March Poll of the Month

[TomoHawk]

...72 people had voted, of which 37 had selected Wheels/ Tires.

So it would be an easy thing to divide the number of votes for the one category by the number of voters. Which means about 50% of the voters were planning or did upgrades to wheel & tires.

[hls30.com]

Tomohawk, that is the very thing I ment when I said:

"PS. at the end of the poll I will provide the statical analysis available with what has been collected so we can see what is tells us(other than the posted percentages)."

WIll

[TomoHawk]

Good. Make sure you get everybody involved with this kind of thing to vote.

[Hunter21]

I built my own 12" sub/ 6x9" speaker box, and powered it with a 1600 watt amp

[dhoneycutt]

Great Poll!!! I just needed one block that said everything

though

[Tommo560]

hey crash,

your list is similar to mine except that minus the stroking and turbo related gear it all on the "done" list, i love the car, great compromise of streeter and competition car, cept i did it the cheap way and bought it all done.

Tom.

[gnosez]

So the percentage of people who actually listed their mods is statistically so small as to be un-reportable. In an attempt to increase them here goes:

Body:

- ground up restoration

- custom rear flares

- gnose (MSA)

- BRE rear spoiler

- Nissan gunmetal gray w/15% more flake

- rear FG bumper

- all new emblems (w/Accura 3.2L)

- passenger side mirror (identical to OEM driver's side)

- all new glass except hatch

- all new weatherstripping

- Zeddfinding floor pans and rear valance

Suspension:

- GC coil-overs

- GC 2.5-inch springs (250/275lbs)

- poly all around

- T/C kit

- 5-way adjustable shocks

- 1-inch front and 3/4 rear sway bars

- bump steer spacers

- front and rear strut bars

- Custom Wheel 2-piece 16X8

- Potenza - 03's (225X45-front/245X45-rear)

Drivetrain:

- 5-spd ('83) rebuilt

- quaife diff (3:90)

- CenterForce Dual friction clutch

- new master, slave, hose, bearings, boot, u-joints

Interior:

- Cobra seats

- Autopower rollbar

- SafeQuip 5-way camlock seat belts

- replaced dash (uncracked)

- Panasonic radio/CD player

- Cambridge Sound speakers

- all new carpets

- all new vinyl trim

- new headliner

- new plastic trim

- armrest w/cupholder

- new visors, armrests, handles, etc.

- firewall insulator, brown bread insulation

Engine:

- 3.2L w/triple mukunis (304hp/269lbs torque@crank)

- euro pulley

- MSA headers coated

- MSD 6A

- Euro distributor w/pertonix

- 8mm wires

- ITG airfilter

- gear reduction starter

- lightweight flywheel

- AZ 6-qt oil pan

- turbo oil pump

- AZ AL radiator W/electric fans

- Coolflex hoses

- Moroso fuel pump

- Holley regulator & gauge

- 24F battary - moved positive away from body)

- GM one-wire 95 amp alternator

- "kill" switch

Brakes:

- toyoto 4X4 w/cross-drilled rotors & porterfield pads - front

- 240SX calipers rear w/brembo solid rotor

- proportioning valve

- new MC

- SS lines

- vacumn can

Misc:

- PIAA driving lights

- H4 headlights

- reconditioned gas tank

- all new gas/vent lines

- single point jacking plates

- custom made g-nose hinges

- custom made seat brackets

- rebuilt wiper motor

Other than that it's mostly stock.

Planned for spring of '05:

- AZ big front brake kit

- AZ front chromolly suspension

- electric vacumn pump

- replace front bearings (280 hubs)

- Hella horns

- Nissan OEM gnose light covers w/SS trim

- reweb seatbelts

- tune and dyno

- alignment

- heatshield and air induction

- O2 sensor installation w/AFM readout

- drive it (first stop - Tail of the Dragon)

You promise my wife will never see this list, right?

[hls30.com]

gnosez caught the idea!

Will

[hls30.com]

Here is my list

1) Correct the vengence time and neglect have beaten into the body of the car. Strip all of the paint and underocoating off, replace the floors and seat mounts, put patches in the frame rails, windshield recess, valence/under dash vent area, tillight panel, hatch shelf, and one in the body.

2) Update the body/frame. weld in rear swaybar mounts from a '76 280Z, rear seatbelt mounts from a '76 280Z 2+2, patch the antenna hole. Trim the spare cup to take a gas tank from a '76 280Z such that the car looks correct from the rear.

3) Suspension, replace all of the bushings with urethane, Section the front struts by 1.5", install coil overs, and Tokiko Illuminas, update the rear with illuminas as well-I am riding the fence about the shorter steering knuckles...Thoughts?

4) Drivetrain: Move the entire drive line(except for the drive shaft) from a 1983 280ZXT to the car-all the way down to the cv shafts. The part that will bite some of you in the a$$ is that it is an automatic. Ultimately I want a 4 speed automatic, and if I find one in time it will go in then. Use a Camero radiator, GM engine management, Ford injectors, and diffy mounts from a '76 280Z. Upgraded turbo(in my gallery), personally fabricated stainless exhaust, fuel rail, and maybe an intake manifold. I am going to use a 2400 valve cover, and some other pieces native to the 240Z engine bay to help to keep the "stock" look.

The brakes are Toyota 4 pot with 300zx vented rotors in the front, and 280ZXT in the rear, with stainless lines at both ends. Wheels are set to be 15x7 Enkie mesh-might need a spacer. Tires are TBA

Interior: The windows will be tinted with the lightest sputtered titaniun film I have found. I will be fabricating an airconditioning system to work off the original (Factory)controls-no aftermarket cooling control screwed to the console. I will update the materials in the interior, and rework the stock seats, but I want to keep the style of the original interior. All other plastic panels are NOS. The car will get power windows, but will retain the cranks. The dash has alreaady been redone by Dash Restorations, and I have replaced the tach with one from a '76 280Z.

Outside: The bumpers will be clearcoated, the stainless is being polished, the lenses are all new except for the brakes which have been polished. It will be painted a dark bllue metalic.

And of course the car will get a set of JDM (or reproduction) headlight covers.

Will

[Ron Carter]

Body:

- ground up restoration, media blasted chassis down to bare metal

- BRE Front and rear spoiler

- Powdercoated full suspension

- body and paint work matching original BRE Z's three color red white and blue

- tow hooks off of a Datsun roadster

- Front euro bumper

- Wink Mirror

- all new glass except hatch

- all new weatherstripping

- Classic Datsun NOS Nissan rear valance

Suspension:

- Hypercoil coil-overs w/ adjustable ride height

- Hypercoil 2.5-inch springs (350/375lbs)

- Solid bushings all around (DP Racing)

- Adjustable T/C rod kit (DP Racing)

-Adustable rear A-arms (DP Racing)

- 5-way adjustable struts (tokico Illuminas)

- Adustable 1 1/8-inch tubular front and 5/8 sold rear sway bars, with solid end links (DP Racing)

- bump steer spacers

- custom 10 point roll cage that ties into the front and rear strut towers, nascar style door bars. SCCA, VARA, HSR Legal

- Impossible to find American Racing LeMans magnesium wheels (2 sets)

- Hoosers - (225x50x14-front/225x50x14-rear)

Drivetrain:

- 5-spd, Nismo Comp overdrive box with steel syncros (and one spare)

- R-190 LSD's (4.44 and 3.90)

- Aluminum flywheel with steel insert and roadster 6 puck clutch (DP racing)

- new master, slave, hose, bearings, boot, u-joints

-AN Lines throughout, including new brake lines, fuel lines, Accusump remote oil filter and Mocal cooler

- Modified steering rack with solid endlinks and short steering knuckles

Interior:

- Ultrashield road racing seats (driver and passenger)

- custom roll cage mentioned above

- Gforce 5-way camlock seat belts

- Custom Fiberglass dash (PDK Racing)

- Zolotoned interior custom headliner

- 5lb fire sytem with 2 nozzels

- ATL Fuel Cell with custom built enclosure

Engine:

- Heavily modified 2.4 w/triple Mikunis (slover e-31 modified head) Original BRE Motor, 12.5:1 compression

- Early nismo balancer

- Custom made 8 piece BRE race headers

- MSD 6AL

- Mallory distributor w/pertonix

- 8mm wires

- gear reduction starter

- Nissan comp pan

- BRE oil Filter block adapter

-Traco Oil filter mount (DP Racing)

- turbo oil pump

- Ron Davis cross flow AL radiator W/electric fan

- Dual Carter electric fuel pumps

- Canton Mecca 1 micron canister style fuel filter

- Holley regulator with gauge

- 11lb Racing battery relocated to behind passenger seat

- Denso one-wire 45 amp alternator

- "kill" switches (master and ignition)

- custom wiring harness and all new wiring

- euro tail light lenses (brand new)

- Dual master cylinders with pedal box modifications (DP Racing)

- Custom catch cans fabricated to match the original BRE Z's

- Custom exaust dual's 2 1/4 with megaphones no mufflers

- matching decals to the original BRE #46 Z

- original Valvoline and Champion decals

- Auto Meter Phantom Gauges

- Custom built copies of the original BRE racing headlight covers

- Removable MOMO Steering wheel and custom adapter (DP Racing)

- custom made seat brackets

Brakes:

- toyota 4X4 w/vented rotors & porterfield R4 pads - front

- 280ZX calipers rear w/ solid rotor and porterfield R4 pads -Rear

- Dual master cylinders with balance bar and adjuster

- new MC's Girling

- SS lines

[Bambikiller240]

Short Steering knuckles? BUY THEM! They are great. (Where can you get them? I thought they were NLA from Nissan)

[Ron Carter]

This is all the stuff that is on the car now...had the steering knuckles for years. A little research and you should be able to find a set...

I think at one point I had two sets, but the second set is long gone now.