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Tony, Any chance you have any of those "cheap converters" available for testing?

This thread linked below follows along the journey of more than a couple successful EDIS-6 installs on the L-6, lots of pics, details, diagrams etc. Click ME for how to EDIS install on the L-6

I think fatties look better under Yellow and on all 4 corners…

Could you interpret/rephrase this for us?

The fender and headlight bucket should fit. Doors and door glass are different between 2 seaters and 2+2’s. Hope that helps.

This thread was purged of the elementary Datsun Diff questions/posts. If you don’t know if the 280-Z "came with" an LSD, please do NOT ask that here! If you don’t know if the Z-31 R-200 can handle V-8 power with an automatic, Don’t ask that here!!! All that stuff has been beat to death and most likely answered in other “sticky” threads, so please search and read more, and don’t ask elementary questions in the "stickys"!!!!! Please keep this on topic. Thank you, Paul Ruschman HybridZ staff

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Through my home stereo, these 180 degree headers give the dual plane crank V-8’s exhaust note a definite “braaaap” to its note, yet you can still make out the echoing coarse grumble of a domestic dual plane V-8. Compared to the exhaust of say a Ferrari V-8, (328, 348, 355, 360, F-40 etc,) the 180 degree headers take the domestic V-8 about half way to that pure Ferrari “braaaaap” exhaust note… that's how I hear it anyhow. You know guys, on a small Block Chevy powered S-30 Z car, there is room under the front of the oil pan to run cross pipes for a 180 degree header….. Speedway header kit, purchase a few more elbows.. http://www.speedwaymotors.com/p/3843,281_Speedway-Small-Block-Chevy-Header-Kits.html …and build it to look "similar" to this with the cross-overs under the forward section of the oil pan, in-front of the sump, (for SBC and SBF, the middle 2 cylinders of one bank need to communicate with the outer 2 cylinders of the other bank, not as this picture depicts.)

Here are a couple more Domestic V-8’s running 180 degree headers… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pNiY8eV6NE&feature=related

Naviathan, Welcome to the wonderful world D-SLR. The D-40 is a great starter D-SLR and it will serve you well. As for photographers on here, yeeupsi doodle. There are some very good photographers on here. In fact, there is a HybridZ thread dedicated to just this topic, Photography with some incredible photos that Ron and tfreer85 linked above. When you are ready to step up to the D-80, you wont regret it. The D-80 has the built AutoFocus drive motor which opens up a lot more lens options, (for some reason, Nikon left that out of the D-40 and D-40x which limits what lens, if you want autofocus capability), Looking forward to seeing some of your work… Oh, I almost forgot. There is even a dedicated Z car photo shoot thread as well… Click ME for the Z car Photo Shoot thread.

Larry, That be it. I forgot to update this thread regarding the move.

The fuel rail itself adds no performance to the engine. Its job is merely to be a source/reservoir of fuel for the fuel injectors, at the injectors. Sort of like a fuel plenum. On the L-28, we will generally replace the stock loop style fuel rail with a single aluminum fuel rail for aesthetics and ease of maintenance reasons. Side note. Please make some sort of an effort to punctuate your sentences, and use capitalization at the beginning and within your sentences. If you miss one here or there, no biggee but when you post like this in all of your posts, it comes across as lazy.

I haven’t laughed that hard out loud in a long time… “... you are mine NEMESIS…. Oh yes.. YESSS….. You likey like that….. Nemesis… You likey like that.. Ooohh YES…. NEMISIS... ARRGHH GRUNT/GROAN….… “ MUHAHAHA!! I’m putting that on my iPod… OMG

Merry Christmas to you all from the Ruschmans

Finally built and flew my GWS Slow Stick. EASY to build, and just as easy to fly. Very maneuverable, easy to land, all around excellent trainer. Hammer head stalls, inside loops in less than 10 foot circle, slow flight is at a fast walk. Huge on fun factor. Wing span, 45 ½” Length, 39”

Greg, Welcome to HybridZ. JT1 offered sound advice. I say if the engine is sound, install it and enjoy it. The Z should be lighter than your ‘57 so the performance should be more aggressive, (power to weight ratio). Here is THE most accurate answer you will receive with the information you provided regarding your 400 SBC power output. If it runs, it should produce between 200 ft lbs of torque and 100 HP and could make up to 480 ft lbs and 450 HP, all depends on the exact precise details of the parts used, how well those parts compliment each other on a SBC 400, and just as importantly, how well the engine was tuned, i.e. carb jetting and ignition curve. If it doesn’t run, chances are it produces 0 Ft lbs of torque and 0 HP. Unless you give us a LOT more information, this thread is on its way to the shed as this question really has no definitive answer. With such vague specs such as cam specs being between 270-279 duration, (is that seat to seat, or at .050”? what about LSA?), 470-479 lift? Manifold is “an” Edelbrock dual plane, (which one? They make a couple types of dual plane and different variations of those types), we can’t offer forth but mere arbitrary guesses and/or broad vague power ranges. Regardless of the “HP numbers”, (100 HP or 450 HP), what really matters is does that acceleration force you feel when you mash the loud pedal in the ’57 bring a smile to your face? If so, then that same engine in the Z should bring an even bigger smile due to the Z cars lighter weight. Oh, and don’t forget. With some mild to moderate parts upgrades to the suspension of the SBC powered Z car, it will carve corners with ferocious authority. If you like aggressive acceleration and you like sports cars, just do it. You wont regret it.

Just my $.02. The first two, look more like bolt on blingy rice, just something to grab passerby’s initial attention. The last one looks finished, purposeful, thought out and aesthetically pleasing.

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Let us know what you find out. By the way, would you mind sharing more details of both cars, yours and your wifes, and possibly some time slips for us to drool over?

OTM, You are absolutely 100% correct. US Spec E-88 heads have no provision for the OE EFI intake manifold mounting or injector slots. The ’75 and later heads are factory drilled/machined for OE EFI intake manifolds mounting and injector slots, N-42, N-47, P-79 and P-90.

Tony, All that high tech wizardry and still using poppet valves?

Not to thread jack, but.. … what about a barrel valve style TB or slide valve? No throttle shaft or Pintle valve controller arrangement in the intake tract. At WOT, just a perfectly straight shot, NOTHING in the air stream to induce eddies or disturb the flow. Butterfly, Barrel, Spike/pintle Throttling...

Ok, I retract my “no mixing” statement. Everyone can mix the two all you want, for whatever special elixir you guys feel that it then becomes. Personally, there is enough of a difference in their formulation that I see no reason to “mix” them. Either you want the benefits of the formulation that Av-gas affords or you do not. Like mixing Chevron Super unleaded and Texaco regular unleaded to meet some sort of goofy middle ground. I don’t see the point . Just use one or the other and be done with it. Better yet, if your motor was built to take advantage of high octane fuel, just use Race gas! No guessing or speculating. Yeepsie doodle. I agree…

(Warning, this is an aggressive rant against Les Schwab employees…) Mopar, this is not directed at you at all, just at Les Scwab employees and their continual spewing of BS! They are just as bad as used car salesmen! How many times have we all heard someone claim they had a friend that owned a Z or they owned a Z in the past that was mostly stock or uber-modified that would bury the speedo past 160? We hear that crap all the time and 95% of the time, it’s a lie! And when a Les Scwab employee makes a similar statement, now we know it to be 100% BS!!! I don’t believe a 150 MPH Z-car from ANY Les Schwab employee even for a second! Sorry about this rant, but when a Les Schwab employee is quoting information, I call BS as I have yet to meet one that isn’t full of $#&!!!! My bet is no more than an honest 120 Mph TOPS!!!! I’ve heard more than few Les Schwab “managers” not just floor sales people, tell costumers that such and such tire is the best ate everything dry, wet, snow, mud, road noise, mileage, etc. All those incredible attributes in one cheap tire. Heard one Manager describing to an unsuspecting youngster wanting performance tires, that Chevrolet chose wide tires for the new Corvette because wider tires have less rolling resistance for better mileage and that lower rolling resistance means more available grip for cornering!!!! My wife was rolling her eyes over the line of BS that he was spewing to this poor kid. Another Lesters bonehead then also told my mother in-law that she needed new shocks and they had just the ones for her that were firm and will improve the ride quality and handling of her Minivan over stock, so she trusted this idiot and bought those shocks. They installed “Monroe Gas-matics” and her Ford Minivan hobby horses worse than it did with the OE shocks that had over a 100,000 miles on them. Ok, I’m done. Thank you for allowing me this rant. I feel alto better now. I’ve been wanting to pitch this bitch for a few years now..

I’m starting up this thread about BMW inline 6 cylinder engines as one of our members shared a wealth of BMW 6 cylinder information worthy of being its own thread.