roller Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 if so where did you tie it in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZY Z COLE Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I noticed you asked 1 QUICK Z that question in his thread in the Chevy V8 Forum. He showed you pics of his 260Z. Why don't you call him and ask that question. It can't be much different than your 240Z?? LARRY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roller Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 i did speak with jon and he said he needs to move his main mount from the rearend. so now i'm looking for others who may have mounted one. just collecting idea's before i go cutting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-Gad Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I should be having mine mounted in a month or so, although it may not help you now... just depends on how soon you require the info. Regards, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZY Z COLE Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 roller... How about posting some pics of your car, the mods you have done, and your 1/4 mile time if you haven't done so yet. LARRY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8dats Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 zgad.............you need one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks280zt Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 This might help? Its not my car and the whole car is pretty much all custom, better than nothing i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Our Bonneville car is a 280Z and has stopped countless runs from 170 mph+ with absolutely no distortion to anything...but that is a 'lift the car by the bumper' 280Z rear bumper! For a 240, mounting a special set of brackets from the cage might be a way to go---seems that the rearend would be a bit low for my tastes... I'll see if I can pick out some photos of the guy with the Twin Turbo SBC Hillborn Injected 240 and see if there are any good shots of his chute setup. He runs at El Mirage, car number 742. I think, now that I am thinking....car 286 has a chute too, I believe he's running a 380CID Chev in his chopped 240 as well. Let me see what I can find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roller Posted June 26, 2007 Author Share Posted June 26, 2007 sparks280, mounting to the rearend could jerk your rear out of adjustment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Not the best photos of the #236 Car, but what I could find on short notice and not having access to my archived drive at home! This is after he got the thing painted---the earlier photos were from some time ago. I wonder what it would do in the wind tunnel... You can see he's activated the chute in this photo, the black almost directly underneath the first red balloon behind the car is the chute just before deployment. Red Balloons are marking the end of the timing traps, and you shut down and pull your chute, and hang on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 sparks280, mounting to the rearend could jerk your rear out of adjustment. Some shackle bolt failures, or some spherical joints being loaded backwards and at enough speed, I could see the rear axle stopping....while the car continued for quite a distance after deployment... Having been in a vehicle that experienced a leaf spring failure under load....I would not consider the pumpkin a place to mount significant arresting force. Note the differential pictured is not the typical setup as there are rods for compression against the rear of the chassis---most differentials are mounted front-to-back with the compression members for under loading frrom acceleration---this one has extra rods to counteract compression under arresting force. At most, people run a panhard bar across the rear of the axle, and I've seen those bend quite abit when something let loose and the axle started walking around on it's own. I believe the 236 car has the pushbar (where it appears his chute is attached, or close by) integrated into his cage. I didn't post the interior photos of the car on Cardomain...I will have to see where they a re archived and see if I took specific photos of the Chute Mount. Cage or Frame would be my first choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks280zt Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 sparks280, mounting to the rearend could jerk your rear out of adjustment. As i said its not my car, just pics of a car I took for a member on here. Just throwin it out there. That car was running 7s in the quarters for years according to the owner with no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jap tin Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 The chute on my Z is mounted like the 236 car, to the chassis. The chute on my altered is mounted to the rear end but the altered rear end is mounted soild to the chassis, no rear suspension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnjdragracing Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 On the Zcar Steve and I built we mounted it to the rear Roll Bar. Where the roll bar attached to the rear of the car, then mounted the roll bar tube coming out of the rear. Attached is the only photos I have at the moment. Hope this helps. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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