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You all are going blind, that's the same toad they came out with a few years ago. "Looks more like the early Z", yeah the early 350Z. This is what the Z should look like. Hey xray, are those Z roller skates?

MMagnus, I'll tell ya what, I'll keep it for you right here in my garage. Just in case you change your mind, it'll be here waiting. I have a brand new car cover for it too. I only used it once. And there's a beer waiting for you too. :stupid: PS to Mike: I just looked over at my "Join" date, and I know I join this club before 2000. You trying to cheat me outta my seniority? I'm 47 you know, respect your elders.

I was driving back home from visiting my parents when suddenly a lot of noise started coming from the engine bay. Sounded like something major had broken. So I came to a stop and turn off the engine. Got out the mini-Maglite and looked under the hood. Couldn't see anything obvious so I started the engine up, and sure enough it was still noisy. So I took a second look around and it was not coming from the valve area or block. Finally as I was mildly revving the engine I saw what was like a blue torch flame coming out of the exhaust manifold. One of the plugs used to replace the air injection tube had blown out. Imagine having a blue flame shooting right out of the exhaust port against the intake manifold. Does that sound dangerous to anyone? Guess when this happened. Well naturally it was 10:30 pm on a Sunday night. Well, it was a fine time to try to get help. I finally called a neighbor who came from an hour away to pick me up. Luckily I found out a friend at work had a car trailor, so he saved me a ton of money on towing. I haven't looked at it yet, but no doubt at least the intake will have to come off to make an on-engine repair. Hopefully it's repairable.

I guess Datsun and other technicians in the states thought they were smarter than the engineers back in Japan. Engineers don't strap on stuff with no purpose. Engineers are not trained to add gimics. If you see gimics, that's the marketing executives forcing engineers to put them on. Trust me, I know. That pan was there for a good reason, and so was the fan cowl on the radiator. The buffeting of air flow under the radiator fan blade area is disruptive to the airflow the cools the radiator. Turbulence is undesireable. But who can convince some of these automotive technicians who want to play automotive design engineer? I have one that I purchased from someone, but have not installed it yet. I did put a ton of paint on it. Tomohawk, have you held one of these pans in your hands. I'll tell you that this is a very complex sheetmetal stamping. I started taking measurements to make a pattern and gave up, and I'm an engineer. You might be able with much time to make a primitive one. I'll say it again, this stamping is VERY complex.

Hey, you should glue carpet in the wheel wells, I saw it at a car show once.

I get erratic tach performance only over very hot days. I'm surprised that no one has ever figured out what component is failing or malfunctioning. And I don't mean tell me that the tach is bad, I mean tell me what tiny component inside the tach is failing.

Yes, you can't use a 280Z brake booster on anything earlier than 72 240Z because of clutch master interference. I just replace my 35 year old booster the other day. It started leaking with a hiss, and my car runs better now with the new one.

If you want genuine Minilites, you can get them for about $300 each.

I bought my tires because I wanted tires that lasted more than 20,000 miles, with good handling.

I have both transmissions in my car. I can switch to whatever suts me.

My Jokohama H4s's seem to be okay.

Funny, my Z technician prefers the forward mount like the 280Z. Mine is a Suspension Techniques and is rear mounted. He claims that occasionally the half-shafts will contact the rear mounted rear sway bar, but I have seen no indication of that.

My 8/71 Z and 2/71 510 had one key for everything.

Welcome, and good luck.

I hope that baby appreciates the sacrifice her father is making!!! :laugh: Hahahaha.

I just installed Yokohama Avid H4s 205/60/15 tires. They were very well rated for a high performance tire, however they are not an ultra-high performance tire. They have a 50,000 mile warranty, and a directional tread.

I just installed the Rewinds. What's with the Scam Alert on ZCar.com?

Thanks, do you know any Maaco shops in Southeastern Virginia where you know the owner?

To add to Jackboxxx, I've spoken with paint shop and they don't like chemical stripper mainly because it's messy and they don't have full control over where it goes. Now the dry stripper that he mentioned is probably a product to overcome the problem of gooey stripper/paint residue. I'm letting the paint shop strip mine.

My car is at the stage where the rust repair is complete, about $3000. That included welding in half rear quarter panel and dog leg plus wheel-well repair; dog-leg on other side, small 4"x4" floor patch and two new Nissan front fenders. Oh yeah, the rear hatch sill and underneath it. Now, to complete the real body shop job, will consist of removing body hardware, removing headlight buckets and fenders, strip all paint off the car, repair/replace any old bodywork, then the standard priming/sanding/painting of my original color except in base coat - clear coat. Oh forgot to add, removal and installation of windshield and hatch glass. Total estimate = $4800. thus $7800 total invested in body, for very nice paint job with Glasurit paint. The painter owns a 280Z and has painted many Zs.

My Bridgestone HP-41's are 13 years old, and are not dry-rotted.

I'm using them on the street only. Thanks, I didn't intend on making this into anything more than an opinion thread. Anyway the deal is done, I bought the Yokohamas.

The ES100 wear like crazy according to my sources. Great performing tire that's good for 30K miles. That's why I'm not considering those any longer.

Arne, I don't know what to do with you. Just give me an opinion please. They both serve the same purpose, and are the same class of tires.

Tire size 205/60/HR15 Bridgestone Potenza G 009 $67 Yokohama Avid H4S $56 Ratings are very close. Opinions?