rudypoochris

They will start to rust from just air moisture in dry california within a week for sure. Atleast that is what happened to my rear brake calipers and they were wrapped in a dry towel.

I think there is a misunderstanding. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the flywheel. The stripped threads are acctually the threads in the end of the crank . Here is a CAD to better understand it. So basically from the head of the bolt back there is 3/8" of no thread (in flywheel) then 1/4" of stripped thread (also no thread, in crank) and then there is 5/8" of bite in the crank.

On what page does he get busted?

Yah, so fourth gear is the second worse gear to leave your car in assuming that you have a five speed.... It gives more of a mechanical advantage to the wheels vs the engine. Use 1 or R whichever is steeper (doubt it would roll away in either of these gears unless it is pretty steep)

Ive always wanted someone to do a diesel. Want to do a diesel 6?

There is the bolt with the ford part # and a ruler. I am doing a ford 302 swap and was putting the flywheel on. We got the bolts for a M/T from the ford dealer and were proceeding to torque them down to 80 ft-lbs. Three of them stripped at around I would say 40. One of them could not even be removed, although it would rotate freely both directions, It simply wouldn't let go. We finally got it out by using the crowbar + the channel locks. Anyway, someone screwed up and speced us the wrong bolts. After looking at it the bolts would of had only 1/4" max of bite into the crank. Turns out they gave us the bolts for an Automatic (their flywheel/flexplates are MUCH thinner). So we used the tap and die to fix the threads and were thinking of replacing the bolts with grade 8's with more length and using all of the threads the crank has left (minus the first 1/4" which is thrashed) which is equal to what the correct bolts would have been able to hold onto. What bothers me though is that it is such a crucial part. I know that the thread amount will be the same, but it just doesn't seem like it is a good place to cut corners at all. Tommorow my brother is calling up ford to tell them whats up, because this is unacceptable. Any thoughts? I am going to go mope about my destroyed crank, might as well be the whole block b/c we don't have the means or skills to replace the crank.

Does the MC have fluid? Is the fork moving at all?

ok cool, do what you want, sounds fun. Imho the 6 is going to be a little underpowered in stock trim, and the weight of it will be up high. And the almost no mods part i think might be an oversight. It will most likely take pretty much all the mods the v8 would. But hey a new hybrid, why not?

I used epoxy paint.

I had a similar issue with too intense crome for a wheel setup. I was looking at chrome 17X8 mustang 65-67 rims with a +12 (i think) offset that would bolt onto a Z. They are on eBay periodically for thsoe of you thinking of going that route. Any way since it is a new clean chrome surface the resolve was to have it powder coated translucent black (from columbiacoatings.com thanks for the recommendation 2003z), this should result in a kind of blackish chrome look, or something of the sort.

Just delete everything after my first comment, or including my first comment. Otherwise his question will never get answered...

Sure anything is a possibility. By all means it should fit. Isn't that chevy six very similar to the z's already, or maybe that is the mercedes engine... But just out of curiosity, why a chevy six?

I love your intake maniford and choice of TB's simply awesome. Who makes the manifold if i might ask?

I just ordered a set of these from a different distributor, they said it would be $550 a set (4 wheels) with a 1/2 deposite now (b/c they are special order), and the rest later. They offered me polished lip for free as well as any color. Said about 4-8 weeks to come, b/c they are special order. We will see how it goes.

takumiproject.com have $2300 ready if you want 16's

Just to mix things up.... How about the Yokohama AVS ES100, somehow i missed this one. $84 Each - $336 total. 280 AA A - VR Speed Rating - 22lb tire It seems to have some outstanding results for traction and cornering (on tire rack) but there are alot of negative reviews too citing poor noise level and quick wear with little stick. I believe someone on the forum tried these and said they sucked. Are these better the the g-Sports?

Was afraid of that!

Sounds like an LSD from the cover.... Is it a longnose? Does it say viscous anywhere on it? I wonder if you got the 87-89 LSD...