johnc

Funny... On my L6 install (engine back 4" and down 2") with a Quaife trans the vertical angles were 5* front and rear for a combined 10*. The horizontal was perfect. Engine, trans, and diff were all solidly mounted and I had no vibrations until I got to speeds over 100mph. Even then, it was hard to tell if the vibrations were driveline or wheel/tire. Just another data point for discussion.

Yes.

IMHO I would stick with a 3L instead of going the big overbore route for a 3.1 or a 3.2. My main reason would be to allow for future rebuilds of that block. Once I've sunk a bunch of money into a block I like to be able to use it again and again and again...

Alignment, alignment, alignment, alignment, alignment. Did I say alignment? Zs are very sensitive to front camber and toe at speeds over 90mph. Why? Because of the bumpsteer in the front suspension you get toe in when the suspension compresses and toe out when the suspension extends. At higher speeds, when the front ssupension lifts you get more toe in which adds to the instability. Or is ir toe out under compression and toe in under extension? I'll have to check again...

What Clifton said... If the heat exchanging ability of the IC piping is critical to your installation, then your IC is too small. Aluminim tubing is used by the racing community for weight issues. You can come very close to the same weight with thin wall stainless or mild steel.

Did the Chinese mechanic Sum Ting Wong work on your car? Check to see if the springs were swapped front to back by mistake. ALso, a 205/65-15 is pretty tall (~25") so these springs might be too much of a drop for those tires.

I can only speak to the E36 chassis and yes they have dual pipes but they also have a common cat and a common muffler, so they are not a true dual exhaust. Mark Belrose's original BRE built 240Z has the original straight through dual exhaust and its very load and sounds like an old Jag. If you listen to it as it goes by on the track you wouldn't guess it to be a Z.

What is a 200zr crossmember?

What does that question have to do with this thread?

Triangulated 4 links have bind problems under compression. The old GM 4 link and the current SN95 Mustang chassis are notorious for this problem. It leads to snap oversteer in hard cornering or very bumpy corners because the rear spring rate goes infinite when the angled upper control arms bind and stop all suspension compression. The OEM manufactureres get around this problem by specifying soft rubber bushings in the upper control arm mounts. The suspension example posted appears to use solid upper control arm mounts. Some reference information: http://www.globalwest.net/Mustang_rear_control_arms.htm http://www.grmotorsports.com/mustanggt.html http://www.chevyhiperformance.com/techarticles/148_0309_guide/ http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles/116_0302_john/

Except for unstress aluminum interior panels, no pop rivets are used anywhere on a race car. Structural rivets were (and still sometimes are) used for stressed monocoque panels. Those are usually run in two rows or more in a specific pattern to distributed the loads evenly. The trade names for these kind of rivets are: Q-rivets, Interlock, Monoblock, CherryMAX, Avex, etc.

I hear those wacky numbers thrown around all the time. But, I know a number of guys that race MK3 Supras on road race track and all keep the power turned way down because the constant rpm swings (full throttle, off throttle, full throttle, off throttle) tends to make the engines go boom!

Having just finished seam wedling a 240Z I can say: Yes, but... 1. You would have to use steel rivets (Cherry, Monel, etc.) 2. You'll need to purchase power rivetting equipment. 3. You'll only have access to about 1/2 the places you need to fasten for drilling and rivet setting. 4. It will take at least twice as long to fasten 1/2 as much of the unibody. Othe then those items, sure, you can rivet the seams on a 240Z unibody.

Your car will be here when you get back and think of all the money you'll have saved up to buy more stuff! Good luck in Gitmo and thanks for serving.

This thread ain't dead yet! Anyway, I thought this was a thoughful analysis of base cause of the troubles Kerry is going through right now.

You'll most likely be limited to 6,500 rpm max with the SUs and you won't need to go any higher anyway. The Nissan Motorsports L7 cam would be my choice if you do all that you say you're going to do to the engine. It has .475" lift and a 270 duration and you can use the stock valve springs if you keep to a 6,500 rpm limit.

38.750" in front and 40.5" in back.

THis thread has been remarkably civil. I was expecting to have to delete it 3 or 4 pages ago. Read the book (repeatedly, I'm an Asimov fan) and loved it. Saw the moving and walked out about half-way through.

There's one "National Agenda" and its expressed as policy from Congress and The Executive. This "National Agenda is in constant flux because Washington DC (as a very broad, general term) has thousands of agendas. To break it down to a finer grain you have group agendas for: Congress The Judiciary The Executive Unions Federal beaurocracies (sp?) Large, powerful corporations Special interest groups Political parties Criminal enterprises Foriegn nations Mass media Within each of those groups you have subordinate groups with competing agendas and every individual within these groups have their own agendas. All of thesed agendas compete constantly and at any point in time some are waxing in power and some are waning in power. That's the whole point of the checks and balances designed into our constitution. If the Patriot Act or Homeland Security moves the balance more to one side, the various groups with their own agendas have recourse to check what they perceive as an imbalance. Also, every one of those groups and individuals have "open" and "secret" agendas just like we all do at our jobs. Its a fundamental part of human nature. Is George Bush's agenda (whatever that may be) at the forefront right now? Probably. Just like Bill Clinton's was a few years ago and John Kerry's will be if he gets elected. So what? That's how our system works and has worked for hundreds of years. Is George Bush part of some centuries old dark, evil, nefarious plot to sell out our country and its citizens to some overlord? Hardly. Does "John Kerry" spelled backwards and run through some religious algorithm calculate to "666", the mark of Ani-Christ. Doubtful.

A good analysis of WW3 for anyone that might be interested. I've read it twice. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0198780710/qid=1093042193/sr=ka-3/ref=pd_ka_3/104-4727139-6031130

I'm not picking on you specifically Kevin, but I always laugh when anyone says this (or something similar) as if its a new revelation. ANYTHING we are experiencing now is a culmination of events that have been unwinding for 5, 50, 500, 5,000, and 5 million years. Its something called: "History." Regarding "Jacobins", I think its use in the article is a more common, recent reference. From The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2001: Its commonly used as an "intellectual" reference to a radical or extreme leftist. The ties to the Domincan Order and Knights Templar are an archaic reference. Oliver Stone movies...

Correct.

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In one of the threads in this section I posted the Tokico part numbers for the MR2 inserts. A search should find it 'cuz I don't have them handy right now.

No if, as stated above, the spring perch is welded back on the strut tube the same distance up from the hub casting. But... you're taking 1.5 to 2" out of the length of the strut tube so you have to source different shock inserts. Those shock inserts will not have as much travel and the originals so the car has to be lowered or you'll top the shock out and possibly blow the seals.