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Hey guys, Thanks for all the compliments! cygnusx1: I kinda quit on my build up page because I ran out of room on geocities, but some of it is there: http://www.geocities.com/projectzt I have alot more pictures of the build up here: http://gallery.voodoo-people.com/austin Scottie & Gabe: Thanks again, the SEZ throphy means alot to me because it was given by true performance Z enthusists... not the typical how much bling/ dust in you door jams throphy. Cant thanks yall enough for putting SEZ together either! Speeder - Its about time our cars got a little more respect. Alot of young guys still dont even know what they are, when they were the beginings of the japanese sports car. Lets just hope they dont start ricing them out! Slownrusty - The Photographer who shot the pictures, Clint Davis, orginally showed the pictures to tunerzine. He now works for Primedia in SoCal who put out a number of the tuner magizines, one of them being turbo. He pitched the pictures to them and they liked em. I couldnt believe it when He told me I was getting a feature Anyway thanks again comments guys!

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I figure some of yall might not be able to get the mag, I believe its more popular on the west coast (only place I found it was Barnes n noble) so here are the pictures uploaded:

Hey guys, Check out the June edition of TURBO mag, it just came out yesterday over in these parts. I picked mine up at barnes N' Noble. :biggrin: :biggrin:

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All tire manufacturers post the recomended wheel width range for each specific tire and size on their website... I think that would be the best place to look.

70z I may not. My car is an early 71, It had the different rear suspension and tranmission with the "remote shifter" I think its just one big mut.

Jon, I installed mine last weekend before SEZ, my car is a series one chassis. I didnt have to cut anything but I also dont remember that protrusion. another problem I believe you will run into is that mounting hole is located in the wrong spot. I mounted mine with the reinforcement piece forward as the hole didnt line up longitudinally with the differential, when i mounted it with that piece forward the hole didnt line up laterally. Perhaps they bent the piece the wrong way, I had to drill my hole for the isolator so it was offset to the other side the same distance (I believe 3" over and 1" up) then it worked fine. I contacted Roostmonkey about it but havent recieved a reply, it may just be something with our cars but i dont think so.

damn garret sorry to hear, hope somebody can get you a rear end.

I believe I have all the extras sold right now guys.. I still dont have the money from them yet so its not for certain. But I am selling these for $350 with machining your bellhousing and 300 without, bolts included. Like I mentioned before if there is enough interest for more, I will consider making another run. If there is alot of interest I will see how much a machine shop can turn them out for and I can make lots. Right now Im having them done at work so its pretty low volume. So far the tranny is working awesome, ive had the pleasure of abusing it for a couple days, the real test will be at SEZ. It sure sounds nice and shifts easy Alot better then stock, and shes holding 26psi right now, 20psi obliterated 3rd in my stock 280z tranny. -Austin

Im going to make a good writeup on installing methanol shortly (after SEZ) Thumper.. I now have a 300zx tranny, 3" DS with spicer U-joints, r200 CLSD, 300zxt CV's, and Mickey Thompson ET DR's.

Lookin good gabe! See you at SEZ

HAHAH yea thats prolly how sunday will go... I wouldnt be the least bit surprised, but damn she sounds strong right now. Hell maybe ill go to 30 just for fun. -Austin

Seat of pants feel....

Well I thought I would post and update on this thread since I got the car back together and running. I am now runnign a new intercooler system and Akycontrol Methonal injection along with ARP rod bolts. I havent done anythign to the motor besides put it together Like i mentioned before. It runs very strong and smooth, right now i am running 26psi and with the methanol had to take a good bit of fuel out of my MAPs to bring it back up to 11:1. Hopefully I am going to get it on the Dyno at Z nationals, if not I guess the timeslips from SEZ will tell the tale.

I ran mine like that for a long time worked fine.

Silicon Vaccum hose is hte ONLY way to go IMO. It last a long time, is much more flexible so it is easier to route and to zip tie over vaccum fittings. Its expensive but its the only thing I use, I just bite th ebullet and buy lots of it. I get mine from ATP, but you could prolly find it cheaper.

http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=108785

Got mine! Looks great, now i just gotta find me a isolator.

I can send you one, PM me your adress. I have three junk l28 trannys now. -Austin

They are building another place sorta like that around Salisbury I have heard. They are building a motorsports park now with a full road course. I believe they are selling townhome type houses and you are garenteed a certain amount of time to yourself on the track a year. Thats about all i know right now though I havent done much research. I had an idea for a community like this just alittle while ago. I think it would be sweet to have a car community and have a really nice central shop where you could rent or buy a bay in it and have access to machinery and lifts etc. full service / custom fab shop could also be in the development. Then of course you would need the skidpad, dragstrip, and small road course We have a couple hundred acres in lincolnton that we might develop but I dont think its large enough for such an undertaking

Hey Guys, I've been working on my own Z32 adaptor for the past couple weeks and finally got it mounted in the car this weekend. Everything is going very smooth so far. I work at a Robotics/Industrial Automation place so I have access to some neat tools. I CMM'd both bellhousings, the l28 and z32, to get the bolt pattern in the computer. The CMM that we have is accurate to .0004 in. I was worried that any offset what-so-ever in the input shaft would cause premature wear so this was really the only way to make these adaptors IMO, I know the pattern is perfect. Once I got the bolt patterns, I drew the adaptor in solid works. Usein the DXF from solidworks one of the machinist here CNC'd a test adaptor from MDF to be sure everything was right. This past week we made a small run of 4 adaptors out of 6061 aluminum. The final thickness after machining came out to .725. The adaptor is located on the motor just like stock, with the dowel pin and a roll pin on the lower left hand bolt. The tranny is positioned on the adaptor by two roll pins as well. Everything ended up fitting together perfect, here is a mock up on a test engine: Big thanks to garret on the detailed writeup for putting the tranny back together haha. Here is a picture of the required machining on the bellhousing: Another interesting thing here is the the shifter fork, they are identical between the tranmissions diminsionally, but the Z32 fork is MUCH thicker and beefier. The throwout collar is the same as well; I used my L28 tranny stuff. Tranny together, that is a ebay shortshifter which can be had for 30-50 bucks. (before shifter relocation which Ill get to in a sec): Here is the adaptor installed on my motor: The transmission lined right up, even easier then stock. I have a series one shell so my transmission tunnel is much smaller then a 280z, and boy is it TIGHT. The transmission BARELY fits it is about a .25" away from the top of the tunnel and about the same clearence along the sides at the original mounting location. One thing I thought might be of interest to alot of yall was the shifter location. There was talk on Garrett's thread about using a z31 shifter or a shorter transmission. In my opinion this is not possible, it would locate the shifter too far forward, you would be better off having it farther back then slamming you hand into the dash for each shift. I came up with a solution which allows the shifter to come through the stock shifter hole and use the stock console. It does require some welding and fabrication but is not very difficult, just takes a couple hours. The remote shifter on the Z32 has a 2.3" long extension between the "u-joint" and the shifter shackle, I cut this piece out and welded the two shackles together. this moves the shifter location up by 2.3 inches which makes it fit perfect. I had to make a new shifter bracket for to hold the shifter. I used the stock shifter piece and choped it up for the new one. Here is a picture of my transmission crossmember and shifter bracket: This gives you a good idea of how the shifter looks now: Shifter through the stock hole: Sorry for the quality on this, its kinda crappy. But here the the console installed and ready to go: Transmission and shifter feel is MUCH improved over stock haha. I made the crossmember from some 3/16" angle iron, ended up being very easy to make and worked out very well: I had a driveshaft made per Garrett's deminsions by Powertrain Industries in California. I called in the deminsions and part numbers and they made AND shipped it out the same day. I had a different diffferent flange then Garret through so Im tracking one down right now before I can get the car rolling. The length is perfect for the series one as well. I havent driven the car yet as I still need to get another flange but so far so good! Should have the car on the road next weekend. Hopefully I can finishe before SEZ!!! Still have to get my methonal up and running and have her tuned!!! Ill be updating this thread as I go, Ive got some more pictures on my other comptuer. **PS. I do have extra adaptors...two of them are already spoken for, as of now I have one left, if you are interested in it please PM me. If there is interest I may be making another run.

I really would look into UNC charlotte. There is alot of money there for motorsports work. Also a hot spot for NASCAR teams.... and while you may not be a fan of nascar (im not) it would be ALOT of fun to work on a team and be a part of the design of the cars, there is also BIG money in it. You would also enjoy the Charlotte area more then likely, alot of car shows/events, a relatively active Z club (not nearly as active as triangle though), and lots of race shops. PLus it rains all the time in England.... -Austin