OlderThanMe Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 the hood will be red but I may paint the hood bulge black... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mull Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Hey, nice video : ) Feels good to be of some inspiration to other Z-nuts Keep up the good work! Looking forward to the next video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 THE UPS GUY JUST GOT HERE!!!!!!! HE wasn't supposed to come back until Saturday!!!!!! everything!!! Aluminium flywheel, Stage 2+ pressure plate and full disc, new T/O bearing, and alignment tool!!!!!!all for $780 or so...a little pricey...but not bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 my 500th post!!! Thanks for the complement Mull! my car is nothing compared to the problems you have had. Thanks for the inspiration! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z0wner Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 What airdam is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 it is just the regular xenon polyurethane airdam that you can get from MSA. It saves me on the parking lot curbs...and it is really flexible. Yyou can twist it about 270 degrees end to end without too much effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted May 4, 2006 Author Share Posted May 4, 2006 I have soo wanted my Z to be a rally car one day...I think I am going to keep the stock springs and modify the lower stock perches so that they will fit on the coilover perches. just so I have a set of long soft springs. I kept the upper mount so I would just have to modify the lowers that I carefully cut off right above the weld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mull Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 I have the same airdam - like you say, it's very flexible : ) However, I think some previous idiot owner used a saw to cut away the turn indicator mounts. Do you think you could manage removing one of your indicators and snapping a picture of what it looks like? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted May 4, 2006 Author Share Posted May 4, 2006 ok...I'll snap a couple pics...I think it is just two holes in the polyurethane...I'll just snap a few... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted May 5, 2006 Author Share Posted May 5, 2006 ok so last night I removed the transmission(again) popped the old clutch off, took the flywheel off(some of it's bolts were loose) and installed the spec light weight 11 pound flywheel. The clutch install went pretty easily. Then, balancing the transmission on a regular jackstand lifted it back into the car around my very badly placed exhaust. This was my first time working on a clutch so I think it went good. The old oem clutch was all scarred up and the flywheel has lots of surface cracks in it and some small hot spots but not bad. The pressure plate had some hot spots and surface cracks on it my other uploading site is down right now so I'll use dropshots for this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 the old clutch disc... the scorched pressure plate here is the kicker on my mystery header...I haven't seen one that makes such an abrupt turn from vertical to horizontal. it has realy good clearance and I haven't scraped it...I have scraped the not so well done y-pipe... another shot...you can see the small leak down there by the y-pipe here is my Z's cousin...built by Eddie Radatz...He did the interior on my car back in the early 90's...back when I started playing with legos...(notice the bottom of the front air dam...seem familiar jmortenson?) I could so see myself ripping down dirt roads...just need to modify the stock lower spring perches to fit over the coilover collars...stiff coils for the street and then stock ones to go rally racing. There is just not enough rally racing around here...just a lot of 4x4s and riced wrx's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Cool stuff, man. Keep up the good work. I thought about rallying my car for a while.. then quickly changed my mind back to just drag racing. I plan to own a WRX one of these days... and will rally that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 If you want to see the sort of rallying we do out here, watch this video I made: http://72.29.75.31/%7evideof6/zeroyonvideos/zeroyon-06feb-DirtDay3.mpg (you should right click and save as) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 thanks...I'm downloading the whole 53 megabytes right now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Trust me, its worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 haha...funny fun to see the evos back in their game where they belong...off-road... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Thats the way we do it out here... can't be afraid to break a few parts now and then. Would love to see you produce a rally video of your Z sometime in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 well I am building it now to be a street car but I am keeping the stock springs if I ever do rally it. My new spring rates are 225Lb/in on the front and 250Lb/in rear. Really stiff and would kill my car on a rally. The stock 110lb/in. is a bit better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Yep, that would probably rattle your teeth pretty bad on a bumpy trail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 here is a really old video of my Z right after christmas that I found... it was mostly to show my friends...and for some reason the camera picked up a lot of ticking noise. It is not that bad I promise...plus it was like 40* outside and the humidity was like 90% Video Hosting - Upload Video - Photo Sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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