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After taking a cutting wheel around the center and cutting a good amount down around the circle, and pounding the crap out of the outter drum, I finally broke it free. Now I just have to figure out how to put back one of the studs that I ended up "tapping" too hard, and punched it out, oops.

I'm not really AutoXing, I imagine I will be out there eventually, but I road race. I hope to see 160 or perhaps more, I need rubber. With enough horsepower I believe I could hit 160 or more at Buttonwillow, heavier cars with 230 HP hit 147, although I dont plan to step past 300 HP for awhile, I'll be hitting Buttonwillow in October.

Len, no new drums unfortunately. I am working on around the center hub though with a cutting wheel hoping to get some penetrant in there, I really dont know what else to do but pound the crap out of it, which I've been doing.

Unfortunately I dont have an air chisel, or a slide hammer I dont have the stub axle up here, but I have the strut asm along with the transaxle (a arm) thing. Thankfully I dont have neighbors within ear shot. The shoes are not frozen correct, I drilled through one of them breaking it free, since I tightened it so much trying to figure why it wouldn't turn the way it was supposed to, to loosen it. The drum rotates FREELY correct. I sold my beater in mid january to get down to 2 cars, now I'm back up to 3, being in an apartment complex 4 would have been, tough to balance and just a headache

I sat there for a good while heating it up, the backing plate was untouchable even, still nothing. I am pounding the crap out of it too Its smoking pretty heavily to, argh.

BBF? I forgot I have a paint stripper gun I am going to use that for awhile, still not breaking free, although it does turn freely, just can't get the drum off.

I found out that I for sure have an R200 in the back, and if my tach/speedo are accurate (the speedo is, I have been through several speed traps) I have a 3.90 gear. I run anywhere from 3400-3800 on the freeway in 5th with my .864 overdrive and 195/60 -15" tires.

I can pry on the brake shoes freely, so I'm not sure why its sticking other than the hub/wheel studs, so I will try propape for awhile.

I just broke through one of the shoes with a drill (takes a damn long time), and its still not coming, so I am going to try that next. Ehh, actually, if we are talking about the same thing it doesn't look like that was made to come off (its not round?)

350 HP = Zero To Sixty - 6.2 seconds? 2900 pounds?.................. It is a 78 but gee whiz.

I dont know how, or if this will work, but I'm turning the drum and dissasembling everything holding the pads in, except for the tensioner of course...

John, that is what I read in the Haynes. I have the strut and transverse link assembly in my apartment right now. I cut a larger hole in the drum so I can see what is going on. When I try to move the brake adjuster DOWN, I can see it prying away as I try to turn it, but I can't keep it stable. I may have to cut a larger hole as I see no real solution. I have a good screwdriver, if the teeth were larger maybe I could get more bite, but without holding the assembly in palce it is just too tight and will not work for me. Unfortunately like I said, I can easily tighten it, but it will not loosen.

The good news is, I already have an R200 in the car, which I was never sure about before. Now I dont have to hunt down splined shafts for it.

http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/2824/engine.html YELLOW is the 16 tooth for the 3.36 BLACK is the 17 tooth for the 3.54 BLUE is the 18 tooth for the 3.70 WHITE is the 19 tooth for the 3.90 RED is the 20 tooth for the 4.11 PURPLE is the 21 tooth for the 4.38

The fins are bending quite nicely but the drum is going nowhere.

I wish, I do have a 280ZXT car but it doesn't sound like something I could get done in one night If they weren't frozen then sure its a PITA to swap shoes compared to disk pads, but it isn't turning out as easily as it should be. The drum is so tight, I wonder how I'm going to hammer it off at all, there is going to be alot of noise! I hope I dont damage anything

Rear drum on at least the drivers side is stuck, tried hammering it with the brake cable undone, nothing. Instructions say to turn the tensioner downward, guess what, it doesn't want to go down. It sure goes upwards great. Quite unfortunate for me. So now I am in the process of dropping the rear end, at least in part, since I dont know what else to do. I cannot make the brake any looser to get the drum off, and I have needed to swap these shoes for awhile. Frig

http://www.hybridz.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=19153

Looks like custom turbo header is around $800-$1000+, I'd do it myself. You can still make good power without it though, when you plan on your $500 cam swap though to raise the powerband, then I'd look into the header situation.

I assume its partly local law, and partly appeasing the locals. Thunderhill often has no limit until I believe 6PM, so I've run wide open exaust there before, and my Camaro pegged the meter at 125 db so I dont truly know how loud it was.

I'll take a look at that again, I didn't notice anything, I figured it was thier attempt at an omen...

Yeah, cars with CATS and mufflers are making great power now, but anywho... it does depend on who you are, as to what DB limit is imposed at your event, us little guys get the shaft.

Expect 50-75 HP with the Powerdyne, depending which one you get. Dont know anything about the brackets though sorry, there was a local guy running one on a racetrack but I never looked at the bracketry.

Thanks for the nfo Mike

Thanks Mike, I am on my way there now... As for the 'Stang wheels, I know someone else was curious about them and I sort of was too. What year are the wheels for, are they for the latest 5 lugger setup? Are you running a spacer at all? I am curious as to where dimensionally the 5 lug conversion moves everything, inboard/outboard, or what. How close are you to your springs on the car? I see you are running coil overs... I imagine it probably would not be possible to get a 17x9.5" setup on the car without a spacer or non-common offset/backspace http://www.bpmfab.com/240%20Z.htm