Trevor

I bought a tire changer - the manual made-in-China kind from Harbor Freight - a few years ago on one of their 50% sales. It's been in the box in my garage ever since, but today I decided to put it together and give it a try. It works great! I have used the electric ones a few times before, so i was pleasantly surprised by how well their 2-ended tool works to pop the bead on and off the rim. It even came with a plastic sleeve to protect the rim on alloy wheels. Here's a pic on their site. Mine is painted red. The only problem is the tire iron is about 3 feet long (for leverage) and the changer needs to be bolted down to something heavy (like the garage floor) or it wants to spin around. It chewed a big hole in the driveway until I lag-bolted it to a 4x4x8 post. Thinking portability I took an old truck tire (good use for an ex-Explorer Firestone Wilderness AT 235-70-15) and filled it with concrete. Set 4 anchor bolts and re-bar in the concrete to bolt the changer down. I also set 3 pieces of pipe vertically through the concrete. 2 of them are 1" dia for bolting to the floor or staking it in the ground. the 3rd pipe is 2.375" dia and it makes a nice holder for the tire iron. Saves me a trip to the service station and gives your upper body a workout too.

Never got Hate mail from Hybridz. Surprising, since I have a pretty bizzarre sense of humor and share it often. I'd say we're a pretty tolerant crew, especially when it comes to typos.

I blew my nose and pulled the lint out of my navel, now my truck accelerates much faster.

Added some pictures (2000 words worth) to my earlier reply

NERVOUZ - on a cherry '69 Fairlady

Where's part 3?

You would use the push slave cylinder on a Camaro-type fork. (the pull slave cylinder on a Ford package-Mustangs use "pull" cables for the clutch linkage from '74 to '93.) The bracket would be bolted to the side of the block, probably forward of the bellhousing. Here are some photos of fabricated brackets from 70's era race cars that might give you some ideas. The transmissions are Muncie 4-speeds, but the push clutch fork and bellhousing is the same.

http://www.mentalwardfilm.com/falcon1.htm Those nutty Star Wars fans

I've only seen this box mentioned in my JTR fuel injection conversion manual. This one on eBay looks like a bargain..... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2420182460&category=33733&rd=1 My early 1990's JTR Datsun manual recommends 2 overdrive manual transmissions: The Camaro T-5 and The Corvette 4+3. Experience Here at Hybridz, the Camaro T-56 is the way to go. Anybody have any experience with the ZF 6 spd in a Datsun Z?

Pete, do you know if the case is Aluminum or FE on the T-50? Still have it?

These replicas use a Cobra chassis, not the ZCAR platform: http://www.daytona-coupe.com/products/kitdescriptions.html http://www.hdrcoupe.com/ The only Z-Car based kit I know of was from about 10 years ago Puckett Auto Works 9968 Cleary St. Santee, Ca 92071 (619) 258-2052

I think Terry O (BlueOvalZ) built a 289 with 351C heads. The real trick is the custom intake - narrower deck than a 351 and port spacing different than a 302.

I've looked at the Toyota rear discs, also. Same rotor, parking brake shoes and caliper are found on the Cressida and some Lexus as well as the Supra. Can't say if the parking brake mechanism will work on a Z but let us know if you pursue it.

I loved this on "the Daily Show" "How I turned my husbands' affairs into a $8 Million book deal."

What do Japanese guys call rice-mobiles?

http://www.scorpionzcars.com/carshows.html

It is worth it in style points alone. With the ZX you have a 2-seat cockpit, long hood, hatchback, sugar scoop haedlights..... With a '79 - '93 Mustang you get...... a..... 2-door Fairmont with different plastic trim? Then on the mechanical side: 4 wheel independent suspension.

I have a '66 Mustang that I have owned since high school - about 24 years now. I haven't driven it in 10 years!! Just parked it in the garage When my 1st son was born, Mrs. Trevor said we needed a new, safe, "family" car. Ever hear the expression "a $40 saddle on a $10 horse"? Payments on the garage are 20 times what the cost of the car has been - After 20 years once I figured it was about $9.00 a month

My vote: Leave the seams. Lack of panel seams is what makes VW-based plastic Ferraris look like Kit Cars.

Once I assidentally swapped 2 plug wires on my Explorer. Funny thing is I didn't notice it run any different... Until I went for a test drive and it had no power. Computer had it purring on 4 cyls at idle.

The 1961 Ferrari 250GT California Spyder...... Featured in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Munster Go Home!

White Men Can't Jedi

Possibly the throwout bearing.

Some I have read recently - This book tells you how production shops do it: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1878772090/qid=1053107625/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-9232426-4031910?v=glance&s=books This book tells you how small shops did it in the 1960's: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0911160523/ref=pd_sim_books_1/104-9232426-4031910?v=glance&s=books