clint78z

I am suprised that there are front mount kits quite cheap on ebay, might be garbage?? Top mount should serve the purpose though. Looking for a nice usable power 280ftlbs with amazing drivability. I am looking for the amount of power under the curve, not for peak numbers. I got my OBDII cable on the way for opensource tuning and logging. Drax you wouldn't believe how hard it was to find a 5speed, I simply would not comprimise. The E39 is sweet as well, looked quite heavily at that. I have never test drove one, did you test drive the Subie XT?? Intrested to see how they compare?? The boxer four sounds almost as cool as the L6.

Still have the 280 turbo, an on going project. I bought a shiny blue Subaru Forester XT, my first semi new car. I paid a bit extra to get a rare 5 speed blue. It's going to get a bigger intercooler, perhaps an 18g turbo. Going to keep it sane since it's my all year daily driver. The forester has huge room, and isn't that heavy 3300lbs, and all wheel drive to boot. Kinda the swiss army knife of cars. http://www.toyotaoftampabay.com/used-inventory/2007-Subaru-Forester/f94aec7a0a0a006400c14dd13930d93f.htm

Flipping the mount to the driver's side wouldn't require reindexing the harmonic balancer for TDC. Just thought some one had quick info, no biggie. I am currently very happy with the parts I have

I think the earlier 260's had more in common with the 240's, and the later 260's had some parts simular to the 280's. Read that somewhere, not too sure what it applies to. I am willing to pay for another sensor mount if it is possible to mount it on the drivers side. My car is not at my place, so I can't easily do the mock up right now. Anyone have a 280 ?? Is it possible to mount the sensor on the drivers side and still retain A/C?? I plan to do some more work this summer prototyping the car with Autodesk Inventor, I am getting sufficent with the package now.

I think they all interchange, Derek's is the first I have seen with opposite clocking. Is it possible to flip the mount to A/C compressor side ?? I haven't fully layed out that option, I was going to do all my machining myself before. Just a minor speed bump along the way.

I got my kit Derek, haven't tried it out yet. Some very good craftsmanship, glad you offered it to everyone. There are probably a few differences to the Z pulleys over the years, it's good we document them. Ford typically likes to change parts like underwear, same years can have 3 different setups. Not sure if my VR sensor is the same, got to do a littlle leg work. We all very much appreciate this kit, saved so much time and money. Cheers, clint78z

Great news Derek, they look amazing. Finally I can turf my HEI module, and get a smooth idle. I am going to try and find a day I can make it out to the farm to measure the dodge coilpack for you, I know I am late on this. Thank you for making quality custom parts for the Z car, it's good to keep the flame burning on these old machines.

Can't you just reverse the sensor leads?? I don't think you need a fancy circuit for this.

Hmm bit of a pickle, just throwing some thoughts out here. Might be able to slightly modify things to work. Can the current EDIS mount be notched the thickness of the timing indicator, that way it could be mounted underneath DEREKS EDIS mount. Not sure if that is feasable, may not be able to get a timing light in there. Or how about making a mirror image of the EDIS mount, considering the majority have timing on the alternator side. Not sure if A/C can be run this way ?? I am still in if we have to do it as it stands. Timing tape can be used as well to reclock everything, one shot deal.

Mine timing indicator is on the front passenger side (north america), where the alternator bolts on. I didn't know any L motor had timing on the intake manifold side ???

I will measure a dodge coilpack with the calipers, and take some pics to verify I did it accurately. I have to go out to the farm to get it, might take a bit. Cheers, Clint

I still can't believe the 685's are that price, $700 isn't exactly cheap in my book. However they seem like a steal for the sound they produce. Sorry can't compare them to many other's, listened to Focales and didn't like them at all, may have been the Pioneer amp that was completely wrong setup???

I am in for everything including the trigger wheel, looks like a great package at a fair price. Have you considering offering the option for mounting the dodge coil pack?? Some people don't wan to run the strange FORD wires, although the ends do look like the would do a better job.

I ran into a bit of a snag this amp doesn't pull audio from HDMI, I didn't want to spend another $1200 bucks for the new model. I thought that my TV would pass HDMI from my laptop to the optical output on the TV then to the amp. Little did I know that most TV's downmix this optical signal to a 2 channel optical. Why even have the optical output, talk about false advertising. HDMI is way to protective, to the point of silliness. Now I have to run 2 cables, when one already has audio. Oh well, I am always used to workarounds.

Overall I couldn't be happier with the system, a couple of notes after putting some listening time in. I have a couple of CD's that were favorites, they sound good on the system. It sounds better than most systems bought from chain stores. I wasn't aware the recording quality was below par. Then you shove in a good disc and it almost blows me away. It is almost like there is no stereo, they are playing in your living room. You can almost hear how much change they have in their pockets. Norah Jones, Tool (Laterus), Cat Stevens DVD Majikat. I have some new favorites just because of this system. The B&W's still haven't broke in after a couple of hours, needs a tad more bass. I hear this typical of these speakers. I am going to hold off on the sub until they break in, see if the mains are enough for my small room. Even at low volume everything sounds so balanced, no boomy voices or muffled instruments. The Rotel amp is a tank at 40lbs, the features seem to be just enough. It remembers many custom settings when switching modes, how many speakers, dolby or dts, crossover ... The remote build quality is junk, but seems quite functional with macros. It seems to have more than enough current for my needs, we shall see when I get surronds hooked up. I now have the low end of High end systems. I would encourage everyone to give this combo a test drive at a local dealer. It's not for everyone, for the money I wouldn't go any other way.