Trevor Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primadonna z Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Bobby C. said: what kinda muffler is that on the car above? The mufflers are mfg. by Aero Turbine. They are the official muffler of NASCAR. Ploished stainless, small, nice stuff. I used oval tube exhaust by Spintech to increase my ground clearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Primadonna z: That car you posted has a huge wing! The front end hardly looks like a Z anymore. Is that your car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primadonna z Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 mopar69 said: Primadonna z: That car you posted has a huge wing! The front end hardly looks like a Z anymore. Is that your car? That would be mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZR8ED Posted May 6, 2007 Author Share Posted May 6, 2007 Updates: I did some touch up body work, and got it ready for paint. I decided that I have enough paint knowledge (I work with robotic OEM spray applications.) I have a small compressor (2.5hp) and a small hvlp gravity feed cup gun. My garage is too small, so my best bud offered to convert his garage to an impromtu spray booth. He wanted to spray his new front airdam on his Supra, and was happy to help me experiment with mine. We cleaned out his garage, and put up plastic on the walls and ceiling, and washed the floors down. We waited for warm weather, and low/no wind, so we could spray with the garage door as open as possible. Sure not the best solution, and I know since I work with multi million dollar spray booths and equipment for painting 1000 + vehicles per day. This was the largest piece of body work I have ever painted. I have painted smaller parts etc on a bench etc etc. Well this post is meaningless with out pics, so here goes. This is the next day. I brought the car home, because it is now time to spray his air dam. I'm pretty happy with the results. I certainly have some polishing ahead of me. And I need to put in the mesh in the lower rear, and paint the gas tank flat black again. Materials total cost. $70.00 We did the work over 3 days. The pics are kinda tough with the car being all black. Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoov100 Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 looking good, do you plan on meshing that vent in the rear skirt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 "hey, I'm gonna practice painting, I'm gonna paint in black the easiest color to see flaws in" Show off Car looks GREAT though man. I'm really digging it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario_82_ZXT Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Looks great! Mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschiltz Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 hoov100 said: looking good, do you plan on meshing that vent in the rear skirt? ZR8ED said: ...and I need to put in the mesh in the lower rear, and paint the gas tank flat black again... Yup. Looks great Scott! Good choice on the lip. Subtle but enough to set it off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombarace14 Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Like the way it kicks out alittle, looks awesome Scott!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason4300 Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 I friggin love your car! Want to paint mine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ledphoot Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Good Job!! And You Get To Say You Did It Yourself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mray Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 sweet work! i think this is one of my favorite black Z's of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZR8ED Posted May 22, 2007 Author Share Posted May 22, 2007 Well I got to the car this past weekend. I finally did the aluminum mesh in the opening. It took a bit of contortionist work to spread out the epoxy I used to hold the mesh in place. It is a tight fit working between the gas tank and the fascia. It turned out pretty good. New improved rear diffuser plans have begun, but some of the windtunnel info is not indicating that it should be a priority..unless the priority is for the car to look cool with a diffuser. We'll see how that pans out. In addition to my aero work, I have a major project to figure out this apexi SAFC II controller and get this car back to WOT capable (at least without going choking rich or the big bang lean) Anyone have one? Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 geez thats a sexy beast! looking mighty fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Your car looks like it is doing 120mph just sitting there!! Awesome work Scott!!! Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyZ Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 One of the best looking z's out there. That paint is beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ledphoot Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 That's Bitchin' as all git out!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Awesome work, Scott!! I can't believe that you could improve on the design of the car, but you did just that--it's even better now! Davy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZDrifter Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 sexz!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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