rudypoochris

Don't forget the torquing specs for the wheel bearing nut. It must be reinstalled in a specific manner, that includes turning the bolt back 60 degrees. Atleast that is how it goes for a 240z.

intresting jamie never thought of it that way

240z imho is a better car. For drift i don't know because quite honestly i don't know anything about drifting

Thanks for the meaty post johnc so let me try to udnerstand this. Say i got a generic airdam, and from there begane the belly pan. This would create a front spliter provided the airdam doesnt have holes correct? Then i bring the belly pan to the rear and make a 7 degree angled up piece of pan called a diffuser correct? THanks

i understand you are talking about a different thread but even so what are you talking about the first guy panicking and hitting the brake?

You know if that was 6 times bigger you would have a pretty nice zcar?

Intresting i thought it would reduce front end lift by creating less resistence underneath, effectively balancing low and high pressure, im most likely wrong though. If memory serves correctly the frame rails sit about 1/2 inch lower then the floor pans. Maybe i can do a full length belly pan that sits right on the frame rail. This way air from the engine compartment is carried all the way to the rear diffuser, via the tranny tunnel and what ever space is created by the 1/2" gap between frame rails and floor pan. Too restrictive?

ya i read most of those posts and was just wodnering if anyone can critique my design. Thanks for the musannes corner link but have been there many times and can't seem to find the tech articles that apply to me only race car tech. And even then it is only specs could you please advise me where on musannescorner to go?

I am thinking about just doing the front pan idea now and skipping the rest as it doesn't seem to be as easy to create in the rear. I know people ahve done it and on this site too. Has anyone made a rear diffuser that they would like to share?

That what i was worrying about killing the aerodynamics somehow. Im afraid if i make the tranny tunnel closed too that the air wouldn't have much of a place to go after entering the radiator, maybe some louvers near the front x-member and then continue it as one large piece threw the tranny tunnel. Im thinking to fasten it just simple nyloc nuts.

Thats true here in CA though we got plenty of 240's. I prefer the 240 for it's light weight but that is the sweetest 260z ive seen in a while kudos to you

I think you can use the differential to jack up the car but thent he problem is if you are doing control arms and diff at the same time. Maybe put a couple pieces of plywood underthere to spread the load, the 240z doesn't really have jacking points. Cept front xmember diff and rear control arms.

Hmm intresting idea So what your getting at is keep idea 1 but then throw in the diffuser at the rear... What about a center pan to cover the tranny tunnel or am i just being silly now? Also do people think that it is good to end the belly pan in idea 1 about 8-10" away or is a shorter or longer sitance necessary?

This is a crude belly pan idea i have. Idea 1 (in blue) is a pan that would be used with an air dam but could also be used with the stock front valance. The pan would simply angle down to about the begining of the wheel then go flat and stoop about 8-10" from the fire wall. Idea 2 (in Pink) is a pan that would start out lower, so must be used with a front air dam, that would angle down once again till about the beginning of the wheel where it would flatten out. At this point idea 2 is about 2-4 inches lower than idea 1. Now the real difference is that instead of provision for air to escape before the firewall, idea 2 would leave a 2-4" high passage the width of the car all the way to the back where the air continues until it hits the rear diffuser (i think is the tearm?) that is angled upwards. Some provision will have to be made for the air to escape. I am leaning towards idea 2 but I would like to know i should allow the air to escape the rear where the belly pan angles up? Simply louver the angled metal piece? Any comments and please suggestions this is crude it needs alot of work i know but any criticism/comments are useful. NOTE: I forgot to say that the belly pan when it gets near to suspension parts like the transverse links that would interfere obviously has a cut out just incase there is confusion

they are fromt he msa kit. I think prothane makes them. Tokico advise shortening the (stock) bumpstops by cutting them down when you install illuminas. At 2200lbs curb you guys think 3" travel is fine w/ 200F and 225R lb/in springs?

Put it in an AMC pacer they came with a 6. But don't go too obscure of a car or everyone will remember it as that car that tracks the same as it's length. So do a ho humm 200sx or an old corolla not the gt-s

OS giken head

hehe sounds sweet, are those powerplants heavier or lighter than the 302?

intresting, what offset tires are you running and with what size spacer? Two 35mm spacers i assume?

Here is the pictures: the stops look a little too close to the gland nut (especially seeing that there is no weight on the suspension yet), what do you guys think, insufficent travel? Also those are tokico illuminas, thanks

Just tell them they are newbs and to use the search give them a couple terms that work.... we don't want to loose the smart ones to zcar.com Newbs will be eaten....

I was just up there got a couple of body parts No pictures because when i got there the guy said he had sold all the stuff but had put what i had requested off to the side. Very nice guy. There is about 15 drive shafts, 20-25 boosters/mc's, 25 ish hatches, 6 fenders, about 50 doors, buncha bumpers (20? 10f 10r), emblems, 4 hoods, rear suspensions, front suspensions, transmissions, heads, can't remember about blocks probably, interior parts, and basically bin fulls of stuff carbs etc. Its all boxed, and he kept saying that there was more inside, i guess a different part of the bar, yikes. Any way good find

im going up now, excited

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