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The 'flap-discs' are great too. Very universal. You can do ALMOST everything a wire brush and a carbide wheel can do. Saves changing blades. They come two ways--metal backed and carbide backed. I bought one of the carb ide backed ones thinking I could use it for a grinding wheel when the sandpaper was worn out. It didn't work. They just wear down to the glue and that's it. Actually, the best attachment for a grinder is ANOTHER GRINDER!!! You can't own just one (kinda like a Z!). You HAVE to have two grinders, otherwise you are just going back and forth between blades all day. steve

Geeeez...What are the Sherpas driving? I will be in Nice again in September...I am always a few months and a few thousand miles off! steve

>>>Maybe some American ( LHD ) owners should take their cars over to Japan for a show in the country where the Z was designed and made......<<< Would that be well-received? I can imagine a certain (small) group of 240 or maybe Z32 owners doing this. I don't know the quality of the average Japanese Z, but over here about 75% of 240z are absolute junk and about 98% of 260 through Z31. Perhaps the curve is the same in Japan, with a small group forming the club members and enthusiasts and the vast majority interested only in allowing severe wear from heavy, poorly maintained use or 'modifying' them with cheap, poorly-thought-out aftermarked junk. Is it the same everywhere else in the world? steve

It goes nowhere. Quite empty. You can leave it open if you choose (mine is). The knock sensor operated not unlike the car alarm sensors that detect breaking glass. I have an 81 N/A side-by-side with an 82 N/A in the garage and one is blank and one is drilled and tapped. Both were off non-turbo motors (but I guess I already said that!). steve

I'm sorry...got to thinking about it and I was wrong. The thermistor is in the HEAD just above and to the left of the oil filter. The other port in the BLOCK just above and to the left of the oil filter (drilled and tapped on some f54's blank on others) is for the knock sensor on turbo motors. There is nothing inside. It is not a water jacket nor an oil galley. Quite useless, I suppose... steve

Yes, it is an engine temperature sender that talks to the FI computer. The F54's have them, but the N42's don't. steve

Last year...

Don't worry about it Kats....I'm just playing with you. You should hear my French.....C'est bizarre! steve

Poor John...if only he knew his dedication to MSA was causing such a stir.... steve

>>>Moved at three, and stuck!<<< Hmmmmm..... that sounds to me like the 'less than 10 miles' catagory! steve

I won 'Worst PAint Job' and 'Best Dash'. steve

See? I really WAS there. And smiling! And there's Ron C. looking in my trunk. He's going, "Who the eff did this welding?!?!?!" steve

Don't over-think it. It could be where you graduated from High School. It could be where your parents still live. It could be where you spent your early teen-age years. Or your whole childhood. Yes, and I purposely left out 'I haven't grown up yet'. steve

God, I can't believe it took, like, 10 posts for someone to mention the GTV. It kinda looks like we have three different conversations going here... the 'nemesis' in the street, on the track, and in your yard.... I'm not going to sound like much of a homer here, folks, but I refuse to be myopic. In the street? Well, first of all street racing is dangerous and illegal and I don't do it. With that said, the answer--for 99.5% of all Z's on this forum--would be JUST ABOUT ANYTHING from F-bodies and Pony cars up throught the Corvettes, Porsches and exotics and down through new, high-tech cars with similar or better P/W ratios like Eclipse, Acura, Neon, yes and even well-prepared 'rice'. Sorry for that, myopians. The Z is a dinosaur with 130 horse and 2400+ lbs and a peg-leg. It's a SPORTS CAR, not a green-light wowwer. In your yard...well, I'm not going to touch this one. I don't play with rusty cars and you shouldn't either. On the track? Now here is where the playing field gets a bit more level, believe it or not. Classifications are important, yes, and so is the driver. I would say those two each make up a third of a winning formula. The remaining third is the fact that the Z is a really good road racing car. Even mildly prepared, the suspension geometry is nearly perfect and even a stock powertrain BEGS and PLEADS with you to run the wizz out of it. You can be much less concerned about proper classing on smaller tracks. On larger tracks, there is no way it can keep up with cars with higher end. Give it the tight, torquey stuff and away you go! Yes, at the expense of puffing a few heads up, you can beat 911's. But that's a horrible blanket statement. Racing is for fun. No one is going to hire you to drive for the Jaguar Factory Team. You go out and pass the field--of 911's and 993's and 914's and Boxters and Corvettes and Eclipses and Neons and whatever else is not being driven to the FUN level your car is and you find someone to race with. It might be a 911. It might be a 944 (they match up very nicely), it might be an E-36 or a Boxter. Last weekend I passed 911's all day long and had my arse handed me by an EVO. This kind of talk only leads to one thing: Sore elbows. steve

The difference is in the syllable stress. MUS-tache and mou-STACHE You must shave off your MUStache. That gentleman has a very distinguished mouSTACHE. When you are in the Care-a-be-an, you have a MUStache. When you visit the Ca-rib-ean, you sport your mouSTACHE. Poor Kats. steve