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I can't actually stop a thread. I'm only clandestine. Really, I was just trying to get you to see that you're losing some potential customers by not being open and proactive, and letting people know that they're available and how to get one. The thread looks barely alive to me. If you're fine with how things are and sales are good enough, then I'll just suggest OBX or Whitehead. Some of these guys seem to like you but I think you're riding the laurels of introducing one new product and selling a few diffs. Good luck with it. I'll leave you alone. The thing about not advertising below MSRP but being able to sell below MSRP sounds like nonsense. Like rating a drivetrain part to 1000 HP. That's been discussed.

Where's the reply to Curtball? He doesn't seem to be following up. Post 74 and 77 imply that something's happening but no details. How much does it cost, are there are any available, is another group buy required. etc? I just don't like sending people to a black hole, that's all. Should be pretty easy to get some information out here.

It's not a "restore" if you're putting a turbo engine in it. Isn't the last engine the obvious choice? Designed for a turbo. The other part of using those pistons is if they're over-size or standard. If the block you choose needs to be bored you'll need pistons of the right size. Something to consider. With Megasquirt you can use a turbo on any of those engines, and tune to make it work. So, picking the highest quality engine might be the most effective way to go.

This is just a bad focal point for an engine build. You'll be spending a lot more money on other parts, maybe more in the long run trying to build around a set of pistons. It's more of a piston build then an engine build. Unless they have sentimental value, you might be better off to design an engine then see if the pistons fit it.

I've seen a few people looking for an LSD R200 diff and thought about sending them here. But the thread seems dead. Doesn't seem to be any effort to sell them. Maybe contact MFactory directly, if exlifesaver's venture is over? Is this still a thing, or not?

You're right. I have what i think are factory original 78 shims and they don't have those bent over tabs. Maybe they broke off or maybe Nissan or aftermarket put them on later. They're just there for installation convenience, without them the shims try to slip down before you can get the pins through. Not really a difficult task without the tabs though.

Did you change the plug? What's the gap? Electricity takes the easiest path. Might have a bad resistor in a resistor plug or a wide gap.

What year? What part seems to be hindering the closing? Could be the latch just isn't fully springing open. Have you worked the mechanism on the door with ti open to see how it works? You'll see how what could be sticking. . If you've already done these things you should write them. Not much detail to work with otherwise.

Have you tried your local Nissan dealer? I think that Courtesy pulls from the same general inventory of parts. Just people that know where to look. If your local store has a good parts department they might be able to find them. Might try eBay too.

I see. The sentence above made me think that you had just done some mods. One day it started to have problems is a good clue that something was working and stopped. Could still be a head gasket, or a stuck thermostat, or a coolant flow blockage. The "one day' part does imply that it's not a gauge or an air bubble causing the problem. It would be something that can happen to a system that's working properly, some sort of failure. Helps narrow the focus.

No offense but we really just want a "yes" or a "no" for this question. If it was working but it's not now then you can focus on what you changed. If it was never working right and you added the fans to try to fix a problem maybe you're looking in the wrong place. If you don't know if it was ever right then you have a potential can of who knows what kind of worms to mess with.

This question never got answered. Could be the old "I really want my new parts to work so I'll ignore the past" syndrome. "It can't be the new fans". p.s. I think that should be electric fans. The old fan is also mechanical. Side note - if mechanical why not electrical. Electrical fans. Doesn't sound right but maybe it is.

Leaking clutch slave cylinder = poor disengagement = inability to easily get in to reverse without grinding = angry driver forcing through the grind = chipped reverse gears.

Do lots of research. Start with the basics of how internal internal combustion engines work then move on to electronic fuel injection. No offense. Your assumption shows that you don't know how engines work. Again, no offense. You're just way behind where you want to be to do your own car work.

Could be an almost dead battery, or a bad alternator, or both.

This guy was going to do one. Don't know where he ended up with it. You could send him a message. http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/user/352-240hoke/ http://hokeperformance.squarespace.com/l-series-350z-6-speed-adapter/ Edit - his Facebook page says they should have been ready by December. Scroll down to November 11. Facebook sucks for running a business. https://www.facebook.com/hokeperformance

Maybe spend a little more time on getting good evidence. You didn't give a number on "creeping up" from 180. 185 or 205? Give it some high load testing, like a few acceleration on-ramps and see how bad things get. If it stops at the same point and never overheats, you might be just nervous about nothing. Blown head gaskets are a fairly common cause of overheating, I believe. If everything else checks out, give it a test.

At speed on the street the fans should be mostly ineffective. Fans are for no or low speed. Of course, if they were installed in a way that blocks flow across the radiator, there could be a problem. The bubbles shouldn't be there though, after a few heat/cool cycles. It should just be fluid getting pushed and pulled from the overflow bottle.

Just a guess but it sounds like a mild head gasket leak. Exhaust gases are leaking in to the coolant channels. The bubbles and gases reduce the cooling ability and your temperatures go up under engine load. I haven't used them but I've heard that you can get a test kit at the auto parts store that will identify exhaust byproducts in the coolant. And your overlfow bottle should be vented to atmosphere so the "raising the bottle" to get the air out doesn't really matter. Probably good that you have a clear hose though so that you can see the bubbles.

Pretty sure that you can edit the title of a thread. Change "small block chevy" to "small block ford", maybe? Only if you want to catch the eyes of the Ford people though, instead of the chevy people.

Don't forget to set your engine and transmission angle to match the diff pinion shaft angle. I searched around using the casting number The "5.7LS" you reported confused me. Looks like you probably have a Gen I crate engine, with Vortec heads. Which fits the Scarab mounts view. So you're in the right forum, with an old-school Gen I V8 Z. Vortec is a type of GM head, I think named for the way they tried to get the charge to spin as it entered the chamber. Search around on the crate engine sites and you'll see some descriptions, and maybe recognize some other parts. Edit - some data that looks pretty specific. No idea who collects it or runs the site. http://www.castingnumbers.info/site/search/10243880 http://www.castingnumbers.info/site/detail/129/10243880 http://www.crateenginedepot.com/Chevy-Small-Block-Engines-C944.aspx?s=IsFeatured%20DESC,%20OrderBy%20ASC,%20Name%20ASC&ps=24 https://www.summitracing.com/search/department/engines-components/part-type/crate-engines?N=4294949512%2B4294869887&SortBy=BestKeywordMatch&SortOrder=Ascending&keyword=vortec

Firstly, nobody is going to get naked with you (I think). This isn't that kind of forum. Second, running 12's without a transmission crossmember seems very unlikely. Could be that the 12's were with the first motor, and it might not have been an LS engine. Looks like you have a lot of learning to do. And, I'm pretty sure, that the LS engines are known as Gen III, IV and V. So you might be in the wrong sub-forum if it's an LS. But the bell-housing is not part of the engine block so you might be looking at the wrong ID markings. Best to take good closeup pictures and post those. Stick your camera under the car and take pictures if you can't get your eyeballs under there.

Only asked because it's all here in this thread. Blaa blaa. What's the point of replying otherwise? Blaa blaa. You're way down at the simple end of what you seem to be planning. Who really wants to see your butt posts...? Blaa

Are you reading the replies or just posting for fun?

You should start doing the math and research to figure out what you need, what you want, and what you can afford. There are simple calculators out there, based on common assumptions. Take your 200 HP number,do a calculation, then go find an injector that fits the need to get there. It's more than Lonewolf + Supra = 200 HP. The calculations and research is part of the project, and you'll learn a bunch. Come back with your plan and see what people think. Nobody can give a good answer to one question at a time. That's my suggestion. https://www.rceng.com/technical.aspx http://www.fuelinjector.citymaker.com/Fuel_Injector_Flow_Rates.html http://212.113.105.12/library/BOOKS/CAR/efi/Stan$20Weiss$20Electronic$20Fuel$20Injector$20$28EFI$29$20Flow$20Data$20Table.htm