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mrk3cobra

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  1. I received my 36 page appraisal from Classic Auto Appraiser. The report was very detailed and included condition and quality of the build. The value came in at $55,000 I will be raising my insurance with Haggerty to reflect the appraised value.

     

    The Appraiser Carlo Di Marco was very complete and knowledgeable on many different cars.

     

    If anyone is interested in seeing the complete appraisal I can send you an email.

     

    Pete

  2. Looks like I will be retiring early next year, The money will help with retirement. I will not sell if I do not get what I think the car is worth.

    Ironhead yes I definitely like doing the build more then driving the finished product. I have built many cars in the past. This is my forth  240Z build, the other three were stock builds and I sold all of them within 1 year of finishing the projects.

     

    Pete

  3. Finally got the brakes working like I want. I started off with a dual 7" brake booster with a 1" Wilwood master cylinder. With this setup the brakes would not stop as well as I wanted. I could not lock up the brakes. I first tried to change the master cylinder to a 7/8" with the 7" dual brake booster. The brakes had a little better stopping power but the pedal travel was to much. With both setups the best pressure I could get at the brake cylinders was 800 PSI.

    I then changed the master cylinder back to the 1" Wilwood and installed a 8" dual brake booster and the brakes perform fantastic. I can lock up the brake and have tons of stopping power. I now can get 1200 PSI at the brake calipers.

     

    My front setup is Silvermine motors  stage 4 front brakes that have 4 piston calipers, and the rear is Silvermine motors stage 4.

     

     

  4. This is what I did.

     

    AC compressor installed. I bought the kit from DIrtydingo Motorsports. The kit mounts the AC compressor low on the passenger side of LS engines. The kit uses a Sanden SD7B10 compressor. I had to modify the lower bracket to get the tensioner to clear the steering rack. The compressor clears the 240Z frame rail, no modification needed. Next is installing the condenser and dryer, then running the AC lines through the passenger front fender vent channel.

     

     

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  5. I did the install over a few days. You should be able to install in less then 4 hours, depends if you need to hunt down the tach and speedo wires. I am very critical on the instillation so I take a little more time to make sure everything is how I want it. If the engine is out it would make the install a  little easier. I did the install by my self, if you have a helper it would be easier. I do not feel like I am disconnected from the road at speed.  The steering is definitely easier under around 30MPH. At speeds under 10MPH it definitely feels a lot different then manual steering.

     

    The EPS kit does not offset the steering shaft on the 240Z only on the 280Z. I received an extra firewall bracket that I will make my own offset.

  6. I finished the AC system today. Charged the system with Freon and took the car on a long drive. The car performed fantastic. I love the EPS steering felt like a modern day sports car. The car is blowing 38 degree air on a sunny day. I will have to wait until this summer to see how it does on a 95 degree day.

     

    Anyone thinking of installing electric power steering I would say go for it, I  love how the 240Z drives with power steering.

     

    I will now dial in the brakes. I have a willwood adjustable proportional valve on the rear brakes that I can adjust.

     

  7. I tested the EPS kit today on mountain roads and freeway driving. The kit performed fantastic, on the freeway not overly to much assist, Actually felt like a modern day sports car. Driving on mountain roads the car felt  very stable. Parking the car can be done with one hand just like my Honda.

     

    I have to say the car is much more enjoyable  to drive with power steering then with manual steering.

     

    The EPS kit was very easy to install and worked as promised.

     

    Pete

  8. I do not think you would want full power steering at freeway speeds. You can buy a GPS speed sensor with the kit. I think it only adds $45. I would think if I disconnect the speed signal the EPS will get an error code. There is a red fault  light that comes with the EPS kit. I do not have enough information on the kit if it would default into a predetermined setting if it does not see the speed signal. Silvermine motors may have more information. 

  9. Yes you are correct, I have about 1/8" clearance. I was told the kit would move the steering shaft away from the headers by a small amount. The kit i received did not offset the steering shaft it is in the exact same location as before installing the kit. I am asking Silvermine motors if they are selling different kits. This was one of the reasons I went with this kit was to have some more clearance at the headers. I am sure they will respond to my question on the offset firewall bracket.

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