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If I'm not mistaken, '77 & '78 doors, catches, regulators, and glass are different from the 'early' models. It's been mentioned here before, it seems.

He said '78. Pretty certain it doesn't.

Yes. Hard enough to remove it. You won't hurt anything. It snaps back in a similar fashion. You'll understand when you get it out... it's just metal spring clips.

Could be John Morton in the Z, and Bart Simpson (and Homer) in the F-car. ...or it could be time for the Z driver to step aside

I would like to trade my 10" long, 300lb/in Eibach 2.5" coil-over springs, for equivalent 8" long springs.

Yup. Pull it rearward and it'll pop right out.

I messed with it a little...

Cool shot!

Replaced the BJ the following day. Took it out for a drive... and completely lost the front brake circuit. Some digging revealed the master cylinder had gone belly up (pure coincidence). Swapped in a new 15/16" MC. Fixed. It 'needed' a bigger MC, but I may have gone too far... 7/8" would probably be 'just right'. Spent about 5 1/2 hours behind the wheel, mostly highway travel... Bart is officially a two-finger car. Yeeehaaaaa! Even in the nastiest of ruts, it no longer jerks the wheel out of your hand and requires only minor steering correction. It's sensitive to driver input, but no longer bullied by road irregularities. Just right for a 'sport car' It does have a somewhat numb on-center feel, but I have a couple idea's for that. The front pads need to be replaced with something aggressive to help with brake bias (and decrease pedal effort). And the soft motor mounts are causing a couple of contact points. A bit more fiddling and I think it will all come together nicely.

http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=131790

Anybody tried EBC Yellow Stuff? It looks to be a track oriented compound that still exhibits reasonable cold bite. I've been a loyal R4S user for years, but I'm thinking about giving these a shot (at about 2/3rds cost of R4S's for my application).

You're right Bryan. That was *supposed* to say first two years were square port (N42), later heads were round port.... Brain got behind my fingers... sorry guy's.

Many VERY successful members of this forum have a different opinion. You'll find their reasons here, if you look. That is actually backwards. Again, the reason why is spelled out within this forum. L28E is 135 NET. L28ET is 185 NET... 50 HP. The L28E came with both dished and flat throughout the production years. First two years (N42) had round exhaust ports with liners. Some of us have concern with liner integrity in turbocharged applications. In a nut shell, you have a lot more research to do Please write in plain English.

Dan asked for suggestions to reduce the chances of someone joining the forum for the sole purpose of scamming. That is the intent of 'minimum posts'. A feedback system is useless in this case. No version of vBulletin has a 'feedback' system built in, only unsupported 3rd party plugins.

Your answer can be found in the chatbox archives, Stardate 07-16, 08:50

I've not messed with the AZC stuff, but I am currently running the HTS damper. The rebound range seems satisfactory for a 300lb spring, but I'm not getting enough control for a 350lb spring.

Bart went for his first drive with the new front suspension... twisty back-roads for about 20 miles or so. The first thing that hits you, of course, is the steering effort. The power assist makes for effortless steering even in maximum G corners. Steering feel is light years more advanced. The sensation of steering the wheels with giant rubber bands is GONE (although on center feel isn't as crisp as I had expected). Steering is also substantially quicker and the car has a noticeably tighter turning radius. Is there more grip? Tons more. Even with overly stiff front springs, the car rotates almost nasty like... but in a good way Is the darty-ness gone? I *think* so. I haven't driven it on my regular highway's yet, but looking good so far. The BMW front calipers are a small caveat. They're not as compatible with the master cyl. as I had hoped (master too small). A minor fix. I probably wont mess with it until the rear suspension is sorted. The most disappointing change has been the fluid filled motor mounts. They remove a slight amount of vibration and noise, but now the motor moves all over the place, and I mean to the tune of an INCH of vertical movement. I can feel the wind-up and the secondary bounce of the motor on rougher roads. They are ridiculously soft. I haven't installed the hood yet and I'm a little concerned about hood clearance.... and the additional stress on the plastic radiator. I discovered a worn ball joint on reassembly, so he's parked for now. I've got a small road trip planned this weekend. Hopefully I'll have made the repair by then and can report on general road manners. P.S. Thanks to Zbuff, MONGO510, skib, and datsunscom for chipping in some elbow grease in the blistering hot weather last weekend!

Juan, please use descriptive subject titles.

When you say "mounts", are you including the rubber isolators? If so, there is a substantial difference between OE GM mounts and some aftermarket brands. In my experience the Chinese made isolators are much stiffer, much weaker, and much cheaper. You really should search for questions like that.

It's not cast iron. Topic has been covered

Since I'm being brow beat by BRAAP (because he's a picture slut) about my lack of updates... Sealed/undercoated inner fenders... Engine bay painted and ready for SR (w/E36 M3 Rack).... SR reunited (this time with Nissan fluid filled mounts)... High pressure line for power steering, modified by Oil Filter Services in Portland. Datsun-to-BMW SS DOT approved brake lines, also by Oil Filter Services. All the challenging items are officially crossed off. Still have to finish plumbing/electrical, section/install coil-overs, alignments, fluids, etc. I don't expect to have it ready for this weekend's annual camp-in, but it shouldn't be long after.

It would take a whole lot more than Water Wetter to convince me to loop it. It's far to much volume to be bypassing the radiator.

The pro's and con's have been discussed extensively here... http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=125186

To some degree, I miss... '72 LT1/T56 240 Z '88 BMW M3 '70 VW Bus Life moves on, though. I can't honestly say that I have any regrets... 'it' just 'is'.