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preith

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  1. No problem. Last summer I rode my bicylcle there, wasn't too bad, about a 25 mi round trip. On my bike I had a chance to check it out really close. You can still see some of the old pavement, and the grading where the track used to be. Man, how I wish it was still there, but according to the web site, they had noise complaints shortly after it's inception. I can only imagine the repercussions it would have now! The population in the area has doubled, or tripled since.
  2. Not sure what he means exactly by pocking, and this may have been discussed before, but anyone who used Crane rockers, including myself, had problems. They actually started to deteriorate, or delaminate, and left holes on the friction surface. I don't see them for sale anymore in VB, and assume they aren't on the market anymore for that reason.
  3. How about "Can I put 240 bumpers on my 280Z?"
  4. Guys don't get me wrong, Courtney's hot (at times), but alright, we have someone who was at Lynndale Farms! No offense, but I'd feel old too; they closed that place in '67. I had heard about a road course in Delafield but never knew where. Turns out I must have drivin past it a few dozen times. It's now a subdivision which uses about 1/2 of the original course. Check out this web page about it. http://www.lynndalefarms.homestead.com/
  5. Amen, there's a local guy who vintage races a 240 in 90 + degree weather without anything (heat sheild, blanket, or coated headers) and has no issues. I went the safe route and fabbed up a stainless sheild as well as insulators, but cannot compare since the car was never run without. I guess I could have searched it, and it may been talked about before, but we could talk at length just about different insulators. IMO the Nissan Motorsports ones are the best, but the most expensive too, I think about $40 each x6. My TWM manifold came with the o-ring setup, it was never used.
  6. Summit Racing had the head studs in stock, but that was a few years ago. The price was a few dollars cheaper than I saw anywhere else. The part# for all L-series 6's is the same. They have a good website to for ordering from. Anyone correct me if I'm wrong, but you will most likely have to find the thickness of the rings that came with the pistons, and the exact bore size, which is probably 3.425 inches. As for a supplier, I may get chastised for this, but Top End does sell them. They're not the most popular vendor, but I've had no problems. I used oem manifold studs, but have seen stainless out there. MSA may have them. I know zcarcreations.com sells an entire stainless engine kit. The head gasket will get you a variety of answers, but the best one to me, especially for a turbo, seems to be factory Nissan or Felpro with the thin wire copper o-ring setup. EDIT: just checked zcarcreations, and they do in fact offer an exhaust stud kit on ebay, with a "buy it now price" of $38.95 http://stores.ebay.com/Restoration-Stainless The only problem I can see is if you're using the FI manifold, you'll need the larger bolts for the top.
  7. There was a decent thread on this a little while back: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=97991 I'll state it again. To the best of my knowledge, Tilton does not supply a flywheel for use with their clutches. Malvern Racing (no longer in business) sold their own flywheels for use with Tiltons. Some of the guys spoke of 10,000 rpm clutches. I don't know anything about them, or if the clutches are sorced out of house.
  8. MSA sells nice little oil bar block off plates.
  9. hmmm, he must have changed it, because when I originally saw this they were in fact flat tops.
  10. I'm so jealous! He has stated on here that he now has a 140mm rod motor that "pulls like a mother".
  11. Man, I'm a little worried about how the weather will be at my first event April 9th and 10th at Blackhawk Farms. It's times like this where I've got to move to a warmer climate! DrSideways (Alan) is a regular at VIR. I'd like to see his car run in anger sometime.
  12. I feel the need to vent. This is kind of a long story, but a coworker of mine recieved a $367 reckless driving ticket for doing donuts in an open snow covered parking lot. The lot turned out to be state university owned. He was ticketed by university police, who apparently have the same juristiction as a state trooper in Wisconsin; not sure how it is in other states. He ended up going to court and having it reduced to something like $157 with half the points of original, which is still $157 too much. Now I personally have come close to being ticketed, but never have. But I have known others who have been givin a hard time as well. The whole thing just really steams me up. Who are they affecting, or causing danger to? I think everyone at one point should go screw around in an open snow covered parking lot. It only makes one a better driver in the snow. There are many valuble lessons that can be learned, such as the brakes are NOT your friend.
  13. If the Alfa was a bright yellow road racer, that one's Brian Stark's. It is a very good looking car. I think the owner's name at Yard is Dan Schwartz. He seemed to be a good guy. You can call their place up and ask if they need any pit help. He'd probably be happy to have you along. That way you can get into the non-spectator vintage races at RA (SVRA in May, VSCDA in Sept.), and for free. There is another guy who I only know as Doc. He has a nice Shelby GT350, and is the original owner, but I beleive the car started life as a street car and not an actual R competition model.
  14. Yard racing is a regular up at Road America, maybe it's the same? I beleive they're in West Allis, but never been there. I worked with them a few years ago at the SVRA event in mid May. Good group of guys. I beleive the BRE "replica" is the white/blue one owned by Rick Blaha. I would consider rc's240z's car a BRE replica, and Ricks just has the paint job, which does look good. The car was bought by an east coast racer, and has the fuel tank mounted in the passenger area, which makes it pretty much illegal for anything else other than vintage, including the rules which it was supposed to be prepared to (pre 1972 GCR). Here's a pic of Fred Seitz's Z, who is a Yard customer. I used to autocross with him at Miller Park. http://www.svra.com/SVRA/PhotoGal.nsf/plinks/EJEN-63BTR3
  15. Yes, I'm aware of them, but just for conversation, how did they fair back in the day? Couldn't have been good.
  16. In a road racing application, those meats must be hell on the stub axles?
  17. I've been hesitant to purchase a "competition" 1:1 5-speed because of spare parts. Can you still get the steel synchro's from Nissan?
  18. Yeah, I have a fuel cell, I guess with a stock tank that wouldn't be a possibility.
  19. I was going to reply the same thing, but in his post he mentions somone prior to him did a poor job installing the helicoils. I think the larger bolt might be the ticket, maybe that with a slightly larger helicoil?
  20. I guess I should add I have a full race 240 with dual 2.25 pipes and 4" supertrapps. It sees occasional street drives just to make sure everything is good to go. When I do, I have them capped off with 12 discs each, and I'm surprised I haven't got pulled over yet. But power output is probably in the high 200's. A more mild motor might not be as bad. http://zdriver.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=3236&password=&sort=1&cat=500&page=2
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