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Hopefully there won't be too much flex in the flat stock under cornering. I did something similar on a previous z, and ended up with a bit of action in the seats...

cool, keep me posted. If I make it out to the boneyard before then, I'll let you know. On a related to the subject of this thread note, I tried to mount some factory Recaros from a Merkur XR4-Ti in my Z once, but they sat so high my hair would always be rubbing on the roof of the car...I really wasn't happy with it, so I got some factory seats out of a 78 Z parts car to use. My originals were white, but they were all mildew-ey and ripped up, so that the hay was coming out...I've been thinking of what to do about seats, I'm leaning towards the Corbeau retro seat that looks like the stock Z seat, but with a seperate headrest and side bolsters.

No, it's just another way to say the strut mount. You know, the part that the top of the strut bolts to, that then bolts to the chassis?

Hey Dan, next time you go, could you find out about a rear strut bearing for me?

My model got shipped on Monday, so it should be here any time...

Hey Eric, how's the demo coming?

I'm not especially into it personally, but this video is bananas! I saw it posted on another site saying that there is a bigfoot shaped shadow at 3:09 (seems suspect to me, but that's niether here nor there). http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9041531757990435862&q=mountain+bike&hl=en

Just made a THRILLING discovery: my right rear strut mount broke. the strut tore the bottom of the mount right out of the part that bolts to the car...At least it will only require a new mount to fix, guess I should start looking for one.

Just painted them to make them a bit different-er than they were before. I was driving in traffic yesterday, and the manager of a local wheel rental place ran up on me in traffic to tell me he liked my "Advans"....I was like Advans are for REGULAR people, these are hand painted Impuls baby!

So I had a pretty crazy week that week, and had to reschedule the phone call. My wife's grandfather passed away earlier that week, so the funeral was right at the time of the phone call. Later that same day we had a rehersal dinner for a buddy's wedding (I was the best man, my wife the matron of honor), and then the next day we had the actual wedding. That was a really long week...anyway, I had the phone call last Tuesday, and they managed to tell me about the admissions decisions and scholarship opportunities without giving me any news at all...It turns out that the admissions part was just to say thanks for your patience, we haven't made any decisions yet, and the scholarship part was to say that they are trying to get the industry to pay for books for everybody. I was pretty bummed out, since the guy wasn't familiar with my situation from the next applicant. But I got another email today that said they wanted to have ANOTHER followup phone call to the followup phone call, so we'll see how this one turns out. I'm trying not to get my hopes up just yet... In other news, here is a picture my mom took at the aforementioned wedding that's of my friend's wife that I photoshopped a little bit. The wedding was at the Florida Aquarium, by the way. It was pretty cool.

the word must be out that there are new pictures of my car with the impuls up...j/k! It's probably people looking for the aerodynamic testing results...

Actually, they are. I just got them in from www.edgeracing.com this afternoon. Maybe they'll settle in a little after some more driving. I'm still waiting for my new diff mount to come in from MSA before I can really get on it, I've got diff clunk BAD. Paul, we can come up with a new paint scheme for the Z32 if you want, that way you can hold your head high with me, chewievette, and Mario. (actually, you probably shouldn't do anything with the paint on that car, it's too nice...) Mario, I'll see if I can come up with something. I assume you're talking about the car that's currently gold(ish)?

I'm not sure what it is, but the car seems a bit more squirrely on these tires than I thought it would...

These are my very latest, just took them mere moments ago. Only thing clean is the wheels, but that's how I roll. Dirty cars ftw!

Back by popular demand, now featuring new paint and tires that are NOT bald like Kojak, I present the Impul Hoshino Racing RS-III 17X7 front, and 17X8 rear. Big digital high five to BradmanQ45 for recommending 215/45R17 in the front as a companion to the 255/40R17 I'm using in the rear. Seems like these Falken Ziex512s sit a little taller all the way around than the Bridgestone Potenzas (Porsche 911 base model OEM tires I scammed from a buddy's dad) I had before, but it looks fine to me. As you can see, I no longer believe in washing cars before I photograph them.

Paul, when you get your engines out, you'll just have to take them up to Publix and put them on the scale to settle this. also, I see where you're going with the head thing...I was thinking for some reason that the VH45DE had more valves per cylinder than the VG.

Paul, I've got a quick question: does a head with more valves in it weigh more or less than a similar head with less valves? I could see a case being made for less because of all the head material that isn't there any longer after you factor in the amount of material that is opened up for the ports. Is all that aluminum that is bored out for the port and the valve seat area more, or less material by weight than what would need to be added back in the form of a valve and springs/retainers/rockers or whatever? Also, how much would a difference in con rod thickness and piston size factor into a weight comparison? I don't know the specs on these two engines off hand, that may not even be an issue in this case if they are the same... The Z32TT had dual intercoolers, correct? Is the factory plumbing mostly metal, or rubber? I could see two cast iron manifolds, the turbos, and all the associated intercooler accessories weighing 50+ pounds. In the case of a swap, you would take out all the associated airbox plumbing, so would that factor in to the weight comparison, or no? Besides that, the gigantic throttle body on the Q-45 probably weighs a good 5 or 6 pounds on it's own...(not really that much, I do have one of those handy!)

Honda's have low end torque, that was pretty funny...

I'm feeling those Mustang wheels up front. I always wanted one of those with these wheels in the front: and these in the back:

I actually saw a Carolla 2-door coupe that had a wide body in that style yesterday, all it was missing was the exhaust...

So can we still build our own parts?

The Bridgestones were completely bald in the back, and had several plugs in the front. I've got some Falken Ziex 512s coming in from Miami Monday. 215/45R17 in the front, 255/40R17 in the back. I'll post pics once I get them on the car again. Plus I painted them.

I ordered mine off of ebay, and it hasn't arrived yet. I hope I'll have it in time to actually do some customizing! If not, I'll do it anyway and just post the pics for fun.

He didn't mean "how would YOU know?" he meant "how would you KNOW?" meaning that the cars were so distorted how could anyone tell what they were looking at?

This car is sitting by the Westshore Pizza just up the street from my job. So far as everybody knows, its not for sale, but its definitely not getting restored any time soon either...really is a shame.