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Keep in mind that shaving the block changes piston deck height...

Nice!

I have two of them (one for each car I guess). Do you need the entire section? I don't have a scanner at home but can take photos of the pages you need...

Either he was being dramatic, his engine isn't tuned right, or he's got an absolutely monster cam in there because L-series engines typically have a fantastic mid-range. I'd believe nothing under 3k RPM, but nothing below 5k? Like I said, he seems to overemphasize a bit... I recently built an L28 with a 280deg/.540" lift cam and the thing has no issues idling at 800rpm and flies after 2-3k RPM.

The master is fine, it'll give you less travel at the cost of higher pedal force. However, it should have nothing to do with actual braking capability. What happens is, the combined piston area of the front pistons in the 4-piston caliper is greater than stock which biases the brakes further to the front. Thus, the rear brakes aren't allowed to do as much work as they could with the stock system and don't transfer as much weight to the fronts. That all equates to longer stopping distances. Proportioning is different depending on which exact front calipers you went with, as piston sizes differ. Here's a great HBZ thread to reference, I consider it a must-read for anyone thinking about playing with brakes: Toyota Truck Calipers, Ventilated Brake Rotors, MM rear Disc Brakes - Brakes, Wheels, Suspension and Chassis - HybridZ

Beautiful! That diff better be on the next shipment to Stolze...

Switch back to stock! The 4-piston brakes are not an upgrade, as you've noticed. The main issue is with brake distribution, there are some good threads on HybridZ about it.

Hey, thanks for the response Bill! What is it about the brakes that sucks? Mushy or just longer stopping distances?

Thanks Jim! It was nice having a few Canucks at the show.

Hey Jim, I was parked right next to your buddy, Ken! Real cool guy. I snapped a few photos during the show, and this was one of my favorites: This is the first time I've seen one of these in person, and is a representation of how awesome JCCS is. Of course, no post is complete without the obligatory shot of your own car at the car show. My apologies for the crappy lighting. It was an insane rush to get the Z finished up. I got the rebuilt engine running a few days before taking off, had the exhaust installed the day before, and got it aligned and registered day of leaving for the show. Engine break-in was done on the trip from SF to Long Beach.

Windshields are the same.

There's absolutely no way that adding a front air dam will take you from 140lb of lift to 115lb of downforce (negative lift), especially at 70mph. EDIT: I'll add that you will always have lift at the front on a Z, unless you make some serious modifications to the car, i.e. it won't look stock-ish anymore...

My Accord needs a new catalytic as well and Rockauto seems to have good prices. For your car, both options are under $200. Before calling the converter dead, make sure your car is in a good state of tune (i.e. not running overly rich). A highway drive prior to the test is obligatory to light off the cat.

I had a similar issue, removed the crappy OEM pump, and all was well running just the mechanical pump. This is on an L24 with triples.

Maybe, maybe not. Dyno it and you'll know for sure! Don't shroud the inlet, or you'll kill performance. Air horn geometry plays into it as well: http://www.profblairandassociates.com/pdfs/RET_Bellmouth_Sept.pdf

Looking forward to seeing this great Z back on the road!

You can just trace the lines back to the tank easily enough. Otherwise, I believe the line to the left in your original photo is the feed and right is return. If I were you, I'd confirm by tracing anyway, you never know what a PO could've cobbled up back there...

As Jim already said, Exedy is OEM. Frankly, if you don't drive the car hard (clutch drops, power-shifting), any clutch will work just fine. Just be sure to have the correct clutch collar/pressure plate combo (search this). And welcome!

Good work!

Spied during our honeymoon (and it was the wife who spied it)!

Guess we'll have to go bit-by-bit here... "Pinging" (engine knock) happens for a variety of reasons. It has nothing to do with what carbs you're running, as long as they are tuned properly for the engine. Right, that's what I meant in the pumping losses bit of my previous post. You said nothing about air in the post I quoted... This is backwards. Triple carbs with individual runners should be able to run leaner than their multi-runner-per-carb counterparts, simply because of better mixture distribution (also part of my previous post). The 40s on my L24 idle at 14.5:1 and I'm shooting for a cruise mixture of at least 15:1. That alone debunks the "triples tend to run some what (sic) rich" propaganda. An engine needs spark, fuel, and air to run. Spark is easily provided and controlled, as is fuel. The tricky part is getting as much air into the cylinder as possible. In other words, the maximum power you can achieve depends not on how much fuel you can dump into the cylinder, but how much air you can get in there so that the fuel you dump in can actually burn. You can't burn the gas if you don't have the air to do so! When replacing SUs with triples, the engine is able to ingest more AIR due to decreased pumping losses, better manifold design, and stronger resonance effect. THIS is why triples can increase power. It's definitely not because they like to run richer. As for modern high-powered cars not getting good gas mileage, I call baloney. Is 505hp and 30+ mpg not good enough for you?

? Sorry, but your post makes no sense. Put simply, triples make more power because they decrease pumping losses on the intake side and distribute the mixture more evenly amongst the cylinders (individual runners). They also generate a stronger resonance effect because of those individual runners. Regardless, sounds like a healthy engine, granny!

Beautiful Z! I'll have to check it out sometime, maybe take that exhaust off your hands... I'm in San Bruno, FWIW.

Nice price! Wish I had the resources...

I don't even think it looks good for show, but I guess I'm more of a function/form guy...