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Sorry to do this on the z site but my e-mail keeps bouncing back. I am looking for adapters to put 4 stud wheels on mk4/5 rx7 struts. The wheels are for a te35 corolla. same as the z i think. Can you get back to me if it can be done. Cheers Douglas

1gg came from the domestic only supra and cressida or variations on those. Is not a bad donk. Built very similar to the 4age and they did a supercharged version as well. This would be your bang for buck solution. The 7m is a lot older and heavyer. Do a search on it. there are heaps of you aussie fellas using them. Douglas [ November 02, 2001: Message edited by: ZROSSA ]

I cant be to much help to you but arnt most the 60 degree domestic v6s the small ones. The ford explorer v6 might be 60 but the gm ones are 90 degree. The dodge ones would be nice but are front wheel drive. This would leave the jap ones. i have pondered these for other projects. I would get one from a truck. Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi and isuzu all make 3 + liter quad cam v6s. thats where i would head if gm or buick wasnt what you wanted. Happy hunting, Douglas

I went to a florist. I have a lot to do. Whole over bumper air dams on the z and the corolla and i need to do flares on the corrola. I will check the wholesaler on monday. Everything stops at 4pm on fridays here. I was thinking of getting some expandable foam and making a box around the area i want to do and in fill it in. i dont know if it will stick though. Might try that this weekend. Looks like its going to rain anyway. thanks for the help. Any other ideas? Douglas

Howdy all, I went to find some florist foam to start some bucks for new airdams on my z and the old corrola and was shocked by the price of the stuff. They florists pay $3.50 for something the size of your shoe. What else can i use? The florist foam idea looked like the easiest to sand in to shape. Do you think spraying expandable foam on to the car and then sanding back will work? I would really rather not have to spray putty them and the extra work involved, nor for that mater do I have spray putty gun. Thanks Douglas.

Here is a good place to start: www.geocities.com/motorcity/pit/9975/tm_index.html Also check the toyota mods web ring nav.webring.yahoo.com/hub?ring=toymods&list Dont forget that the later engine is lighter. Douglas

Well, I know this has been well covered but it late on sunday night and i have had to much coffee. I found this sight and thought i might pass it on. it has some good photos of le mans style spliters and belle pans and a reasonable discription. www.mulsannescorner.com Douglas

Higher piston speed. lower max rpm. More machining (i think). I wouldnt bother if its already turboed. Some of the lads are getting wicked hp with stock crank. Douglas

Havent looked at this one for a while but theres a sight called 3rotor.com. Guy put a 3 rotot in a early maxda capella. It had sound of the engine and everything. 3 rotors shouldnt be that hard to get hold of. the big hassel seems to be the electonic engine controls. Check out racing beat as well. I think they used the 3 rotot in there land speed record cars. Douglas

for me it would be kind of like a jap ferrari. Toyota 5lt v12 (Comes from some barge called a century in there domestic markt) moded to put out around 600 hp. no turbo. love the sound of a nat. v12. Really big feet and brakes 275 in front 335 or sim out back. no chrome, no bumbers, flares made to give it hips so the are not so obvious. 6 speed box probable out of a supra............... Douglas

you could run a tube from the base of the front of the cage to the base of the rear of the cage at floor level. this would run parallel with the door sills and you would need to tie them in with tabs allong the way. I am not sure how this would work with the seats though. There might not be room. I have seen it on race cars though. BTW. WHERE IS THE SPELL CHECK Douglas

I wonder if you can get some vise grips or something similar and put a bit of a sqeeze on the rubber part of the fuel line to give it a bit of restriction. worth a try mabye? Douglas

Wow, Nice headers.I have ordered some info from header by ed so i wont bother with questions at this stage except for; What are weld els? Douglas

I will take a punt here and say that anything that you can do to lower the intake temp. is a good thing. Do a search on the 280 zx that paul newman raced, there was an artical on it in road and track about 20 years ago. they separated all the intake, cooling, and exhuast. basically(?) you shpould do every thing you can to make the intake cool. I wonder if that is why cross flow head work better sometimes. Douglas

Thanks, I havent even turned the bugger over and probable wont intill after the new year. Its in my shed waiting for my house to be built and under all my worldly posessions. I dont even know what heads i actually have yet. I looked at what it would cost to import a jtr kit and bought a whole car with a locally certified 350 chevy in it for very little more. Vizzard is unfortunately buried somwhere under the worldly goods. I dont know if you have to go through a certification process with the local transport authorities in the USA but in aussie and here its a big and expensive process. It makes buying a car that has already been through it far better value. I guess i thought that you could get a stock chevy head and put big valves and a good port job on it and it and the puppy would put out 500 odd horse. When i read vizzard i was looking for 4 cylinder power and he didnt have much to offer there. In saying that, i have ordered a few more books, but you will have to but up with me untill they arive. I would love inputt on what heads do the stuff. i would really like 480 to 500 hp. Cheers, Douglas

Howdy, have any of you guys ported your own heads before? I know of the basics, deburing, smoothing the short side of the port and so forth but how do you get big power out of these things? I have a few vizard books and so forth that are helpfull but not specific. Is there any info on the www. I have done a lot of searching and not really come up with to much on the chevy. I guess I am looking for the secret recipe for power. Any Ideas? Cheers Douglas

Hey dpg, Thats a very nice z at turbo mag. i think that you would be better of starting with a z with the v8 already in it and then make it what you want it to be. Most of the difficult stuff will be done and if you then want it faster, lower, cooler, reder, whatever, you can do it from a sound starting point. This is what i have done. I have done engine conversions before and found that it is far easyer to let someone else blow there money on setting it up. You will never get it back unless you are very talented with a welder and body work and then also have the right equipment. i dont mean to rain on your parade but think about it. It costs heaps to pay someone else to do it. happy hunting, Douglas

You can get coil overs that are progressive. they run two springs one is a hepler that goes coil bound after a certain amount of travel then the higher rate ones take over. The race boys have a lot of success with these but it takes a lot of testing to get them right. I am not telling you anything that you dont allready know though, am I. Douglas

Howdy, My 280zx 2+2 had 225/50/15s on the front on a 7 inch rim ans245/50/15s on the rear with a 7.5 inch rim. It was slightly lowered (about an inch) and never rubbed. My 260z 2+2 has 225/50/16s all round and is about 2 inches lower than standeard and doesnt rubb. I think 245 is about as wide as you can go on the rear without going to coil overs. This has been covered before here so do a little search. Douglas

Is this "tool time"? Have i come to the wrong plaace? Acouple pf things have come up hteta i can ad my bit too; 1. welding up sidedown under a car, well, It sucks! 2. notching roll cage tubes suck as well, without the right gear. I dont how anyone managed without tube notchers and air tools. I wouldnt even cosider it otherwise. 3. If you are going to go through the cage plate , why not make another one for the bottom of the tube to mount to as well? Douglas

Big time, drop top, sideways, fun. How hard are these cars to find. I have never seen one in NZ. Douglas

FRANKINZED I dont think that a mig will make much of a diff. over a mig. A lot of exhuast guys still use gas. I use gas wit a henrob tourch. It works ok once you get used to it. A mig is on my x-mas list. Douglas

The area in front of the windsheild is a hight pressure area. This is why backward facing scoopes work. Ram air doesnt really work at road speed (one of carol smiths bookes goes into this in detail).It does provide cool air which is what we are looking for but the sealed rear facing one is easier to do. Douglas

Howdy all, If you make mounts that attach to the original x-member and angle back like a parallelagram (sort off) you can fit the mech fule pump and have the engine set back. As for handling. I really believe its all up to tuning your ride to how you drive it. That i know off there are only two cars that come out of the factory with a 50/50 weight split. Bmw 3 series and the current vette. Cars with a very low polar moment can be very twitchy and difficult to control on the edge. Cars with higher polar moment although not as quick to react to you imput are easier to control when getting lose. Cars that you see on the race track with a rear weight bais usually have larger rear tyres to help with the extra weight. Dont forget that with 50/50 weight dist. you can have perfect balance mid corner (same size tyres all round) but when you begine to accelerate this all changes. There are far more people here that know more that I on the specifics. Build it, tune it, drive it - hard You will like it. Douglas

Hey 260det, I take it that you have that fj20 in your z. Tell us more. Douglas