camerashy

In need of a roof and front LHS air tube/hood ledge reinforcement. There is a catch with the roof in that it needs cutting at some specific points. See here - http://www.vord.net/cars/240z/roof-cut.htm If anyone has a shell that they are breaking, can cut and pack the roof AND ship it to the UK, or knows of someone who can, I'd be very grateful. A princely sum awaits someone who can help

have a look here for some ideas...

thankyou for this thread! have an utter fetish for old school racing planes. the supermarines! love it!

...500 torques.... i am beginning to like...more..and more...

http://www.worldcarfans.com/10804101590/new-mercedes-4-cylinder-diesel-engine/lowphotos#0 hmm....

Firstly thanks to Braap and other members for posting some dribble worthy videos. The GT40 with the 180 headers...the noise...OH THE NOISE. I searched but couldn't find anything relating to this particular build. It isn't a flat plane crank, but it certainly has the lightweight, brapp factor. 800cc! Thoughts? I've done a very extensive internet search but to no avail in finding a build blog or indeed a forum describing what he's used/modified. It appears to have a modified Guzzi gearbox, and the two Honda blocks mounted on some CNC'd alu box custom crankcase? I'm not 100% positive it's running on all 8 cylinders, given the backfire and lean piston - blue flame?? Still interesting. http://www.allehamstra.nl/thumbnails.php?album=27 Anyone any the wiser to it?

I own an LHD 72 240z, imported from Cali, and I'm presently having the shell restored at a well respected metalshop, floorpans replaced, frame rails, various bits of tinworm, full FIA spec cage to be installed (although relatively irrelevant given it won't be raced historically). I am looking to create a lightweight occasional trackday-come-tourer something in the same vein as a 911 RSR, or even the 432 but not quite to the extreme of the 432R in having no clock. I've already stockpiled numerous lightweight parts, lexan windows, CF boot/bonnet, fibreglass wings and so on. But what I cannot decide on is engine choice. I'm looking for a car that can happily replicate what it was originally designed to do. i.e. max 130mph, and some half decent acceleration, not an all out power monster. The idea being I could happily go for a hoon around Europe and not go home totally penniless because the car drank fuel. After alot of reading and discounting various blocks for either weight, fuel consumption, reliability, parts availability, I'm split between two different lumps. The Fiat 'FIRE' Multiair 1.4L (with the various Abarth ECU tuning packages) which would put out around 200bhp whilst still maintaining an mpg(imp) in the 40's and even up to the 50mpg's at a stretch. (The Diesel multiair is in the 70's!) http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/03/10/fiat-multiair-engine-better-mileage-lower-emissions/ http://xwebforums.org/showthread.php?p=37085&highlight=multiair http://fiat500usa.blogspot.com/search/label/Fiat%20500%20Abarth It's small, easy and cheap to service (especially living in Europe) and would make for quite (i think) a neat swap. Certainly future proofing it a little against inevitably higher fuel prices, whilst still being sporty enough to enjoy. However. it is usually a transverse block, with a FWD gearbox, and I haven't been able to find any details of it used longitudinally i.e. in any works application cars. The engine is also being used in the Alfa Romeo Mito, and again, FWD. There is the possibility of using the AWD transmission from a Panda 4x4 although for what it's worth, it'd probably ruin the character of the Z, and plausibly give it some *too* basic transmission features. I know FWD engines have been dumped into mid-engined cars with tinkering, and I'm happy for some relatively grand engineering to get this transplant to work i.e. bellhousing adapter plates, drift-shaft chopping and changing etc. Question is, is it even possible? Would it be possible to butcher the transfer unit to accept propshaft? or just run one of the normal driveshafts into a further housing with a gear on it? In an ideal world there would be a straight through RWD gearbox that would link up (even with some adaptation) but so far from my research I can't find anything that would/could or is meant to work. Spent alot of time looking at transfer box setups and so on some rock-crawl build forums but I'm still unsure as to how I'd go about this. Second option... good old SR20DET. or even an SR20DE carbed. I'm almost wanting to lean towards the FIAT just because it's different..isn't that what HybridZ is for? wacky crap like this?