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Joel said: I have one of his CF air dams. I think mine is beautiful! He sells them on Ebay, which is how I found mine.:end: I give anybody an A+ for getting anything finished, particularly "on time",unlike myself. But am I the only one seeing the complete uneven weave of the CF ?I welcome him to our Z car environment, but he'll need to spend more time on laying up the weave correctly before he can claim what he does in his Ebay auctions. Something to the tune of " best quality" or something like this. I don't mean to come across harsh, just real.I spent a great deal of time and money getting my weaves to come out straight and in line up correctly into my molds before touting a comment like that . If I catch flack from pointing this out, then it tells me several things about our audience and their "eye for details". Oh well, get em' while its hot ! ..............Vinny 8)

I would think if the cloth background is grey, then the word "HYBRID" could be outlined in black and filled with a silver thread that "fades away" so to speak.AS it appears now. In fact ,black border/frame as well as the red Z" being bordered in black will make all the wording stand out crisply and look great ! IMHO. ...........Vinny

I hope I'm not be ing a "part pooper" when I say that I've become pretty fond of the current header logo used at the top of the forum page......minus the car background graphic for a clean patch. Even if the whole thing would be surrounded by a "square-round" rectangle of background cloth that holds the "engineered to be feared" copy. Red "Z", with silver "HYBRID"......yellow or white background.......maybe even a light grey.?? just thoughts........Vinny 8)

Or Yes....as 280zone mentions,and as I have also done to initial inqueries, buy his. I have had his hood in my hands and it is well made to standard. The main difference in the Warrior as opposed to his hood is ours doesent have raw cut edges,rather I built the mold to utilize a "Rolled edge" which looks more like a factory edge and needs no further attention . Also the Warriors front scoop is wider and also has more intake area for flow allowed. Another point is that the scoop leading inlet edge is 5" further forward making good use of the pressure in that zone. One more stand out in designs was the cowl panel body lines still flow into the S30 bulge lines in a seamless transition. There were many of my friends that asked me if they should wait for the Warrior and I did indeed tell them to buy the 280zone hood if they wanted one right now. Thats the beauty of having choices finally for our Z's. Besides, we never seem to have any problems reselling a Z related aftermarket item....if one chooses to change something . ..........Cheers, Vinny

Austin, Be sure and use Halogen lights to see better for the cutting and sanding stages. Have the lights high enough off the ground and across from you so as to light the area in which you service. Florescant lights can be used later as a swirl indicator for the lighter surface imperfections. Since your quite new at this.......your EYE will mature in what its looking for and at.Therefore the lighting will bring the imperfections to view and decisions can be made for which steps you'll want to take to eliminate the sanding scratches etc. You'll find that at this point....its important to know how judge the marks as whether they need 1500 grit or whatever in order to clean up whats been missed.For example.....looking at a area, is the deepest scratch in that area going to come out with ( ??grit??). Try not to waste time with grits which are too light to remove the worst areas of scratches. In hind site........you'll find that doing the grits very carefully in full stages and squeegeeing the surface using plenty of water and inspecting each square inch .....and repositioning the lights correctly will manage you a much more perfect result. However doing it OVER.......can be what it is........a drawn out pain. Tenacity will win out. Looking good........best of luck,Vinny

I'm willing to give a ballpark price of 525-600 for the scooped,vented Warrior hoods in Fiberglass with a gelcoated , rolled edge finish. There will be NO additional trimming or sanding needed with this design. There will be a limited run of Carbon Fiber skinned hoods and an even fewer run of FULL carbon hoods with a price to reflect this. Production dates TBA later this year. As in all things custom....I'd advise to get a standard part to cover your engine's bay in the mean time. Cheer's, Vinny

Well.....I'm going to sew them up to cover the holes in my underwear ! lol. Just kidding Vin. They are for applying to your favorite jacket or event shirt.....maybe a cool hat ? I assume it will be a nice embroidered sew on patch in color ?? cheers.........Vinny 8)

I'm in for TWO (2) as well ! ...........Vinny

Happy B-Day belated Terry..........mail recieved too ! ...........Vinny 8)

I am hoping to be making these again this Summer. We were actually quite close last year, but I held back in order to play out some theories. Which I'm glad I did. Shortly after that ( about 6 months) the Arizona hood with the smaller scoop was produced by 280zone.Which filled the gap for some. I feel we have a great functional uprated design to offer as well as keeping with the Z hood lines and adding some muscle to its appearance and exellent cooling properties !I also think you'll find the fact that there will be no trimming or cut-outs to deal with as well as the edges are rolled or finished completely as opposed to a raw edge. So stay tuned. Good things to come. .................Vinny 8)

I ran across an old authentic Datsun patch from the 70's that was off of one of my old jackets. I thought some of you might like to see the old design comparitivly ? ..............Vinny

Thanks Mat.....came in today ! They'll look great on one of my Dickies work jackets smothered withy vintage patches ! thanks again..........Vinny

Thanks Mat.....came in today ! They'll look great on one of my Dickies work jackets smothered withy vintage patches ! thanks again..........Vinny

Hmmm.......coming on to Barts thread a tad late here.....but from all the exposure with Z's that I've had.....I'd venture to say that all points fore or after the strut towers forward are non structural as far as the integrity of the chasis is concerned . Think of the fact that the front crossmember and strut towers (along with a tower brace) make up the final box of structure regarding the chasis. I DO think that it might be good to build an aluminum under tray for the filter to rest on. One that could be fully riveted back onto the radiator core support and perhaps also serve as an air seperator/splitter of sorts for the filters air source. If done properly with some thought ....it might very well be your saving grace and look the serious part. If your not skilled with sheetmetal forming.......befriend someone who is that can go off of your design or templates. Regarding hood air flow and scoops.........the Warrior's scoop is 27" back from the nose of the hood.Which is the farthest forward of any Z composites hoods being made.I know that 280zone hood scoop back edge is another 5 " further back then the Warrior hood.If this doesent work for you.......you'll be looking into a louvered custom steel hood or composite one off's. I'm thinking that maybe the filter box might work better turned upside down, aluminum shrouded and then let the thing breathe from the hood scoop and a custom duct thats mates up when the hood is closed.This way, the curved backward duct could be drilled for water shedding before the filter draws water in .Also large nasty bugs and debris could be detered without a direct hit into the filter for premature clogging. Just some ideas there ?? .............Vinny

Nice goodies there Jeff ! Good Lord........that race header is made w/40 schedule weld el's and will weigh in at 75+ pounds !! You'll need an extra 100 hp just to carry that lump...lol.Engine hoist to install it....and 5 hours for it to cool down.lol Glad to hear your making some good headway on the Z Jeff ! ..........Vinny 8)

I JUST saw this car when in San Diego ! It must be a GREAT business oportunity to let go of such a unique and well planned out toy Bryan ! I have to admit your a better man than I to do so. When Keith ( Zhadman) and I were there looking at it...the last thing I would have anticipated was for you to list her on Ebay within a few weeks later ! I hope he gets a million bucks ,he's a great guy. Good Luck man !........Vinny

Well...I don't know this fine fellow who has access to the manifolds. Perhaps you can persuade him to work on bringing me one over or shipping one out to Missouri. I don't forsee anything but SNOW weatherwise here,so no real shipping risk/loss.lol. Let me know in a P.M. if you can.I'm interested in using one. .............Thanks...........Vinny 8)

OH PLEEEEEEEZ tell me that guy is going to have videos of the first time he takes that thing out on the road to meekly get a few SUCKERS to gag race him !! lol. Oh the look on their faces as they get their sweaty little hairy bottoms handed to them ! Quite PRICELESS I'm sure. He's going to need to Tub and narrow that rig before he gets any real traction for sure !! Vinny 8)

Good info Tony ! Do you ever run across the Euro manifolds ? And by Euro.....do you mean Europe exclusively including Japan markets ? I wouldn't mind porting one of them and then getting it 2000 degree ceramic coated to see if it does better for flow . cheers..........Vinny

OH YEAh........I remember that manifold now from years ago ! Strange that there was any need for a different casting tooling. You'd have thought the expense would have made them go with only ONE design. Thanks for the link......and yes, it would make for easy port work,IF its really needed ? ................Vinny

Exellent.............looks like some good studying for me ! Thanks Stealth ! Tfreer85.....your pm'd ! ...........Vinny