awd92gsx

I work for a Mitsubishi dealership that installs/sells Inject intakes/CAI's. Injen actually provides dyno figures for before and after intake installs... There's a difference between and intake (which is what you are referring to) and a Cold Air Intake, which, on most cars puts the air filter in the lower bumper. It's funny to me to hear import owners clown other import owners for doing things to their cars that doesn't make them faster... If everybody kept that attitude then we'd all be driving around rusted out/primered old school muscle cars with $24k engines rolling on some old steel wheels. I chose to go with the MSA F40 wing when I had my Z painted and a body kit installed...I guess that makes me a ricer, too... Oh yeah...it has a CAI on it, as well...plus a billet fuel rail and 16" wheels...

Especially on Hondas. If you've ever looked at a stock honda intake, you definitely see how small the stock intake tubing is. It's not even 2 inches ID.

For every one of us that makes fun of "them" there will be somebody out there that makes fun of "us." If this were true, wouldn't all manufacturers also put on 2.5" exhausts with open canister exhausts? With everything that else being equal, you have to remember that the stock air box on most cars were designed with cost, stability, and most importantly, noise levels in mind. The open-ness of the intakes you are mentioning may very well offset the heat that the radiator is transferring to the air Have any of you ever datalogged a car that was running a cold air intake before and after the intake install? I have. Even on my old DSM doing something as simple as pulling a plastic cover from behind the headlight dropped my intake tempatures around 10 degrees. Just some of my thoughts...I'm not saying that all mods ricers do make power, but, not all of them don't either...

BlueovalZ...your car looks mean...and at least you can tell it started life off as a Z. This is just my personal opinion, but...If I were going to do extravagent body mods to a Z...I'd do them to a 280Z...as it seems like it's getting harder to find clean stock 240Z's...Even though I'm a 280Z owner, I kinda see the 240Z as more of a collector's item than the 280Z...just my opinion, though. With that being said, I think one of the signatures of the Z is the headlight setup. I think that's the only thing you lost in your Z that makes it lose the "Z" look. I wouldn't mind putting some flairs on the back of my Z, once I have the V8 installed and everything else done...I'll keep the front a little more subtle, though. No matter which way I go, the flairs will be molded in to look like they're part of the body.

I agree with both of you guys. As long as it looks like it came that way, I think it's good. Most of the ones that I think that we all agree that don't look good are the obvious hack jobs. Putting flares on a car just to say they have flares doesn't do a classic car justice. ...now...in the case of Darius's car and a few others, I can understand the need for flares...having such wide tires without flaring the rear is illegal I think...plus it doesn't look that good...kinda redneckish.

I've always said "it should look like it came that way from the factory" I agree with Pparaska 100%

Ernie, I couldn't find any completed pictures of the car, but, it doesn't look too bad from what I could see. I can definitely see why he added the flairs, though. He needs all the rubber on the ground he can get.

I made this awhile back...but...maybe it will help somebody... http://www.geocities.com/awd92gsx/zinjector.html

See above edit. I've been away for awhile, but, I hope that the HybridZ community doesn't have the overall attitude that it's OK to belittle other people's contributions. One of my favorite Z's is still Darius's supercharged LT1 powered 240Z. No extravegant body mods. Just clean, simple, and fast. Anyway...enough of my thoughts...

Most factory bumpers are made of urethane, and we've had hundreds of bumpers sanded and repainted without any problems...

Sorry for the hostility...but...man it irks me when people degrade other people's hard work and contributions.

I've edited this post to keep the topic on hand. My suggestions are to stop degrading other people's contributions regardless if you think they're "Nicest Z car" worthy or not.

Hmm...well...I kinda place this device right up there with the magnetic fuel ionizer... The magnetic fuel ionizer is a great idea...in somebody's mind...the idea is that passing your fuel through a magnet will align the ions in it. Here's my problem with it. The fuel is already passed through a magnet. The fuel pump. Same with charging the chassis to prevent rust. The battery already provides a "negative" charge to your chassis.

Well, over the summer I got into bikes (have an R1 now) so I haven't really been driving the Z much...it started having a few problems, but, I got motivated and fixed them this past weekend so it's all running good (it's amazing how much better new injector connectors can make a car run).

This is the only picture I have up right now, but, I had some others, I just need to find them...

HLA = Hydraulic Lash Adjuster = What we are calling lifters Ok... I was just outside ripping apart my P90A headed engine and decided to take apart some HLA's just to see if there were any differences. The Datsun HLA's work very similiar to Mitsubishi's with a few exceptions to their design. First, I was very suprised to find that the HLA's are encased in a type of 'body' with a small ring holding the lifter inside (easily removed with a small flattipped screwdriver allowing access to the internal HLA). I was also suprised at just how small the oil feed inlet to the actual lifters are. This leads me to a few new ideas about the lifters. 1) Enlarge the oil passage hole leading into the lifter body(Mitsubishi did this on the later Eclipses with a very positive effect) 2) Remove the lifter from the body and install a high pressure spring underneath the actual lifter so that it will always apply pressure against the rocker arm (which is basically all the oil pressure does anyway) 3) Install a shim between the HLA body and the cylinder head, raising the HLA body up slightly applying more pressure against the rocker arm. I'm still thinking about this whole lifter thing and am looking into other P90A possibilities. There has got to be a better/cheaper/easier solution than paying $65/ea. for new lifters.

What year was the Eclipse?

Lone... If I had more cash right now, I'd definitely entertain the thought of some kind of trade, if you'd be interested...

Hey guys...I see there has been alot of discussion regarding the lack of P90A lifters... About 75-80% of the time, the current lifters can be saved if they are cleaned properly. This is a TSB Mitsubishi put out a few years ago to reduce the amount of lifters being replaced unnecessarily under warranty. http://dsetuning.streetkiaz.com/tsb9911006.pdf

http://dsetuning.streetkiaz.com/tsb9911006.pdf This is a Mitsubishi TSB that explains how to clean hydraulic lash adjusters (HLA's)

What is the absolute bare minimum I need to drop a V8 into my '77? I mean...the barest of the bare minimum...just enough to get the car driving down the road for a couple of weeks until I can get everything else? (as long as it has a speedometer, I can live without a tach for a couple of weeks) I would like to do the swap, and plan on doing it for sure...but, the sooner I can get it done, the better...before I go back to wanting to just install this turbo engine I have sitting here...

Actually, you are correct. That is the F40 spoiler available from MSA (it's actually a Wing's West Spoiler, so it may even be available directly from them)

Mike, Do you still have that engine?

If I remember right, the alcohol basically thins the water...more or less...the thinner the liquid, the better it's heat xfer properties...

IS a Pontiac 400ci the same as a SBC? Sorry if this seems like a dumb question...but, I'm not too keen on Pontiac...