I wonder if some peoples came off because they weren't put on all the way. One of mine snapped right on, the other I thought I had on, but never felt the click on. I had to pull pretty hard for it to come off but it did. In order for me to get that one to click, I literally had to lean on it will all 220 of my pounds against a bench, then I finally felt the click. I tried briefly to get that one off a few days ago and it won't budge now. I hope I can get it off to put my new ones on.
I just got my replacement fuel push on connectors yesterday. I had the black ones with the plastic clip then read on a few different forums of people here and there having them pop off and catch or almost catch the car on fire. I decided to replace them with the blue screw together ones while I'm doing the plumbing just to be safe.
If its set to a low amount of assist it shouldn't mess with feedback too much. I guess that would be the beauty of the adjustable knob. Parking turn it up, track days turn it off. I think the motor is geared to the solid shaft, so if it goes out you should be back to as it was before you put it on instantly. http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&A=111532
This site has lots of good articles on all kinds of car related things.
There is already someone who makes a kit for the Z anyway. You send them your steering column back as a core when you're done. It ain't cheap though but it's all figured out.
Ebay search for electric power steering controller. You can get a box from Europe that works with GM stuff for around $65. They've been doing it over there using opel stuff (euro gm) for a while now. The EPS setup they use there must be the same as here as the box is supposed to work with GM stuff available here. The boxes come with a knob that lets you adjust how much assist you like. The hard part would be mating the columns.
Back around 1990 a friend of mine had a 4.3 in a 1980 rx7. With slicks and nitrous he would lift the front tires a few inches at the stickier tracks. Car had a full interior as it was his daily driver in his senior year in high school. If I remember correctly he was running mid 130s in the quarter with it. It was a scary little car.
I'm thinking about starting this soon. I poked around on the net and found a few people on other forums who have used this with good results. I may give them a call today to ask them a few questions about it. I may have to go with a stupid dash cover anyway because the PO filled all the cracks in mine with liquid nails and use the cover on with it and its tearing everything up trying to get it off.
That's sort of my reasoning for the hushpowers. I haven't been to an autox in over a year since I sold my other car and got the Z, but heard them talking about starting to use DB meters in the future.
Thanks y'all! They all sound good. It's time for me to start looking into exhaust and its a hard decision on which one to get. Anyone hear anything bad about flowmaster hushpower? Keep the setups and videos coming!
Just went to the garage to count mine. You can't see the gear at all like you can on the side ones. You would have to pull out the VR sensor and get something in there to mark it (liquid paper?) and try to count it through the little hole. I guess it would have to be drained first or maybe if it was stood up it wouldn't lose oil.
The front would be the input shaft, wouldn't it? My 2 early Q45 diffs had them on the input shafts on the front of the diff. My friends late one has them on both output shafts, 1 on each side of the diff.
You can also get a box from them that lets you choose what color they are, or let it cycle through all of the colors. They also had some for a Mustang with a cobra emblem mounted on the lights, if you're into that. I guess they could mount a Z emblem, think it had to be no larger than 1.5x1.5".
Well, I'm using JTR headers if that makes a difference, and they hit the sending unit down there, or maybe it hit the block, I can't remember now. I just moved it to the top. Easier to replace in the future in that location anyways, I suppose.
Same thing happened to my friend. After 10 months, he gave up and bought another set... a week after those arrived, he came home and there was a box on his porch from zforce. Apparently they will show up eventually.
Thanks, I was wondering if they would fit. They set up a tent at a huge local car event every year and have them for a good price, but I was worried they wouldn't fit.