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I usually refer to mine as "The ZZZap!", even though it's not a real zzzap edition...although in polite conversation it usually just gets called "the Z." For those that aren't aware of the origin of the zzzap! moniker, enjoy: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=112218&highlight=camo+zzzap%21
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find a used one. they used to be available, but now they pretty much just turn up from private sellers. there used to be somebody on here selling both styles (the one with the lip and the flat G35 style one) in the classifieds, I didn't check to see if they were still for sale.
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Don't forget the Altimas, there are almost definitely more QR25DE equipped Altimas on the road than Sentra SER-SpecVs (and therefore more of them likely to become available in the boneyards). Something i found out the hard way is that the Altima uses different motor mounts than the Spec-V, so there may be more differences in the two than that.
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The only rwd turbo I-4 in it's class? I suppose the usable backseat takes it out of the realm of the Sky/Solstice....I don't know how i feel about that one. I'm no hyundai fan, but i do hope is spurs some growth in that market. Maybe we'll finally see a neo-510 or throwback AE86 (or celica rwd, i'm not picky). Step in the right direction, just wish somebody else would've taken it...
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What about putting that on top of the hood, like bolting it into the fenders around where the fender mirrors would go. I bet that will give loads of downforce.
there was an MR2 bodykit for the second gen MR2 i saw one time that had that configuration. i saw it once back when those cars were new, and have been unable to locate a photo ever since...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAhQhjsbVkg
world's rustiest header is now in the mail with a pink bow on it...
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that's a nice looking downpipe...TB looks a lot like the Stanza one that I have as well.
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My '02 Altima 2.5S has 106k on it, 70k of that with the JWT balance shaft delete kit, an unorthodox lightened crank pulley, and a JWT lightweight flywheel/clutch combo. It's way faster than it should be, but being that it's in an Altima it's still not fast on the grand scale of fast. I've always wanted to see one of these motors go into an RWD platform, but haven't seen anyone come up with a tranny combo yet. The reason the rods are "underbuilt" as you guys put it is because they wanted to reduce the rotating mass of the engine. It wasn't designed for boost. Nissan used to advertise that the QR was something like 30% lighter than the KA24DE and even marginally lighter than the SR20DE. I'm on my factory head gasket, and have had no problems whatsoever with that. I AM however on my third mass airflow meter, but that all went down within the first six months of ownership.
*edit* in regards to the rwd tranny: you say the frontier has those now? that really makes me wonder why this swap isn't more common for 510 guys at least...
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even if it's marginally smaller than the S13, you can still fit the S30 TB inside the throat of it...
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To clear that up: every early (single cam) KA S13 I had in front of me had the "linkage" on the opposite side from the way it originally mounted on my L28. The Stanza i ended up taking it from had the "linkage" on the same side, and it opened in the same direction as my L28e. Coolant passages on the bottom. I used the KA tps, but i've got a megasquirt. The pigtail that hangs off the tps is progressive, but the plug that goes directly into the sensor reads like the Z: on or off. I don't know if the plugs are compatible or not, but i needed the progressive one for MS anyway. The TB I used looks really clean, it doesn't have a bunch of extraneous crap on the top:
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Just to open up some options, all the 240sxs that I saw in the boneyard had the butterfly on the wrong side for what I was trying to do. I started looking at the other cars there with KA engines, and realized that the FWD cars like the stanza or altima had the throttle butterfly on the correct side. After that, it was pretty much like the site that Brad posted, but just wanted to let you know it doesn't have to come from a 240sx.
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Chewie, you're going down to china town next time...
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Eric, I just made it back to Tampa for the weekend, and my trophy was waiting for me! That was really cool, a very nice trophy indeed. Thanks!
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maybe they did a skyline swap
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Right on. I thought you just really liked Rancid
That car in your sig has an awesome hood. I've always wanted one of those...
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You can "free up the hp" by just taking off the belt. Removing the system is "adding light-ness" in the words of Colin Chapman.
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My AC weighed a TON! I think the compressor bracket weighed as much as the compressor...it was the first thing to go.
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Hey Terry! Thanks for the compliment! I like thread-jacking Phil's mod threads because he and I used to be mystery spook twins (I actually had some mondo fog lights like he did, but never put them on...), and then he sold out to his 280 guilt and had to build a 240z clone...so I built a road warrior as retaliation! Here that Phil, it's all your fault!
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after seeing your car with the hood on, first thought in my mind was "Subie scoop!" haha. what's that bumper from o_O
And phil, awesome car ^^ I was thinking of doing something like that if i happend to build a turbo Z in the future
http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=112218&highlight=operation+camo+zzzap
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Man, there's always room! As seen here:
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The people who make those movies are so hopelessly out of touch with the scene they are trying to exploit...I have a class at school with a guy that was a producer at EA when they were making Need for Speed: Underground, and the way he describes what he calls "tuner culture" was pretty funny. "...these idiots that go to other states to get rare car parts..." I was thinking: "I went to another state to get a car part once...too bad Need for Speed: underground was a terrible game!" As a side note, I also have an art class with the guy that did the computer model for the Godzilla that was featured in the Matthew Broderick version.
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I still need to build an underscoop that will duct air up through the bottom of the intercooler (I've got the tray I'm going to use with the two air inlets, but that's as far as I've gotten). I pretty much mothballed it for the duration of my master's program, so I don't expect to see any progress until that's over. It's 16 months or so. I might end up being more of a neighbor than you'd think, evidently there is a lot of video game production being done in Austen, TX...
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I think it needs some louvers and a whale tail (with the camo stripe continued on both), and maybe some ZG flares, then I'll be done with the outside for awhile.
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