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roger280zx

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  1. Am I the only one trying to figure out what a 3100 head is?
  2. As the title says I have acquired a Quartermaster Pro 5.5 racing clutch and flywheel set up. It is complete with the starter adapter, flywheel, clutch packs, etc. and the complete system (minus starter adapter) weighs 9.1lbs. Replacement discs are $145-$165. This is way too much clutch for me and I have no use for it. If your are running a Kameari street 10.5lb flywheel and are looking to upgrade to a twin lets trade. Disclaimer: Race only part, predicted life expectancy on the street is 2-3 weeks depending on how many times you stop/start.
  3. When balancing weight, cost, and parts availability the 8.8 wins hands down. It still makes no sense for 99.99999% of the Datsun owners out there who don't destroy r200's. I'm glad their are guys like Matt out there who will thrash everything, and come back and tell us all exactly the way it went down. The elusive 1.26 is there. For your sanity and your wallets sake, I hope the list of sacrificial parts is near complete. I can't wait to find out.
  4. Oops, just noticed Tony D already said everything I did. And more eloquently as usual.
  5. You are drag racing, and you have an auto trans. The tip in is not as pronounced with an auto, and you'll never notice it drag racing. I have a 60mm from a 240sx, the TWM 60mm with a larger tapered inlet, and a 65mm from a mustang. I really like the twm, there is no spacer required, and the turbo likes it as well. I never tried the sx unit on the turbo, but there was a huge change in "seat of the pants" acceleration and with a little afm tuning I felt like it ran better every where in my stock long block zx. If I get the LD28 intake I want, I will mount the mustang unit facing the valve cover with a cam and cable set up. For now the TWM wins in my garage.
  6. roger280zx

    e 12-80

    I have two, $85 each.
  7. I would say 60 would be enough, and they're 25 bucks.
  8. As is stated in the caption, they are 300zx special edition wheels. Not unicorn rare, but not uncommon.
  9. Race tracks don't have potholes, if you want to drive around on 1000 dollar wheels hitting potholes and speed bumps you can. It is just the guys who build them advising you not to. A typical 17x12 track wheel weighs less than 18 lbs, typical street wheel of the same size is over 25 for most of them and I've seen some get into the 30's. One is purpose built to be light and strong-that's it. The other is built to be strong and durable enough to take all that street abuse without getting out of round or balance.
  10. If it is the plastic bit that goes between the B pillars than their purpose is aesthetics. It is not a T-top specific part either.
  11. Practice on a stock manifold from a junk yard=$12, welds just the same.
  12. My friend put an l28 in an old corolla wagon. Probably made 100 hp more than the original engine and still got like 38 mpg. It was pretty cool and I should have bought it. I think the hardest part was radiator/condenser clearance. Do it
  13. In my experience it is the parking lot maneuvering over the actual street driving where the manual steering becomes a hindrance. 235 street tires just don't have the grip, well if you're not an 80 year old man or a 12 year old girl that is.
  14. JohnC used to, not sure if you can still get them.
  15. You should just buy my whole 240z with those parts on it and the ones that are bad come with replacements.
  16. That is surprising. I really would have thought the ls would be lighter. Turbo, intercooler, and so forth all changed out as well? Heavier supporting systems maybe? Is it an iron block?
  17. 83 Hatch: 43lbs Complete with glass, wiper & motor, squirter, stainless, rubber bumpers, interior piece, but no hinges or struts.
  18. That is basically like I said on my 15x10's (with spacers equivalently) -25 the wheel would "fit" as in bolt on, but the strut would be buried in the side wall of the tire when the lugs where torqued down. I need my car to do things like turn and stop, so I went widebody. Now 275's fit no problem.
  19. Indeed.. kids around here, and probably some Japanese people as well, will do all kinds of things that I wouldn't do. As for the trailer tire comment, that was meant for the 205/55. I'm not sure, but I think that is at least close to the size tire on my trailer, and those are on like 5.5" or 6" wheels, not 9's or 10's. Like I said it may hold air and a bead, but those are not the only duties of a tire. My zx is one of the few I have seen with 15x10's and appropriately sized tires up front. I know what it takes to do it and it isn't easy. And no, the sizes you mention aren't weird sizes, in fact they're quite common. Putting them where a 255 to 275 should go is the only weird thing.
  20. Since "fit" is such a relative term these days perhaps I should rephrase my above statements. Yes you "can" get 15x9's on the front, you will need spacers for the 0 offset. Yes you "can" get street tires that will mount to them, they may even hold a bead, will likely hold air, but what they will not do is everything else that tires are supposed to do. Am I the only one who sees a trailer when I look at a z with trailer tires on it?
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