capt_furious

Wow. These photos are making me all giddy in the pants.

Ripped out the AC(man, do I wish I had AC!) and put in a Chrysler 'Orange Box' transistorized ignition. Left a bunch of loose wires dangling in the engine bay and under the dash that go absolutely nowhere. Disabled just about all of the idiot and courtesy lights. Made a mess of the heater ducting under the dash, disconnecting half of them without removing anything. Spray-dyed the white interior black. Why, why, why do people tear stuff out instead of doing a little homework to make it work right? And when they tear it out, why do they make it completely unreversible? When I put my tach in, I cut only two wires in order to replace two connectors with the needed size. Everything else remained in place. Now that I've finally got positive cash flow, once the credit card debt is gone, I'm putting the Z down and fixing all of the crap that keeps it from being reliable and enjoyable.

Indeed, I wouldn't mind one of those under the hood...might even sound halfway decent with some headers and an X pipe.

...bear in mind this forum is all about using the Nissan S30 and other related chassis to build vehicles whose form follows function - that function being speed, both in the turns and in the straights. 'Scene' and 'cool' for the sake thereof need not apply...quoth BJHines, paint doesn't make it go faster. Neither does stupid low. Stance is most certainly not 'what it's all about'.

Glad to see that I'm not the only one that's managed to mount Autometer gauges in the tach / speedo pods and still use the original gauge position / bezel / lens.

Two of the bolts have torn the body sheet metal. I think one failed(left rear, looks as if it rusted a bit and then punched through) and worked the other loose after 'rocking' the seat over time. I've got a few chunks of scrap metal wedged into there to keep from rocking right now. I figure the less it moves, the better, no point in fatiguing the other mount points. Is there any sort of quick fix to mount new seats(such as a cheap fiberglass bucket), or do I need to weld this up? I'd take photos, but I haven't really got the time. Driver's seat is getting pretty beat up, anyway. I've got a little spare dough, it's time to put in something more supportive.

Wow. If I could do that twice each month, I wouldn't have to work!

He shot toward an occupied dwelling? JAIL. TIME. Wrong on so many different counts. No tags, no license, not in season(or is it? Isn't it elk season up there right now?), had to trespass to retrieve the deer, road shooting, firing towards a dwelling. Lock this moron up, he's making legitimate hunters and shooters look like bloodthirsty fools.

Glad to see them in production...buy HOLY CRAP, the price. YEEEEESH. I'd sooner put that kind of money into an LSX swap.

I figured it out...couldn't get the heater duct out of the way. I pulled out the heater control bezel, unscrewed the bolt holding the arm on the back of the gauge, pushed the gauge back into the dash, then rotated it around until I could get at the bulb fitting. It's wedged in there pretty tight and it's tough to get at, but it's possible. Pain in the arse, really. FYI, 1445 bulbs fit in the gauges.

I've torn apart half the dash just trying to get at my temp / oil gauge to replace a burned out bulb. Any tricks to this? Yes, I searched!

Wow, that's really asking for it... Nice sig, ckolander.

The Skyraider was not a turboprop(turboprops being jet turbines with the shaft geared down and fitted with a propeller). It used a Curtiss-Wright R-3350 radial, the same engine used in the Boeing B-29. Prop aircraft played a significant role in Vietnam as cargo, ground-attack, forward air control and artillery spotting aircraft. I can't get at the original link from where I am, I'm sure I could figure out exactly what it is.

Thanks, but I'm just good at digging for info.

365 GTB/4, commonly called the Daytona Coupe, the 365 GTS/4 being the convertible we all know from Miami Vice(that was a replica, though). The chassis itself was used for 4 different models, some of them styled completely differently from the 365 GTB/GTS. Side note, the Campagnolo 5-spoke wheels were the inspiration for Globe Bathurst wheels in Australia.

I'm pretty sure there are kits for putting EFI into Weber DCOE bodies. Best of both worlds.

And a quick search for DC2 coilovers on Google yields the owner's blog. Interesting.

He said it's not his. That is STUPID low. Love the wheels, I'd like to know what those are, but there's no chance that car has any manner of decent suspension travel sitting that ridiculously low.

...methinks there are individual coils hiding somewhere behind that running engine w/ no plug wires.

Some very useful info there! Thank you!

I've got a halon fire bottle jammed between the driver's seat left bolster and the door sill. Never had a fire, but I've had a few scary moments with leaking fuel.

...Bueller?

That ray gun is kinda scary...

So, how'd it go?