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Not really related, but.... Crazy thing happend to me the other day. I was driving my old beat-up POS and almost no other cars on the road, going like 45. Ahead of me was a Dodge Ram, about 200 ft. For some reason the guy feels the need to rev. Next thing I see, was the front left wheel pop right off O_o. its starts to slide towards the inside lane and then shoots off to the outside. The wheel kept rolling, hit the median and bounced off and smacked the rear of the same truck. I drove by and all th wheel studs were still on there, so I guessing someone forgot to put the lugnuts one.

Agreed. But I don't recall a N42 being turboed inless modded. Just another guy trying to sell parts fast. Can't blame him for trying. Well maybe I should sell mine then .

Not so rare. I have one in the backyard with the rest of the engine attached

So bowling ruined his sex life? I can see that happening. Maybe its what he gets caught doing with it? O_o

Anybody ever think about welding together 2 ovens to get more space?

Nice. the front with the stock valance type, and without a bumper, makes it look like a boat haha. Great job BTW.

I just yanked all the AC out along with the engine. PM me if you want some parts.

haha 50K you can get an Ariel Atom for that and its quicker and lighter, plus one extra seat.

Interesting. But calling it a "Quad Bike" kinda make no sense. Just thought that someone should have pointed that out. lol

So putting some pillars on the whale tail, will make it work better? Just asking. Well more down force in the rear without adiquet down force in the front, in relation to the rear, will cause front instability.

I agree. I don't like the "chrome" trim look. I like the ominous look of a full black car driving by at night. Thanks. I'll just start a test piece with my airbrush and model paints, see what I come up with. Then I'll test with actual auto paints. Don't want to spend too much on just a test piece, if its not the right paint that I'm looking for.

What do you guys think of a gunmetal base coat with a toner (tinted, black) clear coat with a hint of blue toner? Give it that illusion of being black, but not quite and also the since of not really being blue or grey. Well thats just in my head. I have to get a test piece to see if thats what I really want.

Car in question is suggested to be a winter rally car.so cooing isn't an issue.

Studded tires. Well interesting. I kinda like the center looks.

Personally I think that doing lambo doors on any car is a bad idea. Reason being the it makes it even more difficult to get out of the car. But thats just my opinion. Well I have some pice that might help.

Just asking from experience, does it have the front inner fender wells? When I got mine, it didn't and was driven cross country them garaged, dirt built up on the upper front frame support under the fender (dirt aborbs water= rust). had alot of rust problems because of it.

the premuffler does really do anything for smog, You can see if something a manufacturer makes has a OE carb on teh cali dmv site (i think it was the dmv site) Usually with these cars where I live, they waive the visual inspection, I mean they look, but just for loose wires and such.

I was browsing for parts and stumbled apon this one. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/79-81-260Z-280Z-FRONT-REAR-D-S-ROTORS_W0QQitemZ170010712175QQihZ007QQcategoryZ33564QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem From the title you probably can tell whats wrong. I informed him that the item is mislabled and he told me to "go f yourself." I just told him that they where most likely for the 280zx and wouldn't fit on a 260z/280z with out some heavier modifications. I didn't think I came off as a jerk when I informed him. Well for sure I'm not going to be buying any parts from them.

On the manifold or the the drawthrough setup I posted? For the HKS I have to agree. And can't you make that yourself, how hard can it be? The 240z draw-though is a great deal IMO, comes with everything you would need to do a carbed turbo motor for (as of when I last checked) $20.50. "I" wouldn't bid on it because I know shipping all that crap is going to cost more than I expect to where my friends shop is.

check and clean the battery connections, not just from the battery terminals, but the connections to the starter. Usually happens to me in the spring when I take it out of storage.

haha stretched Z love it. Then you can actually fit 4 people in there, unlike the 2+2s haha.

Someone jump on this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=190012019165&ih=009&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT

I used rattle can rustoleum gloss black to paint my hood and used a can of clear to experiment with. You want to spray the clear after the last coat has been set for a couple of hours, if you do it too early, it will cause the base coat to crack, I'm sure you guys know what I mean. You also want to apply it in really light coats and have the time between coats (clear) longer. Doing this will make it less likely for you to have to sand between coats, but you do want to sand the base coat before you start clearing. My "experimenting" cost me like $75 in rattle paint for JUST THE HOOD. lol.

Thats a nice deal. I've seen 240z turn signals go for way way more than $33 (up over $100).