Heavy Z

When did we win the war on drugs and what was declared? I missed it. Last figures I saw showed roughly half the drugs produced worldwide head to America...

What a great way to put it. Congratulations, I'm looking forward to the show.

Here's another good vid, nevermind the Kung-Fu style intro. Click on "Speed air man" (top left): http://perso.wanadoo.fr/parkour/parkourenglish/page16.html You can also click on 'videos' to check out more.

No wonder you don't see anything, they changed the pic.

Look through the window. Get down, 'lil doggies...

There's a new sport called 'Parkour' - kinda like skateboarding w/o a skateboard - running through a city as fast as you can, jumping walls, acrobatic climbing, etc. Started in Europe, heading here. I've seen some vids but this jump is downright amazing... http://www.le-parkour.com/cyril.mpeg

I'm familiar with those bikes. Fazers are very light and have a sophisticated 5-valve motor, more hp than other 700's of the day and competitive against 600's made 10 years later. They are a popular choice to build a drag bike (just add an FZR1000 motor). In any case, you may get lucky if it's badly tuned, otherwise he'll probably walk you. The race will really be over in 1/3 mile (the time it takes for a fazer to reach top speed of 135), from there it is a matter of playing catchup. Are you prepared to hold your Z at 140-150 to do this? Sounds dangerous for both of you, get a 100 shot of nitrous and then you'll have a race.

The 36 gal tank was in a vette, I edited my post so it makes better sense. I was only halfway serious anyway, he does get points for originality.

Thanks, those look really nice. The link from the original post doesn't work for me, oh well. I had rams horn manifolds before, and the change to blockhuggers was noticeable, although I did the whole exhaust together so hard to tell how much was the headers. These look great though, and w/ 2.5" collectors too. I'd consider going back to a set of these if my headers ever go.

This reminded me of a post I made here a while back about puting a Diesel V8 in a Z. The mpg seems reasonable and may have room for improvement. If going with a vette, I'd personally want one in a 63-67 since you could get them with an optional 36 gallon tank (what a range!). Sure it wouldn't be as fast as a gasoline engine, but prices these days make driving an old car long distances unrealistic. It'd be fun to see the country in a classic Vette while getting econobox-mileage. http://www.clubcorvette.se/bilder/Div/vet_diesel.html

I can't see any pics on that page, what do they look like?

Here's one from Eric Neyerlin's camera:

When a moose torpedo scores a hit like this one it's gotta be tough on whoever's inside the car.

Yes, as you know spending is a sore spot with me as well. But if that's what you don't like, by all means give credit where credit is due. Our 'tax cut' came partly from a fiscally-reckless borrowing of $120 billion from social security last year, the biggest looting of SS in our history. To be fair Clinton did too, at 1/4 the rate and averaging about $35 billion a year. As for the 'spend' part of your statement, you fail to mention that Bush (hand in hand with our republican-led congress) is spending more money per year than any executive/legislative combo in history, and by a long-shot at that. There is no wiggle-room to argue otherwise, to the dismay of many traditional conservatives they've earned that distinction fair and square. No longer can a democratically controlled congress (as in Bush 41's case) share partial blame. If you really, truly are concerned with spending then this should be your biggest irk right now, not the possibilities of the 'tax and spend' democratic presidential hopeful, but the proven track record of our 'borrow and spend' encumbent. Your statement above may have been appropriate in the past, like when Ike balanced the budget 50 years ago. Current overspending is an embarasssment, IMO. The numbers don't lie, but they do make slogans like the one quoted above look shakey at best, and short-cut one's ability to "see the forest through the trees" at worst. BTW, I'm not politicing for Kerry as I'm not a democrat. I just grow weary of seeing the truth go out the window in lieu of fortune-cookie platitudes.

if you haven't seen this one yet, it brings a whole new meaning to 'gun control.' http://media.ebaumsworld.com/negligence.mpg

Thanks for the effort guys, the Buells and gsxr6 are close but not quite right, I think it's from an 80's japanese bike w/ a steel frame. Found it - Kawasaki ZRX1100. Thanks for the help!

Hi everyone, I know some of you guys are into bikes so I thought I'd throw this one out there. The bike pictured is an '86 Kawasaki ZL900 eliminator, but the gas tank is from a different bike. It looks really familiar but I haven't been able to nail down what bike it came off of. I know it's a long shot, but do any of you guys recognize it? Thanks!

Yes, a bigger pan would be an excellent cautionary step.

Sure you can.

They don't wind up quicker, but they are higher-revving than a 350/383. We kicked this myth around here a while back...all things equal, a 383 will beat a 327 down the track. Higher torque will push it through gears faster and yield a higher et, therefore the 383 revs 'quicker.' The 327 can rev higher however, and with appropriate gearing to match the right cam you can have quite a screamer.

Nice job man, that engine looks sweet!! Good luck keeping to your schedule.

How about a Dodge 600? With an easily modded turbo motor and rock-bottom resale value, a super stealthy car since 99% of the people who drive them are senior citizens. A grey haired wig in the glovebox would be perfect for when you want complete invisibility, maybe something like... or

Very creative, except that Cali allows a max of 7 digits on a plate.

I could be wrong, but I think GM started using wcT5's in '88. Good deal anyway, my nwcT5 lasted almost 2 years. P.S. that was the same starter I just replaced, made for a 305. It was drawing 300 amps to turn over my 327, and before figuring this out was the cause of much trouble. I would recommend a gear-reduction type over using the one he's got, fwiw.

I got my wcT5 two last month right here in Sacto for my 327Z, $800 for a rebuilt unit with my countergear stabilizer installed. They've got more if you need one: Manual Transmission Warehouse 916-441-2712 Richard (he's got a wicked ZX-11 supercharged) Tell him the guy with the Z sent ya. Good luck!