ShaggyZ

http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/863574679.html I emailed him to ask what, other than the convertible conversion and the body kit, makes it worth so much. He responds: the engine is 81 z with the dule carbs off the 240z and 5 speed trans all done by a 30 year nissan mechanic. this is a 30 year old car that is in better condition than most cars that are 5 years old. I could see maybe $8k for that. If it's in as great of condition as he claims, perhaps somewhere near $9k. I would not buy it even if I had the money and then some.

In the 2nd video, it's probably not even a Ferarri laying chase. We have only the sound to go by and we've pretty much all agreed that's fake.

It's been my understanding a 1JZ flywheel was necessary as the MKIII Supra flywheel wasn't quite the same. I know the clutch and disc work fine.

I have now. Thanks! FYI - the guy who tuned that is the same guy who basically works with/for Boost Logic here in Austin.

It's a 280ZX and he does seem to have it mounted forward quite a way; but he also looks to be running the mechanical fan

All I can guess is some sort of Ferarri. No idea beyond that.

I know very little about flow charts, but that looks great and the pictures are pretty.

That was actually pretty funny.

Looks like a stock T/A front end to me. That's just how they were in that year model.

Uh right... that's hardly what you said. At best, it sounds like a combination of what you and I stated.

I don't feel like hosting my own picture for this so I'll just post the picture on my one of my desktops at work.

I don't really have a benchmark, but that seems great considering your setup. Good job.

Right on. I'm already there, having been faster than all but one guy out of 40 in our group and the instructors. I ride with these guys -- http://www.ridesmart.infoThere are about 5 tracks in the centralish Texas area ridesmart hits. I'm doing some suspension and brake upgrades on my SV650 right now and then I'll be back out soon. For your entertainment, here is a video of me riding (and crashing) on the Dragon, US129, in North Carolina/Tennessee. The reason I crashed is basically that I got lazy and didn't hang off the bike nearly at all and dragged hard parts until I lost traction. In this video, you can watch me out in front of the SV1000, which is in focus. I rode out in front of him because I had become significantly faster than he and just about everyone in our group except the camera bike. Incidentally, this video is from 10 minutes before the video of my crash. Only the first 4-5 minutes have us in it and you'll see me riding just in front of the SV1000 and pulling away until I'm out of frame and then slow back down so I can be on video

You're referring to an almost exponential increase. I think you're wrong. The percentage can stay the same and the numerical error increase. For example, 10% of 100mph is 10mph and 10% of 120mph is 12mph. Why do you think the percentage is also increasing? I'm open to correction. Also, where did you hear speedo's are designed to be accurate to 80mph? Every car I've driven has been off by no less than 5%, even below 80mph. I think the best they can do is make the gears in the speedo and speedo drive and the tire size be as close as possible, which decreases the overall percentage error and, as a consequence, the numerical error, but that number will increase. You can say "designed to be accurate up to a certain MPH" and be kind of right because that percentage, if it's only 1%, will be only .1mph off at 10mph and 1mph off at 100mph, which is extremely accurate and not likely. Two more skewing factors: tire wear, wind resistance which causes slippage. I'm too tired to explain the increasing error other than to say... "it's math!" --- calculus to be specific.

Take the MSF then hook up with a racing school whether you wanna be Ricky Racer or a slow-riding cruiser rider. It was a HUGE help to me to become a better, safer street rider as you get to concentrate only on your riding and the turns and the braking rather than cars, rodents, rocks, banana peels, your destination, or your girlfriend. Doing 150 miles at Texas World Speedway (30 in the rain) only 6 months into my riding "career" is the best thing that happened to me and it was SO MUCH FUN. Mike, I respectfully disagree somewhat with you regarding the thoughts on a big bike and/or a more powerful bike being a good first choice. It is, of course, important to fit a bike and be able to handle it. However, almost exclusively, when I hear someone say "I've gotten used to the power, it's time to upgrade," it means they need to stick with their current bike for quite awhile longer and learn to push themselves through their paces on turn, braking, emergency braking and on and on. I, for example, "got used to the power" of my SV650 and was thinking about moving up to a liter twin; a few days later I came out of a turn nearly dragging my knee in 2nd gear while only on the rear wheel - that was a great lesson to me and I still haven't found the limits of this bike.

It didn't sound like target fixation. Target fixation is a very simple concept based on the concept of "you go where you look." Target fixation is basically just making a turn, then seeing the outside of the turn or a guardrail or tree and concentrating on not hitting it, which then causes you to head straight for that object. It's hard to snap out once you've been caught by the target fixation "sirens." Curious, Dragonfly, where did you get that rule of them regarding highsides and lowsides? It's not necessarily wrong, but it's not something that could be considered a rule of thumb, in my opinion. Lowsides are most common and are the safest, but a highside or lowside can happen no matter who the rider or the bike is - in fact, high sides usually just happen because the lowside regained traction. Actually, most lowsides happen because the rider had poor form, not because the bike was pushed beyond its ability. It is HIGHLY unlikely that 90% (made-up estimate) of riders can outride their bike with proper form and skill.

Okay. Sounds more like underanticipation... or just "blowing the turn."

What does "overanticipating turns" mean? I don't mean to be condescending, but I have a feeling that was your first or second time to ride a bike The only reason I'm even commenting is that it is dangerous as a totally new, inexperienced rider to give advice to another new rider.

The percentage increases? Or is it just the number that increases? The number would increase regardless of a percentage increase as the speed increases. Speedometers are almost never perfectly accurate from the factory and any changes to tires, for example, will skew the percentage further - even tire wear and tire stretch at high revolutions. But you all know that, so I digress.

Thread title = "... Post your pics of your[/u] wheels" And, no, I don't know.

Actually, it's fairly well-known that there are actual rules many police districts have regarding this. I think it's primarily to reduce the danger of high-speed chases - better to have one vehicle driving absurdly fast than two or more and the likelihood those speeds would increase if the chase begins. Yes, I realize they have the radio and helicopters (sometimes).

What did you say?

FYI - motorcycle speedos are generally 10%-12% off, so that guy was likely doing under 150mph. Judging by the tachometer, I'd say it was a liter bike he was riding (a GSXR1000?) and the style of the instrument cluster says post 2004 to me. He must have changed his sprockets some or was only in 5th gear to be taching that high at that speed.

I'd drive it.

Nice. I'm glad you actually enjoy getting spanked by another car instead of getting pissed.