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I n th e spi rit of A I I w ill p aste the sa me re ply in all A I pos ts/ A new AI bot! Welcome? What kind of car do you have? Tell us about it. @hellersavana F unny th is loo ks li ke o ne of my 7 th grade b ook repo rts. O pen up the E ncy clop e dia an d cha nge a fe w wor ds.

A new AI bot! Welcome? What kind of car do you have? Tell us about it. @hellersavana F unny th is loo ks li ke o ne of my 7 th grade b ook repo rts. O pen up the E ncy clop e dia an d cha nge a fe w wor ds.

People have reported odd results from aftermarket axles. Some appear to be longer than factory Nissan axles. You might call Silvermine and ask where they source the axles that they sell as an add-on in their ad. Aftermarket parts are generally sketchy. Take measurements or test-fit the axles while you can still return them. https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/nissan,1985,300zx,3.0l+v6+turbocharged,1209518,drivetrain,cv+axle,2288 Just curious, but why do you want to switch to CV axles? Edit - Looked back at your other posts. Part of the overall plan, I assume. The u-joint half shafts are pretty strong. Good luck.

If you buy an engine from one of the typical engine sources where are you going to get engine management? If you're planning to use factory stock EMS then the fact that the threads are over 20 years old doesn't really matter, right? It's the same stuff. p.s. I get very few ads on the forum. But I'm on a computer. Are you on a phone? Good luck.

Electric? It's the future. https://fortune.com/2022/12/25/convert-vintage-classic-muscle-cars-into-electric-vehicles-ev/

The crud could be from antifreeze that leaked in from a blown head gasket. The engine does look pretty beat up. Aftermarket pistons and rings are getting harder to find, especially oversize. Better source parts before you have any machine work done. People are out there right now with freshly machined blocks and nothing to put in the bores. Can't find the parts. Make a spreadsheet and fill it out, see what will work and how much it will cost. A used L28 might be the best route, as suggested. They were used all the way through the 280ZX years, 1975 through 1983.

Sorry, I missed this part. Looks like you already compared. No idea. There's a guy on classiczcars.com that has many spare parts. TerrapinZ. He probably has a set that will work. Best guess would be an R160. They seem to be different, people don't call them R180 or R200 axles. Edit - except that they are bolt-in, not clip-in. There's a hole through the shaft. No idea. Good luck. https://www.ebay.com/itm/175411767044

I've not heard of any difference in that part of the axle. They're all the same, the half-shafts are swappable from 240Z to 280ZX. That locating ring is the same size across all of the Z's and ZX's, and R180's and R200's, I think. It is supposed to be a very tight fit, like very close to zero tolerance. A few mm is huge. Are you sure it's not "almost there", maybe rust and crud are the problem? Old crusty paint? The parts look correct for the way they are supposed to work together. Make sure that they are the same temperature. Aluminum expands a lot more than steel. Have you compared the dimension of the adapter ring to the raised ring of the half-shaft flange?

Which adapters? What "indented" portion? A picture would help.

Interesting that ZCD specifies them only for the R180. The 240Z's with R200 swaps is where people had binding problems in the past. Maybe ZCD knows something. $9.99! https://zcardepot.com/collections/rear-axle-and-differential/products/cv-rear-axle-replacment-240z-260z-280z

Best to be aware. Elon Musk co-founded ChatGPT. It's a philosophical discussion. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/15/elon-musk-co-founder-of-chatgpt-creator-openai-warns-of-ai-society-risk.html

Here's another interesting article. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/17/i-want-to-destroy-whatever-i-want-bings-ai-chatbot-unsettles-us-reporter

Forgot to say, although I've mentioned it before, they are using us as beta testers. They are trying to get people to respond and interact. Fake us out. On a different forum that I frequent I recognized the pattern and replied with a question that only a real person could answer, and ID'ed it as bot with words that character recognition shouldn't pick up. So far, no response. Somebody else had already responded with a "Like" to the comment. Kind of embarrassing. "Big tech" will do whatever they can do to extract money from the masses.

Nobody really understands how Facebook and Google make money. But, apparently, they do. Here's a decent review about the why and the latest. If you've ever used "Chat" when trying to get something from your cable or phone company then you can easily imagine a Chatbot taking the person's place. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/05/what-is-ai-chatbot-phenomenon-chatgpt-and-could-it-replace-humans

Ask it a question and see what happens. Be careful. Thought control.

Check out this technology. Uses vaporization of liquid to gather the heat and remote condensation to transfer it. Used in the plastics molding industry. No pumps needed. https://www.synventive.com/aboutus/default.aspx?id=44342

How about a separate heat transfer fluid? Like a heat exchanger on the diff cover that flows water or antifreeze and sends it off to a remote air cooled heat exchanger. Like the engine radiator does. Leave the hot oil alone in the diff and suck the heat out of the cover.

I notice in their ad that they say it works well with their parts. But doesn't say how it works with stock parts. I'd want to know how long they were, both extended and compressed. Some 240Z's with R200's have binding problems, and other CV axles on all S30's have binding problems. Anyway if they have the numbers you can compare them to what you're replacing and you can be sure. Don't take their word for it, get the measurements. Good luck.

It's educational. These AI posts are popping up everywhere as big tech tries to use the public as beta testers. calZ's post seemed on target, the bots have exposed themselves. Better to have a good example so people know what's going on than to wait until they're so good they seem like real people.

I came across this web site recently when I was searching for some things about cooling systems. Obviously AI generated. Fun to read. https://engineeringlearn.com/types-of-cooling-system-in-car-engine-components-function/ " What is Cooling System? A cooling system is basically a four cylinder vehicle that completes its journey producing 4000 explosions per minute inside the engine, when the spark plugs explode in each cylinder to move the vehicle. These explosions produce a great amount of heat that needs to be controlled. If they are not controlled they will destroy the vehicle. The controlling of these temperatures is primarily the job of the cooling system. The modern cooling systems are more efficient and reliable than those cooling systems of the 20’s."

https://www.classiczcars.com/files/category/1-wiring-diagrams/ https://www.classiczcars.com/files/category/12-260z/

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"brakes" How about eBay or craigslist (or whatever the Canada version is) or a wrecking yard? Just get some beat-up used aluminum wheels. .

Ironically, I was hoping that you would leave that one. It's a good example of what's going on these days and it didn't seem to have any hidden links in it. Now my post is hanging out in thin air. I would bet that whoever is creating the posts is watching to see the responses. They're using various forums to fine-tune the AI. Seeing if they can get a pseudo-conversation going. We're being used as beta-testers.