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that was about my story too took ages to line up then leave 24 hours and they pull off Cant bring myself to drill holes to screw them on Mick

I just cut my lever down too the height i wanted then re threaded it Mick

i usually use dot 5 but to me brake fluids brake fluid until you do a complete flush through and put some good fliud in have been using dot 5.1 elf fluid lately supposed to be better works ok but if you dont know whats in there now just go with dot 5 Mick

Why not look at another independent rear diff re Jag or even the holden commodore diff out of a Vt would have to easier than going the ford 9" way But how much power you talking about putting through the r200 are one strong diff Ive been running a r180 lsd behind a v8 for years without a problem And theres so hi hp 300zx and 200sx running r200 diffs Mick

havent tried the falkens have used the Yokohamas aoo8rs and bridgestone re540 found the bridgestone fantastic compared to the yokos Big improvement over normal performance tyres really get your skils up on track or stages these two are road street legal race tyres mainly for targa and road rallies Have been told good things about the silverstone race rubber Alan stean at the Z car wqorkshop in Qld is agent for them told they are much cheaper about $200 each and work well Mick

My dream is to build a Club man with WRX drivetrain and mazda 20b rotary engine it would have to be the ultimate motorkhana go to whoa and club car would have more up to date body than the traditional club man But the zed will never leave that would be like cutting one of my nuts off Mick

i straighten my back end out with the hammer and dolly you might find it use ful to place a piece of timber or steel behind the panel to hold the shape you want while you reshape it i know mine took a long time to get right but i think it looks good now check out my gallery Mick

already got one in mine great motor Mick

The motor suggested is the nissan VH 4.5 lr twin cam from the late model infiniti's Ben i reckon any 350 chev or even better a gen III motor would be a fantastic conversion for a zed you get great power to weight low stressed motor easy fit not turbo timers to muck around with But a late model nissan V8 would be so much sweeter I mean even nissan is catching on the new GTR will be V8 powered Mick

ben are you refering to my car my engine is the older 4.4 ltr motor from a nissan president mine is the early version with copy 4 barrell holley carb no injection I am looking at the latter 4.5 twim cam motor at the moment for a upgrade on my car but at the moment need to build my new shed first then sell one of the rotaries and ill be into an engine upgrade A V8 is so sweet and one with nissan written on it is even better Should i wait for the new GTR V8 that would be an awsome motor im sure Mick

so i will ask the question did we get 280zxt in australia to get the half shafts from or do we need to get these from the states too Mick

anybody gone the next step and fitted late R200 with cv jointed axles If so how hard is it Mick

sounds like you need to rebuild or replace your master cylinder and clutch cylinder if they where stuck sure suggests they will have rust and crap inside them you might get away with pulling them apart and cleaning out the bore not a big job once there out of the car think you will be ok with the brake fluid if you cleaned it off straight away only really a problem when you leave it on paint work for a while it has to eat in Could be worse had to respray my engine bay 6 months after 2 year rebuild battery over charged and sprayed battery acid all over the engine bay not happy Your car sure looks sweet top shade of blue keep up the good work Mick

interested to hear anyone who has done this conversion re latter r 200 diff into 240 or 260 cars hear all different stories about ok if you use r200 diff output shafts to earlier axles and some that you can modify cv axles to suit anyone done this please tell Mick

i used a carter electric pump by it self first it was fine only pumps 5 ps1 suits normal carbies with out a regulator Now use a Holley blue pump but that one needs a regulator In the jags that run conversion book they go into using a oil pressure switch to activate power to electric fuel pump so that it only has power when the motor has oil pressure. Mick

could always get your existing rims widened did that on an 1600 once they went from 5" to 8" by 13" looked real trick Mick

with a mild 260 motor i would go with the 2.25 thats what i ran on my 260 motor and it went real sweet sounded great too Mick

two wires out of the datsun box are for reverse light check your t5 box put a multimeter on two wires should have no circuit when in other gears and should show a circuit when you put it into reverse then just connect your car wires to these two dosent matter which way they go Mick

the picture of the mustang looks more like candy apple red to me it was huge back in the 70s and 80s had to paint the car with silver or other metalic then paint the candy over the top look so good but car had to be super straight showed any dents like dogs balls cant say ive seen the chameleon paint in a red the two ive seen are the bronze purple and a silver green really liked the silver green I agree with a comment earlier though think this paint is better for highlighting rather than full car. Mick

Local guy was running an sr 20 in a 200sx for targa was pumping out 524 hp with stock crank had good pistons and other stuff but kept snapping cranks Mick

lrt me know how you can do a lexus v8 on the cheap still need computer and manual bell housing would be suprised if you did it under $10,000 but prove me wrong Mick

from what im told the only real need for super or leaded fuel is to lubricate valves over here have just changed to lead free super and a lot of people are running unleaded high octane instead but on older motors where valves are a possible problem the add a upper head lubricaten dont know how they fit it but its just a bottle with a tube connected to the manifold somewhere but depends on your motor really need to talk to who built the motor so you can find out if head is set up for unleaded or lead Mick

from what im told the only real need for super or leaded fuel is to lubricate valves over here have just changed to lead free super and a lot of people are running unleaded high octane instead but on older motors where valves are a possible problem the add a upper head lubricaten dont know how they fit it but its just a bottle with a tube connected to the manifold somewhere but depends on your motor really need to talk to who built the motor so you can find out if head is set up for unleaded or lead Mick

come on then whats your plans Im all for modifieds Mick

the door rubbers i used where just a universal door rubber come with the plastic coated metal to clip over the joint on car and the rubber seal glued onto it in one piece pretty sure than still do it that way here lot of all holdens and old jap cars use same rubbers just differnt thickness i used the thinner rubbers on bottom ahalf of door and thicker up over the glass section to get a real tight seal works a treat Mick