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the new razor blade was able to get under the sticker so I could pull it off. Be careful not to dig into the paint, and watch out for those sharp corners. One sticker came off in strips, and the other in one piece. Only the adhesive residue is left, and brake cleaner didn't do much to it, so I will have to try something stronger.

We have something called the 2Bad Challenge at MidOhio sportscar course. It involves Datsuns, BMWs, and Alphas. Last year the Datsuns won overall, and this year the BMWs want to even the score. The event will be in late June.

Not the Special interest class, the 1982 280Z.

That would definitely be of "special interest." Can you give some details?

Mine is just some kind of shiny foil thing. A sharp knife blade could hardly get under the corner, but I will look for a razor and try that.

I wonder about using heat.... It's a Florida car and the sticker has been on there for all those years in the hot sun and the heat from the engine. It may now be welded or fused on there!

I stripped all the undercoating from the underside of the bonnet, and found the two stickers. They don't seem to want to come off, so maybe someone has some tips to persuade a 40 year-old foil sticker to come off? Solvents aren't having any effect, and a metal blade will probably scratch what's underneath.

Yeah, all the Z-history related TV shows, books, and videos I've seen relate to how the S30 design has majorinfluences from Ferrari 250 and 300/330 fastbacks, and the jaguar E-type. Even Matsuo-san mentioned it in his video interview.

they better get to the optometrist as soon as possible, or at least stop driving, if their sight is THAT bad.

We'll make those license plate frames read "My car is the other Porsche" It beats me WHY people would be so adamant about the S30 being a Porsche. Is there a Porsche model that would make people think that? I like to kid people and say it's a Ferrari (the Japanese export model) and people will smile and say, "Oh yeah, sure."

How about this:

he Bloopers one is pretty funny too.

Better yet, an LCD screen with all those names on it.

Did Road & Track make any visual stuff, like a test drive, of the S30 Z?

I'm collecting them for a visual display at car shows, instead of magazines (which seem to disappear.) I'd like to avoid the 280ZX ones, because people are saying a lot, "nice ZX" which is..... wrong. Too bad there aren't any more good commercials/videos about the 240Z,or any S30 model; and the 280Z/UFO one has awful sound. Or are there? Maybe even some amateur ones?

Stevie- I considered something like your idea. It was to get two glasspack mufflers and using a bandsaw, cutting a slice off the side of each and then welding them back together. the slices would have to be thick enough so when you put it back together, the outlets are at the desired spacing (about half the spacing, I'd say.) then you can extend the outlets with a plain tube or a fancy chromed tip. the fun part would be joining the inlets so you can fit it to your exhaust system. You could add some baffles, or rather, some half-baffles, so add to the muffling capacity. If you are going to just use tubes, I noticed that the Ansa type tips have rings welded inside. Silencers for guns use that kind of design. You'd have to figure out the dimensions for the rings to provideo sound muffling and yet minimize the back-pressure. Do you think you could use two motorcycle silencers? All you'd need is a Y-tube and a few small straps. A couple quick graphics of the two'siamesed glasspacks' idea, the heavy line is about where the cut is.

From the radio installations that I've done, they all had a 1A fuse on the memory wire, so it probably needs far less than 1amp. Unless your radio harness connector has a live wire on it, the hazard switch or clock, or cigarette light sounds like an acceptable place to tap for the memory power line.

UR2H- As Classic83Owner mentioned, it really helps to start off with mentioning your specific year &model; otherwise the comments you'll get are probably for a 240Z/S30 I wanted to run a new line from the battery for the radio, but there were already a couple added, so I replaced the whole (accessory feed system) with 1 wire to an insulated stud located in a inconspicuous place by the battery, and the accessory lines go from that. Also, the firewall grommet is probably stuffed tight with wires, so forcing yet another heavy line through is not a good idea, unless you plan to cut another hole for a second feed-through grommet. After all the wires are in place, you can wrap or cover the exposed wires to look like it all belonged there. Don't forget to make a drawing or notes in your vehicle's logbook, so you will later know what wires are which and go to what.

Are there No Pizza or Beer ads available?

Is there something you could suggest, say for every user here to visit one of the ads a day or ever few days or each week? It supports this website, but without having to pull out our wallets.

Never mind the brake upgrades, stock parts are just as expensive!

And people say driving while high or stoned doesn't affect you in a significant way, like alcohol does. The AAA and NTSA people disagree, and I've seen similar stuff to what gnosez experienced.I bet those girls will think twice about toking up in a car again.

In that case, my car has matching numbers, since the chassis number is the same in all the different locations.

Is there a point in the production history where you safely say that the engine numbers definitely no longer match the chassis number? I remember one or two 280Z owners in past years that claimed to have a "matching numbers" car, but I thought it was only a 240-Z thing (or perhaps some 260Zs had that too.) Otherwise it seems to be a hit-or-miss thing, which does seem somewhat special.

One of the rules of good driving is just to not drive next to another vehicle for too long, unless you're sure the other driver knows you're there. Fortunately, with a Z, you are able to pass another vehicle without much effort. :laugh: Why not just mount an air horn where the passenger side-mirror is, pointed at the other car? :eek: