Russ

Hi all, We tend to get a bad deal on Z bits here in England, and my 2+2 is in need of an interior retrim. I was wondering if anyone could recommend interior kits that I could import. Something similar to this? http://www.zcentre.co.uk/shop/index.php?cPath=21_43_67 So for a 2+2 I'm looking at £850, or $1725 dollars. How does that fair with what you guys pair for just the trim, not fitted etc? Thanks v much

No I completely missed that, thank you I'll start trying to come up with a drawing myself then.

Thanks for the links guys. They look pretty simple to make, if I could get some decent drawings of them I'd probably go that route. Pete's chassis rails don't follow exactly the original ones so I could probably do that.

Hi all, I've done some searching of the web and this forum but haven't had any luck so far. I've shot blasted my 240 shell and the chassis rails are a bit of a patchwork quilt. I'm of the do it once and do it properly school of thought so... 1) I'm trying to source some accurate drawings of the chassis rails so I can make them/have them made. I'm in England and they are available but a silly price to be honest. If I have to I'll pay it but I know the local fabricators could do a really good job of them. 2) I'm only a hobbiest so I need to make myself some sort of jig, and for this I'll need measurements, hopefully to the original Nissan spec. I've never attempted anything like this, so I'm a bit worried that I'll weld it all back up and have a car that crabs up the road. However it's already had the front rails replaced so it might not be straight anyway If anyone has anything that can help I'd appreciate it, if not I'll have to go about trying to measure up the best car I can find here and try and figure it out for myself. Thanks Russ

I've got some of those pistons. You can see pics at http://www.zclub.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=4374&cat=500&ppuser=1&sl=r if you're interested in what you get. Anyway just putting it into LENGINE, I used L28 block, L24 rods, E88 head, FELPRO gasket, 1mm overbore, L28 crank, L28 flat top pistons (but changed the pin height to 35.7mm) and it gives me 10.5:1. Wouldn't bet my life on me doing it right though I intend to deck the block and skim the head a bit anyway, enough to take me up to 11:1 comp. Then one day I'll put my L24 crank in it, straight back to 8:25:1 and turbo time (I guess that compression is ok for a turbo, I know nothing). Cheers

Gonna need some very light and strong internals for that, and lots of balancing

jhaag: Brilliant mate, thanks. I appreciate the contribution and modifications The books list is a great idea, I'll add to it this weekend.

Thanks for the encouragement BitWel, I've had a nice response so far, I'm going to busy trying to add as much as I can for the next couple months which in turn will *hopefully* help things along. b sosick: I think the two are very different places I wouldn't dare think about trying to replace this site, firstly it'd fail, secondly what would be the point. Whereas this site covers Hybrid Zs perfectly, the encyclopedia is to be a resource about Zs in general, the cars, specifications, history, people involved in them etc Thanks again

Hello all, I know things similar to this exist, but on behalf of my Z club (The Z Club of GB http://zclub.net) I have set up http://www.aboutz.net/ What I'm hoping to do is create an encyclopedia (using the same framework as wikipedia) for anything related to Zs. I know of a nice 350z one, but I hope this will eventually encompass all models, and provide a free and open resource for us to call upon. The way it works is people are able to freely contribute to the site, and add information. I'm trying to encourage my club to add things as and when they find something of use, and it can be anything so long as there is a link to Zs somewhere. My friend is a big drifting fan and so added details of drivers who have drifted 350zs, later on tonight I intend to add details of what to look for when buying a Z32 along with VIN number and production years for S30s It's ugly at the moment, and will need some tweaking, but hopefully if we get the ball rolling then maybe it'll be a nice place for us all to reference. My only concern is regional variations between the cars, but wikipedia is so successful that I have some faith it'll work out ok. Anyway I hope a few of you will find time to take a quick look, there isn't much to see at the moment, but as the content grows hopefully so will the visitors. Any feedback is welcome, oh and HybridZ information is also welcome in the encyclopedia. Thanks, Russ

Have always had good reports of Taylor leads. Can't you just have them made to the length you want? I know it's personal taste but I'd avoid a stainless braid on a HT lead, not really any point to it

Looks lovely and I can't get my head around the internal welds. Will be interested to see how it runs

Thanks guys. Phantom, I have most definately NOT forgotten about Steves car If I'm honest it's the one I'm most looking forward to. Steve has yet to make me a video so I have nothing to show, soon as he does I'll show the world Cheers

Well I have noticed the sound seemed to cut in and out, but I thought it was just part of the film and trying to be 'stylish'...

EZ-E: use the Videolan player as mentioned. I checked the movie out, I wish there were more films involving S30s (especially upsetting Porsches).

Mike, You Sir are a genius. I have no idea why I missed thinking of Arizona Z car A guy in our club has basically just bought everything in their catalogue and it looks superb, can't wait to get myself some of that. I will ring them tonight (mid day for you guys) and see what we can come up with. Thanks for letting me know,