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Kind of a shame its the Mustang community that has to come out and make the best shifter for GM stuff too LoL

I've also seen that pic doctored to say 187 or 197, I forget, I probably have it somewhere.

Anyone who is even more narrow minded than I am, has problems

Your link is no bueno, your member name was not included

Livewire, your friend is a dumbass

I heard $1000 was closer.

Well, I bought the car, 82 ZX Turbo with an automatic, $150, I need to tow it home this or next weekend.

Thanks Randy, Len mentioned some of your setup too me. Turn 1 at 155 OMG, I want to see that I am looking at a turbo car now (thanks Len), but it hasn't run in 6 years, its about the cost of a couple bags of dirt, but probably a bit of work to get it back running. He says the turbo was frozen up a bit but he was able to free it with his hands, so probably a rebuild of the turbo and some going over of the seals/internals for the engine. I am going to take a look at it in a couple hours, its not fully assembled (water pump off) but I suppose I'd have to tear it down anyway. I'd just about be getting the car for free, so I am pretty sure I'm going to go for it.

From everything you say, you are two totally different people. I've had this situation once, totally hot chick who was a couple years younger, she was nice, but we were just two different people altogether. You say its 4 years now, but are you going to stick around so you can kick yourself in the ass for the rest of your life? 4 years is "nothing" in the grand scheme of things, and while it will suck to lose some COMPANY for awhile, it doesn't sound like a relationship that really seems all that well matched up. I'm sure it would suck for awhile, but again, why be with someone who you dont get along with on a permanent basis instead of just letting go NOW.

If you dont enjoy doing the same things as she does, its going to make things tough, that is not something I'm saying to bug you, that is just a fact. If you really like someone, then both of you will have to be flexible and "let it all hang out", get over yourself so to speak. I'm not really into that stuff either, but again you have to be flexible, if you feel its worth it. Almost EVERY woman likes to dance. I'm certainly no expert on women, but at almost 27 I've been through a little bit of experience. Not wanting to dance or etc, is kind of like "well I only want to see you 40% of the time, the other nights you can go out and be with other guys who also enjoy doing the same things you do." Even though my gal likes to dance, I was lucky enough to find someone who is fairly quiet and into alot of the same things I am, which are things mostly outside of the bar scene and the social atmosphere.

Stock for stock the L28ET is probably on the bottom of the barrel, but it plugs right in AND can make big power eventually with some work. For the money I'd go L28ET without question. But I'm a bang for the buck kind of person...

Zline, your name isn't Eric is it? I heard this area is a little dry, but SoCal seems to have at least one particular import yard that has plentiful parts. I may have to head down there, for a COMPLETE or nearly complete turbo setup myself.

Quaife 6 speed $10,175.00 T56 baby.

I was going to say, welding aluminum requires a nice TIG or cutting torch welder, to do it "right." I know people who wont use a MIG to do stainless either, only TIG or again the gas setup. I've got a MIG also, but its actually gasless so not a true MIG without the conversion, so I do simple mild steel only. I'd love a torch though, but then tanks and fuel supply can become a problem. Some places will only give you gas if you lease a tank, etc, and TIG is $$$ so I dont know what I'll do in the future, but I wish I could do alum.

You can still use a stock ECU, but working with the injectors and a rising rate regulator seem to be key. I am going to guess the stock fuel pump will not supply that much juice, but people seem to be getting big numbers with relatively "little" work/investment.

These things travel fast, supposedly this was made by a local guy but maybe he was fibbing

AAA = $$$

For the T56 series thats definately true, the Kirbahn was considered a #2 shifter, but the Hurst and B&M Ripper while some people like them, everyone agrees the Pro 5.0 is THEE SMOOTHEST shifter.

Interesting. BTW Brad, I haven't seen two gear sets, have you seen them readily available? Likewise thanks for the input Grumpy I have to admit, I love gear drive, just for the sound... Am I a ricer yet?

LS1 15º heads LT1 23º heads

You can get analog aftermarket gauges to 200 MPH if you wanted. 160s are also readily available.

Pretty valid, most stick LT1s will put out about 250 RW stock, and most LS1s 290-305 RW stock. You could make those numbers on a stock bottom, but making 400 RWTQ you'd end up with probably 430 RWHP on an LT1. With an LS1 they make RWHP easily, there are hydraulic roller guys runnin 222/230 with ported heads making 422 RWHP. I ran about a 10º larger hydraulic to make 411 RWHP and 385 RWTQ, I had an ignition miss costing me about 600 RPM worth of power, so I dont know the ultimate potential of my combo. Since the LS1 is Gen 3, rebuilding one to get a 381 etc is going to cost you a buttload of money. The LT1 is still SBC like, so a rebuild is pretty "cheap", if you wanted a 383. If you go LS1, expect to make your power on the stock bottom or expect to pay out of the rear end. Rockers cost $599 last I checked for them, sounds pricey doesn't it? So basically hop up stuff is 2-3 times as expensive for the LS1. Keep in mind the LS1 is a very different beast in terms of power output, HP is high and TQ is not the same, just like the L98 is a TORQUE MONSTER but HP is seriously lacking, this is due to design. As a point of reference, a stock headed 93 with a "bad tune" (supposedly) made ~400 RWHP with a 244/244 -114 solid roller. Fairly big cam but probably made bottom end power like mine did due to being a solid, stock heads is obviously not optimal but its "cheap."

Vettetek has done alot of work, but with Vette front/rear setup, C4. http://www.fastassdatsun.com He does post here now and again.

Sounds like a race car I will try to comment in driveability, I do not own tripple webers, but so far as I know most or all of them do NOT have a choke system. I haven't heard of good MPG yet either, but then again people are probably running them a bit rich, for racing. The lack of a choke system though, would not make for the best cold morning startups. I had problems with jetting on my dual Weber downdrafts that do have a choke, and my startups used to be around 5 minutes.

Wow, if thats with a computer wiring etc I need to look into that. Thanks