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I'm trying to get a hold of Lynn... you know the one who makes those bad A$$ drawing for our cars. Anyone knows his member name so I can pm him? Much Thanks!

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I have a pair of stock 71 240ZSeats - $40 or best offer. Local sale only. You pick up. Has small ripple rip located on the third picture. Not noticeable because located in left rear of drivers seat. You would not notice it if you were looking through the rear hatch. Thanks for the space classic Zcar -Ron Drivers seat - rear shot Picture of ripple rip at left side of drivers seat

There are 3 Scarabs that were made for production (if you wanna call it that.) One of them just disappeared the face of the earth. There are only 2 existing according to Hoover Chan. Hoover owned one of the original Scarab. I got to ride in it at a Hybridz meet in San Leandro, CA. It was his last drive before he sold it to someone out of the CA state. Each car had the builders signature'(s). I'm sure you can find some pictures at Hybridz.org

Sleeper78Z your correct on the high compression motor. Anything that is 9: and higher would not be an optimal turbo engine. The optimal compression on a turbo motor would be 8:5:1. Lower compression allows you to run higher boost but doesn’t mean you’ll have more power then the higher compression motor. On a lower compression motor…more boost also means more heat. Big turbo would have less heat but more lag. On a 8:5:1 turbo setup – less boost means less heat and you would have less lag on a higher compression motor using a big turbo. There would be less stress on the motor on a higher compression motor (8:5:1) to achieve 300hp then a lower compression motor (7:4:1)… This is considering both are tuned correctly with identical setup. Things start breaking when your compression is to high. You will see a noticeable difference with your 8:8:1 compression turbo setup but also your chances of detonation is high if you turn up the boost. You can get away with 11 psi if you have a intercooler, run colder plugs, and a healthy motor. 8:8:1 is a little high if you planning to build a high performance engine. You should hit the 13’s easily. You can turn up the boost more if you can retard the timing under boost. The MSD 6BTM allows you to do this. 12’s is possible with this device. http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=730 I’m not mentioning this just because I have one for sale. :stupid: Retarding the timing under boost is one of the small features with a programmable FI engine management.

I have a 240z with a 76 280z tank. The only thing I had to modify was the straps. Made one side longer. Cost me $10 to make it longer. My friend who has a 260z was able to use his straps basically he didn't have to do any mods. Others say they had to use the 280z straps or make there 240z straps longer and some of them said they had to put a longer gas intake house. Almost forgot, just cap your extra hoses.

I wonder if you have a turbo motor? You defiantly have a 81-83 280zx motor. Also you have a turbo head - 90a is from a 83 280zx turbo. Has hydralic lifters. I don't know what's your goal on this setup, so I can't advice you. I'd be confused with the parts you have if I didn't know how which direction I was going with the Z - FI, Carb, Turbo?