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    Any good junkyards in Austin, TX?

    in Non Tech Board

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    Haha – that was actually the only junkyard I ended up going to – they were the only ones that advertised imports and were open on Saturday. I was successful in finding the alternator pigtail that I needed, but they had a $25 minimum charge on all of their parts, and I was gonna be damned if I was gonna pay that much for a pigtail, so I found a couple of ’82 280zx’s back there and ripped out some interior parts. Other than that, they really didn’t have any older Z’s. I did find a Z32 with the JDM taillights, but they wanted $100 a piece, so I said to hell with it. It was raining anyways, so it wasn’t really ideal weather for junkyard hunting. All I was really looking for (besides that pigtail) was a 280z that still had an engine bay intact. I’m trying to see exactly where a couple of vacuum lines run – the FSM doesn’t specify. But anyways, maybe I’ll have better luck next time with another junkyard. Thanks anyways though :D

    Fords new Shelby GR1 SWEET!!!

    in Non Tech Board

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    Hey Moridin, don't get me wrong, they can produce a substantial amount of power -- I just think that it is a form of "cheating" by just slapping a supercharger on the engine, when Chevy can compete with them using a normally aspirated engine. I've seen a C5 with just new heads and cams totally outrun a new Cobra with the pulley, chip, intake, etc. mods. I'm not sure exactly how much the Cobra was pushing, but he had an extensive mod list.

     

    I work as a Ford Tech, and I must say we really haven't had many Cobras come in for engine repair -- just transmission work. (One only had 3600 miles and he already managed to throw out the transmission.)

     

    The 5.4 is a solid motor, I just wish they'd put more engineering into it than just sticking a supercharger on it. I know, even that takes planning, redesigning, etc., but I'd just rather see n/a. To each their own though.

    Fords new Shelby GR1 SWEET!!!

    in Non Tech Board

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    Still think I like the current GT40 better. Not sure what engine this one has, but the GT40 is very race oriented.

     

    Supercharged 5.4 rated at 540 hp (I think that's the right number). It's a lot of power, but I hate the way ford has to used forced induction as a means of increasing power. All the more reason for me to respect the LS-1 :rockon:

    Please help with alternator! Searched archives w/no help!

    in Ignition and Electrical

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    Thanks for the replies. Yes, it is just a nut and washer holding it in, but from what I’ve worked on at the shop that’s a pretty standard setup for serpentine pulleys. Both pulleys have about the same diameter hole in the middle. What I ended up doing was just going back to one of the alternator shops to pick up a V-pulley to match the serpentine pulley as close as I could. I found one that was almost perfect, so I took it to the machine shop and hopefully tomorrow it should be ready. There wasn’t a keyway on it so it should’ve been easier on the equipment. I have custom brackets to mount the alternator, so if the pulley isn’t lined up I can either shim it down, bend it, or just create another one. And yes, I feel that I do need a large alternator because: A) I have dual electric fans that pull a TON of current (my cigarette lighter only gets about 11 volts when the car is between 800 – 1600 rpms. B) I will be installing an amp and subs in the future – not anything huge, just a pair of 10”s and perhaps a 400W amp. I don’t feel like watching my headlines dim to the beat of the music at night. C) I run a lot of electric accessories. I think the 90 amp alternator would’ve been easier (especially on the wallet), but I wanted the peace of mind. I’ll let you know how it goes.

    Please help with alternator! Searched archives w/no help!

    in Ignition and Electrical

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    Okay, here’s my dilemma. I bought the ’95 Maxima 125 alternator, and after searching through the archives and gathering up all of the information I could (mostly from Nismo280zEd’s write-ups because they seemed to be the most informative), I was positive the pulley swap would be pretty easy. So, I bought the alternator and found out that the Maxima shaft is much shorter than I expected. I took the alternators to three alternator shops with all of them giving me the same answer – “It can’t be done.” I’m just trying to figure out why this one is different than anyone else’s. Here, you can see how much shaft I have to work with from the Maxima alternator.

     

    zeeboost-alternator_shaft.jpg

     

    The V-pulley I was trying to use came from an early ’77 280z. Here you can see what the V-pulley looks like on the Maxima alternator without any kind of spacer (washers/bearings/bushings/etc.) behind it.

     

    zeeboost-alternator_pulley.jpg

     

    To me, it seems like my only option would be to take the V-pulley (right) to the machine shop and have him machine down (just kind of bore out the middle, but not bore it all the way through) the inside of it in order to match the Maxima pulley’s (left) specs.

     

    zeeboost-pulleys.jpg

     

    I haven’t heard anybody else resolving this problem by taking their pulley to the machine shop, so if you can see what I’m doing wrong or what I need to do to fix this, please let me know. I’m going to be moving to another city this weekend and I’d rather drive my car than try to find somebody who can tow it, and as stated above, I searched thoroughly through the archives without being able to find the information I needed. Thanks for the help.

    How can we stop HybridZ from turning into another Zcar.com ?

    in Site Support

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    One thing that’s hurt me when using the search function is that I didn’t include the correct word in the search box. For example, a while back I was searching through the archives trying to find what kind of luck other people had with their camshafts and if somebody else had a formula for choosing the correct one for your setup, but when I searched for it I couldn’t really find any answers to my question. So, I decided to create my own post asking the question and I received negative feedback and suggestions to go search again when I already had. The trick was that I didn’t put in the search box “cam combo”, which would’ve given me the correct results. I was just using things like “cam selection”, “cam results”, and so on. I’m not saying this is a fault of the search function by any means, I’m just trying to help justify and perhaps add some perspective into why some of the newbie’s posts are so repetitive. Although, I do hate those “I JUST BOUGHT A 1982 240Z HOW BIG OF A ENGINE CAN I PUT IN THERE SO I CAN BEAT RICERS LOL!!!11” posts. :wink:

    280zx MSA II

    in Body Kits & Paint

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    When I installed my bumper, I had the same problem as you. I think there’s a fitting problem with just about all of MSA’s fiberglass (from what I’ve read), so here’s what I did. I opened up the hood until it was resting on the bumper, and then I took a marker and traced/outlined where the hood was hitting the bumper. Then, I took the bumper off and sanded it down until I couldn’t see the line any more. Now, there’s no more problems, and you can’t even tell I had to sand it. I didn’t have to take off much, so it’s nothing drastic. Hope this helps

    mp3's are great

    in Non Tech Board

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    I have a portable Sony cd player that reads ATRAC files. Basically, it’s just software that was included with the player and it takes an mp3 and compresses it even more (I’m assuming) to allow a LOT of songs on one cd. I can literally listen to one cd for 24 hours and not have one song repeat. One disc has 365 songs on it and it wasn’t even full yet! But anyways, glad to hear you finally discovered the mp3 :-)

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