Bluto

a quickie.. Soo I have had a Z for like 10 years now and I have been picking up go fast goodies whenever I am able. I have also been honing my fabrication and mechanic skills. oh yea.. lotsa tool buyin too. Ill be building this car as as I am able alongside a coupla others. I'm hopin this one is done first. Im hoping to spend a good bit of time on the track and watching phil and cameron has meant track day dreams were normally in a Z. Everyone loves pics right? first up was some rust repair, not very much really. Ill have abit more ahead of me, itll get taken care of as I work on certain areas of the car. Next was a biggie. camber plates.coilovers.poly bushings.wilwoods. phew.. long coupla days there. I have abit of a dilemma at the moment. The interior in back is still taken apart from the camber plates. to roll bar or not to roll bar that is the question. The roll bar pic is one I built for a 944t. aside from that, next major project is an engine bay repaint and update. maybe even swap my mc so i can enjoy my brakes. to be continued.. Sam

hello hello hybridz! So many cool cars being built right now! very motivating to hear about so many people building/pushing thier cars...! So first was my 76z, 4th car, first sports car. crushed, the rust had its way with that car. second, the car I bought to replace the first, a 78 out of a barn(a very dark barn) 10 years of rot in the tank and 50lbs of bondo in the body.. what a sad joke. I still have the car, I have replaced massive amounts of sheetmetal for practice. it may even see the road again. third, and this is the tricky one.. a 79 280zx. I didnt like them befor owning this one but it has grown on me. Im glad I have vinyl seats. that might have been a deal breaker. tockico shocks and springs and good brakes. this car has takin alotta crap from me hehe and now we arrive at my newest, a 78z. Zeeta! It was named by its second(?) owner, the car came with alot of old bills etc. it was on a few of the shop invoices heh Im #4 or something like that. Soo.. Here I go again. to be continued. Sam

+1 for ZX's driving well in the winter, mine is on winter duty now. I havent run with snow tires, I keep telling myself I wont drive my datsuns in the winter heh. I bet they would be great tho. I have an awd soob that has snow tires so I have an idea of what traction can be. What are you looking for in a ZX? Mine will be for sale soon.. Sam

Hello fellows, I bought a thermal arc 200 ac/dc this spring off of ebay this spring and so far im very happy with it. I leaned how to tig on a miller sd 180. probably something like 20-30 hrs on that machine. When I was shopping price and power draw and power output were my main concerns. I also considered the htp machines but went with the thermal arc in the end. If I could have gone with a 20yr old 300amp non inverter based machine I would have in a heartbeat but my power supply is what it is. Power output: I wanted to be able to do ic and radiator work. Most everything I have used the machine for so far has been light but I did run some fat beads on some 1/4 alu. without issue. Power draw: I run my machine on 220v 40amp service and a 50' extension cord(heavy bugger) and have never popped the breaker or had a machine fault code. machine is also configureable for 3phase. Price: 2200ish delivered with a nice accesory kit(torch pedal torch multiple cones, collets and tungsten). equally equiped miller or lincoln inverter machines were around 2700-3000. I have about 20 or 30 hours on the machine now with no hiccups but only time will tell. I still cant use it to its fullest capabilitys but i am deffinitly still a beginner. A new torch is in the works, it came with a 27 and i am buying a 9 for light alu. I think that about covers it, if anyone has any q's shoot me a pm or email. Sam

Hello folks, I need a points dist. for a friends hotrod project. pm or email, bluto2ooo @ hotmail Thanks, Sam

Im working on a rb in a s14 240sx and the stock oil lines have been crapped up to make room for the steering linkage. Stock lines on hks twins. Are the any kits to replace the stock lines? I have looked around abit but havent come across anything. Thanks, Sam

Sweet! thought I had a few more weeks to go. Thanks, Sam

http://www.svoca.com/forum/ Someone on here would buy the body and suspension. Sam

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Ahh! Is the svo junk? Its a great car in its own right, may want to find another donor? Sam

Awesome. Remimds me of why I could never have a white interior. It would only look like that for about 2 hours. Sam

Svo's rock and foxbodies are stupid cheap. I have a 2.3t and trans Ill put on a pallet for ya.. hehe. Sam

I liked see'n the svo in the backround, most fun in a mustang ive had(owned 4 foxbodies). Good luck with the project. Sam

If the driver is found at fault at all he will probably have to pay the govt. for the deer and potential ofspring. lol Hitting trees is bad too. Sam

+1 for buyin a soob, I love my RX + snow tires. +1 for Blizzards Sam

Nice turnaround. I thought you had a gtx for some reason. Probaly only saw pics of the front. clean ride anyway. I wish my rx was that clean. Sam

+1 for the subbie I have an 89rx awd, turbo, 5sp, locking diff and hi lo range. it has like -15 horsepower but its still fun when its slick. I dont have much money in it and its great for when it snows. Cant wait for the possible 6" tonight. sam

Rotary power on 2 wheels! hah 81 kaw GPz1100, 81 suzi gs650 and my hybrid, a 73 kaw 2 stroke 3 cyl 350 chasis with a 500 motor. drag chambers, rear sets and dogged gears. Sam

I work with alot of welders who spent years at CBI in Illinois. Lots of interesting stories about everything from welding reactor liners and tanks for nuc plants (we have 3 plants within 30 miles of eachother) to welding submarine hulls. I have to do a few welds a week that ultrasonic tested but in that shop thier work was almost 100% xray tested, go below 98% pass rate and your pay took a hit. Sam

Everything clears. Checked it today with my bro's rim. sam

Finally had a chance to test fit those wheels. They didnt fit but just barely, they rub on the shell of the rim as opposed to the spokes on the front. I would say a small spacer(less than 1/4) would get them right but I didnt measure. I will be test fitting on a 16x8 when my brothers wheels come in. Sam

0100, Jsk's standard kit. 12.19x1.25 rotor and the superlites with bolt spacing for his brackets and alu. hat. My other set of superlites are the other bolt spacing and thinner rotor(dont recall the sizes atm) style. I will be able to check a fully assembled strut/ hub assembly on saturday. I will post the info then. Sam

1139 feedback @99.8%+ They have more colors up now also, 11 sets in total 349-399. I need to get on checking fitment for my brakes. 15x8 are less expensive but I think I will stick with 16s for tire selection. Sam

jmortensen, I bought his kit when he was making them a few years ago. I have a second set of superlights to get something going on the rear. Sam

Thanks for all the suggestions Ihave a much better idea what direction I should be looking in. The set up tips are cool too. I heard about the 16 x8s from a friend yesterday and found em on ebay from the usual sportmax dealer. silver for 350 and black for 399. I am going to check the 15x8 to see if my jsk brake setup will fit in it(anyone happen to know already?) befor I grab the 16's. Same person who gave me the heads up on the 16's knows someone with some 15x8 +0 Would my tire selection vary much between 15 and 16 tires? Also, any size recomendations? Thanks again, Sam