ShaggyZ

Ah... must have missed that part. Thanks.

How is this a "test drive?"

Yikes! $4500...maybe. But other than the low mileage, there's nothing that sounds like it would be worth more than $3500 and probably closer to $2500. I'm talking about reasonable prices, not where the buyer makes a steal.

Taking one's daughter to dance class in a R200-breaking car makes one a bad dad

Did you mean "I'm curious" as a statement or a question?

The body?

Happy Day! You better wish me happy 29th in two days.

What do you think about the type that most people run now - the general, large front mount intercoolers that are 15" tall with the inlets running directly facing into the core, either at the top, middle, or bottom (don't think it matters)? Pull off half those tubes and you've probably got a more efficient (size-to-cooling/flow) intercooler. In fact, I love(d) my Porsche 944 intercooler that was a 6"X6" block that was about 20" long and, with the end-tank design, uses the entire intercooler efficiently. Just sold it today to a turbocharged '75 Stingray running straight propane I hardly understand fluids, but I'm thinking most of the bottom of those intercoolers don't get used at all. However, I think if the end tank inlet is aimed in such a way as to direct the air down perpendicular to the tubes, then that is much more efficient. I'm thinking asymmetrical end tanks are the way to go, by the way. EDIT: check out http://www.bellintercoolers.com/ and their end-tank designs and consider what MONZTER has shown us. Lots of funky end-tanks: asymmetrical, dual-inlet-single-outlet (vice-versa?), sticking with shorter but thicker cores(?) EDIT AGAIN: What effect would simply flipping one end-tank on MONZTER's intercooler (minus the splitters) have on flow, efficiency, turbulence?

Looks great, but it almost seems like running twin intercoolers of the same total size as that intercooler would be more efficient - maybe a twin entry single exit intercooler? Obviously, using a correct leading edge (ie air-foil) for the y-pipe would be important. I've been scheming twin intercoolers and multiple small radiators in my head for awhile. Still, I really admire your engineering and welding. If twins aren't in the cards for me, I'll definitely consider having some custom end-tanks worked for me.

Nike

Awesome. I love the ad for the dude's hat. I think they went a little heavy on the claw hand deal - kinda sad, actually, that they made any real deal about it.

Interesting... I don't know much about what works. Is that nearly plug'n'play for all Datsun R200s?

That doesn't quite work out, though. How much power have plenty of those cars made with stock intercoolers? I don't know the answer, but I do know turning up the boost on them and opening up the exhaust can get you to 300HP pretty easy. For an example of something I DO know: lots of TurboFord guys use intercoolers from all sorts of cars and make gobs more power than the car their intercoolers came from. What about turbocharged vehicles with no intercooler? Early 300ZX and Merkur XR4Ti for starters.

The ECU is okay? I thought you said it got trashed in the accident

The oval-tank side doesn't decrease in circumference. I have one in my garage which I used in my XR4Ti and I was quite satisfied with it. I think it actually fits very close to nice in the front of my 280Z, except a little too NARROW (~2"). Seems like some massaging of the holes on either side of the radiator might allow it to fit beautifully (ie the end tanks would go right through). However, you'll probably find you'll want to hack up the end-tanks some... or a lot.

If the thread pitch is the same but it's just too long on the master side, it would be nice to not have to change out the fittings. Or are you saying they're different lengths but it doesn't matter?

What in the world are we looking at ontop the tranny... or whatever that is? Bizarre!

Cool. Good to know. I wonder if it'd be alright to simply cut off a bit of the end that threads into the Datsun master.

Is the issue only the length? Or the actual fittings? I'd read the fittings are the same... or so I thought. Looks great otherwise. Keep going!

There are a few other vids just like it. Some are using the same guy.

I felt dumb for not understanding him for the first minute or so... then I decided it was a joke. Is it?

No idea, honestly; but I know MZM has done some work on Mark Rolston's RB26DETT 240Z in the past year and possibly more prior to that. I'm certain they didn't do the swap themselves, but they might be interested in trying. I don't know how much they do in the way of custom fabrication, either. They do a lot of EVO's, STI's, 240SX stuff and even have an AWD dyno, but I think most of the work they do is bolt-on and tuning.

I've considered the heat and pressure but I think it would fun to test it out and be one of those surprises. I'm thinking 3-2 to twin scroll turbo and, as far as I understand, the header is correctly set up for a twin scroll turbo (ie alternating pulses)

I've considered doing that - using the na manifold, that is. However, if I go with the L28 instead of an engine swap, I may get a MSA 3-2 header and use that for a similar setup.

I'd be curious to see pictures of the spoiler from the ad and pictures of the spoiler you received. He claims it is the same one from the picture.