DavyZ

I like the recipe! I think your "a la Terry O" idea is a good one, and one that I'm thinking about. However, there was one car--the imfamous orange one---JT's car? that sported a guage pod in the pillar. I think it was for a Mustang??!?? I may be way off from all this, but it may be worth looking into since his looked really sano too. Still, you can always make it yourself and learn something, but who wants to do that? You can always take the whole shebang one step further and cover the fiberglass with carbon fiber for looks, but do make sure to do the other pillar with some CF as well to match. Davy

Hopefully that other one will do the trick and you'll have everything working finally. Let us know!! Good luck. Davy

Yeah, Baby, Lone's mohawk usually bags the babes in droves!!!! Lone, Buddy, YOU da MAN!!! Davy

Not enough of them. We occasionally have one or two pipe up now and then, but it's mostly 'the guys' here in the forum. Don't be too polite Davy

Garry, You are in luck! There are a bunch of talented Z freaks in Australia (and New Zealand) to chat with about Z cars. One chap in particular (Zed Skid?) put a Rover V8 in a 240Z and even has a website. He's selling his car though and has other plans. Still, some lucky Aussie is going to get that car!! I'm sure some of the others will chime in. If not, read some of the old posts and then find a link to their email...go from there. Welcome to the forum!! Davy

ROTFL!! That hits tooooo close to home, heh heh. Very funny. Davy

Ya bought a quality ride, that's for sure!!! Here's to money well spent! Davy

I had been so tired from working all these hours that I became lax in going through my email carefully....it did not take long to discover that one email was most likely a virus. Well, one was a Nimbda strain, and the other was Klev, which nicely corrupts your anti-virus program... I immediately shut down and called Auxilary for some help...to lend me a current anti-virus program because mine had run past the 30 day trial...2 months ago... Well, Aux stayed with me to 2AM Friday night debugging everything, and then again on Saturday to help ensure it was really clean. Again, a big 'thank you" to Auxilary for the great help!!! Davy

YEAH, Baby!!! Davy

Very very clean. Too clean. I agree with the others: just get some grime on there and everything will look more 'natural' instead of new Nice work! Davy

Ryan, sorry I missed this post earlier, but I hope the very best for you and your girlfriend--my prayers and best wishes go out to you. Do right by her and you will never feel guilty! The new car was a nice touch BTW Take care, Davy

Well, considering the 280ZX has the same motor as a 280Z, and those dimensions are about the same, I would think that it would be close with the V8 and T5--not exact, but close. Ross Corrigan and Griemann (sp?) have V8's in their ZXs. Cripes, I can't remember what trannies they run, but I think they have T5's. I don't recall either of them saying they had to modify the stock console or anything. Try emailing them. Davy

Hmmm, those look pretty good--are they from some other car, or did you fab them up?? They look great Davy

Lone, that looks like a fantastic find. I bet if you get it to fit, that motor will blow more than enough air thru the system to chill you out Way to pick one that will work!!! Great find, Man Davy

I absolutely swear by the SEM "Landau black" for black plastic interior pieces for the Z. That paint/dye makes them look better than NEW and gives them a complete uniform finish, without being glossy or too flat. I just plain love the stuff...why I've even painted my fingernails.. Davy BTW, you get SEM at an automotive paint supply shop, and maybe at other places too, but I get mine locally from The Color Factory. Davy

Guys, please, no more *nearly chokes from coughing and drinking simultaneously* golly, I just shot cola out my nose! snort. Too funny; you guys just kill me Davy

An LT1 T56 combo would just rip! I was talking to one of the 'boyz' today and we agree that the LT1 is one heck of a motor to stuff in a 1st gen Z...ah, I am dreaming, but it may just happen!!!! Davy

That's fairly unexplored territory, or at the very most 'undocumented territory.' Use the search function to find out any pertinent links that may or may not still be available. Davy

Buying a crate motor saves you TIME, which is what you want to be spending driving your V8Z, right? Unless you are 'cash free' like me you might actually save yourself valuable time and mistakes buying a complete engine. FWIW, if you have the spare change to buy a complete motor from a builder with a good rep, you'll be miles ahead. Use the search function and look up some of Grumpy's posts on crate motor suppliers/builders---great info. Davy

Thanks for the info and for the link, Grumpy! It will sure come in handy in the near future--learned a few things too Davy

Cool story! I got to know a few older guys that I go to church with, and it turns out a lot of them are gearheads. One guy has a '57 Pontiac Chieftain (I think?..some Indian name) and he brought it one night and proceeded to let us know how much horsepower was under the hood!! Too cool. Davy

On second thought, mine should say: "I'm still looking for a 240Z... " Davy

Hey, I like it! I have thought about going to something a little like this: VTEC THIS , RICE BOY!!!! What do you think? A little too brash? Davy

Jaw droppin' face slappin' AWESOME! The car looks simply beautiful, Ron! Rest assured that whatever you paid for it, that it was money very well spent. Davy

ROCK ON, KC!!!! Now you just have to hook everything up, and hopefully that will go as easily as everything else apparently has. I guess you can probably rest in the fact that you'll have the fastest car in school. I can't think of too many other cars that kids own that can beat an LT1 powered Z. Good job! Davy