Steve Parmley

You could try contacting Vic Sias himself. His business is at http://www.siastuning.com/ Maybe if you bought something from him the secrets might flow. I rode with him in his car before he sold it and was amazed at how much quicker his car turned in compared to my FP car. He was making great power from a near stock 280 by just using his customized fuel injection setup. I guess that is why his business is doing so well.

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You don't want to use the UL, ultra light Panasport racing wheels on the street even though they look like the regular Panasports. The heavier street wheels are one of the more popular wheels so they can't be too bad, though I have never owned a set myself. My wheels are the 3 piece 16x12 with 5 inches backspacing. I have coilovers with smaller diameter springs to make that backspacing fit. The wheels weigh 16 lbs. The SCCA is allowing 12 inch wide wheels with slicks in the F Prepared class for the first time this next season.

Zero offset on a 7 inch wheel is perfect for a street Z. With deeper dish you will need flares, have more kickback from bumps and ruts in the road, have quicker wear in the bearings and more difficult steering from the increased scrub radius. My Panasport C-8 wheels are pricey and thin and it would not take much to bend the lip. Mine will just see track use. Here is where I bought mine from. http://www.midatlanticmotorsport.com/

Gunmetal grey with the polished lip! Steve Millen or Stillen or one of those tuners, had an orange 300zx trimmed in titanium wheels and accents. A beautiful combination.

Did your adjustment hole idea work for accessing the bottom of the strut insert?

I am 6'4" with a long upper body. I removed the adjusting rails and mounted the seat lower and farther back using 1x1/4 inch flatstock. I also added double spacers with long mounting screws available from MOMO to move my steering wheel back so I am not doing a Fangio straight arm steering style. The Z and my work Ford Van are the only 2 cars I really fit in.

The reverse can be true too. We have two former Trans-Am tube frame Mustangs and a Corvette built by a former Trans-am driver/builder running auto-x! They make my car look pretty home grown. It's lucky that Z's are a great car to build on.

Autocross is a great place to learn the line and safely test you and your car at the limit. You will be surprised when you go to an open track event how far ahead you are in skills, from what you have learned in parking lot racing.

If it really matters to you what class you run in, buy a rules book from the club you want to join with before spending a dime on modifications. If it is SCCA solo 2 then you can buy a book at http://www.sccaclothing.com/cgi-bin/storemirror/agora.cgi?cart_id=1227783.22398*m41Su5&xm=on&product=Publications 2004 books are sold out but next years book will appear on that page with a major overhaul happening in the Prepared category. Your biggest improvemnts in time will be by just entering events and learning to autocross, and then sticky tires. After that you will know people in your club who can help you in effective mods to your car.

I have broken radiator brackets and torn sway bar mounting bolts out. I have heard of cracking in the roof near the top of the hatch. Drive it and make sure it is not sprung to stiff for street driving. If it is a stroker motor you will be out of Street Prepared and Prepared classes and bumped all the way to Modified if you SCCA auto-x. Look for worn bushings, I went through several sets of the delrin camber bushings. Mainly look for rust like any Z. I have looked at some sad examples even here in California.

My brothers 240 with a Kaminari airdam molded in and no bumper is intimidating coming up in your rear view mirror.

Garrett, I love your car and website. You answer many questions asked all the time on Z websites about sunroof repair and installing flares. You should do extended write ups for the website. I am heading out to the garage tonight to attack some more spotwelds.

I will be there with family in tow. This is the only car show they like because of the proximity to shopping, the museum and setting.

Here are a couple pics of mine, most of it built by Rick of Rebello racing, http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2891&password=&sort=7&thecat=500 http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2889&password=&sort=7&thecat=500 and here is Tom Holts FP Z which was originally in Andy Craig’s national champion FP car. He transfered the cage to his new car after the old one went to Z heaven. http://sth2.com/Z-car/.

Dando's is owned by former FP and BSP autocross champion Andy Craig. http://www.dandos.com/Nissan/DatsunZ.html