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MiKelly, Nope - didn't happen. I'm seeing the same short-sighted reactive activiteis going on that I've seen before. On the bright side everything is nothing but positive for the future. Would have liked to make this move years ago but the timing/economy just wasn't right.

What was funny was that he said it over and over again. I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. Talk about stupid - actually thinking he could spew that crap and think someone would beleive him. Oops - forgot - there are other car dryers that probably would.

Took my car to the car wash at lunch yesterday to get a couple weeks of grime off it. After the was part I'm talking to the kid drying it off and mention that it has an LS1 in it. He then asks me if it has the C20 rear end and then goes off on a tangent talking about V12's & C something rear ends. Am I missing something here or was he from another planet far far away?

I've run both with my LS1 - duals to a Y pipe and then single the rest of the way out and now true duals with an X pipe all the way to a single muffler. Bottom line - even though they have more surface friction area 2.5 x 3.14 x 2 = 15.7" vs the 3 x 3.14 = 9.42" of the 3" pipe the dual 2 1/2" pipes have 2.5 x 2.5 x 3.14 /4 x 2 = 9.81 square inches of flow area vs 7.06 square inches for the single 3". Thats just under 40% more flow area which is huge. The single 3" is also harder to bend around and is more likely to bottom out than the 2 1/2". Breathing is the name of the game and dual 2 1/2" will give you more than a single 3".

Dang. You are either up really early or you work at night!

OUTSTANDING!! Finally - someone actually from Yakima pops up. I'm going to have a bundle of questions over the next few weeks. I'll actually be arriving up there mid-November but need to get started on knowing the best residential areas. I also need some lines on the best automotive shops etc. It's going to take folks with some talent and integrity to wrench on my babies. PM coming your way.

I concurr. They should be silver, not off-white. I sold my original hubcaps off my '77 several years ago. They came with the car but not on it so I don't have any photos of them on the car.

Interesting - I'm scanning down through this thread and I go - Hey - I recognize that car - even with the funny hood. Nice garage shot David. The Scarab looks nice sitting there next to the hybrid. How're things going? Lisa and twins fine? Starting a new job in about 10 days - in a land far, far away.

Wow - that's a seriously good find. I lived in Horseheads (about 10 miles east of Painted Post) for 3 years and for an S30 to be in that good of shape in that area is almost miraculous. The Chemung River valley isn't known for being auto friendly.

Deja, When my car had 160,000 miles on it I replaced the original springs with some Nissan European spec srpings from MSA. They are 1/4" shorter thatn the original stock springs but 15-17% stiffer. They RAISED the ride height of my car a full 1". From the ground to the bottom edge of the rocker panel front and rear my ride height is 7" but it does keep my dual 2 1/2" exhaust clear of speed bumps.

Standard practice on the S30's is to get the 5-spd and R200 out of an 81-83 S130 and install. The combination gives you the same pull in 1st & 2nd, a stronger 3rd & 4th and an excellent overdrive 5th. I did it with my '77 and my only regret was not doing it sooner. CAUTION: If you install the 81-83ZX 5-spd you MUST have a 3.90 R200. If you stay with the stock '77 3.54 R200 your accelleration will be crap.

4.25" x 25.4mm/inch = 107.95mm which would round off to 108mm. It's the 4.5" pattern that equals 114.3mm.

You also need to read up on the California emission laws with respect to your year of car and what affect any modification could have on its classification. You live in the land of the smog Nazi's and you need to be very careful.

Jersey, A friend of mine used to be a auto shop supervisor for Sears. On the side he would by a Z car, fix it up good enough to sell and sell it. He started out putting them on his credit card but soon he was paying cash for them. He did this out of his garage at home. After a while he got enough cash flow to rent a small place where he could stash a few shells out back for spare parts for his cars and to occaisionally sell a few spare parts. At some point Sears reorganized and basically gave him the choice of an early retirement or a cut in pay to do the same job. He took the retirement and went full-time into the Z's. A few years later he took out a note and bought a larger place a few blocks away - about 2 acres - and started a serious Z salvage yard while he continued working on Z's for guys and flipping Z's he got at auction. He now owns the place outright and also a paint and body shop. If you'd like to talk with him PM me and I'll give you his name and business phone number. My point is - the restorations are glamorous and can make big bucks but you can fill in the cash flow by flipping less expensive cars and doing wrench work. Do a good job and your reputation will grow quickly. I envy you the strenghth of character it takes to do this now. I understand how tough the decision is. I just quit the place I've worked for 23 years and am taking a position with a new company nearly 2,000 miles away from my kids and grandkids.

Definitely different engines. Truck makes less HP, has a different intake system, weighs more, etc.

Seattle has a pretty cool touristy trap area (Pike's Place Market) down on the docks. Lots of neat little stores to walk through and some good restaurants including the original Starbucks. If you look hard you may find a bargain on something but generally it will cost you a small fortune in any of the nice restaurants. The monorail is pretty much worthless. It runs from a shopping mall to the old worlds fair area where there really isn't anything going on this time of year. I suppose your wife could shop in the mall and then you could ride the monorail to the Starbucks in the fair area for a cup of coffee and then ride back. Might be some whale watching boats going out but I'm not too sure. Might check out the activities center at UW. They may have a football game while you're there. You might try this website for more information. http://www.seeseattle.org/

My car isn't in it so it could be better - but still pretty good.

Nope - mine was on I-20 in Texas!

Neither - 3 1/2 hours after I submitted my resignation my boss came in, wished me luck with my new position and told me I would work out my notice. I do think it's appropriate, however, that my last day will be Friday the 13th. With the 23 years of knowledge I'm walking out the door with it won't bode well for the company for a while. Two of my guys have already asked me for pointers on resumes & job hunting.

1949 Cadillac - too long ago to remember name 1955 Plymouth - Horace 1970 'Cuda - Brandy 1970 Challenger - Prissy (wife's car) 1962 VW - Beetle 1972 Pinto - Blue 1976 Ford Gran Torino - Dame 1980 Toyota Corolla SR5 liftback - Tinker Toy 1975 Olds Delta 88 - Tank 1986 Ford Aerostar - Duchess 1977 280Z - Zack (stolen) 1983 Sentra - POC, Gutless, & various other names - but very dependable 1992 Chrysler Town & Country Mini-van - 'TC' 1977 280Z - Zack, Jr. 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee - Grunt 1983 280ZX - Kelly Girl (Temp driver while Zack Jr. was in the shop) 2002 Suburban - Supertanker 1993 300ZX Convertible - Prissy II (wife's car)

Well, resignation is in. Start with the new company on October 16th. Looks like I'm going to moving to Yakima sometime in November.

Haven't had an SRT-4 beat me yet even though a few have tried. Then again, I doubt if any of them were stage 3 builds.

I've had it on the road three years and over 25,000 miles now. Was in the shop for the drivetrain upgrade a total of 14 months in a 17 month period starting in July of 2002. Since then it's had short down periods for brakes, interior,and sound system.

That was 4 years ago when LS1's were harder to come by. I think I have the third or fourth completed LS1 Z conversion.

For starters the red one has a ZX L28 in it. You can tell by the fuel rail and the anti vaporlock cooling blower. Assuming it's salvageable it's a better motor than the original. Too bad it's got the automatic. Lot's of good glass but my bet is the dash is cracked on both cars. Do the super thorough rust inspection. I see the blue car has CA tags. That usually bodes well for low rust but not a guarantee. Whichever one has the best body use it. If the red one wins out there you might want to cut the roof off the blue one and eliminate the sunroof on the red one.