Chris240zTurbo

I have been over every inch of this car, I built an exhaust and transmission for this car when it was still L-powered. This is probably the nicest/cleanest shell I have seen in years and years, frame rails look as new, totally straight and rust free, in fact the entire car is super straight and as rust free as you will find anywhere, last time I saw the car (well over a year ago, and I think it's pretty much been in storage since) it was a show winner, really amazing paint on it too. Whoever buys it will be very happy with it, although I don't think anybody should and Dave should just get off his butt and swap the LS into it! I guess the market will set a price on it, but if you're looking for a ready to go car sans drivetrain (really it's much more than just a shell IMO) ready to drop in your choice of powertrain and go, you can't go wrong with this one.

I run a set of these in the back with 235/60-15 drag radials, they clear the big Wilwood disc brakes I'm running and barely clear the rolled fender lip in the back. Pretty cheap, not super heavy, and they come in a 16" too. They will not fit a 240z with that size tire unless you're running coil overs though, the tire barely touches the stock spring perch, they fit a 280z fine though. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/15x8-SPORTMAX-BLACK-501-WHEELS-XXR-RIMS-AE86-E30-MIATA_W0QQitemZ230417442571QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item35a5f3270b

Uh oh, time to get to the 1/4 mile track! I've run the 1/8 in 7.6 @ 98mph with a 1.76 60' and a bum transmission, but haven't made it out to the 1/4 mile track in forever. Times a wastin! thread or at least times would make a good sticky, I'd suggest a photo of the timeslip or some kind of proof, like a video, to be included on an official list - and 60' times and 1/8 mile ET would be good info too. Do I have to make a "Big-Phil call out thread" or just take him to the track and whoop him? :burnout:

I'll tell you why, his car is way faster like that, because.... wait for it.... It's always going down hill!!!

I will take my cut in FCABs please! That's Frosty Cold Adult Beverages to the uninitiated

I had a 1995 Buell S-2 Thunderbolt that I bought new, actually my wife bought it for me. sold it years ago to a member here who ended up nearly being killed by a blue hair in a Toyota Land cruiser Not very fast as far as sport bikes go, but it was a wheelie machine and super fun to ride, the 1125R in Cygnusx1's pictures is the real deal, very very fast, if a little weird looking. I heard one with an aftermarket exhaust the other day and WOW... sounds great and super loud! Nice bike.

$80k GT-R at an apartment complex? Nothing against apartment living, lived in one myself many years ago, but there is NO WAY I would leave a car I give a crap about outside overnight, let alone at an apartment complex, no matter how nice. Don't get me wrong, nobody deserves to have any piece of personal property stolen, but if the owner can afford the car, surely he or she can also afford a secure parking garage? Just a thought. That being said, thieves are the lowest form of life on the planet, hopefully the boneheads that pulled that little stunt will get what's coming to them. Besides who exactly are they going to sell them to? Do GT-R wheels fit anything but a GT-R?

Just yesterday I took a "sporterized" Mosin Nagant left to me by my Grandfather when he passed away and let my 14 year old son shoot it, old 200gr. military surpus junk ammo, 4 out of 5 in the 10 ring at 100 yards off of a bench with iron sites, not too shabby, he likes it better than the 30-06 700 BDL that I had bought for him to use this whitetail season, the crazy kid prefers open sites and I could have bought several Nagants for what that one Remington cost, ahhh kids.... The thing shoots pretty straight, has some kind of aftermarket walnut stock and a plain barrel with a blade front site pinned on it. less push than a 30-06 or 7mm Magnum and way less than a .300 win mag I have. I also got a Mauser K-98 from the same Grandfather marked 8mm Mauser, complete with bayonet, but haven't fired it yet, it's in decent shape so it might go up on the wall. Old military firearms are great, I have a WW2 vintage .455 Webley revolver I haven't shot in forever too. In related HybridZ fire arm news, I bought a RRA AR-15 with a 20" bull barrel and topped with a Leupold 20x Gold Ring scope, it's just about the most accurate auto loader I've ever fired, knocked the center out of every 8" target I shot at this weekend at 100, 150, 200 and 250 yards, shooting 55gr remington "hydro-shok" rounds. Amazing little rifle, but WAY nose heavy with that long bull barrel on it. Should do great on the feral hogs in West Texas. Aaaaand... back to Z cars!

Hey Yasin! I moved from Denver to Houston in '99, I was sure I was going to hate the weather, but I actually enjoyed it, if it's not raining, it's nice out, yeah it's brutally humid, but I aclimated to it pretty quickly, we moved up to Ft. Worth in '05 and I still miss H-town. Never noticed any undue wear on any of my vehicles, Z's included, but you sure won't want to drive them in the rain, it rains BIG TIME in Houston. Housing will be a major shock for you in the Houston Area, it's probably less than half of what you'll pay for a comparable home in Colorado, taxes are quite a bit higher though. Harris County is one of the highest tax rates in Texas, if not the highest. Buy a house with a pool! You can use one nearly year round. I lived on the north side of town, Spring/1960/Kuykendahl area, and liked it a lot, big town issues aside (My very next door neighbor murdered his wife, yikes!) I liked Houston, and would move back if I had a lucrative opportunity to do so. Plus you'll be close enough to come up to FTW for some of our Z stuff, we have a couple track days a year and go to the drag strip occasionally, check out cowtownzclub.com my Wife is the treasurer. Chris

I'm 36 now, and I was brought home from the hospital in 1972 in a new 240Z, the first new car my parents ever bought, it was sold a couple months later and they bought a truly hideous 4 door Chevy Impala to haul the family around in. Flash forward to 1987 and there's only one car I want for my first, and I bought a '78 280Z, S-30's were just used cars then, and were plentiful. Since that first '78, I have owned 11 S-30 Z's, and one lonely '82 ZXT, and a '90 ZXTT, and I currently own my '73 turbo car, a triple weber'd ZG flared '72, and a '78 Black Pearl. I have owned at least one S-30 Z continuously since the summer of 1987. I'll always have at least one I even married a girl whose first car was a 77 280Z, she claims the '72 as hers now, and she's treasurer of the Cowtown Z Car Club. The Black Pearl is a project we're just starting for my son, who turns 15 in a few months, ya gotta start 'em off right!

Please do not let that damn thing derail. Thank You Chris Upward Supervisor Maintenance Scheduling BNSF Railway Ft. Worth TX :mrgreen:

I have not run N2O on my Z, but I did run a 100 horse kit on a big block '69 Camaro I had, I once had a small backfire, more like a "sneeze" really, that made taco shapes out of the secondary throttle blades, shot a wicked fireball out of the cowl induction hood, right at the windshield and started the air cleaner on fire, well, flaming chunks of the air cleaner anyway... this was a plate kit and near as I could figure at the time, the fuel solenoid stuck for a split second and the engine got a big whiff of nitrous with no additional fuel. BOOOM! I would think that having the compressor section of the turbo, all the plumbing, intercooler and intake manifold full of nitrous would make for a truely spectacular explosion if something similar happened. James Thagard posted some photos of his awesome twin turbo stroker 240Z after a nitrous mishap several years ago, I wonder if they're still around? ***EDIT*** couldn't find 'em, but it was a good excuse to revist some of James' pics again, he sure does amazing work!

You know, I thought I could hear his stomach ringing... discouragingly, my cell is not the most valuable thing this particular dog has consumed. Can't wait to see it "in the flesh" BP!

yeah, that and "When are we going to build my hot rod engine?"

it's about itme, now I won't have to endure the daily "I miss my Z" text messages! LOL snot rocket lives!!!!