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So I just go the pics I ordered from Steve. They look fantastic. I had him remove the numbers off the car and remove the seam in the concrete. I really like the real water reflection compared to the photoshop one he was offering.
What do you think?
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No one bought this??????? wow
It had one bid so I guess it sold. What a deal!
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Gang - With all the Zinc free oils out there, I am hearing that the best oil to use for break-in especially to "save" the camshaft is Shell's Rotella T...but which one do you guys recommend? As there are quite a few different blends (not including the Synthetic blends):
1) 15W40 Multigrade Heavy Duty -triple Protection
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2) 15W40 Multigrade Heavy Duty
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3) Straight Rotella T SAE 30 Singlegrade (story don't have a pic)
I am also considering buying this from Crane:
Its their Super lube break-in:
http://www.cranecams.com/?show=browseParts&lvl=2&prt=15&action=partSpec&partNumber=99003-1
Any other thoughts?
Thanks & Regards - Yasin
Isn't the Rotella a diesel oil? I have a friend that owns a diesel tow truck and that is all he will use in it.
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Warning: LOTS OF PICTURES. Don't click unless you have a few minutes for
your CPU to catch up. But WOW.
http://www.twinturbo.net/net/viewmsg.aspx?forum=general&msg_id=2079707
Enjoy!
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The thought of buying a used t56, then having to drop another $1500 on an ineveitable rebuild, made me think a new, aftermarket unit was a good price.
The new ones have been redesigned and don't wear out as readily as the old ones. Plus they can be had with both electronic and mechanical speedo hook ups.
Not flipping cheap though.
Exactly. I did the cheapo route when I bought a used T-56 off eBay that was supposed to be good. I paid $1100 for it and had to buy the clutch assy.
From day one it would jump out of 3rd gear, it would whine in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th gear and it was super hard to downshift into 2nd.
I recently replaced it with a rebuilt unit from Rockland Standard Gear in NY. They replace all the know weak parts with the right stuff. They sell it for $1800 plus a $750 core charge.
I ended up selling my old one on eBay for $900 in as-is condition.
I got a complete stock Corvette Z06 clutch assembly including clutch, PP, T.O Bearing, Pilot Bearing and new flywheel for $320.
No it was not cheap but it finally feels good to drive. I don't have to keep my hand on the shifter when it is in 3rd anymore. Sure makes track days easier.
As for your question about which vehicles to get them from, all the 6 speed F bodies with the LS1 motor from 1998-2002 should be fine. The earlier F body 6 speeds had a different bell hosuing.
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Nice Video Clive. Cool donuts. You will soon need a new clutch to go with your new tires. D'oh!
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Come on Clive. You know you want it. Take a ride to Michigan and gto get it.
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IMHO the back looks too narrow. I would be worried when I climbed in and out that it would tip over if you were not careful. Wobbly and 'what happens when I step 200 lb on the side of the bumper to reach that certain spot' are two vastly different scenarios.
Cameron
I agree. You need to move them out some. Too close will make it unstable.
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qwik240z
got any videos of complete full length runs where the car makes a full power 8 second run???
I sold the car to this guy in 2004. It was owned by a friend of mine and it had sat in his garage for many years. It was solid but needed restoration. The new owner owns a Nissan Dealership in New Brunswick. His Name is Ivan. He came down to my place (Wash, DC) driving a Titan V8 pulling a trailer. He towed the car away and about 2 years later, he sent me the pics you see. I have sent him an email asking for more pics, videos and details about the car. I will post them when I hear back from him.
Here is a link to the original post.
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I believe that this should be in its own thread. I had it in another thread but I think lots of you would want to see this so here it is.
Link to Video:
http://ywnv.vidiac.com/recentvideos/7/8398a7ec-f655-4e70-9d11-99ab012eba03.htm
He said the car is running the quarter mile in 8.60s at 155 on the motor and 8.30's at 165 on the juice. This run didn't allow wheelie bars so he backed off a bit. The car is street legal. Well, it is tagged!
It has a 572 BBC in it.
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Anybody tried using this yet? Curious to hear if it is worth the price and wait time. Currently is a back order item...
Any link to the product?
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The whole reason I even though of this is this picture. It looked to me to be a corvette and not a Z for some reason...
Anyway, I'm not going to do this. Just thought it would be an interesting conversation piece.
Regards,
Justin
Here is the pic. It does sort of look like a Z car.
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So I got a call from the guy that bought this car from me a few years ago. He completely went off on it and turned it into a really nice hybrid Z.
It has a 572 BBC in it. Looks like a really nice job. I like the ghost stripes too.
Here are the pics:
Here is another update on this car.
I spoke to the guy today. He led me to this video. Totally sick.
http://ywnv.vidiac.com/recentvideos/7/8398a7ec-f655-4e70-9d11-99ab012eba03.htm
He said the car is running the quarter mile in 8.60s at 155 on the motor and 8.30's at 165 on the juice. This run didn't allow wheelie bars so he backed off a bit. The car is street legal. Well, it is tagged!
It is great to see that a car I once owned has turned into such a sweet HybridZ.
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When I bought my car, it was 99% rust free. It had a cracked dash with a nice full cover on it. It looked fine. I eventually found an NOS dash still in the box and replaced it. Now that it is in, I am happy that I have it but I could be just as happy with a full dash cover.
Go rust free first. Rust is very expensive to fix. And you never seem to get it all the first time. Unless you are like "mull".
Good Luck!
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if someone has a couple of zx non turbo wheels, i am trying to get a complete set for my s30
Here you go:
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It would be nice to know what those come out of.....
They look like the seats from the 80's VW's and the Bimmers. The ones in the pics look to have been reupholstered. At least the center sections.
I have a set like them in my garage. I have not decided which of my cars they will go it. I bought them for the Z but I just got new Recaros for the 240Z so they may go into one of my 510's or I may decide to sell them.
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I like them Phil... I have them also. I had a guy on Classic Z Car install LED lights into mine. I'll try and take a pic with them on. Boy do they blaze with the LED's in there....
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Yes. If you can post pics that would be great. I may want to do that to mine.
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Yes. They were having problems with other people offering to sell items to the listed bidders outside of eBay. Like they weren't making enough money.
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I have looked on the EVO forums for those seats and no one is selling them....I guess I will have to keep looking or get a set of Corbeaus
There was another set on eBay a week ago. It was blue cloth and kind of worn. They went pretty cheap.
Keep your eyes open. I found mine on the local Craigslist. I searched for Recaro.
Good Luck
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That looks really good!! Hurry and get the driver side in. All you need now is the blk int and that car will look amazing with those seats in there. Price wise you are doing very well for top notch stuff.
Clive
Thanks Clive. Yes. I think I need to change the interior color too. The red just doesn't go with the new seats. I am undecided on what to do. I can track down a set of black door panels (I have the rest of the interior parts in black except for the headliner) but after seeing Dave's (1tuffz) car at the convention, I like the way he had the rear plastic parts covered in fabric. To me, the stock plastic parts have always seemed cheap looking. Not ot mention that they offer little in the way of oise reduction. I may look into having it all done by a shop to make it match the seats. With the price of NOS door panesl these days, I doubt that it will cost too much more to have it redone.
I plan to do the drivers side this weekend if it stops raining. I can't wait to try them out.
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hey all, many of you know that on my return trip from daytona and the 07 z convention i had a flat tire in gettysburg, pa that basically ruined the tire. i had not been able to find a replacement, as they no longer make that model. i was resigned to park the z for the winter and purchase a replacement [pair to keep things even] in the spring. i stumbled upon a deal today, and thought i'd pass along the info to my z friends.
this business is in pa, they have over 40,000 tires in stock!
the tires i'm purchasing [toyo proxes t1s 245/35/17] are priced 1/3 the cost of new as they are a discontinued model [the new model is the t1r], i may even buy 2 complete sets...gotta run that one by the ceo tonight.
anyway, here is the info;
joe at the tire shoppe, 866.208.6551, 7am-5pm est.
david
Do they have a website?
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Evo Seats - They are Black but look gray in the picture.
Well I finally got one of the seats installed. I decided to do the passenger seat first so I would still be able to drive the car if I didn't get the install finished right away.
Here is what I had to do to install it.
I was planning to use the sliders that came on the seats. They were a flat bottom slider but after an initial test fit I found that there wasn't an easy way to make them work. I would have to build a frame to mount them to and then bolt up that frame to the stock seat mounts. I would also have to really cut up the stock seat mounting rail up front. Way more work then I wanted to do and I don't own a welder so I decided to go a different route
Last year I had purchased a set of Recaro SRD seats and Wedge Engineering seat brackets made to install them into a 240Z. The SRD seats didn't fit well so I sold them on eBay and kept the seat brackets.
Wedge Engineering Bracket
The Wedge Engineering brackets are made to accept what are known as Tab Sliders. Tab sliders allow the seat to be raised or lowered to 3 preset positions front and rear.
Recaro Tab Sliders
I ordered a set of Recaro Tab Sliders from Speedware, a vendor I found doing a google search. They arrived this week so I started to take apart the Evo sliders.
First I removed the stock set belt receiver from the seat. A 17mm wrench is all it takes.
Seat Belt receiver
Bottom of the seat before removing sliders.
Then I unbolted the sliders from the seat frame. They use a Star type bolt head and I didn't have that type of tool so I grabbed a torx bit that fit close. I removed the 4 bolts holding the sliders to the seat frame. I was not able to remove the slider adjusting lever. It is hard to see in the picture but when you unbolt the stock sliders there is a welded pivot tab on each side of the seat frame where the slider release lever goes.
Seat Lever Pivot
There is a small C clip that holds the release lever on. Once you pull the C clips, the lever can be removed. After I removed the lever, I test fit the new slider. I noticed that the pivot would interfere with the new release lever so I broke out the grinder and removed the pivot bracket. Took all of about 30 seconds to remove them from both sides.
Next, I lined up the holes on the new sliders to the seat and found that the distance between the mounting holes on the seat and the sliders didn't line up. Seems that the distance of the mounting holes on the seats is 12" on center and the holes on the brackets are about 11 3/4" on center. I decided to widen the hole on the back of the slider. This would push the slider more towards the front and allow the seat to slide back even more.
I clamped the slider into my vise and used a round file to open the hole up towards the rear. A few minutes with the file and the holes lined up properly.
I mounted the sliders to the seat using the bolts provided with the slider.
Tab sliders mounted to the seat
Finally it was time to move to the car and install the Wedge Engineering Bracket.
Stock 240 Seat Mounting Points
Wedge Engineering Bracket test fit.
As you can see in the picture, I have my ECU mounted under the passenger seat. The ECU was in the way of the bracket so I unbolted it and moved it forward for more clearance.
Once the ECU was out of the way, I found one more area where the stock mounting area was interfering with the Wedge Engineering bracket from sitting flat.
Interference area. I marked the area to be removed with a sharpie.
A minute with the grinder and the problem was gone.
Area removed with grinder.
Bracket sits flat now.
The rest of the install was easy. I ran up to the hardware store and bought some 3/8" x 1 1/2" Grade 8 bolts nuts washers and lock washers.
I bolted the Wedge Engineering Brackets to the stock mounting holes and then bolted the seat sliders to the bracket.
The moment of truth. How will they fit? Will they be comfy? Will they slide back and forth? Will there be any interference?
I sat in the seat and wow. If sure is comfortable and supportive. The seat slides forward and back just fine. Good visibility out of the windows. It is well centered in the area and there is plenty of leg room up front. Even for a really tall person. It is a good fit. It doesn't rub anywhere but I did notice when I shut the door that the wing part of the seat does rest against the door panel. It does not even compress the seat foam at all. they just barely touch. I think if I use the file, I can open up the stock mounting holes about 1/8" towards the center of the car and they would not touch anymore. It does sit a little higher then the stock seat but I have never sat in any aftermarket seat that was as low a stock seat. I think I could flip the Wedge Engineering bracket upside down and this would lower the seat about 1/2". If I find I need it lower, I may do that in the future. I would need to grind a few areas on the stock seat mounting areas to clear the bracket if I flip it but I think it will be fine the way it is.
One other issue I found. If the seat is slid far back, it is hard to adjust the recliner knob. There isn't much room for your hand in there in the rearward postion. Not a big deal. I usually get my seat adjusted and leave it in that position but if I need to adjust the backrest, I will slide the seat forward a bit, adjust it and then slide it back.
Overall I am very happy with this seat so far. I will install the drivers seat soon. I am sure that it will go much faster and easier now that I know what to modify.
Total cost sums up like this:
$700 Evo Seats
$215 Recaro Sliders
$175 Wedge Engineering Brackets
$ 10 Grade 8 Hardware
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$1100 total
$550 per seat. Not too bad for Like New Recaro Leather seats.
LS2 in a 350Z
in Gen III & IV Chevy V8Z Tech Board
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Wow! What a clean install. SWEET!