[My official L31DETT RHD thread.]

That last pic is exactly what my failed BHJ dampner looked like in the keyway.

[My official L31DETT RHD thread.]

Thats the 3rd BHJ dampner that I know has failed (mine included) for the same very reason. I spent a couple of hours repairing the keyway on my crank beacuse of it. This dampner with a SFI rating should not be failing so quickly for this reason. I had barely 5k on it.

[My racecar progress]

I believe the wheels are Chevoits. I have a 15 x 8 set on my Z.

[Porterfield R4-S brake pad]

This was my email to Porterfield.

 

"I have a Datsun 240Z that has a front brake caliper conversion on it using the large SW12 four piston Toyota calipers found on the mid 80's Toyota trucks & the 84 - 85 300ZX vented rotors. I would like to equip them with Porterfield R4-S pads. Your catalog shows only 95 - present Toyota trucks.

 

Do you know if Toyota used that caliper in recent truck models & what is the part # so I can order the R4-S pads for it. The pads used are the same size & pin spacing as the 84 - 85 Nissan 300ZX pads but without the bottom mid tab & bottom side recesses if that helps."

 

This was my response back.

 

 

"That is part number AP 137 R4-S $79.95"

[Porterfield R4-S brake pad]

Can anyone here confirm the Porterfield pad part # as AP 137 for the SW12 caliper & 300ZX vented rotors conversion.

 

Thanks.

[Made it to the dyno]

Show me ANY L Series with over 600 RWHP, everyone keeps talking about them, but I wanna see legitimant proof.

 

 

I posted some youtube vids of JDM cars on the other board a couple of weeks ago. Check under "bunch of Jap vids" in cartalk.

[Intake/Air Filter for Triple Mikunis?]

I tried fixing it. I believe the pics are site protected for linking. Anyway the ones I bought are part # 99217.250 in the Weber DCOE section.

 

http://www.piercemanifolds.com/airfilters.htm

[Intake/Air Filter for Triple Mikunis?]

I got these in from Pierce Manifoulds as I have the Cannon long intake & ther is very little room for any filter boxes. The screens pictured are actually black rubber with silver screens

 

 

 

http://www.piercemanifolds.com/airfilters.htm

[My official L31DETT RHD thread.]

Congradulations Bryan. Good to see hard work & engineering to fruition. Love to see the potential of this engine. I'm thinking it will be on par with a heavy RB26DETT biuld.

[Duplicolor Paint Shop]

I have used the Duplicolor single stage enamel with good results. It takes a few weeks to completely cure as I did not use a hardener (isocan's). I would not use a lacquer as this type of paint never really cures & is susceptible to solvents (eg: gasoline). So using a lacquer in the engine compartment & around the fuel door filling area is a bad idea. Also you cannot paint over lacquer with anything else. It must be completely stripped off to put urethane or acrylic enamels on.

 

Also the Duplicolor lacquers are a ready to spray mix. No reducing, no hardeners. For anything else follow the manufacturers directions for correct temp. range reducer, reducing mix ratios, adding hardeners & hardener to paint ratio. As in the case of the Duplicolor enamel I used it was a 4 paint to 1 reducer mixture as per manufacturers directions.

[Have you seen this Japan 240z taking off? FAST,]

Nice car. Needs more areo work on the front. Notice how the hood bulges up on the sides & in the front at speed. Check at 1:15 - 1:17 in clip.