wingnutthehutt

California Department of Motor Vehicles is run by Ralph Nader. It's a federal secret but it's true.

First let me say Welcome To Sacramento! Second. There IS a law that says that the car has to be registered here. However, if you can swing keeping it registered out of state somehow, that would be the best way to do it. Gollum, can you clarify somethin' for me? He will have to smog it every other year becuase it's an 81, but pre-smog vehicles, 75 and older according to DMV person I last talked to, don't need to be smogged at all.

They're getting better and better. Keep em comin' and keep up the outstanding work.

I am by no means an expert, especially on the L6, but here I wanted to throw this out there. When rebuilding an engine, it's not necessarily a good thing that everything is spotless and shiny. My experience comes from motorcycles mainly, especially dirt bikes, and when something was clean inside, it was usually toast. The bearings tend to be fried and, on a two stroke, cylinders worn. Eec564, I don't mean to counteract you, as you have stated that there was "barely measurable wear." Just throwing something out there. That being said, I had a big Schneider cam in a SBC that ran great until the day someone stole the car. Got the motor back in pieces and the cam looked perfect. Of course, that cam is 15 years old.

Ok guys, you've goaded (and inspired) me enough now. I'll be back to you in a couple days with a few sketches and maybe a coupla somethin's I haven't seen anyone post yet. I'm off to dig up my sketch pads and some materials. Now if only my real car wasn't 80 miles away.

Savage. I started designing my first tattoo when I was 19. I started drawing it on myself when I was 20. I had it on my body, kept touching it up, for six months before I decided to do it. I had the design in hand for just over a year before I had it inked. I had to wait three months for an appointment with the guy I wanted to do the work. Three years later, and I've never regretted it. The quality is great- I still catch people talking about it when my shirt is open. They all think it's fresh. My mom loves it too which doesn't hurt. All that to say, think about it dude. Work at it and work at it and work at it. Get it perfect. Find an artist whose work that you like and whose older work you have seen. Also, not to knock the skills of people on this forum, because there is talent here, but I would go talk to the tattooist you're looking at working with. His perspective will be influenced by how things look on skin and not on paper or computer screen. Last but most important. Good tattoos are not cheap, and cheap tattoos are not good. That's the truth, brotha!

Atchoo!

There is a wheel you use that looks like hard plastic. You stick it in the end of a regular hand drill and it just peels the stuff right off. A lot of people call it an Eraser Wheel. They come smooth and serrated. I'm not sure what the benefit of either is, I've only used the smooth one.

944 flare kit. ish.

Dude, you're friggin' Hilarious!

Buy a couple books on Zs. This one is good. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1931128022/sr=1-1/qid=1155925497/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-2096022-3176616?ie=UTF8&s=books So is this one. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1931128049/sr=1-2/qid=1155925497/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-2096022-3176616?ie=UTF8&s=books

With all due respect, do NOT paint your car Chameleon. Please. It's a difficult paint to get right, is more costly than pretty much everything else, and tends to make good cars look cheap IMHO.

I've done some practice after teaching wheelie classes in the parking lots we use. But that's been limited to V6 mustang rental cars. I don't think my Z would hold up too well even if it didn't need some serious engine surgery. Actually, I take it back, I've drifted it, but only on the dirt roads in a housing development that was being built around my old house.

I've seen these before as well. They are in an episode of one of the Video Podcasts I used to subscribe to before my ipod got stolen. I can't remember exactly which one it is though. It's impressive driving, stuff that you'd spend years learning to do. Talk about trusting the other drivers too.

No, it's not gay, cuz i got wood too.

Mull, a grey is a good idea, but becuase the flat surfaces on the Z are so much smaller than the Lamborghini's it could look dull without about 10 layers of clear coat. I say do the grey, but do a layer of pearl over it before clearing, maybe in blue. It will "pop" a lot more, especially with all the small body line changes.

I have yet to be impressed with a mustang built in the last 15 years. The new ones especially. I've driven them, and they just aren't inspiring.

Finally got YouTube to work on my Mac. Sad. Sad. Sad. Definately a very exciting episode though as far as lying idiot action.

I'm 25 and I midlife about every six months, I guess when I get to around 40 I'll have everything I've ever wanted. The catch being that none of it will actually work.

True, weight has a lot to do with safety, but older heavier cars are still fairly safe to each other in comparison to little cars of the '80s. A lot of the weight is also taken up by the crazy interiors that cars these days have. Plus, all the extra sensors and computers add up, even gram by gram. After a certain point, they don't care how much weight they add becuase it won't make a difference. However, when it comes to performance cars, they, most of the manufacturers, are LIGHT YEARS ahead of anything that the average American can buy. Performance cars will gradually become more effecient though for certain, and that's the main importance. The more effecient they can make a high powered engine, the better the trickle down technology will be.

How much worse has it gotten in those three years?

Too bad nobody could have found it five years ago, or maybe ten...

I think that airdam is pretty sweet, I like the little grilles. It'd look good with a close spaced, tuner type grille insert in the radiator opening.