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The only reason I can think of is that Aluminum is pretty brittle and my crack over time if exposed to vibration.

Check this out. Pintle Cap conversions to make domestic injectors fit Japanese ports. http://www.rx7.com/store/rx7/1600ccPintle.html http://www.rx7.com/store/rx7/fdfuel.html

More injectors and info: http://www.injector.com/fuelinjectors.php?PHPSESSID=137f9a2b545eb7f98b183958cde5abfd

I thought it was well, known that you can't use a HybridZ as a daily driver after the age of 20. (flame suit on). This thread is about going out to the dealer to fork over 20K 30K 40K for a new car when you could have forked a fraction of that money into the Z and got more performance per dollar. Here is my philosophy. This wasnt always my philosophy. It changed as I got older and will continue to change. If you really love cars, performance, driving, and tweaking, you get yourself a "hobby" car and get off on it. Go get yourself a reliable, low-maintenance vehicle, that you can use in foul weather, and as a "family-car". Always keep the "hobby" car several steps higher in performance than your daily car. When I go from my 100K mile WRX daily driver into the "hobby Z" it's like going from an SUV to a F1 car.

I'd love to see a cost sheet for both of those cars! LOL.

Sorry I spelled Licknfelther wrong. LOL with all due respect, it's Lingenfelter...thanks google.

Not my Bag. ;-( sorry just my opinion.

Yeah tonight my neighbor came over and he is all Vette Vette Vette Vette V8 V8 V8 V8 and Linkenfelter this and Likenfenter that and forget the slow Z this and that.....I told him that with the money he would spend on a ZO6 or a Likenfelter, I could build a Z that would spank it to high heaven. L28, or V8 with that money it doesn't matter. I did agree with him though that there is value in turnkey, new, comfy, safe, with a warranty. BTW He has a 76 vette with 700hp on motor and 1000hp+ on juice.....and a 600HP 1998 Jeep Cherokee with NAWS that's in the mid 13's!! He sold his "NOS" Honda Hurricane...he is about 60 years old too. I drove the Vette and been in the Juiced Jeep. BOTH INSANE!

OK that makes perfect sense. I have some machining experience and I think I can handle this job. I just need to line-up and continue the 14mm c-bore (ream) right on through...or to the correct depth...not a big deal. Looks like a good opportunity to do some port cleanup and matching also. When I can get the car out of the snow-burial, I will start working on it. I wonder if I can mod the plastic pintle cap on the "green top" injector instead. If I grind off some of the plastic flange, it might fit down in the through hole and allow the o-ring to seat.....hmm. BRAAP thanks for the reply and I do understand the concern for leakage at that seal point.

OK I had to join in on the fun. Just Kidding!! z z z z z z

They wil fit a 14mm fuel rail but what about the intake manifold? JSK is making me a 14mm fuel rail right now. I wonder if the stock manifold has 14mm injector bores also. If so, they might be almost direct drop-in's.

BRAAP, are you here? I measured the Ford "Green Top" 42# injector and in all diameters, it measures the same as the stock 280ZX injectors. There are a few dimensions along the length of the injectors that differ but not by much. The only question I have and you probably know this off the top of you head "no pun intended", what is the bore for the pintle and cap-square-o-ring OD for the stock L28 intake manifold. Basically what is the ID of the injector hole where the pintle cap and seal sit? From all my guestimating, it should be 14mm. The "green top" ford racing 42# injector is 14mm o-rings at top and bottom. Thanks, Dave

That injector is a completely different animal. It's a side-feed. I don't think that would work on a Z motor without some major mods to the intake and a complex custom fuel rail.

Well, I have two intake manifolds, both on motors, so I could send one out for cutting. I will have to take out the tools and the vernier caliper and start measuring. They look similar. The "Green Top" Ford Racing injector has a 14mm top o-ring but I am not sure about the bottom one. I read somewhere that Bosch uses the same dimensions under the solenoid body for all their top feeds....that info is probably wrong though. gearheadstik, do your injectors look like this: These are the "other" 42# injectors from Ford "green giants" and look like 14mm on both ends.

Will the Ford one fit into the L28ET manifold OK? See attachments. First one is the L28ET Bosch OEM Second One is a 42# Ford Racing Bosch "Green Top" high impedance.

nope....4 magnets on a circle at different angles to eachother....

dunno....havent read through the supplemental manual yet. *as he opens folder*

This thread is a bit old but I just wanted to add that I am probably going to use the SDS system and my only worries were mounting the magnets and pickup bracket also. I would imagine that once I get into it, it's not hard considering all the other work I have done in the past. I am considering mounting the magnets to the flywheel. Would it be OK to cut a small notch out of the bell housing to allow the bracket to be mounted and adjusted without dropping the trans? Also, would the magnets, drilled into the flywheel, throw off balance enough to worry about?

Tape measure is what I used to figure it out.

Coilovers? and what is the rim spec to get that kind of tire to fit under stock fenders? Looks nasty....in a good way!

Maybe you could radius the tube that comes out of the blower a little so it's not a tight 90 bend. Other than that, looks good.

Wow remind me about Microtech "1 month or more" service plan. That sux.

I have a feeling that third gear rolling burnouts are going to be a thing of the past.

Decided not to take a chance on outdated or bargain tires and bought a st of 225/50-16 BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KD. It was highly recommended to me by a friend that is a national champion autocrosser.

I was going to go with those Sumitomos but then I noticed tirerack has a sale on the Bridgestone Potenza RE050A. For $80 each! These are supposedly very sticky tires. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Bridgestone&tireModel=Potenza+RE050A&vehicleSearch=false&partnum=25WR6RE050A&fromCompare1=yes&place=7&speed_rating=Z&speed_rating=W