Pop N Wood

Sold for $28000 Says ebay pulled the ad at one point because they thought it was a hoax. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6511148/

But at 4 litres per gallon it is a little more pricey.

Sorry. Saw Subaru and immediately thought R160. Do a search on R160 and that is the swap I was talking about. Looks like you got your answer anyway.

I am not sure how a dual plane vs. single plane affects smog one way or the other. But I will say the cam will have more to do with your emissions levels than the intake. The thing that will bite you with intakes is passing the visual inspection. Might need EGR hookups and the heat riser plenums which some intakes don't have. As for performance vs. streetability, dual planes do make more torque down low, but a Z is such a light car that you don't need as much low end torque. A good single plane will make more overall HP and still be streetable. You want to match the intake to your cam, though. The better high RPM flow of a single plane will quickly be lost if the cam is too conservative.

That is actually a popular swap on this board. Do a search to find out if it is bolt in or not. A lot of talk about strength, but there are a few guys who have run them for long periods of time without failure. They are cheap enough here that even if they blow it is cheaper than an R200. Also R200 LSD's aren't that common anywhere

Could be a lawn ornamant or a practice target. They sell those in archery stores.

Man. Only a matter of time before they start building cyborgs and terminators out of that stuff! Ice 9!

I don't know how anyone could buy a car from someone they don't know sight unseen. You have to look at the car. If you really want to buy an ebay car you need to be willing to travel to see the car, then be equally prepared to walk away if it isn't everything it is suppose to be. Like Mike said, 4K will buy you a good Z, or it will cover the cost of a budget V8 swap, or it could be completely consumed by a quality paint job. Paint is time consuming and expensive to do right. Hard to imagine 4K doing all three. I also think most guys will agree it is much cheaper to buy a V8Z than to build one. With very few exceptions the things don't sell for anywhere near what guys put into them. As for those welds, the early Z's were notorious for collapsing the frame rails at the sway bar mounts. Nissan corrected this in later Z's. Those pictures look like someone did a quality job of reinforcing the frame rails with extra steel. If the rest of the car is solid and straight, then who cares if it had been in an accident?

The December issue of Car Craft has half the issue devoted to LS engines. They dyno a $6200 LS1 crate engine, complete with ECU, that made 402 HP out of the box. Only needed a half dozen items to complete the engine (they gave the part numbers). They also have charts detailing exactly what head came on each engine. The Escalades have an LQ9 engine whose head is based on the LS6 head. Said these heads work better for blown applications. They also detail a stroker kit that put displacement at 402 Cubes and made (I think) 580 HP. Very expensive though.

Just drive faster. Loud, cold and noisy will seem insignificant when she is fearing for her life. #1 ride quality fix is tires. Get 60 opr 70 series tires. No low profile. And not too wide. As for the rest, 240's are pretty raw cars. Only so much you can do before it is no longer a 240.

Make sure your tuner is properly grounded. Try a noise filter on the power into the tuner. Dirty RCA connectors are a possiblity. Looks like you already thought of an input wire being too close to power wire or other noise source. The question is whether the pop is being generated in the tuner or the amp. Either way need to ensure everything is properly grounded, the power wires are all in tact, not grounded and no loose connectors (power or signal) anywhere. You might try to filter the power amp DC power. Big ass capacitor or other type of noise filter mounted right at the amp like mentioned above. One other possiblity is what type of alternator are you running? Does your new amp draw significantly more DC power than the old? Could be you are overloading the alternator and the voltage regulator is having trouble keeping up. A car battery acts like a pretty good DC filter, so try running the power to the amp right off the battery with as short and heavy of a power wire as possible. But my guess is just loose wire somewhere.

It's the beginning of a great adventure....

A recent Hot Rod (I think) magazine had a guide to LS engines and the escalade motor is suppose to have LS6 like heads. I think this is different from the regular 6L truck engines. I will look at the article again once I get home. The magazine also detailed an LS crate engine install. The crate package came with a computer especially set up for non-stock installations. Good read. The Northstar has been talked about quite often. Expensive to work on and doesn't have the aftermarket support of the LS engines.

I was going to say, that car looks extremely well done. But also have to agree the lines don't mix well. And the color.......

His stand up act was pretty good. Completely out of character with his TV persona. He sings a bit too much, but the jokes had my brother and I laughing.

Grumpyvette once posted this article. Absolutely excellent information about using O2 sensors to tune carbs. http://www.bob2000.com/carb.htm

The one I read compared the GT to a Ferrari Mondail (sp?) and a Porsche, and from a performance comparison the other two weren't even close to the GT. The GT was by far the cheapest of the three.

Look at the link in DaleMX's post. MSA carrys all types of bumper concealing air dams. You could also do a search on "G nose". Makes your car a foot or two longer but has good aerodynamics and hides the front bumper.

Say it ain't so. That is my dream car. I would take one of those over a Ferrari. Actually my truck is getting so old, a new ford focus would probably excite me. Get some neon, fart can, maybe a spoiler.

Am I missing something guys? He says he has hydraulic lifters and he adjusted them with the engine not running? Thought you had the have the engine running and listen for the clacks to adjust hydraulic lifters? At least that is the way I have always done them.

He basically has to compute the HP being generated at the rear wheels then plot that vs. engine RPM. The dyno operator is measuring engine RPM directly. He is also measuring rear wheel RPM and rear wheel torque. Run the engine up to some RPM, compute HP as the rear wheel RPM times rear wheel torque then make a data point on a plot (HP at that engine RPM). After he runs revs the engine thropugh the power band, he takes the plot and divides HP by engine RPM to get the torque curve. Actually the dyno probably measures the RPM of the dyno drum and not the rear wheels. So he doesn't need to know anything about the cars gear ratio or tire diameter to get the engine curves. And 115 HP with 470 ft-lbs of torque would be an odd engine. Sounds like they were giving the measured torque value at the rear wheels?

GIECO is cheap insurance if they will cover you. In my case they are considerably cheaper than anyone else. When I first bought my Tacoma I had 7 accidents in the first 3 years. None were my fault, but they had to pay out on 2 of them (long story). But even with all that they did not raise my rates. GIECO also has a history of political activism. They were on a crusade for a while to outlaw radar detectors. Capitol raceway is within ear shot of my house. I would really like to know how they got the track sign in sheet. Maybe they insure the track?

Give him time. Dubya will take care of those student protestors. I would love to see one of those people try and fly somewhere right now.

Power is the constant. Torque varies with the gear ratio. There might be differences in drive train losses across the different gears. So any power differences measured would equal the difference in the drivetrain losses.

Try $1200 more. Have you seen Ross's prices lately? We need a pro-LSD party in this nation. Someone needs to put those European nations back in line.