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I was at a smog test station today and was speaking with the technician. We got on the subject of the smog exemption year. He mentioned that Bay Area Air Quality Board - two years ago - stopped rolling over the smog exemption year - which I thought to be 1975. He said that BAAQD now requires that it be 1965 or older - that it is no longer 1975 or older vehicles that are smog exempt. I just logged onto the DMV - Smog FAQs and this is what it states: Does my vehicle qualify for a smog exemption? Smog inspections are required unless your vehicle is: Hybrid 1975 year model or older Diesel powered Electric Natural gas powered and has a Gross Vehicle Weight rating of 14,001 lbs. or more. Motorcycle Trailer Has anyone heard or confirmed that it is now back dated to 1965 or older vehicles that don't require smog? Thanks!

LEAD FOOTERS, BEWARE -- HIGHWAY PATROL IS CRACKING DOWN ON SOUTH BAY SPEEDERS HIGHWAY PATROL IS CRACKING DOWN ON SOUTH BAY LEAD FOOTERS By Gary Richards Mercury News The California Highway Patrol is cracking down on speeders at a pace never seen before in the South Bay, issuing nearly 1,400 tickets last month. At that rate, the CHP would quadruple the number of tickets issued last year. A newly created five-trooper team is swarming a stretch of road every weekday, sometimes nabbing speeders twice on the same trip, and this isn't just some temporary tactic. The goal is to make the South Bay an area where flying down a freeway at 80 to 90 mph is not tolerated. Despite severe staffing shortages, CHP commanders in San Jose are determined to change a disturbing fact: Speeding is the main cause of two out of three highway deaths in the state. ``What we have out there is in essence a free-for-all,'' Lt. Spencer Boyce, one of the CHP bosses behind the change in strategy, said. ``People figure if the speed limit is 65, then they can do 85. The reality is that speed kills. It's that simple, and we want to change that.'' The early returns are impressive. The new unit issued 1,744 tickets in January -- 1,369 for speeding with the remainder mainly going to solo drivers cheating in the carpool lane or not wearing seat belts. The group is on pace to issue more than 16,000 speeding tickets this year. Last year, the entire San Jose division gave out 4,155 tickets for excessive speed. Tuesday, Lisa Basili was one of the unlucky ones. Officer Jason Morton clocked her at 83 mph on southbound Interstate 680 near Capitol Avenue. ``God, don't write me a ticket,'' pleaded Basili, who was returning to college in Monterey in her 1994 Buick with 125,000 miles on it. ``I'm sorry. I won't do it again. Just give me a warning. I'm driving a Buick. Please.'' No mercy, for her or anyone else, on this day. Morton and four others no longer are assigned to patrol a particular highway by themselves. Instead, they are teamed up to saturate one South Bay freeway or expressway each weekday as part of the new crew, headed by Sgt. Bob Buckles. They sometimes work together, one officer radioing another farther down the highway with four on motorcycles and one in a patrol car. Other times they stay on the same highway, but go after scofflaws separately. Some motorists see a trooper on the shoulder busy writing a ticket and zoom off, thinking the officer is too busy and they'll never see another for miles, a reasonable assumption in the past. Surprise. ``We've given a person a ticket and three minutes later they are stopped again,'' officer Lance Hedrick said. ``They don't think there's going to be more than one of us out here. Certainly not five of us.'' Most crackdowns in the past have needed special funding or overtime pay. When that money ran out, enforcement often eased or stopped. But not this crackdown. Officers' main duty is looking for speeders. No accidents to worry about, road rage incidents to deal with or other duties that often tie up a traffic officer. Each day Sgt. Buckles picks a road to target. Highway 101 on Monday, Interstate 680 on Tuesday. Highway 85 on Wednesday. A different road today. Sometimes in the morning, sometimes late afternoon. Keep 'em guessing. ``It is a target rich environment,'' said Lt. Boyce. ``It's not like we have to wait 30 minutes to get somebody speeding.'' Try maybe three seconds. Tuesday around lunchtime, Morton pulled his black and white cruiser into the median on I-680 before Landess Avenue and tracked northbound traffic with his Lidar unit, which shoots a narrow laser beam at its target and can accurately pick out a speeder more than a half mile away. ``This won't be long,'' he told the Mercury News reporter. Within four seconds, he jumped back in, hitting the accelerator hard to catch up to a gray Honda Accord flying by at 80 mph. It was Stacey Nixon's unlucky day. The 37-year-old San Jose woman grumbled about her fate. ``I think this is very unfair,'' she said, her tiny pooch Sammy wagging his tail in the back seat. ``There are so many other terrible things they can get you for. I don't think speeding is that big a problem. People go a lot faster.'' Oh my, do they. Up next, Mike Nguyen, 38, of San Jose who was late for work at a Pleasanton restaurant. Speed: 86 mph. Want faster? Try Nicole Young of San Jose -- 90 mph near Jacklin Road. That's a minimum fine of $350. ``People get hurt when they drive too fast,'' she said with a sigh. ``Well, 90 is pretty fast. I don't think I was driving unsafely, but it's a healthy reminder. I'm guilty.'' Rhianna Vicini, 84 mph. Sung So, 80 mph. The five cops wrote 116 tickets, the highest number of any day so far in the new crackdown. Allen Hauptman of San Jose was tickled to see speeders and carpool cheaters being ticketed on San Tomas Expressway recently. ``What pleases me the most is that the enforcement effort isn't just a one or two patrol-person effort,'' he wrote in an e-mail. ``Nope. These scofflaws are being pounced upon by a team of four to six motorcycle officers.'' Ditto, said Pamela Yanne of Saratoga after the CHP flooded Highway 85 between Almaden Expressway and Union Avenue two weeks ago. The CHP crew, she said, made drivers behave better, and the commute was ``a welcome sight to the usual stop-and-go, watching cheaters dart in and out of the carpool lane and speeders weaving through traffic.'' For years, motorists have lamented the absence of heavy patrols on state highways and expressways, for good reasons. The CHP's total of 66 patrol officers in its San Jose branch is down from 85 three years ago and from 119 in 1969. Factor in those assigned for special duties from homeland security to organized crime units, and there are 1,000 fewer cops cruising state freeways than in 1970. Ten new cadets may head to the South Bay later this year, but local commanders said they can't wait for them. ``We need to be proactive,'' Boyce said. ``We can't just react to what is going on.'' The San Jose division is the first to employ the special unit. Don't be surprised if more follow suit, said CHP spokesman Mike Wright. ``You give an officer no beat accountability and tell them to go after speeders,'' Wright said, ``and it's like putting them in a candy store.'' =================== How the crackdown works California Highway Patrol The California Highway Patrol issued more than 1,300 tickets last month in the San Jose area with a new enforcement team. Here is how the effort is working. Five officers focus on one highway a day, four on motorcycles and one in a patrol car. Some days they work as early as 6 a.m. or as late as 6 p.m. They usually work within a few miles of each other. If you see one CHP, you'll see more. They don't hide, but position themselves in the median or on ramps to be easily seen. The goal is not more tickets, but to slow down drivers. Officers use Lidar, which shoots a laser at approaching traffic and can pinpoint the offending speeder. At greatest risk are drivers who stand out, going faster than the flow of traffic. Mosts tickets are written for speeds 80 mph and higher. But drivers can be ticketed for going just over the limit. The fines don't go back to the CHP but to the county and cities. This is not a short-term effort relying on special grants, but is part of everyday patrols. Source: California Highway Patrol

at least they don't have problems pumping gas! OK - If this has already been posted - pardon the redundancy. I did do a search and found nothing! Also, I'm not knocking women - I was just entertained by this video - which is titled the same as my post topic!! http://www.filecabi.net/video/pumppusgas.html

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Today Thursday, Jan 11, 2007 at 11:30am I was heading south on Park Presidio and just as I get into Golden Gate Park/19th ave., and round the bend I noticed in a distance a couple of policemen standing on the grass. I also noticed the cars starting to bunch up as if an accident occurred. That's when I noticed the posture of the police and realized they were holding radar guns. As I rounded the bend to the 25th ave., junction to 19th ave., I saw more than a half dozen "solos" - or policemen on motorcycles. More than a handful were scrambling to pull out and started pulling over quite a few cars. Fortunately for me I drive a van and don't drive fast!! Just passing the info for those that drive "briskly" thru this area! Please be on guard. Ernie/RacerX

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This is nice video showing how to install metal air ducts on metal flares. Basically cut, rivet/glue, blend, prime and paint. Enjoy! Ernie/RacerX http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj_aiiBLU9A

computer draw programs. What an inspiration! Hope all of you enjoy it. http://www.filecabi.net/video/pixelgodcar.html

That's what the title stated! Check out the body style of this "component car" by Factory Five, called the GTM: http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=c860df3ccf66c83fb61bb2ffd934330b.1169627&cache=1&fr=cur_fp Ernie/RacerX

That's what he describes his car as. It looks more like Porsche 944 style flares. What do you guys think please? I can't load the photos so here's the link: http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showgallery.php?mcats=500&si=928+body&what=allfields&name=&when=0&whenterm=&condition=and Ernie/RacerX

To those of you working in the garage on your project, having to shop today, cook today, clean the house today, even those on the computer today, to each and every member and their families of HybridZ; Happy Holidays to you all and may all your body and paintwork bring you good cheer - LOL!! Cheers!! Ernie/RacerX

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projects and tasks will fall right into place. For me that includes bodywork/mods/paint; whatever the task may be. Putting things in proper order so that there is "economy of movement"/efficiency in getting things done. Things just fall into their proper place! Perhaps some of you may remember this video. This sums up "working in harmony" - IMO! Ernie/RacerX http://youtube.com/watch?v=EEF0cg1j35o enjoy!

I stumbled across this anime DVD about the 240Z. The drawing reminds me like of the bodywork of race car I've seen but cannot recollect. Does it look familar to anyone? Ernie/RacerX http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=2370

Hey Dan, You are fast! I didn't get to add another website - LOL!! Here's a CF NACA Duct: http://store.wspisp.net/ceriousperformance/Detail.bok?no=347 NSX & Boxster ducts http://www.customautotrim.com/bodykits/aerogear/aerogear_product.htm?make=All&model=All&type=univ_air_ducts&year=ALL universal hood scoops http://www.bodykits.com/universal-hood-scoop-c-273_274_275.html AND - for all your ducting needs (e.g. ducting air from the front bumper to the brakes): http://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?form_cat_id=59,7,363&action=category

Here's a link to hood scoop/hood vent selections for those wanting something different in hood modifications. RacerX http://www.dalhems.se/stylingsidor/luftinta.html

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I found this on Craigslist and wanted to pass on the info. Just a little paintwork and some TLC perhaps. Please click on the craigslist link to view pictures! http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/car/241607784.html 74 260z w/ sbc 350 - $1200 (gilroy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to: sale-241607784@craigslist.org Date: 2006-11-29, 9:28AM PST i got a 74 datsun 260z with a 350 small block chevy...the car "Does not Run"..car is sold as is!!!!... it doesnt need much to be finished..driveshaft just have to be shortened( i have one that needs to be shortened )...needs a msd distributor or smaller one..i have an hei but its big..it barely fits..and it need to be wired up.. engine- sbc 350 new edlebrock air ram intake manifold new edlebrock 750 carb new jtr aluminum motor mount kit new edlebrock aluminum valve covers new brakes rotor,pads and rear shoe pads new battery relocated to the back new water pump new starter new alternator used B&M shift kit but its very hard to shift( needs to be replaced ) used 1 bucket racing seat hood need to be put back on Body- very lil rust (thats a good thing) Rims- 15in 4x114 Real ray engineering rims wrapped in some falkens in the rear i also have the stock l26 original motor 4speed transmisson included Asking 1200 pretty firm...looking for a real nice turbo kit complete for a b series engine..or truno AE86 or 240sx... give me a call at 408-607-5169 Danny anytime after 2pm thats when i get out of work... no later then 8:30pm...plzz keyword: Jdm, Civic ,Integra, eg6, eg, ek, ek9, si, gsr, blades, fat five ,4x100 ,ls, b16, honda, ef ,hatchback, rare wheels, delsol ,typer ,ej1, eg8 ,240sx, silvia, 180sx, sentra, ser, civic, accord, prelude, eclipse, talon, mirage, lancer, corolla, gts, gst, gsx, nissan, toyota, honda, mitsubishi, 300zx, Z, ZX, Nissan, Datsun, Fairlady, Z32, Nismo, JDM, Differential, rear end, diff, lsd, axle, honda, acura, integra, civic, type r, gsr, b18c, mugen, spoon, eg6, dc2, intake, exhaust, header, turbo, nos,corolla supra celica cressida 4x4 toyota rims wheels 4age 4ac 3tc drift nissan honda acura dubs 20 15 16 240 240sx 300 300zx rockcrawler vip old school 20v konig ae86 ae71 te72 te37 mango

Thank you sir! Hope all is well with you and the gang!! There's a quick pan of your cars - nice!! Ernie/RacerX

I just stumbled across the 2006 JCCS on video. Lots of nice Datsun with wonderful paintjobs and detailed engine/compartments. I searched and didn't find anything posted about it being on video, so I thought my fellow brethren might be interested in taking a look! Perhaps it could give you ideas on your new paint schemes. Ernie/RacerX

Thanks John! I'll give Bob a call and let him know to expect something in the mail. Ernie/RacerX

Hi John! Thanks for posting the event. For those of us not local to the event but would like to support the "toy drive", like me, could we mail a toy to the address you provided? I'm not concerned about acquiring a T-shirt. I just want to help a needy child. I was in that position when my father was killed when I was 5 years young and my mother didn't speak english well and was merely a housewife then. The reason I bring this up is because I vividly remembering those wonderful people that didn't even know us who were so kind as to bring us gifts. I still say a prayer for them to this day. It's my turn to give back! Thanks again John!! Ernie

Tyson, I found one for $750 - a 1973 Celica. He'll be calling me back! The ones I have seen were pretty trashed but eventually you can come across a decent find. You just need to be persistent in your search. Thanks for the link Yasin! Ernie/RacerX

I'm having techincal difficulty trying to upload pictures at this moment. So, I've provided a link to some pictures BUT!! most importantly, please click on the "See Engine Start". What a fantastic sounding V12! Enjoy the symphony! http://www.docsjags.com/sales/competition_jags/700-1054/700-1054.html