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Last night a guy was killed here in town walking across a major street by two Honda's drag racing. One of the guys was caught and the search is on for the other. :disappoin

I think I paided more than I should have but there aren't many around here for sale either. I'm in the $4500+ range. I didn't need to do anything to my car but have chosen to make upgrades that suit my desires, all suspension related. With no rust, less than 75K original I felt it was worth the money. The one thing that sort of needs to be done is a new paint job. I fall into the category of 'refreshing' my Z rather than 'restoring'. BTW, when I bought my Z last year another one that I shopped is still available. I could have gotten in for lesswith that car but the car had a lot more rust, no engine mod's as mine does, and a crappy paint job, midnight blue over olive or gold that was visible in all of the door jambs and engine compartment. Yuck!!! I still see it in the locate autotrader every week. Tells you something!

ZME- Here's a question that maybe you can help me understand. You've owned some Z8's. What is the purpose of owning a Z8 if your not going to drive it in an aggressive manner ie... possibly racing? If it's purely for the track say no more but if it's a street car why own it? Yeah racing is stupid, however there are stretchs of road where there are no intersections, no driveways, no one to jump in front of you and your at the pole position. In a Z8 next to a mustang, Uncle Ben's special, whatever how can you not get on that Z8? What's the point of driving a machine like that? I'm not trying to rag on you I'm just trying to understand owning such an awesome machine and then not using it for what it's built for.

Exactly! It's really hard to not shake what your momma gave ya!

Okay- We've seen a couple of threads the last month or so on street racing vs. taking it to the track. So here's the question.... Who races at a track and who doesn't? I'm sure this doesn't cover everyone but we can find out who does and does not take it to the track. I think this could be a very interesting poll, so lets be honest. I should preface this by saying I really don't know what would constitute frequent vs. infrequent racing at a track as I have never done it. Further, I would be curious to know who races their car and also drives it around town vs. who has a dedicated race car. Maybe we'll find out something interesting here about who actually races and who is just dangerous to be around on the streets! I forgot on catergory and that would be- I never race.

ZCAR- I think we've all been there with the honda's and eclipses, especially the 'Uncle Ben's specials'. When you have a nice car that's fast and you get challenged it's hard to restrain. The reality is, yeah we shouldn't street race, but it happens. We also know that trying to get any of these punks on a track, ("excuse me. I don't want to race you now but can we meet this weekend at the local track? ") isn't real either. I know this isn't exactly what people mean when they say keep it on the track, but to sit completely idol when in this situation, please? I would be really, really,really surprised if the folks preaching about the sins of street racing haven't engaged in it a few times themselves. At least stayed with someone for a bit. I'll probably catch hell for my thoughts here but please reflect on your own actions before calling the kettle black. Besides what fun is having a fast car if your going to drive at or below the speed limit? Get a VW bug!

If you go to this web site www.zccw.org they have a blurb on brakes and several mods. Also, if you do a search on '240z brake conversions' on google or something like it you'll get a bunch of hits. I have the toyota calipers on my Z and they work great. I was a little skeptical at first about doing it but now having done it, it's a no brainer IMO. It's a pretty easy mod if you have everything before starting. I bought my calipers from Checker, complete with pads (this way you get the clips you need for the pads) for a toyota pickup btwn 80'-85' 4wd and got pads from porterfield (about $85). That was about $160 for the two. If I ever return my Z calipers I'll get some money back. I also installed Stainless steel lines on all corners ($65) and went to dot 4 brake fluid. The biggest pain is cutting the back dust plate and reconfiguring the 'S' line to the caliper. I did not change the master cylinder or lines to it. Everything works great. I can lock them up pretty easily if need be. I couldn't before the change. Some people don't care for the porterfield pads. There are other pads available but I haven't the experience with them to tell you what works and doesn't work. Others on this site can help there. If you have all the parts it will take you a half day depending on expertise, tools, etc. It should be noted that I do not race my car (except crappy ricers I find while driving around) on track, it's mostly a weekend fun car. Depending on your use you may need to consider further upgrades beyond what I described. MSA sells a kit for about twice this amount but why pay the extra when this setup works pretty well? Have fun.

240z - To answer your question I'm in the 3rd position and edging ever nearer the 4th position:cry: . That's why I got a Z. I used to be able to run really fast, like 4.5 sec's in the 40 yd dash but not anymore. I need a mechanism to propel me at those speeds anymore.:classic:

I have the L26 (it's in a 260Z:stupid: ) with 72 SU's, no smog crap, headers, mild cam and more dirt than I want on just 80K miles.

I thought it might be fun to see what the various ages are of our club members. So where are you in the age game? 1. 20 or younger 2. 21-30 3. 31-40 4. 41-50 5. 51-60 6. 60+

Boholio- There's a really good shop up in Boulder. It maybe farther than you want to go but I was told they're the best in the state. Independant motors at 2nd and Pearl in Boulder. There's another shop off of colfax somewhere but I'm not sure of the name or address. That shop had originally worked on my car (via the previous owner) and did a great job. They converted my crappy flat top carbs to a 72 setup with the domed carbs and installed a cam. If I can find the name of it I will post it. Where are you in Denver? BTW, you can find a list of places that work on Z's at www.zccc.com. in the area as well. Good luck.

I recently replaced all of my stock rubber bushings with eurothane and went from stock springs to the Eibach pro-kit (progressive springs) and from KYB's (unknowingly) to Tokico gas shocks, non-adjustable. I use mine for weekend fun driving mostly. Anyway, these modifications have made a huge difference in my enjoyment factor.:classic: I noticed some difference with the poly upgrade but the springs and shocks were great. I will say that hitting a bump now isn't much fun. I cringe everytime I hit something because the ride is so much stiffer but man when you go into a turn it's like riding on water. It's so fluid and effortless! What a blast. I usually don't try to slow down for turns but accelerate. As for the adjustable Koni's, I thought about them myself but for the way I use my car I decided to sink that money into tires and wheels instead.

I've got a 260 and damn proud of it!:classic:

guycali- What tune is spiderman dancing too in your avatar? It'd be kinda cool if you could get Britney in there with him. I'm sorry I mean know offense. Just struck me as kinda funny when I first saw it.

Mperdue- Looking at my MSA catalog they sell the Eibach progressive rate springs which is the Pro-kit. I ordered from that listing and received the pro-kit springs. The springs have a tighter coil on one end and looser coil on the other end of the spring. Check with MSA to be sure. Here's Eibach's web site for to help with the second part of your question. www.eibach.com If you do put on the pro-kit the front springs have a part number with a decimal point at the end; the spring with the .1 is for the front and the spring with the .2 designation goes on the rear. They don't tell you this explicitly! I noticed in the MSA catalog that they have European springs from Nissan competition that don't lower the car but give you an increased spring rate. If I remember correctly this is a feature you were looking for. Hope this helps.

And here I was sweating buying one set!! :tapemouth :dead: :classic:

Hi Rick- Seems to me that if you like the panasports just go with it. They seem to be the concensous on this site, so far as I can tell. Style two seems to be getting a lot of negative response, though I like them myself. You should put on the wheels you like and think will work the best. The two things you seem to be considering are the heat build up/dissapation and what happens if a wheel is damaged. If you aren't going to race on a repaired wheel then why consider it? the Panasports seem to be open enough to address the cooling issue and you like them. I haven't seen any other issued raised except possibly cost so....? I know how you feel, trying to decide on a style of wheel. I went through this a few weeks ago and it took nearly a month for me to choose. My suggestion is go style one.

Style 2 would be my choice. I was looking at that wheel for myself but I couldn't find this wheel in the 15" size. Who's wheel is that anyway? There's a picture of an orange Z that an old race car driver uses to teach racing out in california. Unfortunately I can't remember his name but here's a picture of his car. I think this car looks pretty nice. I don't know if this is an option for you but Centerline makes wheels to fit the Z wheel pattern. They cost less than the Panasports as listed in the motorsports parts catalog. www.centerlinewheels.com. Any of the billet style wheels work on the Z, so I've been told and some of them have a pretty open style. The question would be whether you see anything that you like and if it come's in the wheel size you want. Good luck.

Sorry- just saw this post on the latest discussions didn't realize it was already categorized ie...in the rally forum. Don't know anything about rally racing so I'm not much help. I was hoping to help keep your thread alive. For what it's worth!

When you say modified springs on the front what does that mean? Are they stock springs that are cut down or are they aftermarket springs? Also, what are you using the car for? Maybe you don't need a setup quite so extreme. I personally am running non adjustable tokico's on Eibach springs. My car lowered about 1.5" from its original height and is running fine.