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How long ago was that? Harvest is coming up over there, isn't it? The vines look mighty healthy. Are they irrigated or dry-farmed? Are they head-trained? Either that or the smallish vine at the end is hiding the anchor-post of the trellis. Do you have any more pix of head-trained shiraz? Try not to get them so blurry! At LEAST include the name of the vineyard next time! DOHHHHH! steve

I'm taking my 2 year old to see The Wiggles in Santa Barbara Wednesday evening. I can't decide whether to dress like Murray or Cap't Feathersword. Any suggestions? steve

>>>>Mike: Are you leaving the USA? <<<<< Yes. The "Dude, get a front bumper" comment was the last straw. He's being deported. steve

>>>>>and parking the car under a lawn sprinkler for 15 minutes to simulate rain<<<<< Dateline: Bay Area, California PLEASANTON MAN MURDERED BY Z A Pleasanton man was found dead in his bed early Tuesday morning, sherriff's deputies report. The man's identity has not been released pending notification of his kin. The man's long-term vehicular companion, Bambikiller, was found cowering in the closet. The murder weapon was not found and the car is considered the only suspect. She is being held at a local jail. At arraignment proceedings early this morning, a municipal judge denied bail on the grounds he considered Bambikiller a flight risk. The public defender appointed to the case argued the car has only minor legal infractions in its past. At a brief public appearance late last evening, Bambikiller was quoted as saying, "Quack."

No, he just wants to put Australian plates on it. steve

OK, let's see...(this has been a really complicated thread!) The T-5 out of a '82 is not correct. T-5's will bolt up to a VG30 (with the Nissan shaft on it) but a L28? Weimeriamerienrers are the COOLEST doggies in the whole world. I have seen the nicest, gentlest, friendliest ones and also ones bred, raised and trained to kill anything that moves (I want the friendly type) . My wife thinks they are ugly, but with Kimba 'the miracle road-dog' knocking on 10, I see a purple puppy in my future. Sounds like a great car. GET IT OUT OF OREGON NOW!!!!! To post pix directly to frame, host them somewhere (another web site) and then right-click on the picture you want (at the other site) select 'Properties', highlight the address which shows up in properties, right-click and 'copy'. Close the properties dialogue box. THEN, in your reply, select the IMG button (up there) and in the IMG dialogue box, paste the address you copied (Make sure it doesn't end up "http://http://........."). Close the box and the address with the appropriate html commands will appear in the body of your reply. That's it! VIOLA! Mon (ma?) affiche! steve

Gawdamn! That is a gorgeous motor. Does it use two throttle bodies? Two MAS/AFM? 2 TB and 1 MAS? 220 horse? How lame is that? I wonder what you could get by polishing those runners and porting the heads? Aluminum block? Interesting. steve

That looks like a pretty cool engine. Wish I knew more about it....anyone? On a somewhat realated topic, there was a AH with a L24 posted here or somewhere just the other day. EBAY I think. Also, (even more unrelated...) we have a club member with an Austin with a MBz DOHC engine and a T-5 in it. steve

NAPA sells the paint too. Too bad you couldn't just glue Christmas tinsel to it.....! I've got a vertical grid rear glass for sale. Looks good, but haven't tested it..... steve

Start looking around for someone who is discarding all the (alleged) "intake crap off this 280 motor". If you are patient and smart, before long you will have a stack in your garage of intakes, injectors, harnesses, AFM.s TB's and 'puters for a VERY SMALL outlay of funds. $25-75 for an entire intake assembly and $25-75 for a 'puter. All depends on how patient you are. Alot of this stuff is practically free. FI is made up of a whole bunch of $100 (new) parts lined up and when they are all talking to each other properly, everything works flawlesslessly. If communication breaks down or one part isn't doing it's job, things get kinda sketchy. If you have a friend with a FI 280 to compare to, it really helps. Either that or take a bunch of pix of one and set yours up the same way to familiarize yourself with what every part does and where all the wires and hoses go. Information about engine temp and vaccuum etc. is constantly being fed to various parts and assemblies. I would seggest setting everything up stock EXACTLY LIKE IT IS ON A PERFECTLY RUNNING FI 280Z and THEN, after you have learned how everything fits together in the lovely FI jigsaw puzzle, start removing unnecessary items (smog, perhaps?) and 'jiggin wit it'. FI RULES!!!! steve ps...You're going to get a whole buncho of people calling you stupid and idiotic for considering FI as it is a stupid idea that is 'untunable' and 'unmodifiable' and 'weak' and "why bother" when you can put on carbs or triples and get "ten times the power for ten times less money" and on and on and on. BE STRONG, MY FRIEND! Don't listen to anybody who uses a choke on a regular basis.

My LHD '86 Z31 has the brake lever where it belongs--in the passenger compartment. I've never seen a RHD Z31, but a pic in a magazine of a 200ZR (home market ONLY, I believe) shows it on the right side of the tunnel too. The Z32 was the first model where the brake position was 'integrated' into the console design. On LHD models, it is on the right. steve

>>>>Yes that blue drawing is nice, however I prefer the rear end of the real Z. The <<<< Sure...love the concept drawings...but the blue one is just a little too Opel Gt for me. steve

What's the best part about a Left-hand-drive S-30? You get to touch your buddy's leg when you park. steve

I think Capri's have been kicked around and ignored a bit by the uneducated American car buyer because they were always viewed as some sort of inferior Mercury version of the Mustang. This isn't completely off-topic, because it is another example of the American car buyer assuming the World revolves around them. I don't think it donned on many Americans what the Capri really was until the XR4ti started being marketed. steve

Well..I'm not "ugly American"-sized. I'm 5'4 and the footrest in my HLS-30 is COMPLETELY UNOBTAINABLE to my left foot. Only by pointing my toes and stretching can I 'rest' on it. Here's a funny thing, though: on my Z31, there is a foot rest to the left of the clutch that I can comfortably rest my foot on. steve

No!....honest to god question. I ran into an [alleged] anomaly yesterday--but have not proved it visually. steve

True or False: ALL P90a heads have hydraulic lifters. steve

Interesting the pedals levers themselves 'bend' to the right on a RHD Z. HLS-30's pedal levers 'bend' to the right also. steve

>>>>>And to use up that vast old stock of Zero-sen machine gun triggers as Emergency Brake release knobs <<<<< You're absolutely slaying me....Now everytime I release the brake I will think of Midway... >>>>does a mixture of Gin, Sake and the 'very tall Reidel of CA syrah' give you a headache next day?!? <<<< Not as a rule...now mix even a single beer in there and I would be singing a different story.... >>>>>How's the 2003 year Chateau Fairlady coming along? I need to drink a toast with it. <<<<< The 2003 is just budding out...If you are refering to tasting one of the bottles I sent you of the 2001, make sure your affairs are in order before sampling it. >>>>SAFEWAY is on the rocks! They are the subject of hostile takeover attempts from both MORRISON'S <<<<< We had a spate of that here in CA a couple years ago...half of the Safeway's closed and became Von's, all the Lucky's closed briefly and were re-badged 'Albertson's', while at the same time all the Albertson's closed briefly and soon re-opened as 'Ralph's', Bel-air bought Nob Hill.... But we digress! steve