Tony D

There are no new ideas, just forgetful people with insufficient grasp of the technical realm. Once you learn that, you start to respect the people who know how to derive action and results from the existing knowledge base. It's easy as someone young to say you created something 'new'... just don't be upset when the house of cards you built for yourself falls as you realize it's just an adaptation of something used decades ago. "I honestly don't care if it took them 5 years of R&D or 35 years of R&D, if you post pictures or measurements on the internet, in a place that doesn't require any sort of log in, you have presumably released your work to the public. People like me will find it, try to use the specs to figure out what exactly we aren't understanding when it comes to L-engine power making, and then making our own version to either use personally or sell at a rate that isn't absurd (truth be told, why sell it at a high rate when you don't have as much R&D involved as the original source). I have no intention of selling stuff, so I'm not even under that category. " If you think what they posted tells you anything or is somehow factual you also believe the Electramotive 280ZXT had 580HP at 21.6 psig of boost at 7500 rpms as well... Both the USA and Russia got working V2 Rockets at the end of WWII. The USA decided to get the scientists, the Russians the Technicians. The Americans never got a V2 to work. Dismal failure, they started from scratch. The Russians got the V2 flying, and sold it everywhere. Today it's 'The Scud', or whatever those nutty North Koreans Call It. You can give someone a working model, and all the knowledge in the world....and it won't work. Just keep that in mind if you think you will make a cookie cutter engine copied from other's R&D simply by making 'all the right numbers and using all the right parts'... Wonderful story out of Australia where, during the 70's teams were breaking into other team's shops to steal radiators because they were SURE they had done something because their cars never overheated at Bathurst. Or the transmissions, because they never broke. Some guys lightened the weights on the dyno so they looked like they consistently made more HP...and when they consistenly ran faster that was what everybody thought since the Dyno Guys talked... Has anybody even looked at the calibration sheets for the dyno? Make sure what you're chasing is reality. Truth be told, this phrase sickens me: "truth be told, why sell it at a high rate when you don't have as much R&D involved as the original source" Absolutely Sickening. All I can say is, I hope wherever you are, secure in your old age, all you income stream is suddenly stripped away as someone as unethical as you does to you what you propose to do to others. "Do unto others, then split" seems to be the axiom of today. How sad.

"Honey that engine sounds like Ice Cubes in a Blender" My wife after listening to an F54 flat top run to 7700-8000 during the MSA AutoX some years ago. Coming into the pits, that is exactly what the engine sounded like. Didn't sound like that when it went out. Keep it to 7000 (or slightly less) if you want to live through a season (if that...) Should have used a cam to optimize performance to 7K, and nothing more. They are out there. Check your dyno sheets carefully, and degree the cam you have properly and you may be able to 'cheat' the power band back down the rpm band slightly to where you gain most power under the curve and there is no reason to exceed 7000...

removing the rotor is quick, clean, and effective to keeping any 'hotwire' job ineffective. If they flatbed it, tow it, you're screwed. But who carries rotors with them when they go a-stealin'? If they are joyriders, or even determined thieves with some electrical knowledge, they will need to supply a PART to get it running. Pull the coil wire? Been there, done that. Coathanger they used to lift the lock works just fine as a coil wire (imagine the faces at roll-call when I arrived nonplussed...) Yep, pulling the rotor pretty much stops ANY chance of the car moving under it's own power, and is INVISIBLE when the hood is opened. Invisibility is good. Obviously our current laws are sufficiently draconian to prevent the most obvious deterrent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDrzMGdYWZc

I have to agree with the last poster, lightening any stocker you have is better than wasting time or spending extra money on some specific stock flywheel which will likely weigh more, and have less desirable MOI characteristics than any lightened stockers. I have lightened flywheels to 17# that have better performance than lighter 'performance aluminim' flywheels weighing 2# less! WHERE you remove the weight is FAR more important than small differences in total weight. I'll lay money a 24# unit lightened properly to 17# (or whatever) will perform BETTER than the stock 17# unit.

Just put the MSA dual fan unit in a 240Z that is currently someplace east of Tennesee by last SMS I got... Across CA, AZ, TX and then into the big rain storm... Running 160 thermo the front of the engine is 10-20F cooler than at the rear (dual gauges installed...) The fan manufacturer/packaging information was all cut off the MSA boxes, so no help from me there. But the MSA aluminum unit worked well enough for that torture test. This one? Who knows?

My stock L28 Powered 75 2+2 runs 15.50 all day long. 14's is not something you need a rebuilt engine to accomplish.

There is also a Mikuini Flat-Slide carburettor that is similarly sized, but without the butterfly air restriction. That is the one that guys in Japan are using as triple replacements. No reason one wouldn't work to replace a single SU similarly. Used on Harleys as well...

? I must have missed that, need to look at the next VG in the junkyard, but from what I saw they appeared to be direct acting cam lobes to rockers. The R-G series Toyotas use the other common OHC cam lifting via shims and buckets. Some of them may be haydraulic lash adjusted. But since they are direct action below the cam to the valve and depress the valves, I don't see calling them 'lifters' but 'hydraulic bucket' or some permutation thereof. Got a photo somewhere of those VG Lifters?

So what you want to do is rip off Kameari? To get their knowledge and apply it to your needs without paying for their expertise? Pay the $1100 and shadow profile the cam then. THAT is what a grinder will need to know to make that cam. Very disapointing to see someone so blatant in their desire to rip off someones R&D... and that others are helping them do it. Ron is very knowledgable. Read the Racer Brown articles on cams (especially about the L-Series Cams...) and realize that bore, stroke, lift, acceleration rate of the valve...... There is FAR more to what determines a cam's profile than simple numbers. If you want to rip off what they make since it's 'proven' then buy the thing. Then, once it's in your hands, you can do whatever you choose. Shadow profile it, and give the CNC tapes or tracer profile to some cam grinder to make a knockoff replica for you. That is the only way you will get an exact replica of the Kameari Cam. Each grinder will have their own approach to how to grind for a particular purpose. If you give them lobe center, duration, and lift, along with opening an closing times....ha ha ha: GOOD LUCK! There's a BIT more to it that that. The ramps are what make a cam stable. The power a BMW cam profile will make with the EXACT SAME duration, lift, and event timing is TOTALLY different than what a properly designed assymetric ramp Racer Brown, Sunbelt, or Iskendarian cam will make. The industry started with BMW Grinds on L-Billets (Isky did this initially to get a product to sell...) Soon others copied their profiles. Some use those same profiles today. Isky doesn't. Last Monday, Frank280ZX and I spent an hour talking with Ron Iskendarian in his office discussing the L-Series Cam, and how Isky derived their grinds. How they were given no information from Nissan. How Electromotive and the other Privateer Teams were 'on their own' to get power grinds. And how they spent time shadow-profiling the cams, and reverse-engineering the assymetric ramps from the original cams in L's. While we were there, 'The Camfather' Himself walked through and said "Hi"... Later, Frank said "Was that who I think it was?" My buddy Larry, who was in pain and sitting in the truck outside said when we came out "Did you see! Ed was in there, he just came out the door and drove off!" I guess when you have personal contact with people, the thought of ripping off their hard developmental and research work doesn't seem as appealing. Save a few bucks. Loose you soul. For shame!

Where on earth would anybody get the idea there was an electric water pump on that engine? To put all at ease, see attachment:

I'm down for 4, but my son decided to schedule the major work on his Eagle Scout Project Saturday... So I got two free! I'll be there, along with Frank 280ZX who is here again this year. We had a nice talk with Ron at Isky today... Muahahahaha!

Hydraulic Lifters are inline with the pushrods, and transmit linear motion. Thereby "Lifting" the pushrod to the rocker arm, which pivots and pushes down on the valves. Lifters Lift, Rocer Arms Pivot. This is akind to calling the ballstuds on the Small Block Chevy 'lifters'---they are nothing more than a pivot so the rocer arm can transmit motion to the valve tip.

Actually, it's an L20E... There was an L20, which was a 6. Then there was the L20A which was an evolutionary workup of the original from the "Cedric Custom 6" of the early-mid 60's. The L4's started and were prolific L13, 14, 16, 18, 20B (the next generation L20...) Then came the 4 cylinders LZ18, 20, 22, 24... And the L20B was not just Carburetted, they had an EFI Version in the JDM...Very tasty manifold, BIIIIG runners on that plenum. Some guys will cut down an L28 plenum to 'make' and L20B/E plenum manifold, but the runners are puny by comparison! The L20E had 17# injectors, while the L28 were 19#, the L20ET used the same injectors as the L28 N/A. How much are they worth to you? If you have a set of six, send them to RC Engineering. RC can clean, flowmatch and get you anything you want in the way of injectors. I could go on and on....

Perhaps your recollection was mistaken. You were actually in the car waiting for someone while it was parked and after the accident, in a daze and shocked you immediately exited without anybody witnessing it. And MAN does your neck, back, and testicles hurt now... I hear Larry H. Parker will fight for your rights to be ridiculously compensated for your injuries... You could end up with a new 370Z with a full Greddy Turbo kit on it, and no payments. Depending on how much those testicles and back/neck ache...

That's funny, every scouting campout we go to, we HAVE to back in for 'fire safety'... Same at most refineries and chemical plants, no head-in parking due to the delay in case of evacuation... But you know college prepares you for the real working world.

Just a bit of pedantic OCD here, but what or why are you guys referring to them as 'lifters'? I mean, they're pivots. Adjustable Mechanical Pivots, or Hydraulic Pivots. I'll even go so far as to say Hydraulic Lash Adjusters.... But damn, they're not 'lifters', they don't LIFT anything! They're a fixed-point leverage for a fulcrum. It is a direct-acting OHC design, there are no 'lifters' in there, only rocer-arm pivots. Yes, this is up there with 'Freeze Plug' and 'irregardless' for me.

Now you understand why you bought the back protector...

L6 is L6, I thought I made that quite clear...

L6 is L6 The L20A is a Six The L20 is a Six, that PREDATES the L4 series of engines. This is why the four cylinder is designated L20B...

omigod, the smiley function is taking all the ( b ) sections and turning them in the This was not my intent. Oh, and on this: "She either thought that it was the right process, or she knew that both officers made a mistake, and that they should've sent me to BAR. However maybe because the officers made a mistake, she decided to let me off with a fix-it ticket since I did fix the smoking." She KNEW both officers were wrong. She CHOSE to hit you with the $25 ticket figuring since you didn't read the CVC, and didn't realize their mistake, you would probably pay the $25 fine, and think you got a deal. Your appraisal about having two ignorant cops is probably right. Thats why YOU should start reading the CVC while you take a dump. You start going 'HOLY CRAP!' and then when the Buena Park PD gives you a crap ticket, you can ram it up their hineys and actually have the judge scold the cops for their ignorance!

Your ignorance just got you screwed! 27156(a)Is operation of a gross polluter. Matter of fact it's obvious nobody here has done ANY homework so lets look at the CVC (which is what I was asking for BEFORE you went to court!) Gross Polluter: Air Pollution Control Device 27156. (a) No person shall operate or leave standing upon a highway a motor vehicle that is a gross polluter, as defined in Section 39032.5 of the Health and Safety Code. This is what you were cited for? It's not a VALID TICKET! He SHOULD have cited you under (, and sent you to the referee. That is why the judge acted so suprised. You just paid a $25 fine for a fix it ticket which was INVALID. In fact, if the referee had looked at your car, and found you have removed required emissions devices, it's proof of (d) & (f) below! As I was inquiring, section (g) delineates the correction procedure. ( No person shall operate or leave standing upon a highway a motor vehicle that is required to be equipped with a motor vehicle pollution control device under Part 5 (commencing with Section 43000) of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code or any other certified motor vehicle pollution control device required by any other state law or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to that law, or required to be equipped with a motor vehicle pollution control device pursuant to the National Emission Standards Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 to 7550, inclusive) and the standards and regulations adopted pursuant to that federal act, unless the motor vehicle is equipped with the required motor vehicle pollution control device that is correctly installed and in operating condition. No person shall disconnect, modify, or alter any such required device. © No person shall install, sell, offer for sale, or advertise any device, apparatus, or mechanism intended for use with, or as a part of, a required motor vehicle pollution control device or system that alters or modifies the original design or performance of the motor vehicle pollution control device or system. (d) If the court finds that a person has willfully violated this section, the court shall impose the maximum fine that may be imposed in the case, and no part of the fine may be suspended. (e) "Willfully," as used in this section, has the same meaning as the meaning of that word prescribed in Section 7 of the Penal Code. (f) No person shall operate a vehicle after notice by a traffic officer that the vehicle is not equipped with the required certified motor vehicle pollution control device correctly installed in operating condition, except as may be necessary to return the vehicle to the residence or place of business of the owner or driver or to a garage, until the vehicle has been properly equipped with such a device. (g) The notice to appear issued or complaint filed for a violation of this section shall require that the person to whom the notice to appear is issued or against whom the complaint is filed produce proof of correction pursuant to Section 40150 or proof of exemption pursuant to Section 4000.1 or 4000.2 (h) This section shall not apply to an alteration, modification, or modifying device, apparatus, or mechanism found by resolution of the State Air Resources Board to do either of the following: (1) Not to reduce the effectiveness of a required motor vehicle pollution control device. (2) To result in emissions from the modified or altered vehicle that are at levels that comply with existing state or federal standards for that model-year of the vehicle being modified or converted. (i) Aftermarket and performance parts with valid State Air Resources Board Executive Orders may be sold and installed concurrent with a motorcycle’s transfer to an ultimate purchaser. (j) This section applies to motor vehicles of the United States or its agencies, to the extent authorized by federal law. Amended Ch. 27, Stats. 1994. Effective March 30, 1994. Amended Sec. 1, Ch. 325, Stats. 2007. Effective January 1, 2008. Additionally, read closely the section on fines for 'corrections': Proof of Correction of Violation: Transaction Fee 40611. (a) Upon proof of correction of an alleged violation of Section 12500 or 12951, or any violation cited pursuant to Section 40610, or upon submission of evidence of financial responsibility pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 16028, the clerk shall collect a twenty-five-dollar ($25) transaction fee for each violation. The fees shall be deposited by the clerk in accordance with Section 68084 of the Government Code. ( (1) For each citation, ten dollars ($10) shall be allocated monthly as follows: (A) Thirty-three percent shall be transferred to the local governmental entity in whose jurisdiction the citation was issued for deposit in the general fund of the entity. ( Thirty-four percent shall be transferred to the State Treasury for deposit in the State Penalty Fund established by Section 1464 of the Penal Code. © Thirty-three percent shall be deposited in the county general fund. (2) The remainder of the fees collected on each citation shall be deposited in the Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, established in Section 70371.5 of the Government Code. © No fee shall be imposed pursuant to this section if the violation notice is processed only by the issuing agency and no record of the action is transmitted to the court. Somewhere in the back of the pulp edition of the CVC there is a list of violations. If what you were cited on your ticket does not correspond to this list, you can get it tossed. Likely 27156( is on there, and (a) is not... Too bad for you you didn't respond earlier. And to clarify, you WERE NOT TICKETED AS A GROSS POLLUTER, you were ticketed under the gross polluter section of the CVC, but (a) ONLY applies to the vehicles stated in that section --- i.e. those identified by section 39032.5, which REQUIRED A TEST AND FAILURE. Not a summary judgement by a roadside official with his eyes. He SHOULD have tagged you under (, and that, is a hard lesson to learn. You could have skated on the $25 Ticket. If you had a friend with a Smog Check and were running Collector Car Insurance, your 73 would only be required to pass a sniffer test, and if you passed and weren't a gross polluter, you could have used that as evidence to prove you were not in (a) as well, and punctuated that with the 'I should not pay any fine whatsoever'.... Technical, yes? Welcome to how they get you. Read the verbiage in the related sections, there is a LOT of 'If the investigating officer DECIDES TO TAKE ACTION.' Nothing COMMANDS him to if it does not immediately impact health and safety! Total discretion.

Sorry, I wasn't paying attention in school when simply tacking on a "?" to a statement is considered proper form. You Suck! You Suck? Two different meanings. Do you Suck! Do you Suck? Two different meanings, and different than the first two. (BTW, "Statements" can be classified to all FOUR above...) Now: Do Webers run cleaner than EFI? Webers run cleaner than EFI? Which is a QUESTION, which is a STATEMENT? Floor needs mopped front to back. The floor needs to be mopped front to back. Which is correct? Dropping articles and prepositions might be cool in Philly, but I refuse to endorse someone who says 'he disrespected me'... It's 'he was not respectful' or other permutation. Regardless (or would you prefer irregardless?), a dropped word changes the meaning, regardless of a poorly tacked on punctuation. "Do you suck!" doesn't even make sense as a sentence...So in the same vein Do Webers run cleaner than EFI" does not simply change from question to statement with the addition of merely punctuation. At least not in proper English. Written or spoken. Even with inflection, your intent of asking a question would still be taken as a statement for refutation if uttered according to the punctuation alone. It's the dropped 'DO' that makes it egregious. You made a statement, then tacked on a question mark on the end. Not proper form, not a question. Interrogatory statement perhaps, but still a statement. Which you then backed up with anecdotal quips involving your nose and different setups. I think what I said about sums it up pretty well, poor anecdotal stories drawn to make a flawed statement. If it makes you happier: Poor anectotal stories drawn to make a flawed interrogatory statement. But a statement nonetheless...

Not me, I suspect the nebulous Y0RGO, permanently banned from ZC.C has now ditched his red tractor and is driving his latest BabeMagnet: a 2010 Prius. Though it doesn't sound like a Russian Accent, da?

Actually, mine does! This was not 300Kph, though... Watch out for Urethane at serious speeds---unless you reinforce it the damn things will fold under and deform like crazy on a hot (or not so hot, if you are going fast enough!) day!!!