madkaw

I wonder about the quality of todays rubber parts(bushings) compared to yesteryear. I mean technology seems to have advanced most products in the last 30-40 years-why not rubber. My point being that a lot of folks go straight to poly thinking that the rubber will degrade rapidly with hard driving. 'That if you want the sports car feel with quick handling you need to go poly'-is that really true? Do most of us drive our cars hard enough to warrant the need for poly or we are going to tear up rubber bushings? It would be cool to drive two identical cars that were bushing differently-one urethane and one rubber. Maybe the answer is running half and half to get a sporty ride and refinement too! I guess its all in how you use your Z or what your goal is for the car. I'd like to have it all, like todays cars, sport ride and comfort(refinement). Being mostly all urethane on my car I don't have real issue with my ride quality. Reducing road noise would be nice in order to hear my engine and exhaust better would be sweet-but as it is, it's not that bad. Finding out the TC kit is so reasonable and available, I might consider changing them out.

I'm thinking more like 3500 at 60, depending on whether Stephen has the 336 set or the 354 in his car.

You might have to search the threads on Hybridz for that. They were having a tough time coming up with those. I used the ones from my old axles without reservation. Not sure if I have ever read about a failure on one of these bolts.

Id sell it and do a lot with that money

Yep- I ordered my ZG flares from them . NO comparison to what's available state side. Much better quality

Good option for the gear head- bad for the novice. That's why an OEM( very good OEM) was the best option for me. I wouldn't know if I was putting the OBX in a wore out diff or not. I've read on the Subby sites that the r180LSD is good for 400hp and it was made in this century!!

I think I remember John Coffey stating that the LSD is the single best improvement you can do for handling. With the STI set up it is one of the easiest also. The LSD is not that exotic for an OEM , just a very nice option.

Pull your sending unit and look at it and take a peek into your tank for rust . Sounding "flat" sounds like not enough fuel. Also check your float bowl hoses. Old ones will collapse when hot and pinch off fuel

Looking good!!

Probably not the pump but more of an obstruction issue. What's the history on the tank? Also a possibility of heat effecting ignition somehow?

Not huge- but a big step from 354 to 390's You will like the additional Getty up

Nope - the same guys that have been making these diffs for years- Fuji Stephen, you might check the Subby forums too for guys selling there diffs. I got mine from someone who was parting out an STI. I wish I could afford the driveshafts myself to finish the transition. So far, nothing bad to report from doing this swap

Yes it is

5.0 liter mustangs have 60mm TBs with IAC and TPS . You could make an adapter plate as mentioned and buy these Ford TBs all day for cheap. I've seen them as cheap as 25$ new- but they are all cable action

Do you already have the 72 head? Is it a late or early head? You don't need the "big Block" , you need the head work. There is a guy on hybridz selling a e31 head ready to bolt on!! Spend your money on the head first, then the trans and gearing will liven things too. Good ignition and tune tune tune. Like said above, triples will help a lot:)

Don't you wish they(engines) stayed that pretty forever. But I rather have a nasty looking runner;)

Stock needle sizes are fine for most applications. Even with my built l24, the SM needles were too rich(as seen on a dyno). I went back with stock N-27's.

Just goes to show to keep an open mind when troubleshooting. Not sure why you want to idle at 400rpm?

Damn, thats a lot of work. I might have thrown in the towel on that, but looks like you did well to bring it back to life.

Check the fuel rate. Take the mixture screws a turn out and see if that improves anything. How do the plugs look? your desciption lends to a lean condition. Your Guru might get the adjustments right for sync, but not sure how close he can GUESS on the mixture. My first inclination would be to richen things up before I did anything else. Then I would suspect fuel pump-IF I knew my gas tank was clean and not the culprit(dirty clogging fuel lines)

What year? What fuel pump? Fuel pump been checked for flow- measured? Fuel filters been changed? " professional adjusted" by who? Ignition type? Mixture screw adjusted to how far out?

get over it David. You are portraying rebello as a rip-off, and the business is well respected in the Z community. I really don't think you understand what goes into this kind of work-it's a little more then a 'mild port job.' 100HP per liter-think about it. I guarantee you will have a hard time doing a 2JZ for less. Swapping motors is not easy and the Rebello just drops in place. If you value your time, then the 2JZ will cost way more. It will cost as much anyway you look at it. What happened to keeping the stock numbered engine?

Which head??

Floor work sucks and it's hard on the body. You probably got what you paid for- a structural fix, just not too pretty. As long as its sound, then seal it up well and good to go. I think I spent 50+ hours on some floors and charged 1000$ plus, but the floors looked pretty damn close to original. Sure you didn't make things worse by pre cutting the floor. If I was the welder I would have taken a slight exception to that.

That's kind of the sense I got - that he was exaggerating a bit or that's a 10k rpm motor;)