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For now I'm gonna keep it relatively stock. I might fix the rust on the body and paint it. I do plan on getting rid of or at least pushing in the bumpers a bit. I'll probably get a front airdam as well. As far as performance I think I might lower it a tad and do some basic simple mods like intake and a header. I would like to put a 5 speed in for the 4 speed as well. After I replace the engine in my 240, Ill take the cammed ported head from that and build either a stout l28 or a stroker. This car is too clean for me to tear apart too much.

So I've been half-heartedly looking for another Z to drive around while I work on mine. I was scanning ebay when I came across this Z. It has 160k with 60 on a rebuilt engine, Some body rust but floors and frame rails aren't horrible. The interior is immaculate and everything works minus the clock(of course) and the rear defroster. It even has factory A/C that blows cold! I snatched it up on ebay for $790 which is an absolute steal for an east coast car. My dad and I picked it up from maryland yesterday and it performed flawlessly on the 200 mile trip home and the 50 mile trip to school. The previous owner was a big Z guy and had another, identical brown 2+2 that was in showroom condition. He was also a nissan parts dealer so all the wear parts and hoses and everything had been replaced recently. The car is honestly in much better shape than my 240 which I paid more for and went to florida to get. here are the pics.

Theoretically, I'd imagine not too much. But those are some pretty mean numbers for a carbed car, not to mention he's on street tires.

Wow, I really like that alot. I wonder how much tuning one would have to do to get all of those carbs running correctly...and how much a setup like that would cost. I bet it sounds wonderful. If he is starting a shop in maryland, I will be paying him a visit. I could go for a 12 sec carbed car.

I work at an apple store and a mac guy through and through, but I understand you guys' complaints. There are two main problems as I see it, having done many returns and replacements. 1. These things are getting too small, and people start to treat them as car keys and not as electronics. Especially with the mini's and nano's. I mean the mini's have a hard drive spinning at all times and as a result shouldn't be treated much more harshly than an external harddrive or a laptop. Apple tries to make them pretty sturdy, but any time there is a fairly fragile moving part spinning at a couple thousand rpm's ♥♥♥♥ can happen when its shocked. Ever wonder why the new nike shoe thing that allows you to track how far and fast you run is only available with the nano and not the full sized ipod? Its because the nano is flash based and has no moving parts to break from moving around and they don't want to encourage people to run with the full sized ipod. Its the same reason that apple doesnt make an armband for the ipod, but they do for the nano. 2. Apple designed these things only to have a certain lifespan basically expecting that people will want to upgrade after 2-3 years. I mean the battery is not user-replaceable and Li-ion batteries only have a lifespan of what, 1000-odd full charges? That should give a pretty good idea of how long these things were designed to last. I mean, apple will change the battery at the store for free under the year(or two years if you get the extended) warranty, but its 70 bux otherwise. Also, apple only offers up to 2 years of warranty, again showing the designed lifespan of these things. Personally, I have only owned one ipod and have had no problems with it, but ive only had it a little more than a year and I don't doubt that within the next year or so I will have some trouble with mine. In my opinion, its worth it for the ease of use, the best interface (imo) in any mp3 player, the clean slick design, and the seamless integration with itunes, which I have no problems with (though it does run better on macs). I messed around with other mp3 players for a while, trying creatives and cheap flash ones and a couple archo's and while I may have saved a little money on initial purchase, I found that they had the same problems of failing after a little over a year, and much worse product support. For example, archos made a little mp3player/recorder called the jukebox, which I used for a while. About a year and a half ago,under a year of its orginal purchase, it failed. They sent me a new one, which was fine. But when I got my new computer, which ran on Mac 0sX which was not new stuff in 2005 the player did not work with it. When I called them to ask if they made a driver for osX they said no. I asked if they planned on making one they said no. I asked if I am pretty much assed-out on this one, they said yes. So for now I'll stick with ipods.

well you could always do something like this and mount the engine transversely http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971-LOTUS-EUROPA_W0QQitemZ280043808628QQihZ018QQcategoryZ6312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Hey, I recognise that car. I did a tiny tiny bit of bodywork on one of those doors. Cool stuff and good job.

Looks like he needs to stick with vehicles with 6 wheels...

72 240 -- zero 85 mr2 -- snap (as in snap oversteer) 95 323 -- buddy 89 xjs -- pit (money pit) 00 focus -- bee (yellow car)

I had seen a write up of that slk with the slr engine. That thing is mean!

the early diesel rabbits got somewhere on the order of 40-60mpg

I'm down as well.

To be fair, I think they were using a carbed engine for that test. I imagine it wouldnt have to strong of an effect on a carburetor as compared with fuel injection.

Found this out last night. Apparantly he was testing a jet car to try to break the british land speed record and lost control of it. He has moved from critical to stable condition, but ive read of possible brain damage. I really hope he pulls through relatively unharmed (permenantly). I really love top gear and he was a great asset to the show. I also hope the show doesnt get killed or watered down because of this. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/09_september/21/hammond.shtml

Got mine today, thanks Terry!

check out those wastegates' exits. That's mean as hell.

yea, I really want a lighter as well. consider me next on the list

well I currently have satin black rustoleum sprayed on there with low pressure to give it texture. Right now, my car is nowhere near nice enough for me to give it nice paint. I like the idea of having it look rough and mean and unfinished until it actually is finished. I really am not gonna paint it until I get a shell doesnt have that much rust. For now, I like it looking beat up.

haha nah not me, not my style....or in my budget

Not the best pics but here are some rainy day shots for ya.

yea, I got it. I ended up using the same specs for the datsun fairlady mirrors and it seems pretty good to me. Thanks alot, pics to come soon.

20 bucks plus shipping http://stores.ebay.com/iyaikub

I saw them on ebay and picked them up because I can't afford datsun mirrors and needed mirrors anyway. I found this schematic for the placement of the datsun mirrors and I was wondering if you guys thought this would be ok for my mirrors. Thanks

is it just me or does anyone else really want airjacks in their car.

I am definately up for a weekend get-together at joe's.