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Unfortunetley he doesn't have THAT much money, but that website was definetly a half hour well spent. and ZR8ED, i just PMed you.

Sorry this isn't Z related at all... My friend has just bought a 74 cuda and would like to restore it at a reputable shop, but we are having trouble finding any shops that deal primarily with restorations in southern ontario. He lives in Oshawa, so if anyone knows of a good shop in this area it would be incredibly helpful. There are a number of shops around that he is interested in, but they are regular body shops that would take it on in their free time. Please help us out as we would love to see this car on the road asap. Also if anyone has any leads on a 440 is would be much appreciated.

sorry, I just saw "general engine" without checking and figured this was a general engine topic. but now i see its all troublshooting stuff... my bad

http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/09/chevy-v8-grill/ just check it out, I think its awsome. theres a lot of hating comments there about chevys but this idea would be awsome with any engine. I think I would use a talldeck big block for more grilling area and maybe hollow out the heads if possible. Either way its AWSOME

sorry didnt realize i needed cookies on my bad

I remember looking at these pics before but now they dont seem to be up any more. does anyone have a copy they could show by any chance?

I assumed that I could use those C channels as frame rails. I mean it sure seems like a massive 8x3 C channel would be stronger than a small square tubing The suspension will bolt excacly in between the two middle square tubes and should provide the support from there. I didn't want to extend the main square tube all the way back because of less suspension clearance and again assumed the C channel would be stong enough for that I am also unsure what is meant by this: "angle brackets with the V facing downwards" i will make another quick rendering and include the features u guys mentioned and run cosmosworks on it(stress analysis tool) althought i dont think I am using it correctly

heres the final result, we tried to keep everything simple and light as it will mostly carry light dirtbikes of around 250-300lbs each. Also it will be towed using an escort so light weight is important let me know what you guys think. and if someone who has experience building trailers could give me some opinions thatd be great ps. all the materials at 1/8inch thickness. I think that should be thick enough

thanks for all the response the design is more or less complete and ill show pics some time soon. my friend should be buying some materials soom and we'll start cutting things up btw, anyone know a good source for such metal in toronto area?

ok so is this a fair assumption? double wishbone is for more or less race cars (or race inspired cars) and a multi link setup can be tuned for confort easier and is used on road cars mostly because of that?

Easy question, what is the best suspension setup? The reason I'm asking is I see that most manufacturers use a link system in the back instead of SLA (audi, nissan 240sx, skyline). I always thought that SLA is the best suspension setup. It seems that a SLA system would fit just as well as a link sustem. So are there benefits to a link setup that I'm not seeing?

thats great news, so I should be more concerned with wall thickness, welding penetration and using the same materials more than anything. I will be designing the thing on solidworks and if I remember I'll post a picture of it on here later on to see ur comments. Also does anyone know the specifics on cetrifying a custom trailer like this in ontario??? thanks a lot guys for the quick responses. I love this forum

This is not Z related, so forgive me about that basically me and a friend are planning on making an aluminum trailer to carry 3 motorbikes. What I'm wondering is how worried I should be about weakening the metal by welding it. There are aluminum trailers out there and they are all welded together so I dont think its a big concern. These will be dirt bikes and total weight will NEVER be greater than 1500lbs. Another question is what exacly happens when aluminum is being welded. Does it weaken because of the sudden increase of temperture and then sudden decrease? Should aluminum be baked and cooled in a controlled manner after welding to bring the strength back? Many bikes use aluminum frames, does anyone know how they do it??

Either hes got a stock 67-69 with a 302 (the only years 302's were available) and hes got somewhere above 350hp stock or its a 92 with either a 305 or 350 and had between 230-245 hp stock and was at low to high 15's 1/4 mile

why would he need to swap rod bolts, oil pump and timing chain?