Mikelly Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Craig told my wife this afternoon that he wants a Z like mine... And he wants me to put a V8 in it... I think I've created a monster... I wasn't home at the time either... Gee, would be nice to HEAR that I'm having such an impact on him! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denny411 Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Sounds like a great way to get some quality bonding time to me. I can`t wait until my son is old enough to have a project of his own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spunkysandoval Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Mann, I wish i had a parent like you two. You see, i have a project of my own. It's in derperate need of some financing. If my parent only had some clue about how a car works. He is completly different from me. I like to find out how things work, and to use my hands. He likes to make money and boss people around. He want's me to go to a four year university, I want to build race engines. He has an office, I have his garage as my work shop (parts everywhere). If he would get some interest, then mabye my project will really get rolling and i will be able to do an l28et swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 hehe. man im 19, and prob the biggest car nut. i got into a fist fight with some kid after he said that his Civic DX could out-handle a Skyline and that his motor can take more HP STOCK!!! i just had to beat his ass. with that said its the hardest thing to do anything to cars with my dad. oh he knows alot, i know more though and that always starts fights lol. he can work on them too, he can just figure stuff out. But, and its a big BUT. he thinks if the car was made that ay it should stay that way. Cuz and ill quote him on this " these car companys spend billions of dollars building these cars, and do so much research, and you want to change it with aftermarket parts" he doesnt get it that companys do make great and the bst parts but there trying to sell cars that a whole world likes, not some nut like me that wants to run 10's in the 1/4mile. he is coming around though, well kinda..he has like 50 grand to spend on a car. something that he can say he owns and take care of and never drive...like an investment.. he says Corvette, i say hemi challenger.. He says Porsche non-turbo, i say porsche turbo.... hehe atleast i got him off the Vette idea. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spunkysandoval Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 I have no problem with hondas. I've worked on them, and i like them. I think i grew attached when the motor i had a hand in putting to gether was first fired. It was sweet. Like my first time. first time driving my z that is. I helped a friend stuff a bigger motor into his crx. With the money he spent, I could have a turbo z, but that was his choice. He did have some nice parts though. It was all built up for turbo applications. Had 8.6:1 cr pistons, fully balanced, street/strip clutch, just a header, and and ignition. He held off on the turbo setup, because he didn't have the money at the time. I wonder if he ever got it done. Also, I go to the races at the local staduim, and occasionally there is some respectable hondas. Those little things rev like crazy, and are very well designed. I know I wish my z could rev up to 8500 rpms. There has been a few very very boosted hondas. They ran some shity times though, because I think there was a lack of suspension set up knowledge. Most of the people who have good motors are simply engine builders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 280Tom'z Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 wanna be like mike!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 That's a unique situation you've got there. I've seen good and bad come from identical cases. The good was tremendous bonding between the father and son, and the bad,......well, that can go unsaid. I bet your wife had a lot to contribute to that converstation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S30Z Bushido Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 my dad and i work on our z together all the time, we have been for a few years now, it's a good thing to do with your son. buy a z for him (make him contibute a little of his savings towards it too) when he turns 14, and begin working on it from there, thats what i did with my dad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted February 28, 2003 Author Share Posted February 28, 2003 Mine is 15 and will be driving next year... We will shop over the summer, but he won't be getting a transplant motor until he proves he is mature enough... Long way to go there... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denny411 Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 You could do a bone stock 283 2 barrel swap. That would give him some wrenching experience without having the big torque and hp of the larger cid sbc`s, and the car would already be set up for when he gets some driving experience under his belt. WIN/WIN IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumo Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Just slap him at the back of the head and tell him to snap out of it. He'll be so dizzy you can slip him in a Turbo Yugo and then by the time he realizes it isnt a Z you would have finished the real one for him. Oh by the way get him the GVX model and tell him he has to start with Y then upgrade to Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Look A Z Posted March 1, 2003 Share Posted March 1, 2003 Yeah I wish my dad was the same way. He works on cars but doesn't want to show me how to work on cars. We have a 1971 240z in the driveway, a little rust but STOCK! He refuses to let me even work on it or buy it from my parents. The car is not running but sitting there isn't going to do any better. Oh wells that is what I told my parents for the past umm 4 years (I am 18 right now). That is why I finally have enough money for my 240Z with the Chevy 383 in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted March 1, 2003 Author Share Posted March 1, 2003 Well he came to me yesterday afternoon and "Dicsussed" what he wants and he (In typical 15 year old logic) was upset with the fact that I wouldn't put a V8 in it until he proved himself to be much more responsible and mature... So He'll either think about that, or get mad and NOT want a Z... I did remind him that his brother's car project is getting off the ground as HE turns 18 and is ready to graduate high school... That sunk in I guess... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted March 1, 2003 Share Posted March 1, 2003 I just KNOW he's helping out with the Garage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zfan Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 My 14 year old son wants a V8Z badly. His mother wants him to have a Cadillac for size, a 4 cylinder for power and a full cage and harness for safety. Needless to say my wife is scared to death of him driving one day! Come to think about it I'm a little nervous about it myself. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted March 2, 2003 Author Share Posted March 2, 2003 Terry, He helps. JUst not as often as I'd like. He says I don't ask, and I say I get static when I do ask... I was pleasently surprised when I asked him to shovel the drive way and side walks of snow and found them both done on Friday. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 Thank goodness for all those little rays of sunshine that pop out from time to time, without which, we sometimes wonder if we have any clue whatsoever of what we are doing as parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted March 2, 2003 Author Share Posted March 2, 2003 Trust me, ther eis a reason I have "Step-Children"... I don't mean that to be as bad as it sounds... I never really wanted to have kids of my own, knowing the pain in the a$$ I must have been to my parents... I'm just glad My kids and I have a good relationship... Getting them jumpstarted to "Help" me with something is tough. Funny thing is, once I get them out of the house and away from the PS2, WE have a good time working together. Kids... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Hey any off you guy don't have a son and want one I'm free!, I grew up hardly knowing my dad other than he was a drunk oh well no one dies a virgin life screws us all. Lots of times I wish I had someone around to teach me the How-to's and Why-for's about cars and mechanics so I'm sure that all the guys with kids, as difficult as they might be, trust me the time that you took and the patients that is offten required will be tought as a wonderful gift and repaid in full if not twice fold. I love cars, and mechanics but I don't have a place to work on them, or no one to teach me and belive it or not, it's a big let down sometimes to think what you could have learned if some one would of taken just that little bit of time and made an effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 And it's responses like the above that keeps us in check with what we are doing to, or for, those nearest and dearest to us. Anytime I can spend time with a child (especially a young boy) who has lost an opportunity to engage in the fascinating devices that surround our lives (cars, airplanes, and any gadgets to the curious youth) is time well spent. I can still remember the exposure to new and differnent things from youth and how they so strongly influenced my life as an adult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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