Dan Juday

Dashboard cover!

Very good, I caught that. Kind of like accumulating coldness in your refrigerator.

The engraved picture on the "box" is more accurate.

TTT sells quality parts. Service is professional. I have a set of their adjustable TC rods. I'm sure their rear LCA's are at least of equal quality. Check the forums as there are many opinions on rear LCA designs. Some threads have generated heated discussion. If your car is street driven I'm sure the TTT arms will exceed your requirements.

You can run ZG's over the SubtleZ fenders. Have the ZG look and run even wider tires.

Yes, good points. And you're absolutely right, as the ambient temps drop so does the efficiency of heat pumps. Geothermal has the advantage of having very stable heat source temps. Below about 6' underground the temperature stays about 55*F year round in most places. I'll convert KW to BTUH for electric (resistive) heating and show you how that compares to a Misubishi ductless system. Because your concern is heating I'll use one of their Hyper-Heat systems as an example. A typical heat pump starts losing capacity below about 45*F and produces little to no heat at 0*F. Electric heat: KW=BTUH/3410. We'll use 38,000 BTUH to compare. KW=38,000/3410 =12.063KW Mitsu PUZ-HA36NHA2 (3 ton Hyper-Heat unit): At 47*F ambient 38,000BTUH=3.150KW (about 400% efficiency) At 17*F ambient 38,000BTUH=5.400KW (about 225% efficiency) At 5*F ambient 38,000BTUH=6.100KW (just under 200% efficiency and still 100% capacity) Below 5*F capacity finally begins to taper off, but it is still 31,160 BTUH at -4F*. You have to go geothermal to get better low temp performance than that. And it will cost you many thousands of dollars more than the Mitsu system. And, just an FYI, things are even brighter on the cooling side. Some of their systems go up to 26 SEER. And remember, that's with no duct losses. Couple that with the fact that you only heat and cool the rooms you occupy and each indoor unit can automatically vary it's capacity to match the requirements of the room, and control humidity. Show me a room by room zoned geothermal unit for less than $50k with virtually no maintenance requirements and then we can talk. See why I say this is the future?

I agree. Thanks Jeff and Joel. I am no expert on the varied configurations of the 260, but every one I can remember seeing either has 240 type bumpers with 240 type signal lights/valance or all 280 style stuff. I can't remember ever seeing one configured like that one. Just for the record: I like it!

That statement alone makes you a perfect candidate for the type of system I'm talking about.

These systems don't convert electric energy into heat, they move heat. 300% efficiency. They are heat pumps, but unlike any other heat pump you have probably ever seen. You are right if referring to resistive electric heating. Geothermal is fantastic, those systems use heat pumps as well. But it takes many years to recover the high initial installation cost. Maintenance and repair costs can run very high as well. These ductless systems from Mitsubishi (and other manufacturers) reach very close to the efficiencies of geothermal without the high install costs. Having 18 years experiance with Mitsubishi equipment, I can tell you with all certainty that you can not buy more reliable heating and air conditioning equipment at any price. Maintenance consists of keeping the filters clean and washing out the outdoor coil every two years or so. So maintenance costs are virtualy nil.

You obviously didn't follow the link I posted. Check it out. Ultra high efficiency, competitively priced, easy installation, environmentally responsible. No shoveling, chopping, or fashion compromises required.

Shouldn't this thread be titled "Aluminum 240Z door skin"? Not to fault the fabricator, he is extremely talented. But it looks like the project has been abandoned early. If I'm wrong please correct me.

Do you know if those are the original bumpers that came on the car or was it converted to the small ones?

Jesus Christ, don't leave earth without Him.

That is so cool! But to truly replicate the sound of a V8Z it has to include squealing tires and smell of burning rubber:rockon:.

This is the future for heating and cooling our homes. www.mrslim.com Rotten Japs got us again. FYI, I'm a dealer and I have this system in my home.

Where! Where! Now that all the experts here have trashed it I bet it goes for cheap. Me too. I have a 1/18 metal model of one that sits next to our staircase. Everytime I climb the stairs I lust after it.

Who cares what you call it? That is one impressive work of fabrication. Props to the guy who fit a V10 Lambo mill into the back seat of a Mustang, eh? And as far as weight distribution and handling go, it's not like those cars handle all that well in the stock configuration.

Can't argue with those pics. So I'll expound: On this very site many years ago, I read how the Starion/Conquest seats fit so well into S30's. I answered a local ad for excellent condition, blue/black Starion seats. The seller told me he had owned two Starions, the second one, a turbo, he had totaled. He loved the seats so much he pulled them out of the wrecked car and has been storing them for years to go into another car. But after several years he decided this was not going to happen and sold them, to me. I can state, with absolute confidence, that the seats pictured in the first post match mine exactly in design and execution. They are a rather distinct design. Beyond that I can only speculate that Mitsubishi may have used two different seat designs in the Starion. I do not remember if the seller told me what year Starion his was. (shrug) (I couldn't find a shrugging smilie)

Positive ID: Those are out of a Starion/Conquest Turbo. Same seats (even the "turbo" part) as I have in my 240. Extremely comfortable. I've taken my z on eight and ten hour road trips with no backaches or pain. They adjust nine ways to Sunday too.

How come I didn't get this when I got my new title?

Federal taxes, state taxes, local taxes, property taxes, licensing fees, EPA fees, workmans comp insurance, and let's not forget the BIG ONE (drum roll) liability insurance. My guess is that at $110.00 an hour they are making nothing on labor. Any profit at all is probably only in parts mark-up. Don't believe me? Open a business of your own and try to make a profit in this economy.

Notice on the tach how the torque peaks at 4500 rpms? That's a tpi motor. Oh yea, tpi.

That's reason enough right there. START CUTIN'!

If you can put your finger between the dizzy and the firewall it's JTR. If you can put your fist in there it's Scarab/Hooker. This is a good picture for gauging the dizzy location. Another method is looking at the relationship of the valve covers to the strut towers. With a JTR mount the towers just about line up wth the front of the covers. With a Scarab/Hooker the towers are at about the #3/#4 spark plugs.

Your motor is mounted in the Scarab/Hooker position. Could be an early conversion. One hint is the 14" slicks. Does it have long tube headers? Can't tell from the pics.