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I think the Trick Flow heads are a better bang for your buck than the Edelbrocks, at least the older design. I have no idea what the newer designed Edelbrock heads are like - haven't seen any independent flow or dyno tests of them. But then again, so are the "Jeg's" heads a good bang for the buck. They are actually Canfield heads and flow well, have a good combustion chamber design, and are well made. Your favorite Grumpyvette likes these, BTW.

Thanks for joining and posting, Nicole. I see no problem with you posting about this topic. Wheels with a Datsun Z bolt pattern and backspacing are so hard to buy new that I welcome this kind of info and offer for help. I'm sure others do too! Regards,

Thanks - ordering it now. Going to actually meet the guy in a few weeks when I pick up my short block - my engine builder is friends with him.

Zed, you need to email that to all the Styling losers at Nissan. The SCREWED up and your design looks much better. Only problem is they "had" to use an existing sedan platform and use it's sedan proportions (cowl for/aft location and height) which means your design wouldn't happen.

B.S., M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Structure/Composites emphasis) I was silly enough to do a Master's Thesis option, instead of a non-thesis option. Spent too many years working on a thesis which was an analytical treatment of composite material cylinders in compression/pressure - NASA grant -for space station application. Moved on to do structural R&D with the Navy at what was known as the David Taylor Model Basin in Bethesda MD. Did a bunch of classic and not-so-classic finite element analysis stuff (stress/strain, vibrations, modal analysis, other weird stuff). Fluid/structure interaction for underwater noise. Got into some other fields and that lead me into what I do now - "characterization" of ballistic missiles. Now at Johns Hopkins Univ Applied Physics Lab for 3+ years - glad I did it. Basically, I moved around into other work as the money in fields dried up in submarine work, etc. Not much ME work anymore, but it's interesting working in Ballistic Missile Defense. Yeah, I'm a geek. I know it.

One word (but twice): BLING!!!!!! Sorry, couldn't resist! Sounds like it'll be a fun ride for the kid.

Mike (ON3GO), is that SS really beating Vipers? So what if it is, a strong V8 in a Z with sticky tires will do that too. Plus you'll be in style. Don't give up. I love to hear it when you young guys (sorry, I'm 40 ) are into the old Z. It shows that the dare-to-be-different attitude still exists, and the appreciation for great styling is timeless. Funny, the guys that dig my Z when I have it out are the older guys (30 - 70+) that have Street Rods, 32 high boys, 60s and 70s muscle cars, etc. They know it's Japanese in body shell origin, but that it's just another street rod. Call it Pro Touring, that's fine too. The guys at the local Dunkin Donuts Sunday morning cruise-in with the cars mentioned above welcome me and my Z with open arms and are always interested and complimentary to it. I had a strange thing happen the other day. I was parked out in a shopping center lot a bit, so you could see the car from the far end of the lot. I was coming out of the store and saw this high-dollar Lexus near the car, kind of at an angle and noticed the occupants checking out the Z. As I got up to the car, I notice that the car had a guy in a suit in his 60s or 70s driving, his very classy younger looking wife in the passenger seat and a 30s or 40s classy woman in the back seat. They were really digging the Z, asked what it was (no emblems ) and complimented the car highly. This bunch could have easily drove back to a huge mansion they probably live in. The appeal of the old Z car shape is universal - it's timeless beauty, on par with the GTO 250, Daytona Ferarri and Shelby Coupe, E-type, etc. The fact that they are a rare sight makes them that much more of an eye catcher!

That video is sick. Talk about hate.

Terry's got it. But I'd like to add some detail: - Put the ends of the tube INTO the fluid, not above it. That way air can't be sucked back in. - Push the piston COMPLETELY into the M/C. This is the reason for bench bleeding - to get all that air out of the M/C. Us a philips screw driver as the pushrod. - Continue to push the piston in (slowly) and let it out (slowly), cycling as many times as it takes until air no longer comes out of the tubes. - Pinch the hoses shut with clamps or something, until you get it in the car. Remove the tubes from the M/C and quickly connect the car's brake lines to the M/C. Messy, and fluid eats paint, so cover everything in the area to prevent paint removal.

This is not a new alert BTW. I've been seeing this all on the oz diyWB list for months. I also have 3 sensors, just in case .

You must have missed it - I posted that a while ago! http://www.hybridz.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=001625 Pretty cool huh?

Yeah, beautiful fabrication and detail work!

Mudge, no fair! I was just going to say "look at those tail lights! Bling Bling!" Why do I feel like I'm looking at a fly's eyeball under magnification?

I'd help, but I left my copy at Mike Kelly's house

I didn't realize they were getting scarce. But then again, I did get a couple extra sets for myself a while ago . Very interested to hear about a 300ZX CV shaft conversion though. Is that Z31, I suppose? I guess those will be more plentiful for a while.

Thanks, Izzy, for the comps! It's gonna be hard to get my head through the door way now!

Thanks, Tbuck! My exhaust: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/pparaska/exhaust.htm It's heavier than a 2.5 dual to 3" single though. And more expensive. But it'll flow a good bit, and the sound under full throttle is like a NASCAR with mufflers. It is a bit loud, but not too bad. Mike and Michael heard it lately.

Dave, I remember watching that 60 minutes show. The parents crying about killing their child and watching as the car, all by itself, accelerated through the back of the garage while the driver (mother?) was mashing the brake pedal to the floor. Other examples as well. It was really sad. I wonder if she ever admitted to herself that the odd placement of the pedals and her unfortunate foot placement on the gas pedal was the real cause of her daughter's death. That just about killed Audi in the US, and they did make sure future models didn't have that pedal placement issues. But didn't "experts" get on 60 minutes and explain how the car's engine computer could easily be responsible for "unintended acceleration"? Not to mention the car that supposedly had this problem was the typical underpowered Audi and if you mashed the brakes to the floor, there'd be NO WAY the wimpy engine, at full throttle could overcome them! The only good thing that came out of it was the safety interlock on automatics. There are enough morons driving cars that don't think to put the brake on when shifting out of park that it was a saving device for them.

I'd love one but I'd probably just go with low pressure and no intercooler. Those intercoolers look WAY too small for high boost. There's always the darkside approach - go with extra injectors along the intake tract from turbo to the engine to gain evaporative cooling and rich mixture cooling. Controversial, but there are a few dabbling in it presently.

eric-z, in my opinion, it shows alot of character to say what you said in the above post. Saying that you might have gone to far or made a mistake is the sign of great character in my book.

Talk to Ross C at Modern Motorsports Ltd He can set you up with the CV adapters (he can have your 280Z companion flanges welded to his adapter), and then all you need are a left and right 280ZX Turbo (or 2+2) CV half shafts. Ross also has bolt kits for this swap, and bearings and seals if you choose to replace the stub axle bearings. It's probably not a bad idea to have the stub axles checked for rust and cracks at the flange/shaft weld as that's an area prone to failure, in racing anyway.

http://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/showthread.php?s=&threadid=151801 Thought you guys might enjoy this.

Out of my area of experience with those questions. The megasqirt list people will know though!

I have 225 front and 300 rear springs (lb/in) To damp the 300 lb/in springs sufficiently, I have to run the Tokicos on 4. For the front, that means 3 works out well. But it's too harsh for me like that. With the Tokicos down a notch each (2 front, 3 rear) the ride is much better, until the rear starts pogoing up and down - underdamped. Not good for the struts. And 300s will blow out the struts in time. Word has it that 250 lb/in is max for a Tokico. So I have some 225 lb/in 8" springs I'm putting in the rear (someday). Hopefully the suspension won't bottom much at all. That's the main concern. If it does, I can go to 250s. I'm thinking of leaving the 225s up front at first.

Thanks Terry. Now I don't need to write a thing. Wish I could have said it like that. Terry, the philosopher!