JustinOlson

That would be great if you could take some pictures. I think others are also interested in how to make the room for large tires like you've done. So maybe with my raised strut towers of the 280z (2" according to Jon) and weld in camber plates which should give me 1.5" more clearance, I could have enough room for a 10" spring at 225-250lb/in. My main concern with running a 275lb 8" spring is ride harshness. Justin

Thats good to know since I have a 280z. So it seams that Clifton and pparaska both have 240z with 8" springs and tires all the way to the strut tube. I'll have to measure and see if I can run 10" springs in back with weld in camber plates and still clear the tire. Justin

Anyone thought about raising the strut towers in the rear? Since I'm going to run a weld in camber plate front and rear, I thought I could box in the top of the strut towers and raise the camber plates 2 inches. This would allow me to run 10" coilover springs fully above the rear tire, giving me clearance for a 275/40-17 tire. This would allow for lower springs rates then normally used on 8" coilover springs. I would likely tie together both strut towers with a weld in bar to add stability to the extended strut tower. Anyway thoughts? Justin

Sorry to hear about the trouble. I think your cage looks very good from the picture and how you described it. Was the welding pulling to much current for your wiring in the garage? Or did the welder itself fail internally? Justin

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Other project is a 1991 Audi 200tq. I really haven't done much with this car in the last year. I'm pretty poor being a full time student with out a job as of late. It will get finished when I have the $$$. My daily commuter is a Giant TCR. Justin

Great MPH, do you think you can get the 60ft down a lot with the current setup?

Would weld in camber plates help lower the front down? Justin

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/car/282596359.html Not Mine, Just saw this browsing craiglist. Justin

You should just use a set of flares if you want to do that large of a tire in the rear. The reaction research YZ flares should work for you. http://www.reactionresearch.com/280yzgallery.html

Looks really good. Also looks like you have a lot of ground clearance with these tall tires. Are you still thinkin of doing a v8 turbo swap into it? Justin

Can you get cobra calipers for cheap? Justin

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Very nice car. I love the front end. I'm not a fan of the blue paint, I think grey would look more subtle with all of the carbon fiber. Justin

Engineering Intern at CH2M Hill while I finish my mechanical engineering degree at Portland State. Justin

I'm interested in a weld it yourself kit. Justin

Looks very nice. Is that an SSAUTOCHROME intercooler? Could you take some pictures of the internal core when you have a chance? I want to see what the interal vanes look like. I really love the way a tubed Z car looks. Ever since I saw the Hot Rod Magazine pumpgas drag car I've wanted to do one. It just looks so clean with factory fenders and big meats underneath. Justin

I bought a 60mm wastegate as well. Looks very nice to me. What is teh long rod and misc other things in the plastic bag for? Here are some more pictures of the diaphragm and spring assembly. Its interesting that this wastegate comes with 4 springs of different rates. You can install 1 or all 4 depending on the boost level you want to set it up for. Also, there is a pretty trick adjustment on the top of the diaphragm to adjust preload on the springs. This is nice for dialing in the boost level. Regards, Justin

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Well, I work at the address posted above. Let me see if I can meet up with John and get his intake manifold as he's more local. I dont want you to have to drive in from Sandy. Justin

I dont drive right now so and its been impossible to convince my girl to drive me up to sandy. If anyone has a manifold they could ship me to the address bellow. I'd love to borrow the manifold from paul, but I just am unable to drive out to his place to get it at this point. Justin Olson CH2M Hill 3rd Floor 2020 sw 4 ave Portland, Or 97201 I can paypal to cover shipping charges. I would prefer a EFI intake manifold if anyone has one laying around that they could ship. I'll return it as recieve once I'm finished taking dimensions from it. Regards, Justin

Looks like I was wrong about the width of the engines. Heres a good link: http://www.sullivanperformance.com/YVS450/tech/tech1.htm 4.6L: 26.625" width 5.4L: 28.25" width

Could you bolt up the intake manifold to the head and take a picture to show the available clearance? Justin