speedyblue

Best you can do is ring some insurance company's and ask them. Shannons or Justcars might do it, but none of the mainstream ones will.

If you use a lightweight engine (alloy block) then you will have a distinct advantage in the corners.

I'll take a stab and say 'AJASUTINGU' is 'adjusting'.

Hey Gav, that rule only affects cars that are to be registered. You can still bring over any car you want if it is only for parts or racing. There are a few imported series 6 RX7's going for around 12 grand because they can't be registered. Normal price is about 30 grand.

Grab the rear brake discs and calipers and the front calipers (ditch the front discs) They can be used for upgrades to yours with the help of a few other parts. And the master cylinder. I put 280zx electric mirrors on my 240Z too.

It's still the right foot here in OZ. Luckily they kept that on e all the same. Apparently there was one car that has an adjustable A/R ratio on the exhaust side, that gives the best of both worlds, spools up fast but doesn't choke the top end. Not many people use them because theyt are bulky and don't fit in tight engine bays. The Z how ever has lots of room. Bit of off track useless info there. Pity I can't remember more about this, then it might be useful to someone.

I learnt to stick weld in highschool, but I'm still pretty bad at it. Better with a mig though. Don't know much about oxy-accetylyn. We have all three at home and they come in handy for fixing rust, repairing chassis. Even built a basic fitting to pull the rear stub axles out using a dent puller. Would have never got it off otherwise. Definately a good tool to have. A strut brace is next on my list. I definately like yours Lance. Could I get some info about it off you?

I wasn't sure what was meant until the 2nd paragraph. 46psi is a LOT of boost.

And just so you don't get confused, I'll note that we never got the 280Z here in Oz, only the land barge known as the 280ZX. Much bigger, slower and more 'comfortable' suspension.

Unfortunately, that bumper isn't home made. But it still is quite ugly.

OK I'm pretty sure I never had that part on my car. I think mine must have been bodged up somehow by the PO. I will have a muck around with it, and try have a look at Gee's car and See it I can work something out. Should be able to make it work somehow.

You'd have to be careful getting a 'mouse' for your computer. Ba-boom tish.

I've had a good look and the only bracket neat there is the little tabs that hold the plastic trim on. I have two holes in the rail that two little bolts went through from what I remember. Now I wish I had put it all back together years ago after I rinished repainting the brackets and strut.

I don't know. That is the only piece of interior trim that I have never had. It was missing when I got the car. So it isn't in place and I still can't see what is going on.

I'm still trying to put the strut that holds the rear hatch up back onto my car. I was missing a bracket, but I have since gotten hold of one (thanks Jerry) It looks exactly the same as I remembered, yet I cannot work out how or where is fits :stupid: Would someone be able to take a picture of their bracket/strut so I can see if I am still missing something. It's the end that fixes to the body. I have a 73 240Z. I have checked my manual, but unfortunately, the exploded parts view thing stops at the strut, so no help there. Thanks guys Scott

www.shox.com And search spring rates on this site. There is heaps about it already covered. I know because I looked into this a few months back.

Good to see there is a good spread of ages at least. I turned 25 in Nov and have now owned my Z for exactly 8 years!! Daily driver, and sometimes hard street driver. (OK all the time hard treet driven) If I ever see another Z rounding a corner sideways, I will always give them the big thumbs up, except if they crash into me in the process.

The only thing you should use Kazaa to download is Kazaalite. Cracked version of Kazaa, no spyware or ads or whatever else they use. But I don't even use that. I use the old fashioned way of buying CD's.

Buy some vinyl and make your own. I did, and I know nothing about sewing. It came out great and cost me nothing because I used vinyl I had left over from something else.

Different fuels too. I've only been running premium unleaded because it makes less soot. Burns a bit cleaner than the cheap stuff. Would be good to do a comparo with the budget stuff, but I don't fancy another trip just yet. Tyre pressures, air temp etc would do a bit too.

Could be marks from hitting the chain whilst removing/replacing it or something. There seems to be a fair bit of clearance there.

Mine was sitting on about 2300rpm at 100km/h which it pretty good as far as I'm concerned, just need to drop it back a cog for an overtaking burst.

Well next time some combi driving hippie gives you a hard time about old inefficient cars, you will be able to correct them. I have a 5 speed which helps though. I guess it benifits from the sleek body shape a fair bit. Wonder how the G-nose would affect it. When I said $40,000 hondas, I was referring to the hybrid car they sell that is so expensive that you would never recover the extra cost by reduced fuel costs until after 10 years, which if I remember correctly, is 5 years more than the car is supposed to last. Bet they don't have that written in the marketing brochures. 'Why is it so' is a bit before my time, but I have seen ittle bits of it on the telly every now and again.

One of my mates just dropped 4g's on a paintjob for his pulsar. Has a nice kit and that, and looks nice but that's a lot of money for looks alone. Another mate has put about 6 grand into his ford laser, but for that he got a turbo engine, bigger turbo, water to air intercooler, race seats, lowered springs and the such. Hasn't spend much on looks, but it still looks tough as and is quick. (I don't want to try race him) My car is a 73 model, but now sports an L28 from a 280zx. Never had a problem with the L24 though, just wanted more go.

Can't complain about that, considering the engine is straight out of a parts car I bought for $200. Just dropped it in and bolted on the twin carbs and extractors. Why pay 40 grand for a honda that gets 50 mpg? You will never save that much in fuel, plus you look like a dork.