Umm Hi Hi

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AusieZ,

Hey there Jon,

You've worn out your brake pads ?????????????????

Your car must be an Automatic.

Rick.

:devious: :devious:

[Aussie Zed]

Rick,

fortunately my car is no slush-box! Why so surprised that i've worn out my pads? Am i missing something here???

I still can't seperate my rotors from my hubs (i've got new rotors as my old ones were un-machinable). Uggghhh this it's sooo frustrating!

[1 Bravo 6]

G'Day Jon,

When you said that you'd worn out the brake pads, I mistakenly assumed your car to have an auto box. As it's a manual, don't you use your gears to slow down ???????????

Rick.

:devious: :devious:

[260DET]

G'Day Jon,

...................... As it's a manual, don't you use your gears to slow down ???????????

Rick.

:devious: :devious:

Brake pads are cheaper than gearboxes? :rambo:

[Zpeed]

im nathan, had my Z car for 12 months, just started working on it within the last 2 months,

body is nearly finished, just not happy with a few more things...

engine is going to be stock, untill i come back from asia over christmas

interoir will be finished this year, with seats, possible cage, the way i want it

[Tommo560]

Heya Guys,

Been using the car for the odd event over the winter (not too much has been on because one of the race tracks has been out for over a year now), but had some runs at wanners and the new hillclimb over hear, GREAT FUN, and i even piped my dad, Rich Davies, and even Garry's v8 Z!

Last time i went through a set of pads was interesting. Out at the local track for an event and both dad and i were driving so the car didnt really get a rest all day. Anyways i went out on what i though was the last run and sure enough 4 laps in (last lap) i could hardly pull the car up comeing down back straight (200KPH down hill into slowest corner on track (about 90 i THINK)) so i pulled in at the end of the run and see dad waving me over. "we've got almost no brakes" i say,"it'll be fine" says dad. so anyways out he goes has hids last run, and whatta you know, 5 k's from the track i could here this aweful grinding when i put my foot on the brake. So, anyways have to drive home with out using the brake pedal (THAT was interesting, handbrake (when desperate) and motor only for 40/45 mins). anyway asses the damage the next day and the brake pad had completely gone, there was no pad material left on it at all. Was an interesting trip home but atleast the pad didnt wear through when dad was on his run or there could have been some serious damage done. cant seem to find any photos but that was definately one experiance i'de rather not have to go through again, even if only to avoid all the blaring horns i copped on the slow trip home.

Anyway, back on topic, hopefully when i have finished my uni entrance exams (TEE over here, HSC in sydney, dont know what other names it goes by but there are a few) in about 6 weeks, hopefully the 4 months i get off will give me some time to get stuck into working on the car. Right now thinking of putting a cage in but otherwise i have a stereo to go in it, a car alarm, some new carpets, dash needs fixing, and otherwise it generally just needs tidying up a bit and some rust inspection (and hopefuly nothing too serious).

Tom.

[Kirby]

The 260Z is 100% dismantled and the engine is in a state of partial-teardown.

The front guards and doors are at the alkaline dip for rust treating and etching, the other panels are in a state of semi-stripped waiting for the sun to come out so i can prep and etch them. All the little parts are sitting in a 40-Gallon drum of thinner, slowly getting stripped, at the paint shop.

The shell is under a car cover in my backyard, waiting for my knee to be good enough (post-op arthroscopy) for me to tow it to the shop to begin body/engine bay/interior paint stripping.

Then im trying to figure out how to get parts from VB to me in the shortest/yet cheapest manner, with them not able to air-ship certain parts.

I need to rebuild my dissy, do the gaskets and clean up my engine. Fix the engine wiring loom. Fix the Efi Loom injector connectors (all screwed, replacements are $8 each), clean the manifold, buy new injectors. Blast and paint the extractors and get a boss for a EGO sensor welded in

Then i need to find some new wheels so the ones that i got with the car (skyline ti rims) can be thrown off a cliff for being crap and having toomuch offset.

Then need to sound-proof and trim the interior, and put it all back together and hope it works.

And I have 3 months to do this before I move to QLD.

[viparz]

As soon as uni finishes I am going to convert my 240 (L28) from that terrible, terrible EFi system to a set of round top SU's. First objective is to get the engine turning over (it has not done in over a year), then hopefully I can get it into drivable condition again before christmas...........then drive drive drive. My god I miss driving that thing, my girlfriends corolla just does not cut it around the corners.

By the way, does anybody have the Z therapy video?????