Iceman

Thanks. One of the great benefits of being a California car. The prev owner took good care of it and did some nice work on it. Not sure. They were there when i bought it. They do look integra-style thought. I had an 89 prelude that had very similar seats. I might seek them out for redoing the interior as the prelude had a very nice adjustable lumbar support, and adjustable "hugging" sides.

Thanks Davy. I was just wondering this morning if I was ever going to get any responses, or if I really should have put this in the fabbing forum. Basically what I remember was people were cutting the existing engine mounts from the frame, then lowering the engine into the bay, measuring, and fabbing new mounts to weld to the frame.

I absolutely hate those things. I've vowed to carry a pair of cutters and snip them off if i see any in a parking lot. Even if the guy sees me, what is he gonna do, call the cops and say "he cut off my illegal display of genetalia"? As far as the stuffed animals and such, I've seen a lot of those around my area, most of them are no where near low enough to drag on the ground, but i just figure the kids are doing it because they think it's cool and don't know why.

True.. but they are pretty accurate considering the possible sizes running on a Z. Not likely that anyone is running truck tires on their Z nor tires with a 14" OD. This should be of some help though for more specifics.. Z Transmission Calculator

Sorry, I meant the lights for those.. I wouldnt think so, because there is power from the battery. I'm wondering if the vibration up to 4000 RPM is rattling something until it makes contact.

I have the 3.90 diff (guy I bought it from said it was the 4.30, but I dunno about that) and an N/A L28 in a '70 240Z. Not certain which tranny I have (i think it's from an '83), but it has a REALLY high 5th. Low/High... I always get those confused.. anywho, 5th gear is like 2500RPM at 75MPH. Generally speaking, having a rear ratio around the 3.0-3.5 range is good when you have more HP, but I will be keeping my 3.9 since my 5th gear is so high.

Do the lights go out again when RPMs go down? What about the lights for the speedo and tach?

A quick way to do a basic test on an alternator is to get out your volt meter and check the voltage with the car running, and the car off. Running, it should be about 13.5V, even if you have lights, radio, etc on. If not 13.5V, your alternator is very likely to be the problem, but if it is 13.5V there is still a possibility that it's not putting out the AMPS, and should be bench tested. Engine off, you should be right around 12V. This will give you a starting point. If the alternator is no good, go yell at the shop. If the regulator is no good then go get yourself a new alternator from your favorite parts store from a late 80's Chevy that is internally regulated, wire it up, and call it a day. (There's probably other Makes that work, but I use the Chevy alternators because the mounting holes seem to line up more often than not with any cars that I have retrofitted).

I agree. If they didnt give you any info based on observation, I'd say they probably just saw "Not adjustable" on their computer and left it at that. Hopefully it's just the bushings.

Yep, it's there and it matches the one on the dash. BTW, mine is #2188

I searched the forum and looked through about 20 outdated threads and could not find any pics. Looks like all of the pic links are dead links now. Does anyone have any pics of bed liner rolled on in the interior?

Here's a few pics I took: Interior: Console that I have: Interior behind passenger seat: Rectangle to the left is for the rear-mounted battery, as is the red battery cable.

Oh, ok. Don't think I need them then because I don't plan to put a swaybar on the rear. Doesn't that make the ride stiffer as a side effect? Probably not a good thing for me to add if my Z is more of a daily driver. zcarnut, you have a PM

I was going to say the same thing. I've been scared of distributors ever since one got a good zap on me thanks to a messed up boot. Unfortunately I was grounded because I was leaning against the fender and making contact just below the waist I'd hate to deliberately put the distributor that close.

Wow, 14s with the 4x4 brakes, that must be a close fit! Anytime I hear about someone fitting wheels it reminds me of one time I was in a chain tire/wheel store and someone bought new rims. The shop mounted them and tried to back the truck out. It seemed like it was resisting a little bit, but instead of the guy getting out to see what was wrong, he just punched the gas and busted the customer's calipers right off the truck

I'd do some work on your SUs. I have almost the same setup and I can twist mine up to 6000 with power. I used to top out much lower than that (maybe it was around 4000) when my SUs werent balanced. Wow, i'd like your budget if you consider those inexpensive!

I'm hoping to stay around $50, so that's probably going to rule out anyone shipping one to me unless they are mad because they keep stubbing their toe on it.

I just found these mounts/brackets in a box that came with my Z. Can anyone tell what they are?