JMortensen

I think he's talking about a vacuum pump to give vacuum to the booster. I've seen 'em, but I don't know where to get one. Do you need it? Jon

You trying to score extra credit or what? Couldn't you have made some remark about his wife or told him his kids were ugly? Jon

Just out of curiosity, what was the teacher telling you to do with the motor?

Before you throw the thing away you might want to just pull the rear cover and eyeball the ring gear size with a ruler. Who knows what happened to a rear end that's been gone thru. There's no reason someone couldn't have swapped an 8.8 in there previously, and I don't recall a spool being available for a 7.5. I don't even recall a minispool available for a 7.5. I'd check and make sure its crap before you throw it away. Probably is, but it would only take 5 minutes to be sure. Jon

There is a step on the flywheel. The step means that the clutch mating surface is slightly different from the pressure plate surface. I'm not sure what the spec is supposed to be, but as long as yours is within spec you could reuse it. I would use a die grinder with a sanding disc to put a light crosshatch pattern on the mating surface to break the glaze if there is any. Jon

I'm going to try and make some autox's at Bremerton this summer. I'd be happy to take you for a ride. Got some serious work to do in the meantime, not sure how much and when it's all going to get done... Jon

Pick up a German sports car mag. Last time I checked which was about 5 years ago it was about $4500 for a conversion for a 911. Spendy, but he'll never have fade again!!! Jon

Looked again, those pad retainer clips are DEFINITELY Porsche. That's one hell of a system!!! Jon

Porsche Big Red Brakes??? That's not a joke. That's what they call them. Jon

If it has t-tops you've got 3:90's and an R200. That's what my '80 donor had. Jon

Pretty clean vid for the size. Good job. Jon

Starting to think that when I do my Jermio/BlueOvalZ/jmortensen rear link I should change my rear gear ratio. I want to go to at least a 4:11, possibly a 4:38. I just figure this is the time to do it since I'll have the whole back end of the car apart. I've got the 300ZX LSD, which has 12mm ring gear bolts (17mm head). Anyone know where I can get a low ratio diff with a matching ring gear. RossC says SOME '87 200SXT's had the larger bolts. The other option is to use a sleeve on the ring gear bolts. Ross says this is possible for him to do, but he would need a bunch of people to go to the trouble, and I think I might be able to make spacers or have them machined locally. Best option would be to find the right diff, and not have to mess with spacers. Not in a big hurry, just curious if anyone knows of a potential donor. I really don't want to buy gears from Nissan and go through the setup if I don't have to, but I have access to all the tools and the know how if I need to go that route. Jon

Right now I have Autometer tach, speedo, water temp (mech), oil pressure (mech), and a stock ammeter/gas in the last hole. I just have the cheapy Autometer stuff. Sport Comp, I think it is. But its 100% improvement over stock. You can see them in my autox vid recently posted in the Announcements forum... Jon

I think ZX's all had the gear reduction starters. Supposedly not as reliable as the regular starters. You might try taking the starter you have apart and cleaning the brushes and the stator (is that what it's called? the big thing with all the wires). I've taken a few apart and just cleaned them regreased the bushings and reinstalled and they've worked quite a bit better. Jon

I had an L6 valve cover gasket that was the same way. About 2 inches too long in my case. It was just made wrong. Took it back, got one that fit. I have no exp with the LT1, but that sounds like a defective part to me. Jon

Usually you check for HC's in the antifreeze. If the shop you're dealing with has a smog machine or a "sniffer" for finding AC leaks, they can check the coolant for HC with either of those. Sounds like what you said: blown headgasket, cracked head, or cracked block. Headgasket would obviously be the most likely. Did you retorque the head bolts? Sounds like it's going to have to be pulled apart again. Maybe someone with a little more experience with those motors will chime in too. Jon

Well, someone had to tell him. At least you weren't being a jerk, just stating that something smelled pooish... Maybe he'll shower before work tomorrow, or get rid of the patchouli (sp?). Jon

Why did you flare the car? If you did it for looks, and you can find the right offset, then yeah, go with the 7.5" rims assuming you can find the right offset (probably won't, or it'll be custom). I'd rather see some 9" or 10" rims on a flared car myself. Jon

I verified mine by putting a 6800 rpm pill in my 6AL and hitting it. My autometer shows 6800 rpm at the rev limiter. Plus it's just one wire from the MSD to the tach. A friend of mine FREAKED OUT when I drove her Z and wound it up to ~7K. Apparently her tach was showing 8500 or something. I was unable to convince her that her tach was wrong, until I asked why her valves hadn't floated if it was really at 8500 rpm (stock springs, mild cam). She still hasn't fixed it. I've never had good luck with ANY of the stock gauges. Tachs are innacurate, speedos jump, temp gauges are CRAP, oil pressure gauges are a just so vague that they're useless, I've been thru several ammeters, and the gas gauge looses 1/2 tank in the first 1/4 tank but I think that is the shape of the tank more than anything else. I've only seen one working clock ever, if you want to count that as a gauge. I agree with Lockjaw, just replace if you want to really know what's going on. Jon

Different wheels... Jon

I am assuming that these wheels fit under stock fenders, BTW. If they stick out of stock fenders and you need 1/2" spacer, and you are willing to change studs, then go for it. Jon

Even so, a 2.5 inch spacer, then the thickness of the wheel flange, then your lug nuts?!?!? Is this a good idea??? Sure, when I worked on Porsches we used 2" spacers, but we had 5 14mm ARP studs on there... Jon

Aren't the ZG flares like 2.5" in front and 3.5" in back? If so, that is one heck of a spacer. I'd look for different wheels. I've seen a couple of posts about this in the last few weeks. While this might be possible with some really long studs, you still need some threads in the lug nuts, which makes me think that different wheels would be a better alternative. Or is there something I'm missing? Jon

Chap, I think it's funny that every time a political topic comes up you think the other side is taking advantage of the situation... but wait... you were right on the restriction of freedoms/Patriot Act thing. The US needs more libertarians and less hypocrites. Jon

The assumption that minorities NEED help is the issue that Nic talked about, rather than their statistical disadvantage. The fact that we separate them from the rest of society and say that they aren't capable of making it without help is the problem. It can lead people who are minorities into a "poor me" mindset where they think that they CAN'T make it without help from whitey, which just isn't the case. I've known several self made millionaires, all of which came from DIRT, none of which got a scholarship based on their skin color or religion. They just never gave up. EDIT--I put words in Nic's mouth. He WAS talking about the statistical disadvantage. Jon