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As the title says, would converting to CV's decrease drivetrain loss over a U-jointed driveshaft? It seems like they would be lighter, have a smaller moment of intertia, and be smoother than U-joints. It seems i'm going to have to replace my U-joints sometime within the next year or so, and I'm just thinking ahead abit. -Oliver

good advice. The reason I was even thinking about brand new wheels was because My current used wheels ALL have pretty bad run out. I wanted to start on a clean slate, but if you can convince met that the stock 14's will do I might jsut go that route. I do have a set of stock steelies that I might just stick new tires on, I just have to make sure they are straight! I'm just as cheap as the next guy so the cheaper the better... ok maybe I just really wanted rewinds , but you are right, they are a little too much for DD wheels. The tires I am looking into is something not so performance related, and more economically based, because this car is a daily driver, and it will go into superman mode when I change the wheels!

It works like a shock absorber in your fuel line. There are shock waves being passed down the fuel line when your injectors open and close, and the damper absorbs them to reduce in-cabin noise.

wow, i didn't even know about the dash

cool pics, thanks for sharing! edit: z33 wannabe. Its kinda sad, but well executed

You will have to take some before and after pics of the paint on your car by the wastegate dump glad to see you got the HKS manifold to work.

yeah, mine has a thin layer of foam between the fan and rad. Do yourself a favor and make/borrow/steal some money for the auto realay, you will thank yourself later, when you car doesn't overheat because you forgot to flip the switch!

Dude thats awesome! My dream is to open up a shop where me and my friends can work on our cars, and I would definitely sell my Z to obtain that dream. congrats, you made a wise decision. (maybe the hulk will finally be completed? lol)

I found out my swastikas have an undesireable amount of runout on them, (they wobble too much) so I decided to replace them and see if my wheels shimmy (high speeds) goes away. The car is a daily driver, and may see a few autocrosses over the summer (usually about 4-5 events, nothing extremely competitive) Current wheels/ tires are Swastika's (15x6") with 225-50-15 kumho ecsta 711's. I'm kinda looking at keeping the swastikas with the 711's on for when I go autocrossing this summer, and maybe next summer upgrading to something like falken azenis... ...and in the meantime, put on some 14x7's or something NEW, with NO runout and new tires. Kinda like the way the rewinds look, but i'm open to suggestions. I want the 14x7's so I can have some sidewall to cushion the ride, and possibly save my chassis from these horrible streets (sw side of houston has bad roads) For tires I was thinking about the potenza re-92's in something like 195-60-14 or similar. (re-92's for the "low rolling resistance"... as seen on honda insight's) what do you guys think? main goal here is to smooth out highway driving, smooth out the ride (a little more sidewall), and maybe increase gas mileage a little over my swastikas and 225 meats.

I wonder what they are going to do about a hood.

Is that the color or the primer?! So much suspense! wheres the video to go along with it?

Maybe one could make the upper half of the engine aluminum and the lower half carbon fiber? the lower part doesnt see as much heat as the part near the combustion chambers.

l20 4cyl is kinda disapointing... the car looks faster than that.

that engine looks alot like the 4g63's

I vote for keeping it N/A and camming it... I bet it would sound like a nasty l28 with a setup like that.

does everyone elses 1/4 mile time on their profiles default to 9.99 regardless of how many times you update it? mine does... does that mean i should be running 9.99's hmmm...

did you make your own harness? Maybe there are just a few electrical gremlins from stuff grounding out... You said it helped when you isolated the wires...

Lol at the lady on the trike!! I'm surprised the ariel atom's don't have more roll over protection like any other racing type car. (ie lotus 7)

congrats on getting it running. What are the goals for this car?

where are the new polyurethane bushings? hehe destruction is fun !!

How bout black top white sides, with the silver stripe? It'll look like a cop car

Are you taking ME at UH? Thats what I am doing... anyways, I'm sure you are hip to this equation: F = (1/2)*(p)*(A)*(Cd)*(v^2) F = Force of drag p = Mass density of medium the object is moving through A = cross sectional area Cd = drag coefficient V = velocity Now what do you do with all this? I would get the cross sectional area first, then calculate how much force it takes to move the car at ooo lets say 70mph, assuming your engine is producing the most amount of torque there (with proper gearing). then compare that with how much torque the new engine will make at that same speed (assume gearing puts it there) and get a ballpark highway estimate. Lets assume your found that the car only needed about 40ft-lbs of torque to keep it at 70mph: (40/142)/(40/177) = 1.24647 ... then, you could multiply this with the old gas mileage in the truck, 26.5mpg * 1.24647 = 33.031455mpg with new engine Thats a really easy way to get a very inaccurate value, but at least it would give you an idea of how much you should at least expect. The way I did it doesn't take into account gearing, and it just estimates engine eficiency based on maximum torque output. I'm sure there are better ways to do it though... however, I'm a first year eng. student so cut me some slack

You need ZG's

if you look carefully at my fan, I am only using standard zip-ties. Per thumper's advice, Just slip the zip-ties around one of the rows... but NOT around any fins.

I personally don't see the reason for doing flat black with a roller. Spraying seems almost easier, since you don't have to think about it as much as with a roller. (in my somewhat limited experience) I guess it boils down to which do you prefer?