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Graham, I would have thought that any engine making that kind of hp per cubic inch would need headers tuned specifically to that engine or you will lose a bunch of power. I dont think block huggers are the answer. If you find some long tubes locally that fit let me know. At the moment I have a used set of jet boat equal lenght header that will be cut up and made to fit. Going to be very tight around the steering shaft.
Douglas
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Cary,
I have also seen Trans am cars here tat use bell cranks to get ackerman. I guess it also allows you to use a rear steer rack in a front steer position, If thats your thing. I guess the issiue with a trans am car is that the regs put the engine right where the rack should be.
Douglas
Just realized i replid to the end of the preivois page.
BJ I see your concerns however if you extended the sub frame to pick up the trailling arm points and then up into the strut mounts you might have something that works. Be a bit heavyer though.
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Another option is not cutting up the sub frame and using different offsett tires. You would want to get a hub to hub measurement first as I think the later model car were designed to run with more offset anyway. Could work.
Douglas
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We were talking about the v8 ferrari's. Lotus and TVR also made flat plane v8s. The v8's in indy racing are all flat plane as are the ones use for the DTM. So you should have cranks floating around that will fit the nissan, nortstar, audi, and merc engines with a displacement at 4.0 lts. I think Opel used the northstar/chev/olds engine in dtm.
Douglas
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Looking Good. I brushhed black POR 15 onto my engine bay thinking that I would need to prime and top coat over it but it turned out very nice so I left it. Like any other paint its the prep work that counts so get it a smooth and clean as you can and it will look mighty fine.
Douglas
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240zman, If you track some down for a good price and they are overseas let me know. maybe we can save on shipping or get a better deal. You never know.
Mopar 69. When am I going to finish....... Cant really answer that. The car really only needs a final sand down and then paint. Its just come back from getting a modest roll cage installed so I can inter it into some of the tarmac rallys we have around here. I am haveing some problems with getting the cobra r rims on. To meet the local land transport and motor sport rules we cant have a spacer bigger then 25 mm. The cobra r's need a 36 mm for the fron and a 33 mm for the rear. This has ment that i have had to get custom hubs fabricated which is taking a really long time. The same engineer is doing mu hydrualic realeace bearing set up for the supra trans and this is taking its time as well. So all of this and the fact that I work 7 days a week hasnt really helped. I need some rainy days so I can get in the shed. I might get the zg flares bolted up tonight. If so I will get some photos in the morning.
Thanks for the kick in the rear. Cheers, Douglas
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Once you have gone to that amount of trouble you may as well use the mazda strut as well. That way you get nice light weight hubs and vented brakes with 4 pot calipers as well. They are also front steer so it should work out nicely.
Douglas
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260zman, Very nice 2+2. Similar colour to what I have for mine if I ever get around to doing work on it again. Did you replace the rubbers for the interior? I am going to need front and back windscreen rubbers and door one's. Need a local source.
Cheers, Douglas
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Howdy Rob.
The car looks great. Can you let us know when you are heading to the track with it. I am sure there are a few of us here that would like to see it.
Cheers, Douglas
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Havent looked at the link yet but, the ferrari 90 degree cranks are probable for the maseratti v8. Same basic block as the 430 but 90 degree crank if I remember correctly.
Douglas
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Howdy Guys,
Dont think many of you have seen my 2+2. The project is draging a bit but things are getting done slowly. 383 sb chevy is ready to go in but waiting on some clutch parts first and still a little more rust to fix. What you cant see from the photos ( at least a year old) is the shaved drip rails and the slight mod I did to the roof line at the hatch mounting point to soften the "jHockey stick" . Makes the transition from the roof line to the hatch a bit more intergrated. It also now has ZG flares as the Cobra r 10.5 rims didnt have a ♥♥♥♥ show of fitting.
http://album.hybridz.org/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=8086
Cheers, Douglas
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The Jdm market had an 4 wheel drive wagon version of the corolla. The also make the caldina which is a 4x4 wagon version or the corona that runs the gt4 running gear. This is still produced i think. I have seen rear wheel drive conversions with rotories here in N.Z. The poms used to race fwd verions with the 3sg. Look up "Andy Rouse" on the web. He was makinh a customer version for the BTCC.
Douglas
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Get a 3sg or 3sgt out of a mr2. Then there might be the possability of some parts not having to be custom made. In naturally aspirated form they make more power then the sr20 as well. If you go with the sr20 it will be custom everything.
Douglas
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Pissing on the lemon tree is one of New Zealands best kept agricultural secrets! Every one I know does it
Douglas
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Dont know how much they are going to show you but this targa goes past my front gate on the last day. The kids and I watched for a few hours on sat morning. Guess you can see why I need a z that goes around corners!
Douglas
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Looks like your getting there. There are a few tubes that run into the middle of other tubes that are not braced, front suspension to the middle of the fire wall for one. I would also like to see your suspension loads from where the wishbones mount tied in better. If you proceed with aluminium have a look at the lotus elise chassis. You could bond ali. sheet to the tube frame and make it a lot stronger with little weight gain.
Douglas
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Mike, check your fuel ecconomy. There is a speed at which every car starts to use a lot more fuel. Thats the speed at which aero comes into play. For my daily driver its about 105kph say 67 mph. Might be a little higher for a car with better aero, mines a truck.
Douglas
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240zv8,
You probably will have found out by now that if you turn the locating nut on your grinder upside down you wont need the washer.
Douglas
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Jeff, My w/shop has expossed rafters as well. Being on a farm it can get left open all day while I am working on something and birds will get in and nest on the rafters and crap all over the place. This does tend to piss you off after you have done the final sand on your zed, other wise it a good place to store things you dont usually use.
Douglas
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WRC rally New Zealand is on right now. Love going to see it, but havent for the last couple of years. I like to get on the inside of a fast corner and get as close to the road as I can. Gives you a hell of a rush. Be prepared to jump!
Douglas
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You might have more luck putting in a 4a or 7a. I dont think that many 3a went to north america. Should bolt up to the same mounts and trannie and will be much nicer to drive. The 4a's came out here (New Zealand) with carbbies as well as fuel injection. I would try to find a carbbie one.
Douglas
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I have a lot of family in that part of the world. My Grand parents came from Sweetwater. I was almost sent to a boarding School called TMI. Instead I moved to New Zealand. My family helped start up a summer camp called Telico mt. Camp. Might still be there, But its been a good 25 years since I was there. One of the things I remember is listening to the locals race up and down the back roads at night when we were trying to sleep. Certainly some wicked roads.
Douglas
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Thanks for looking into it. Gues I will contunuie down the path I was already headed.
Cheers, Douglas
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I read a book on airplane engines that had a article about an italian ww2 aircfraft engine that was designed to work the same way. It never went into production though. I have been thinking about this for a good 10 years or so now. I was looking for a really flat torque curve where max boot was reached at very low rpm and then you would just bleed of the preessure to maintain that boost level as rpm increased. Havent done anything other then think about it.
Douglas
Anyone use 1 3/4"header ?
in Gen I & II Chevy V8 Tech Board
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Graham,
I have a Sbc with a 400 crank so 383 cubic inchs. Dyno says 515 hp at the crank all below 6500 rpm. Looking forward to getting it in the damn car and going for a drive but have been chasing my but in the vineyard all year and havent touched it. Going out now to plant some more vines, Dont even have weekends these days. Hopefully it will ease up towards x-mas and i can get the body work finished and painted. Then I can start putting it all back together again.
Douglas