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I appreciate your thoughts. It'll be too late at this point for the Z Con.

I got gunmetal for my 920 Safari Gold car.

What does the paperwork that comes with your insert say?

Do a search on here to find more about cutting springs. I don't think it is the most advisable thing to do.

What would it hurt to do a wet test?

My understanding is that you should not bypass the resistor to protect the tach. Someone can correct me here, and you should use the same resistance coil as the stock one.

This paint shop has had the car for over 1.5 years, and it looks like another convention will pass by without the Z finished. I'm so frustrated, I don't know what to do. Their bread and butter work is collision, so I sit at the bottom always. :disappoin

I decided to paint my spoilers, don't much like the black.

I think about my Z almost everyday, and pray that they finish painting it soon.

Congrats, I'm still waiting after 1.7 years.

3K oil changes are not necessary if you use synth, and environmentally more friendly.

I thought they were plastic, and just pushed through. It's been a while though.

Hey Les, I might actually get the Z painted now within a few weeks to a month. I'll have the front and rear spoiler on it too. The rear spoiler is very nicely made and the bottom plate will keep the dirt out.

http://www.zcar.com/cars_sale_1970-83_240z_260z_280z_280zx/1971_240z_rb26_n1_nur_spec_exquisite_restoration_897685.msg2706121.html#msg2706121 Anyone know anything about this car?

I like it.

http://www.yuasaeurope.com/en-gb/automotive/

What about ZDDP?

hehehehe, that would be a fine howdy do wouldn't it. Can't stooooopp!!!

Imagine the loads on the front suspension. I think tires like that are unnecessary. It's a 2500 lb car.

Check out Dave Irwins harness kits. They fix a lot of those kinds of problems. Zondabrain

Really nice, how long did it take?

I would be cautious in going 100% poly. What you have is a 38 year old structure that has seen its fair share of transient loading and vibration. You might want to keep some rubber in key locations on all corners to allow some pliability. It seems you're building a street car, so I would be careful about stiffening the springs too much. Remember, the Z didn't have a Cadillac suspension to start with. Stock doesn't mean soft, it means a lot better than the worn out suspension you have now. Few people on this site even know what a stock Z rides like, including me. That being said, stock springs are not available from any store or website. We once had some made but to my knowledge they were all sold. You can check with Courtesy Nissan to see if they have any of the Euro springs left, that we had made as well; I don't know if they do. I'm not trying to push a stock setup for everyone, but there was a time where everyone was taking their beatup old Z from worn out to track stiff and lowered, and were later sorry they did. If you're racing and autocrossing a lot, there is no question what you should do. If your driving pothole ridden America, think twice before you make big leaps. Cars built today are far more rigid and heavier as a result. You can't treat a Z like those cars. You have a 2400 lb GT, not a Formula 1 racer. I'm building a road car for taking trips, etc.... so I installed new stock springs, stock-type shocks, some poly and an upgraded fr/rr anti-sway bar kit. You might be able to deflect a corner of my car by an inch if you lean on it. That's my 2 cents. Good luck.

My paint shop uses Glasurit paint, and having to bring someone in with a $50K camera to photograph the paint, then the factory will determine the formulation and designate a paint code for it. Apparently because it's sold old they no longer have the paint code on file.

Wow, and only $1200.