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I agree with Mike and if you want to claim the loss on your federal income tax you need proof of your actions to get the money from him and small claims court is the route to take if you don't get anything from him... LARRY

The loudness of them has been reduced and the idle has went from 750 to 600 rpms. I have no clue as to how old or how bad the internals were on the other set but I did have an exhuast leak on one. With the blower pulley change I'll be dynoing it and check the a/f ratio for adjustments. Have no fear I'll post a new dyno video and a "spanking" practice run video in the near future... LARRY

This shows how RIO VISTA MUFFLER mounted my modified new 60 in. PATRIOT sidepipes. The primary headers are 1 5/8 in. to 2 1/2 in. pipes and 2 1/2 in. collectors, the sidepipes are 3 in.. Right before the notched frame rails a flex expansion joint was added to take the engine twists and turns. The sidepipes are on hangers for easy removal of them. This set-up is flush with the body. Owner of the shop , BOB LAPP, did a great job. Upgrade to 10 lbs blower boost coming soon to a ricer near you...... LARRY

No web site at this time, working on it, but here is the info.... Advanced Dyno, 96 Railroad Ave. Suisun City, CA. 707-425-3966 and ask for "H". He does do Sat. by appointment and tell him you are a Hybrid Z member. They have various rates for what you want to do and CALIF. STREET MACHINES is next door , my engine builder.. I should add that my set-up is dialed in.....all you have to do is view my dyno run in the Video section.... LARRY

Believe me, I for one can feel your pain. This is my quote from my thread in this forum on the "hidden costs" of doing a _________ conversion..... "2.) GYPSIES,LAIRS.TRAMPS and THIEVES......This cast of characters includes Paint and Body shops, Engine builders, mechanics, Muffler shops, A friend of a friend who is a "guru" on something dealing with your car, Previous Owner of the car you bought to do the conversion on, Low milage engine owners, and anybody with a carb that "it just needs a rebuild kit". This does not mean that everybody in one of these categories is that way but I'm sure you can put a name to some of them....." If you were closer to me I can vouch for my dyno shop as being "First Rate" and a charge for what happened to you would never been brought up.... LARRY

Off topic but BILL have you seen this guy's 74 260Z???...... http://www.machinegod.org/car/ LARRY

The downloaded pictures are of a man who works for the US Forest Service in Alaska and his trophy bear. He was out deer hunting last week when a large grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him. The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds It stood 12' 6" high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head. It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. Of course, the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did not let him keep it as a trophy, but the bear will be stuffed and mounted, and placed on display at the Anchorage airport to remind tourists of the risks involved when in the wild. Based on the contents of the bears stomach, the Fish and Wildlife Commission established the bear had killed at least two humans in the past 72 hours including a missing hiker. The US Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had originated, found the hiker's 38-caliber pistol emptied. Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. The other body has not been found. Although the hiker fired six shots and managed to hit the grizzly with four shots (the Service ultimately found four 38 caliber slugs along with twelve 7mm slugs inside the bear's dead body), it only wounded the bear and probably angered it immensely. The bear killed the hiker an estimated two days prior to the bear's own death by the gun of the Forest Service worker. Think about this: DAMN..... LARRY

http://www.atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/suspension/frontcontrolarm/index.html LARRY

LOL, You must realize that a picture is only a point -in- time look and that was shot after the dyno runs were completed and all of the tie down straps and wheelchalks were pulled except one. If you've ever been to a dyno shop that is.... I just reread your post and if someone was pulling wot thru the gears and trying to gather data that dyno and the operator should have been shut down..... LARRY

Thanks for the replies guys..... I didn't think I was the only one to be amazed as the " hidden costs " grew.. There are 2 more items I want to add to the list and remember this is my experience only... 1.) Tech Support..... The best I had was HOLLEY and the worst was DSL support and I will expound on the computer end. I had MSN dial-up and that was to slow loading so I went to MSN BROADBAND. At the same time I wanted to go wireless with the other computer I had in another room. In a 3 month period between a bad DSL modem and router problems I talked to every support center in the USA. After awhile we would talk about the weather where they were at and their hobbies..... Have you ever been on the phone long enough to have your ear start hurting??? One series of calls lasted 6 hours and I was switched from the deep South to the state of WASHINGTON and each time it was a level up the tech. support ladder. Then MSN sold their DSL customers in my area to SBC. Now you'd think this would be an easy switch.... WRONG.... I had to get all new DSL modems, routers, and wireless equip. Of course now days these companies don't want your old equip. back and they send you the complete package with the new stuff whether you need new cables,filters, and adapters or not. I have a min-mart of good computer parts that are almost matching my DATSUN AND CHEVY inventory.....New also with SBC is that I got to learn a new language... PIG-ENGLISH, INDIA style.... 2.) GYPSIES,LAIRS.TRAMPS and THIEVES......This cast of characters includes Paint and Body shops, Engine builders, mechanics, Muffler shops, A friend of a friend who is a "guru" on something dealing with your car, Previous Owner of the car you bought to do the conversion on, Low milage engine owners, and anybody with a carb that "it just needs a rebuild kit". This does not mean that everybody in one of these categories is that way but I'm sure you can put a name to some of them..... My final thought on this is I've learned that any completion date given to you from people in the last item, you need to add 4 or 5 weeks to and sometimes months....Have you ever had something completed before the promise date??? And am I the only one that hears something like this from these "stooges"??? ... "In the 30 years of working on high proformance cars, your car is the first one we've worked that's ever had this problem." I think I've ranted enough on "Hidden Costs" ..... LARRY

Looking good!!! Remember, you only have to please yourself.... LARRY

Damn, I'm just a "stooge" who hangs out there once and awhile. You need to ask a dynojet expert that....... "Must've been a lot of $$$, what 1/4 times are they aiming for?" My guess is 5-6+ secs. in the 1/4 mile at 35psi boost........ Their biggest problem now is car lift and maintaining control down the strip.... LARRY

When that happens no more data is plotted and a warning light comes on , Dynojet has a safety feature that automatically starts to apply limited braking to the drum and the dyno operator has the driver throttle off and go into nuetral. The shop is upgrading to a 1500 rwhp and a 4 channel set-up that will allow the plottting of boost for tuning purposes and a couple other engine sensor readings. This will be great for turbo and blower set-ups..... A few more things about the car and this is from memory... 413 cu.in. SBC/TT 66 NOVA. It has an air compression controlled manual tranny with a torque converter. The intercooler is where the passenger seat would be. The distributor is gear-driven front mounted to the cam. It was at 17 psi boost for this run but they tuned it for 35psi boost on other runs but the dyno wasn't ready for wot at that level.... LARRY

Looking good Tim!!! No " hidden costs " in this project, Right ??? LARRY

This is the first car to max the dynojet at the shop I use in SUISUN, CA. The limit on the dynojet he has is 1200rwhp..... More info to follow..... LARRY

I was reading an article titled "Nasty New-Home Surprise". In it was listed some of the things that the real-estate agent and your banker don't tell you about when buying a house, the hidden costs!! Let me list a few when you move from an apartment to your new house. 1) If I had a hammer.....Pliers,screwdrivers,saws,washers,nuts,drills,wrenches, duct tape, and a Swiss Army knife....$3,000 2) You got guests...... For each bedroom in your new house you need beds, sheets, towels, end tables,l amps, and some meals..... $1,300 3) The insta-repair....Doors don't shut or lock, hot water heater quits and the toliet gets plugged,ect...... $$$$$$ 4) The grass is greener......You've got to mow.edge.weed eat. plant shrubs and flowers, fertilize, ect...... $2,000 5) Commute and "Keeping up with the JONES'S"...... New or newer car $$$$$ 6) Windows..... You might have 2 now but how about 20 or more and what goes with them...... $$$$$$ 7) New house, same old stuff??......... Got to have new furniture, ect.....$$$$$ This led me to think about respones to the question on this site "How much does it cost to do a _____ conversion?". I usually fall off my chair with the "I did it for $2,000" or some such figure. Let's look at the hidden costs of these conversions. I will address just my experiences on doing one........ 1) Tools........ If there is a special size or angle or metric size, a Datsun requires it....$$$ 2) Spray can paint, removers and cleaners, polishers, sandpapers, clothes, brushes, and all others that fit in this section... $500 3) Storage space... New shed, garage, rental locker, or last years garden plot.... $$$$$ 4) New or used parts that are wrong or that your going in a new direction....$$$$ 5) Books and diagrams.... FSM, How to restore your Datsun Z car, Haynes, ect., and more copied paper then are pages in the phone book.....$$$ 6) A couple of non-running cars that you are going to work on next....$$$ 7) Numerous parts that you are saving because you might need one someday....... Some you haven't a clue what they are or what it came off ....$$ 8) Cost of having this car that you say, any trip over 20 miles, what will break next???....... No dollar figure known!!!!! 9) First name bases with the UPS, FED-X, and local mail carrier..... 10) Don't need to call for an appointment at the local dyno, tire, or tow shop..... These numbers are on your speed dial.... 11) Computer upgrades.... Video card, processer speed, monitor, sound card, speaker system, memory size, hard drive, and switching to DSL are required for the car web sites you visit.......$$$$$ 12) Therapy, anger management, and marriage counseling may be required....$$$$$ 13) Credit card abuse...... Overlimits, credit rating score, increase in maximum limits, and plastic is easy to use when doing on-line ordering.......$$$$$ Now about that $ 2,000 figure to do a conversion...... Well.... that's enough but then that's just my opinion.... LARRY

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and many more... Thanks for the site and all your work and effort on it..... LARRY

My better half is getting her camera out now..... LARRY

Take a look at my album, I gave up a long time ago trying to figure out the relationship of a picture to view count....