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Have to disagree with the guys above. I upgraded my steering rack bushings and replaced the rubber steering coupler at the same time so I don't know which had the big effect, but doing those things was like adding power steering. In my smooth floor garage turning effort went from a two arm lug to literally one hand. This was with with narrow 195 street tires, but I was amazed. I think you hit it right. Most of the effort is spent charging and recharging all the rubber in the front end.

I have absolutely no idea where that came from. Your words' date=' definitely not mine. You sound like a campaign manager for John Kerry. Either fear mongering or the Chewbacca defense. It is because I don’t want to see any dead Americans (or Iraqis for that matter) that I take the stand I do. Like I said, some things you do as a matter of principle. Are we reading the same posts? I say we need a system of checks and balances to keep the government honest. How is that expecting perfection?

Whose your sugar daddy!!! One book I have says there were only 250 factory built Scarabs. Not to violate the HybridZ covenants but why not sell the car in original form and pick up another Z to mod? (or even two. Maybe Jay Leno would want it). Not telling anyone what to do, but seems like a potentially very expensive mod.

Collectors value totally stock vehicles. Right down to the paint marks on the body panels. I would think nothing in this law will change that. Also most 30+ year old cars that are still drivable are owned by car guys who take better care of their vehicles than the average joe. That, combined with what would have to be the small number of old cars that are still driven makes me wonder just how much "pollution" this bill will prevent. I am sure sombody somewhere has posted estimates. My 71 is still golden!

One other thing for all of you people who trust the current administration to not abuse their new found powers. Will you have the same level of trust should Hillary get elected 4 years from now?

Did he pass a new tax cut or just extend the previous one? The thing passed congress pretty overwhelmingly. Kind of hard to argue against eliminating the marriage penalty.

Nothing of the kind. I said saying “lets wait and see if it becomes a problem†reminds me of people’s attitudes prior to 9/11. Huge difference. It is not your place to apologize. And it is neither of our places to decide which ethnic groups should be protected by the constitution and which are not. Prosecute the guilty but don’t persecute the innocent. “And if outlawing guns prevents even one gun death….†Maybe those are your choices. My choice is to not let either one violate me or my rights. We are strong enough to do both. But not if the people are running scared or have a “win at all costs†attitude. I know I can get rather abrasive, but I am honestly not attacking you. Really. Before this thread I had a general mistrust for the PA. Probably more because of the circumstances surrounding it’s passage and the blatantly political name. This thread has opened my eyes to a lot of things. I read extensively and I see a change in this country that I am not happy with. Some have to do with the PA, but most of my consternation comes from people’s attitudes toward the whole affair. I guess I am a product of the 60's and 70's and as such have a basic mistrust of what I have seen the government do during that era. The government wasn't too honest about the happening in Vietnam. What makes you think they are any more trust worthy now? Want my idea of a viable alternative? Dump the portion of the PA that allows search warrants without proving probable cause. Turn over investigations of PA abuses to an independent panel. Make public the procedures for putting people on no fly lists, then provide an independent panel of judges with established procedures to allow people to challenge it (may not be part of the PA, but something that is needed). I am sure there are more, but I am far from an expert. As Reagan said, trust but verify.

About the only thing I can say about that is quit being so lazy and research the issue yourself. I must read different newspapers than you guys. Incidents happen all of the time. The problem is, most of the written cases of abuse are occurring against Muslims. Judging from the tone of this thread I know many will not have a problem with that. But I don’t want to revert to those days again. Need a place to start? Try researching that Arab college professor from Florida who got put under 24 hour surveillance. Go to google, type in something like “arab professor Florida FBI surveillance†and start reading. You will get things like http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/fbim.htm Interesting article. Plenty of fuel for both sides. Oh, and as you read, remember the PA specifically states that the feds don’t have to tell you certain things if they don’t want. So you will be getting only part of the story no matter how diligently you search. Guess you will just have to trust them. Remember, these are the same people who did such a bang up job with Richard Jewel and Ruby Ridge. And what was the reason for keeping the B2 bomber classified for so long? To protect national security or to hide the budget from oversight? My single biggest complaint with the PA is lack of due process. Get on a watch list and the first you will know about it is when they bounce you from a plane. Who do you complain to when that happens? What are the established procedures for getting off the list once on? Ted Kennedy could call Colin Powell. What are you guys going to do? Are any of you honestly sleeping safer tonight knowing that Cat Stevens has been sent back out of the country? And can anyone tell me why he was? the Feds aren't (or did I just miss that?) Like I stated earlier, 95% of the PA was probably common sense things that needed to be done. But I have a real problem when people pick and chose what portions of the constitution they want to respect and worse yet when they want to enforce it. Before you know it, you have people thinking portions of the bill of rights doesn’t pertain to individuals but rather guarantees the right of the army to have guns. The same arguments you guys are using to justify the PA are used by the Sarah Brady’s of the world. “It is OK to sacrifice some protections if it makes us safer.†I refuse to give up the right to due process. And for those saying “we will watch it and see if it will become a problemâ€, isn’t that how we got in this mess in the first place? Haven’t you learned anything from 9/11? Some things are done as a matter of principle.

One last post: http://www.noogenesis.com/pineapple/blind_men_elephant.html And oh baby baby it's a wild world. Seems pertinent http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6067570/ For me, the most disheartening thing about this whole thread is the number of people who feel the way to protect our freedoms is to willing give them up for someone else to keep. Maybe I am over simplifing things, but perhaps we should be discussing the meanings of freedom vs. security.

Man! Where can I get me one of them flux capacitors?

Buddy had a late 70's RX7. Opening the sunroof and windows cost him 3 or 4 MPG compared to running with them closed and the AC on. But make sure you didn't get any gasohol. The energy content is lower and use to cost my old Ford Fiesta a full 5 MPG. A lot of those midwest states subsidize the gasohol pretty heavily so it is more common.

But then I was involved in turning the thread ugly so an apology was still in order. I am not offended, given the source and context of the message. More annoyed really. Freeedomfighter's post reminds me of the parable of the three blind men "seeing" an elephant for the first time. Liberal pig. Obviously has not read many of my posts, has he?

But then again, there is a lot of room for error. I think the penalty for 115 MPH over will be just as painful.

My apologies to the moderators and all who are enjoying this thread. Guess I pushed the envelope too far once again.

Shall we measure up wienies now? Liberal pig. I'll have to share that one with a few friends.

One current thread on brakes http://hybridz.org/nuke/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=37139&sid=80c342d6a62abbd3da69dd56e86cd7c6 There are others. I have a bunch of links on good brake threads on this site that no longer work. Do a bit of reading. Budget will be a big concern. Lot of opinion, but the rear drums in good condition aren't that bad. But Ross at Modern Motorsports had a kit that allows stock 240sx rear disks. This is a nice set up and will help keep your wheel attached to the car should you twist a stub axle. For front brakes, you want to drop some $$. The JSK's, Arizona Z car and Modern Motorsport kits are all excellent. do a search.

Hope you get the price you want. Sweet looking car

I got depressed as soon as I saw the subject line on the forum page. Are you sure there is no place you can store this stuff until you get back from Gitmo? You are going to kick yourself later.

If you have been doing a lot of reading on this site then you probably already know this, but these cars are too light to make use of a lot of low end torque. Not to worry though. All it means is you can build the car for more high end HP and still have more low end torque than you can use. go single plane vic jr and a bit more cam/roller rockers. Look at some old Grumpyvette posts on building for HP instead of torque. But that sounds like a good engine the way it is. I personnally am not a big fan of cages, but some type of reinforcing is needed. 240's flex more than the 280's. Subframe connectors and strut bars are unobstrusive. But do some reading, get some more opinions and do a partial to full cage if you feel comfortable with that. The vented Toyota brakes and rear disks are a good idea, but heavy. If your budget allows there are much better options for front brakes, but not cheaper. Budget a good bit for suspension work. At a minimum all urethane bushings and some quality struts. You don't really need adjustable arms unless you plan to race. IMO Coilovers fall in that same catagory, but I suppose many would disagree with that statement. At any rate 30 year old springs will need replacing, 383 or not. Wheelman's advice on the rear end are as good as any. The other option is to go easy on the holeshots. The R200 upgrade is easy and cheap, the CV's a good bit more. With that much engine I feel LSD will be a must, but there are no "cheap" options anymore. Either way make sure you check the 240 stub axles carefully since those are weaker than the 280 units and without rear disks spinning a stub axle will cause wheel separation.

Truely impressive. I guess you have a knack for stuffing oversized pieces into small areas that were never designed for something that large.

Didn't those cars use a computer to control the rear steering? I have read stories claiming they could turn the rear wheels either with or the opposite direction of the turn depending on speed and how hard of a turn. Wonder what degree of computer tuning would be needed to make them work with a different platform? Definitely something to look into.

Man, that borders on fraud. ebay should pull that ad. A battery is a storage capacitor that has the advantage of a much larger discharge cycle than a capacitor. Can't believe the power claims.

One welding rep told me the cost difference between gas and self shielding wire is negligible. I know it is tough to shell out the $$ for the gas kit, but the sheilded wire costs more. the biggest reason to go gas is no smoke. The fumes from the fux core wire is a killer. Also to use sheilding gas, make sure you turn off the shop fan. A steady breeze will blow the gas sheild away.

As far as burning DC to the ground, I only live 30 minutes out of town. Actually it has not come to that point (DID YOU ROGER THAT, HOMELAND SECURITY GUYS??). We can easily work within the system to get this resolved. Maybe the patriot act has been the greatest boon to law enforcement since the advent of the fingerprint and maybe it has yet to be used for anything other than what it was intended. But the potential for abuse is there. Ruby Ridge started when some FBI guy duped a suspected white supremacist into sawing off two shotguns for them. That turned a person with less then politically correct views into public enemy #1 and led directly to the stupidity (on both sides) that ensued. I really don’t want to turn this debate from the patriot act to Ruby Ridge or Waco. But that situation summarizes my fears about a government with an agenda. Think about how nebulous the word “national security†is. Jmortenson and I have openly disagreed with this law on what is understood to be a very public, non secure medium. Couple that with the half dozen web searches I have done on the topic. I consider this to be healthy dialog (I know I have learned a lot). But does this mean we could now both have our library records pulled in the interest of national security? (I would bring up Kevin Shasteen but my guess is he is already on someone’s watch list ). Do we really need to give the government such a big hammer?

I listed the web link in the quote that had that paragraph. http://slate.msn.com/id/2087984/. Says Section 215. If you google “Patriot Actâ€, to google’s credit the first link is the actual act (all 300+ pages of legalese). The second is the Department of Justice web site trying to “educate†people on the act. The third is the ACLU, and the fourth is the MSN article I quoted. Hopefully the unabridged facts, both extremes and maybe something in the middle.