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  1. auxilary

    Top Speed?

    The Z I took to an "Indicated" 115mph. I'm at stock 4 speed, and at 60 i am doing 55, so i guess i was doing about 108 or so (r200 rear diff, but stock speedo gear). The neon i took to calculated 133mph. I was doing 6100rpm in 5th. My bike I took to 150 indicated, and let off. It was still pulling
  2. technically, a hybrid is part gas powered, part electrical powered vehicle in our terms, hybrid usually implies a car that no longer has the original spec motor in it, but has been replaced with something bigger, or better, or both. ie: -sbc -small block chevy -sbf -small block ford -sbm -small block mopar -bbc -big block chevy -rat motor -bbf -big block ford -bbm -big block mopar - elephant (if it's a hemi, but bbm usually doesn't fit into a Z with stock strut towers) -turbo nissan motors from japan. -nissan motors generally not present for your model at time of its production (ie. 280zxt in a 240, vg30dett in a z31, etc) -wankel motors -etc to answer your question, your car is not a hybrid. That motor was originally available as an option for your car, and is a direct bolt in. This would be applicable to swapping a vg30dett into an n/a z32, 280zxt motor into an n/a 280zx, and so forth. vg30dett would be a hybrid in your z31
  3. i am 100% certain that 500lbs for an sr20det motor is incorrect. My neon's 122cid (2 liter) motor with cast iron block and aluminum head weighs 242lbs. I seriously doubt the SR20det's tranny weighs more than 100lbs - the Z's 5 speed tranny weighs about about 80lbs, i've lifted them with ease
  4. http://www.hybridz.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=001811#000002 my apologies, i posted in the wrong forum initially. please see the link above for info thanks
  5. shoot, i posted in the wrong forum! this was supposed to go to paint and body
  6. I've spent a few hours reading flare posts on hybridz, and I only seem to find info on 2 types of flares: MSA street flares and ZG flares. The problem is that both of these might be bigger than I need them to be. The SubtleZ flares are actually remanufactured fenders with wider flares molded in out of steel. The question is, does anyone make those flares separately? Here's the background story: I got a great deal on a set of 16x8 CCW wheels with Kumho 245/45/16 tires. This weekend I decided to play with suspension settings and lowered my car about 3/4" front, and 1" rear from stock height. I also decided to try out the new wheels, where I ran into several small problems: 1. the front wheels don't clear my calipers, but i can resolve that easily. 2. when front wheels are mounted, the tire sticks out about 1.5" outside the fender, which will definitely rub and pose a problem. I might wind up using a small 5mm or so spacer to move the wheel out just a hair so that it clears the brake, or I might grind away some of the caliper housing. It looks like this: Borrowing Owen's picture, you can see how much it sticks out. 3. the rear tire aligns well more or less, but on turns rubs the fender - which can probably be cured by rolling the lip. as you can see, I can't really use big flares - they wouldn't work right and I'd like to have a tucked in look for the tires, and I need to spend as little as possible few questions: 1. is there a way to extend/stretch/form a new fender bubble by a competent body shop? the guy I bought the car from runs an autobody shop. 2. does anyone make subtle style flares? Thanks, -alex
  7. underpowered dinosaur domestic pushrod dodge
  8. #6 is about 7 feet #7 is 5 feet #9 is 4 feet #8 is 2 feet #11 and 10 at 18 inches this is all from memory. you will also need to get some elbows for #6 and 7 to put in 90* bends that exist in factory hoses. make sure it says fuel hose
  9. http://www.rx7club.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=127438
  10. good to hear that, mike. when you mentioned the color, i remembered my uncle who passed in february. i was with him the day before he died, and he was yellow. at that point i knew this was the time to say goodbye while he was still conscious and comprehensive
  11. I have 195/60/14 falken azenis tires on my neon. once heated up, these are IDEAL autocross/performance tires. They are better than my old yokohama avs intermediates, and once heated up, grip the road like there's no tomorrow. My r/t feels very well controlled, very predictable and stable. With my neon's stock suspension save for a bigger rear swaybar, i can outhandle my Z (gc coilovers, tokiko illuminas).
  12. i think dennis (rough idle from zcar.com, i think) has an sbc powered Z. he lives near ohlone extension in newark off cedar blvd...i recall he has several Zs, one of htem is green. hey, come out to pizza and pipes tomorrow: http://www.hybridz.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=001251
  13. guys it's a joke article, not mine
  14. I have been engaged for almost a year. I am to be married next month. My fiancée's mother is not only very attractive but really great and understanding. She is putting the entire wedding together and invited me to her place to go over the invitation list because it had grown a bit beyond what we had expected it to be. When I got to her place we reviewed the list and trimmed it down to just under a hundred ... then she floored me. She said that in a month I would be a married man and that before that happened, she wanted to have sex with me. Then she just stood up and walked to her bedroom and on her way said that I knew where the front door was if I wanted to leave. I stood there for about five minutes and finally decided that I knew exactly how to deal with this situation. I headed straight out the front door...There, leaning against my car was her husband, my father-in-law to be. He was smiling. He explained that they just wanted to be sure I was a good kid and would be true to their little girl. I shook his hand and he congratulated me on passing their little test. Abby, should I tell my fiancée what her parents did, and that I thought their "little test" was asinine and insulting to my character? Or should I keep the whole thing to myself including the fact that the reason I was walking out to my car was to get a condom?
  15. I had those snowflake wheels on my Z when I first got it - had to sell them because they wouldn't clear my 4 pot brakes. Someone paid me $180 for the wheels, and they were slightly banged up
  16. auxilary

    broke

    poor man's ramps - drive up onto a driveway sideways and part a set of wheels on a high curb, so the car's angled. granted, you won't get all hte oil out because of hte angle, but still - better than nothing
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