a Miata, why wouldn't you just build yourself a Monster Miata and throw a nice body kit on it? Before I bought my Z, I was actually debating on making a Monster Miata, but I just couldn't drive myself to put anything Ford into anything I own (this is just my opinion remeber). I just don't get it. Also, why does it say "Easy to fix"? Does that kit fall apart often? Another thing, look at the email address: lemon spotter@aol.com hmmmm... I'm just play'n with my last comments. !M!

I was listening to Paul Harvey's news and comment today and he says that there was a dragster that went 211mph in the quarter mile powered only by... 'drum roll'... SOY BEAN OIL! I'm realy going to have to check this out. On a side note, those of you who haven't listened to Paul Harvey yet, give him a listen, you'll be pleasantly supprised. You will find him on your local AM radio station. Been listening to him for years, he always gives you something to talk about with your friends. "good-day." !M!

What's your timing set at? !M!

I was sifting through some old papers from high school and came up with something that I had wrote years ago. I don't remember writing it, but it's in my hand writing. Check it out _________________________________________________ WANTED A tall well-built woman with good reputation, who can cook frogs legs, who appreciates a good fuc- schia garden, classical music and tal- king without getting too serious. But please read only lines 1, 3 and 5 _________________________________________________ I hope I didn't over step anything here, just thought it would give someone a good laugh. !M!

Teo, First off, I gota say that your little invention is pretty cool! Checked out your website, great t-shirts . So... ah, any discounts for the fellow hybridz guy? I'm near Milwaukee, but there are a few guys in your area that I can put you in contact with if you would like. I'm always willing to lend a hand, and I don't mind driving. If you ever need help, let me know, I might be able to give you a hand. I would like to check out your car when it's done though. !M!

I agree with LEN168, the plastic gives a better "feel" of the road. !M!

I like that look! Is this bike a spin off of the TL? !M!

No,No... yo it's like this see... he gots amps for his mr. two in there and instead of run'n fans to cool 'em he just slapped on that scoop to cool 'em down. You pick'n up what I'm throw'n down yo?... I can't believe I just talked liked that. !M!

Cool! I had the same thing happen to my sisters '89 Honda CRX. One of her valves broke in half and mashed the crap out of everything in there. Had to replace the engine for her. The piston had a hole the size of a quarter in it. Nasty stuff. She still has the piston sitting on a shelf in her room. I knew there was going to be a big problem when I trailered her car back dropped it off then checked the spark plugs. One of the plugs was just gone, the electrode and some of the threads were all chewed up. Her words, "whoa... how much is this going to cost?" !M!

Check out Pete's car here . It may help you. !M!

Woh, nice! We need pictures!! !M!

WOW! I LOVE IT!! Damn, Terry, that's just too cool. I agree some vents would be a nice touch, otherwise it would look like it has a big butt IMO, unless you are painting that rear piece a different color than the rest of the car, then it would be fine without, but that's just me. Those exaust rings are pretty neat. Just saw the pictures of the build up... man you have talent! Just out of curiosity, are you worried at all about the amount of air that will be forced into that rear undertray and it ripping off? Oh, by the way !M!

It's kinda like using both feet to control the go pedal, the brake, and the clutch. Simply put the heel of your right foot on the brake and the toe of your right foot on the go pedal, then use the left foot to control the clutch. Takes a while to get it right without frying your clutch or stalling out. !M!

I just love it when people give a bunch of information, it helps with the mental picture. I sure wish I could hear those twins spool'n up. Hopefully someone will catch your car on video this Friday. I can't wait for you and Scottie to pair up. To bad the race isn't closer to me. Nice respectable dyno figures! !M!

It's been a while (sorry, just got the camera working), but if there still is any interest in my rear rotors, I have them up for sale in the "Buy/sell/trade" section. !M!

Alright, here you go: Multi-Piece Wheels, This type of wheel utilizes two or three components assembled together to produce a finished wheel . Multi-piece wheels can use many different methods of manufacturing. Centers can be cast in various methods or forged. The rim sections for 3-piece wheels are normally spun from disks of aluminum. Generally, spun rim sections offer the ability to custom-tailor wheels for special applications that would not be available otherwise. The rim sections are bolted to the center and normally a sealant is applied in or on the assembly area to seal the wheel . This type of 3-piece construction was originally developed for racing in the early 1970s and has been used on cars ever since. The 3-piece wheels are most popular in the 17†and larger diameters. There are now many options for 2-piece wheels in the market. The 2-piece wheel design does not offer as wide a range of application that a 3-piece wheel allows, however they are more common in the market and the prices start well below the average 3-piece wheel . Some 2-piece wheels have the center bolted into a cast or cast/spun rim section and other manufacturers press centers into spun rim sections and weld the unit together. When BBS developed a new 2-piece wheel to replace the previous 3-piece street wheel , they used the special rim -rolling technology (originally developed for racing wheels ) to give the rim section the weight and strength advantages similar to a forged rim . On the high-end of the 2-piece wheel market you can find wheels using forged rims and forged centers. Since these are only sold in small volume and due to the high development and production costs associated with the forging process, they tend to be on the high end of the price scale. This was taken from the Tire Rack. As you can see, they talk about the wheel as a whole and a rim as a component of a wheel. The rim is also known as the lip of a one piece wheel or the mounting surface for the tire. Also, it might be the Milwaukee's Best Light getting to me, but it took a long time to make all those "wheels" and "rims" bold... ahh I'm just having fun with you now guys !M!

Greimann, Thank you for saying that! (This is not directed at you ON3GO) Sooooo many people say that, it gets on my nerves! Don't you love it when you get some poor sap talking about his Honda and he says, "Well check it, it gots springs, a full on race wing, windshield sprayer lights, rims wit some phat rubber, some boom'n ICE (In Car Entertainment), a HONDA sticker on the windshield, and some PIAA fog lights." Now as you stare at this kid with the 'deer caught in the headlights look', you think to yourself hmmm... I think he meant that he has lowering springs, a spoiler that does nothing for a front wheel drive vehicle (which by the way doubles as a park bench), windshield sprayer lights? (still trying to figure this one out), RIMS? Aaargghh! why don't you learn about something before you talk about it? Is it that hard to do?, everyone is entitled to some ICE, a HONDA sticker? Well that's good it says HONDA, because I almost mistaken it for a friggen FERRARI, and fog lights?, well I guess he cares about his saftey during the ever so frequent foggy nights. I would like to say again that this is not directed at you ON3GO, just had to get something off my back. Wheww... I feel better I would also like to say that I used to be a part of that import rice scene years ago with a '90 CRX that was pretty decked out TASTEFULLY, so please no flaming me about rice. !M!

You know, that's what I love about these Z cars, some people are so clueless about not only the car itself, but what can be done to them... like say *cough* a V-6 3.8 SFI Turbo *cough* !M!

I totaly missed what you wrote under your pictures Mr. Big, you had already thought of putting the hardline back to the stock location. My next option would be to grind off the stock bracket and weld it about and inch or so below where it sits now. That should keep the SS braided hose from kinking, but you don't know 'till you try it I guess. !M!

You need the bleeder on the top to let the air bubbles out, otherwise you won't be able to get the air out of the system. !M!

Hmmm... I wouldn't run with that either. Like DCZ said, you don't want your brake line to touch anything within full suspension travel and also in your case lock to lock. Couldn't you just bend up another hard line to end up in the stock mounting position? Looks like if you were to rotate that hardline counter clockwise 90 degrees, it might end up in the stock position and your SS braided line might be out of the way. I'm not saying that you should go ahead and just bend it , that wouldn't be safe, but bend up a new hard line. Also, you should have a mounting spot for the end of your hard line anyhow, you don't want it to flex along with your SS braided hose during suspension travel. !M!

Cool, thanks Mike ! I just found a picture of a 240Z that has the R200 swap and ST rear sway bar, it's a tight fit, but it will work. The mustache bar does not interfere with the sway bar bushing mounting points. !M!

I'm just throwing this out here, because I can't look at my car right now (it's in storage). My question is, I have a Suspension Techniques sway bar attatched to the uprights that they give you and recently looking at a R200 swap into a 240Z, I noticed that the mustache bar sits behind the uprights, now when I change over to the R200, will the mustache bar hit the mounting points for the ST sway bar? The mustache bar that I have does have a slight curve in it, so I am assuming that it will be behind the uprights. If there is interference, could I just switch to a different moustache bar? !M!

Well, it sounds simple. "Yeah, you see, you just cut it, push it out, then weld it!" I kinda like the way it turned out. !M!