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With the way the electrical contractor is crying about the fuses they chose for the machines I started last year, I may just end up back there to pound heads.
"Stupid choices in engineering (without consulting us) on your part, does not necessitate a back charge approval on my part."
"Sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you!"
What is it with contractors wanting everybody to pay for their mistakes in specification of components?
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I was drinking heavily in the Lounge...
It should say '327'...
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How much torque is your turbo L24 making? The fact you are using a 225mm flywheel probably has nothing to do with the slippage. Probably it's just a weak pressure plate. I've seen L28 turbos make over 330ft-lbs at the wheels with a 225mm Fidanza flywheel and Centerforce clutch.
Sounds to me like you just need a better clutch.
As far as using an RB30 flywheel on an L series, has anyone taken measurements to confirm that it will work (diameter, tooth pitch, offset, etc.)?
Pete
DITTO, I was 325/350 on a 225mm and had no slippage issues...
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OMFG...
That book was $184 when I bought it in 1984.
I would love to have a copy, but not $799 worth of love!
I have now moved the bastard who 'borrowed it' from simple a-hole to 'shoot in ankles on next sighting, move to knees, then hands, then elbows'...
Yeah, that's the animal.
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Amazing when you go 'cross platform' and start mind-expanding, eh?
That was sold with every blow-through setup sold by Claudes' Buggies back in the early 90's.
When you read through it, you realize they asked a lot of questions about paradigms laid down in the previous decade, and then dispelled them conclusively one-by-one with facts and diagrams.
There was an undergraduate engineering text 'Turbocharging the Internal Combustion Engine' that I bought from OPMAP Technical Books back in 1984 which was REALLLY informative.
But like lending tools or your Katana, once it's out of your hands to what you think is a 'trusted' individual, you get skrogged in a most unplesant way. I can't remember the author, nor the isbn (damn my memory!) but that thing was well over 1000 pages and I think it was responsible in large part for me getting the handle 'turbotony' back then!
I didn't pick up "Turbomania" till I moved to SoCal in 89... but it was a confirmation of what I'd been seeing in VW development for close to 15 years at that point.
Now remember, nobody turbo'd a car till Vin Diesel came on the scene in FnF1 a couple of years ago....
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Z-Ya, PM me and I can e-mail you some Comp Pan Photos.
RIght this very second, it's 345pm in Narita's Star Gold Lounge, but in several more hours I will be landing in LAX (about 8 hours before I left according to the clock) and can take some snappies of the Comp Pan I just bought off e-bay. The windage tray is pretty straightforward. Hell, I'll even put a ruler into the photo so you can scale it in your forgery attempts! LOL
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Sorry for going off track, but does anyone have the Nissan p/n for the 72deg C (160 deg F) thermostat?
My ploy and M.O. is this:
Hey Mr. Counterman, I need the NAPA Heavy Duty Equivalent for a 1963 Chevrolet Byscane 350CID V8 with a 160 degree thermostat.
Then, punch a 2mm weep hole for bleeding the air out of the system like the Nissan has, and you're in like Flynn even in East Rumpskrog, NJ (or even more remote Sheepslover, MT!) Trying to get 'import parts' from local distributors can sometimes be a drag. Luckily the venerable Small Block Chevy shares our Nissan 54mm Thermostat configuration.
And if you own a 240Z with a two-bolt flange.... you know all those Chevy O-Ringed Thermostat Housings, and cool billet pieces? Yep, they fit juuuuust fine on your Nissan lower housing!
I'm amazed more people don't know this little tidbit, and revel in my own crappulence when I have the opportunity to repeat it and drone on endlessly like this....
Thanks aarang!
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I bought a Harbor Freight Radiator Tester. OH MAN I forgot how handy those things were! With the usual caveat of 'change to a good Liquid Filled Ashcroft Precision Gauge' they function great, and will show you interesting things about your cooling system. (And with their included adapters, just about ANY cooling system!)
Whoodathunkit that a 20+ year old Chevy heater core and hoses would stand up to 45psig static pressure? They did, and gave me much needed confidence during recent water pump leakage diagnosis.
Next time I come to Oz, should I pack a 'sacrificial tool kit' to accidentally leave under a rock some place near Eastern Creek Raceway for some deserving Aussie to find? Save shipping, use my baggage allowance and entry exemptions to cheat your local import duty people. I'm up for international intrigue on a chicken-foot scale!
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We should make a new thread "What I would like to buy if I didn't have to pay taxes".
Trust me on this, we don't EVER want that thread started! Once you start THINKING about that, you start asking questions...
And that is dangerous! Right offhand, the first thing that comes to mind this year is '370Z Sport Package'
Frankly, I'd much rather have the 370Z Sport Package than the 'deferred gratification promise' inherent in the....
I'm stopping now...
I'M STOPPING NOW!
QUIT MAKING ME THINK OF THIS! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
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They are of a genre not discussed in this thread...
Claymation.
Not 'cartoons'...
If we really want to parse stuff, some of this Japanime would at one time been cringing-running fodder if you called it a 'cartoon'...depending on what the comic book guys were wearing at ComiCon.
"Worst Characterization....EVER!"
I digress (not to mention the more than passing resemblence to Comic Book Guy of Simpsons Lore...)
Anything which reveals the sinister intent of penguins is all right by me. Pass the gor-gon-zola please, I'm feeling a mite peckish.
(Not to mention the acrobatic sheep. Everybody knows I'm a sucker for acrobatic sheep! No mere wellies for me, I want EXCITEMENT in my life, Grommit!)
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I'm using a 180 degree thermostat (cold climate rating).
Actually, you're using the 'standard' thermostat. 82C.
Cold (or Frigid, in Nissan Speak) is 90C, and Tropical is 72C.
That's 160 (162), 180 (179.6), & 190 (194) F for you non-metric types!
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I do have a 510 you know...
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I've used HKS and Tomei CrMo one-piece flywheels for years. They are considerably lighter than that one, so I can only guess the weight is carried behind the pressure facing and in the area around the crank mating flange---would have to see it to confirm, but I would think it would work fine.
I think I paid $215 for my Tomei sniped at the last second, they are normally 1.5X2X that price. The lighter weight would not be an issue in a Z so much as a Frontier that was rock-crawling.
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But it's in not in NEW JERSEY right? That HAS to account for some kind of multiplier, RIGHT?????
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Oh Gawd, a 'thunderbirds' fan in another cloak!
If you start getting into animated dolls, then why not claymation as well? And if we get into claymation, then the possibilities are endless... Especially from the early 70's, lots of... er... 'mind expanding' claymations done then. Precursors to todays family fare like Wallace and Grommit.
(All viewable annually at Spike and Mikes Sick and Twisted Animation Festival--'Godzilla Meets Bambi, a perennial fave!)
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It's the only true test of if your muffler was done right!
Turnabout is fair play, right? Now you have a guideline on how to check it!
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Not in our part of the world
But to answer the question about will an RB flywheel fit on the L6 crank the answer is yes.
The funny part about that is I got BOTH my HKS 240mm flywheels via post from a guy in Oz selling them on E-Bay.
You may not get stock 240mm flywheels, but the aftermarket stuff is all over the place there!
Nissan is VERY standardized with their parts offerings (I liken it to an SBC!) My son's L20B has the old 225mm flywheel off the 240's that I usually throw away. That should hold up just fine in his wagon forever. Fit just fine in the tranny and when it was time to put that Z tranny on there...."like a glove!"
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That's what I thought, SECOND POST:
http://www.freshalloy.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-132864.html
Same as most Nissan Water-Cooleds. The VW was weight grouped. Damn Germans, they take tolerance to a new level. "Ze Diameter ist correct, ziss ist nat zubjekt doo debate! Zee veight is vat vee mus concentrate our efforts upon! Zee veight!"
The EXACT bore diameter specifications are found under 'pistons' on this post (imagine what a 30 second google search turns up, eh?):
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Like VW Pistons, they are made to a specific weight range, or bore diameter depending on production tolerances of the tooling (I forget which on the KA). 1, 2, & 3 will determine which grouping they have. Its most important when you buy one piston and need to match the existing one to what you have. Putting a heavier '3' in with a light group of three other slugs may cause an imbalance situation. Having a 1, a pair of 3's and a 2 would likely cause some vibration I'm thinking. If it was bore sizing it related to, then the obvious scuffing and noise issues rear their head from incompatible tolerances piston-to-wall. "They all should be the same, and bore accordingly." This is all in the KA FSM, guys...
If you are buying them one at a time, I'd buy two sets of four and have two spares of the correct matched grade in case something went wrong. It's like buying V8 pistons for the Z. You get two spares. So what? Eventually they will come in handy, as either detonation replacements, or ashtrays.
Ask anybody who built an engine and then WAAAAAAY down the road broke a piston and needed to get only ONE replaced. Ask them if they would think you buying 6 'and two spares' would be a bad idea... I bet I know what they would say!
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tsk tsk tsk, such haters...
Go watch some Mickey Rooney movies (or perhaps the Roger Corman Original) and tell the tale once again!
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E-Bay George, the seller 'alpha1750' out of Italy has them by the pair. He always has webers and Dells for sale. If you search E-Bay he should come up---they may not be on offer currently, but he usually has some listed in his 'store' section. More than second hand, he offers them with quite an array of rework done to them including normal DHLA's that are prepped for turbo service.
I don't think these are the DHLA-M's because he had those too before, but here is a set of two DHLA's with the popular modifications:
For a second, I jumped at the price because I thought it was US$... I was going to buy 4! LOL
Then it hit me... or should I say it POUND-ed me... D'OH!
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Yes, this is what happens in the USA... :^(
I would gladly pay a flat tax and ditch all deductions and complex shennanigins. Hell, I'd pay it WEEKLY. I don't think graduation is a good thing, as you hit that next bracket in our system, and end up bringing home less than you did previously in some cases, even though technically you make more.
I'd like something simple, where lawyers aren't involved. Where you don't need an accountant to figure out your taxes. Argh, such is not to be in my lifetime. Witholding makes it easier to spend and then justify that retroactive increase... (Been there, done that!) Double ARGH!
We should return to on-topic, as I will begin ranting soon! LOL
How 'bout them 40 million Sheep, eh? I can emigrate, and have my pick of the lot, right? Make me a haaa-aaaa-aaaapy man! LOL Wine and dine em with my newfound tax relief wealth! he he he he...
"EMIGRATE NOW" You think I could make a deal to bunk in Burt Munroe's old place for inspiration. I already urinate on my citrus trees back home in CA, so I should fit right in...
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I painted my first car (my 1962 VW Microbus) in an adult education body shop class after school. Sprayed it with Acrylic Laquer in the driveway of the school after dark. Buffed out the overspray. That was 1981. Recently that paint has finally started to check after being parked in the sun of SoCal continuously since moving here in 1989. And then, only in places. My Imron shot car from 85 is black, and still 'wet look' as mentioned above. It was shot in the driveway as well. Fast cure time, wetsanding and compounding 5 years after I shot it took the orange peel out and made it look like glass. I finally had the time to do that when I got laid off (LOL). Otherwise I would have done it earlier!
I lamented California's ban on high VOC paints. BUT NOW at Autozone you can again get 'private use cans' of a quart in volume premixed Acrylic Lacquer in basic colors and some light metallics.
If I were you, I'd spend the money on that paint and a cheap Harbor Freight Gun, lay on the layers, wetsand your mistakes till it's smooth, and once you're all satisfied, have it Urethane Clear-Coated. Any monkey on crack can spray Lacquer. Sure, it may run, but solids sand easily enough and you jsut knock down the high spots and spray your next coat. You quickly get the hang of it, and painting with lacquer is FAST!
I bought a quart to try, and my son prepped the fender on his 510. How this stuff lays down with my old Harbor Freight Gun (circa 1986) will determine if he sprays the car in it's entirety, or just does the primer and prep work, and it then goes to Maaco for the topcoat. If it lays down decently, I know it will survive for a couple of decades of abuse. Lacquer chips, but you got a quart can for touch ups with a paintbrush---trust me dab dab dab, some #600, and buffing compoind and nobody knows it was ever chipped in the parking lot. I love lacquer. And oh man, talk about a "Deep Finish"---all done easily in the driveway, like they have been done for over 100 years!
Speaking of 'real fire' we put flames like that on our converted LOX (Oxygen) Tank on wheels when our squadron converted it to a Pig BBQ Device for picnics. Gave it a line number (BBQ001) and reflectorized it properly according to USAF regulations. When the AMU's started calling for it, we simply explained they were 'mistaken' about seeing it, and that no such number existed on our TO&E... We ended up storing it in the shop overnight to keep them from pirating it from us---they used it like it was other AGE---meaning use/abuse and leave it for us to clean up. After the BBQ, we went on to the tool boxes in the shop as well. It gets infectous! Taking the class was a definate plus---and if you're 16, usually the adult education classes are FREE till you're 21 so the local High School may be a good starting point. The local CC may hem an haw unless you have a state exit graduation exam---my son passed his in the 10th grade, and has been taking CC summer courses and evening classes now for two years. Not supposed to be able to do so, but the threat of a lawsuit for 'reverse discrimination' tends to clear up the bureaucracy when it gets thick like that.
Nissan Comp Oil Pan?
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Muahahahaha!