TomoHawk

Yeah, mine are the 14" ZX spoke wheels. I was at the Tire Kingdom, and they don't seem to have much in 60-series for 14" wheels. The onews they had (Sigmas) looked more like an off-road tread. My preference is 205/60SR14s, but I might have to go back to 195s on the front wheel so it doesn't rub the left rail when you turn the wheel all the way right (or left). If I get another set of wheels, I think I'll get some 15 inchers.

Don't you just hate that? I mean, like a guy sits in front a computer with a black, blank screen, types a name, and the screen fille up with "data" (person's criminal history) :mad:

Totally. Both O'connor and Pierce agreed that the musclecars couldn't be beat straight up, so they combined skills and pulled a trick to get the engine to hickup so the rice cars could win.

If those ricers were so fast, how come they couldn't beat the Camaros?

I started this topic to hopefully get an idea about what tires to fit to my ZX 6-spoke wheels for both street and an occasional autoX. Too bad 60s are so expensive. thx

The Haynes book has a diagram showing how to hook up the seafoam can. I think it goes before the throttlebody, may to clean the TB plate?

Oh- I mean the L28E engine and the others used the same airflow meter. Certain ones from the 280zxhad a different airflow meter, so make sure it's the correct one for your engine. The one from the 240sx is bigger and needs an adapter, and it's considered a performance part on the L28.

I pour it into the gas tank...(one 1 can so far) Do you have to do the whole thing at once, or can you pour it in and then eat your breakfast, then drive to work? (how long can it sit?) thx

The 280ZX used the same engine and I think the early 300ZX, and 240SX, so that means the same airflow meter.

With all that extra junk (screens, neon lights under the car) how do they manage to go fast any way? Movie special effects?

My personal tip is to stay off the roads until after a decent rain to wash off the salt residue from the streets (if you live inthe salt-belt). Even if the road is dry, the salt can get up on the car, and hide until some water activates it to eat through the paint. :surprised :eek:

Which car d o you have? The rheostat is on the ground leg of the light wiring. One of the wires(pins) going into it can be patched to ground so you get full 12V (theoretically) to the lights. If you tried that and the lights still don't work, then it's not the rheostat. I'm having some trouble figuring out the circuit for the gauge light on my 280, but I think the 12V goes to the cigarette light too.

Oh no... it's the "battery on the concrete" thing again... It doesn't matter if it's on the concrete or not- they just don't like to get cold. I keep mine on the concrete, in the basement, where it's 68 all winter. No problems ever.

The first shot of the dash was in the beginning race thing. Thre girl with the pink convertable (Suki) had a monitor that has a characature of herself with her name (real useful while racing). There was a shot of the screen with some bargraphs showing engine stats while the forked thing- ESD, "Electrical System Disabler" was zapping the car (helicopter chase scene near the end).

2Fast/2Furious was on TV recently, and I watched most of it. I noticed they had a video screen on the one car the cop-guy was driving? Action went too fast to get a good look. Did anybody get a good look at what all there was on those cars? thx

How many sets do you have for use on a road course, drag. autoX, etc. or just plain touring/driving? What wheel size & tire size(s)? Manufacturer maybe (tires)? thx

Why would you replace fuses that weren't there? Was something not working because the fuse was out? Sounds like a short or crossed wiring between circuits.

The reason is I'm rounding up all the parts from the old car that I won't need for the new car, and I'll sell it all. thx

I think the answer to Mr. Znut73's question would be that the smog equipment would needs to be carefully removed a piece or two at a time. Some pieces are interconnected, so you'd probably want to remove them all at once. The tricky part is to re-tune the engine each time to get it working well without the emmissions parts. Just taking the emmissions parts off will totally throw it off for both power & fuel efficiency. that is why those pumps and hoses were added- to increase the eficiency. So if the emmissions parts are still working well, there's no need to take them off. With the way the value goes with the early cars, those without the smog equipment has much less value, so you have two reasons to keep it on and working.

I have a set of halfshafts (maybe thre driveshaft too) from a low-mileage 1978 280Z. Very good condition. I'm wondering if they still have good enough value to put up for sale here or just recycle to the metal-man? thx

I just got a Motorola m25 off eBay ysterday. Crossing fingers)

I gotta look into the design of these micro hard drives. They seem to have these things designed to be mobile, with much tolerance to vibration. Maybe it's not even mechanical, but a solid state drive (only about 1cm thick)? thx

My other favorite is "There's your bleeping UFO, Mulder..." --Agent Scully

How good do the ones with the hard drive memory work? I don't like the idea of a hard drive ANYTHING bouncing around in a car, with the drive head crashing every time you hit a bump. Stick with flash memory?

I've seen some websites that advertise a "free" MP3 player, if you participate in their surveys. Is that true? What hoops or trouble do you go through? thx