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While this is what I had done, I think at least domestically here in the U.S. the EPA has made the regulations such that the process has gotten too expensive to survive. I got a really good deal but I was having a conversation with a patient just before a procedure and I asked what he did, "Plating shop" he said, "Oh, we have to talk... when you wake up." 8)

And weight. 8(

That didn't work for mine. I tried tapping into the factory harness to get power to the fuel pump but it the green wire wasn't live. Now, it could be that it is only live for a few seconds when the key gets turned to start and when the engine is running, but I think that requires a couple of harness changes that mine doesn't have. The relays are not there. I just went to the coil for power.

I always loved the look of this car...

Exactly.

How much do they cost though Jon? These would be in the $600 - $700 range for a set and be original looking. This is a goal I have and perhaps others as well....

Jon, I do have one in the house. I'm in the garage. I seem to recall that you're correct there was something called an FIA option. Now, wouldn't it be great if Eric and I could get our hands on a set of the Datsun Comp Calipers? We could recast them in aluminum, even put a spacer in and make a true brake upgrade. Lighter, gives up heat faster, vented rotor... An engineered upgrade without the compromises.

The brakes he has pictured are not vented best I can tell from the pic. Was there another with a spacer and vented rotor?

Nice. Four piston, not a heck of a lot more mass than the stock Sumitomo's. STILL not necessary for street use. Are these yours?

I think they are unobtainium gold! I've never even seen a set and I've been around these cars since they were new. But speaking to my original point, they are not necessary on a stock car.

Another shot of the Frizelle car.

A little 510 Rally action!

You know what would make a difference Jon, I am using Brembo aluminum calipers from an Alfa Romeo GTV-6 on the front of my 914. They bolt right up. On the rear, my friend Eric and another friend got together and cast copies of the ATE rear caliper. The weight is 4# less and the caliper gives up heat like it was never there. Once the 914 rear project is in production (and selling), we may work on making aluminum copies of the Sumitomo fronts. I got protested at an SCCA SOLOII event last year but it turns out the aluminum caliper is legal in SP as long as no modifications are made to mount them. I consider 2-3# of unsprung weight to be significant. There had better be a significant trade-off in another way. Anyway, my point is that people keep putting these things on street cars and calling it an upgrade. That is just wrong. I'd venture that most of the time it is a replacement for worn out stock brakes that would have been just fine in good repair.

Julio, I agree you didn't need it. You'd have been fine with stock + good performance pads. That is what I use for track days, I wouldn't for actual racing...

Sometimes I just want to scream when I hear the word 'upgrade' thrown around when it comes to cars. 'I upgraded my brakes with Toyota 4Runner calipers" GAG! No you didn't they're a hell of a lot more unsprung weight and you didn't change the rotor to a vented rotor to get the heat out. Now this is an upgrade!

A little more recent... Looks like Jeremy Dale? Cunningham Racing.

I think I can. I had Thanksgiving dinner with a guy I have a manufacturing partnership with and we talked about exactly that. Somebody send me their fugly shift knob and we will reproduce them.

They list a carbon fiber model. Go with that if you want to spend that kind of money...

A friend dug this up off the internet somewhere. Anyone here own it?

Well, I'm doing it. I found a guy in England who is restoring a Maserati 3500 which uses a pair of 42DCOE 8, which I have three of. We agreed on a price that will give him three of his original carburetors and will get me three brand new 45DCOE 152's. So my tuning will begin anew. I would imagine, I can just transfer over the jetting I have and if my chokes (32mm) are the same, I should be running pretty close to the same.

Actually, it's the cars at the back of these organized drives that 'kick-up-their-heels' so to speak. I have led a number of club drives and because the cars at the back get spaced out from the group and sometimes caught behind lights, these are the ones that are moving along at a vigorous pace.

I'm like you. I have the trailer, packed with stuff. Your experience reminds me that the harder you drive these little cars, the more likely you are to expose any weakness. Once those weaknesses are exposed and repaired, the less likely they are to break. Then, all you need is window cleaner, tires and brake pads. I'm glad you had fun...

Perfect...

OMG!!! It's tomorrow! Shine 'em up! See you there.

He'd still help you. Contact him. Tell him I said to hook you up...