Captain Obvious

Excellent! Bet you can't wait till it gets to you and you get that first drive!!

It's not as simple as saying "Fits 280's". The 77-78 doors are significantly different than anything prior, and I believe that affects the door cards as well. If there are no holes or other features punched, it might not matter, but there might be other issues.

Wait... You raced a Le-boat too? You spent your youth going recklessly fast on either two wheels or Le-water?

Those KYBs are your typical low pressure twin tube design. Don't get too hung up on the amount of gas pressure or the rebound speed. As Zed Head alluded to earlier the gas inside those shocks isn't intended to have anything directly to do with the damping force at all. It's just in there to reduce the tendency of the hydraulic oil to foam under repeated quickly occurring cycles. In other words... Even if the gas all leaked out and there was no rebound at all, the dampers would still dampen the same for a couple cycles. They just wouldn't do it for as many cycles in a row because the oil might foam.

Well the answer to the "why would you" is... "Because I have 'A', but what I really need is 'B' and even though I understand that it might not be a financially intelligent solution, and one that some people might consider foolhardy, (if it works) it could get me out of my current bind." I'm not suggesting it's a financially viable solution. I'm just curious. About the angled fluid holes... If the angle is the same (mirror imaged) on both halves of the clamshell, then the angle doesn't matter. If you take the same amount of material off both sides, both holes will move the same amount and still line up with eachother in the end. New O-ring counterbore in the new location, and you should be good. And since the O-rings and their counterbores are larger than the fluid holes, they also compensate for some amount of misalignment of the fluid holes. I suspect they utilized that fact in the original design to account for manufacturing tolerances.

Lol! Seriously though, the work looks great. One question I meant to ask a long time ago and never did though... Could you have separated the two halves of the calipers for the vented rotors and milled off some material from the mating faces to bring the two halves closer together? Like close enough to use them on a solid non-vented rotor instead of the vented variety? I know it's water over the dam at this point, but I just kept forgetting to ask.

Agreed. They do have info on the .100 needles as well, but they didn't write the java to put it into table form like they did for the .090s http://www.teglerizer.com/suneedledb/ Somewhere around here I've got a spreadsheet with all of them...

That table is needles designed for the .090 nozzle. Anything in that list will be way too rich to run in the .100 nozzle. Maybe one could switch over to a .090 nozzle/needle pair and find something that might work?

Seriously... You can say that with a straight face? If I told my wife I'm headed out to the garage to wax my drive shaft, I'm not sure she'd be home when I came back in.

KHAN!!!!!!!

Agreed! I think it looks great and I wish mine was that original. My PO applied paint is just one of a multitude of things that have been messed with on mine! If I were closer, I'd be happy to come over and swap interiors with you. I've got the black and have been digging the white for quite some time.

Good. Was hoping I wasn't crushing hopes and dreams... That's always a risk. So if I'm not mistaken (which is certainly not a given!!), I don't think a paint gauge will be necessary. It appears there is overspray: On the rubber bumpers on the top edge of the fenders that align the sides of the hood On the windshield washer bottle On the top of the pass door jamb latch Along the bottom of the pass door sill plate On the rubber door seals at the upper front corners of the doors (in front of the side view mirrors)

Guilty as charged. I'm not aware of an equivalent match for the N-27's and I believe that profile was developed custom for Hitachi for the Z's. Many people run the SM needles, and Stanley well described the issue that some people find with them. Boomguy, Just sent you PM as well.

Shield looks great! Have you conclusively confirmed that it has eliminated the problem you were chasing? Steve's Shield Shop. Has a nice ring to it... SSS Sounds like steam escaping like you're doing the French Mistake.

Beautiful, and looks like an unmolested example. I wish mine had been that un-messed with when I got it. However, with no bubble bursting intended... That's not original paint. It's been sprayed.

Where's my sunglasses??? Found 'em. Ahhh. That's better.

Beautiful. I love that color combo. How's the underside look?

Nice. Is the slug still stuck in the hole, or did the pin completely break off their punch?

Haha!! I understand completely. Someone's gotta do it! And for the record... Yes, I am well seasoned.

FlyingScot, I wasn't sure if there was anyone in that guard hut or not, and I didn't feel like taking a risk. Now I know for next time though! And next time, you and me at the bar in Cap's Place!

Hi Serban, This is the only other good pic I have of your car: And how bizarre is it that you mentioned Mosler... I saw this during my driving tour to search out the historical sites in Boca: That Mosler was directly across the narrow street at the entrance to Pearl City. This is the sign on the exit side:

Too many words... Pics or it didn't happen.

Groan.

Easy peasy on a lathe. Just make sure you have a catch pan under it.

The guy who owns that white Z is a member here, but he keeps a pretty low profile. I'll let him know people are asking. I agree that exhaust was pretty cool, but I don't know the details. FlyingScot, I wanted to see the site of the old safari park, but didn't know the whole neighborhood was private and gated until I got there. Best I could do (without attracting too much of the wrong kind of attention) was to snap a pic or two of the entrance as I sat at the stop sign across the street: The pic of the white Z IS in the lot for Cap's Place. Great eyes! I'm impressed! I tried to make it to there for dinner, but couldn't pull it off. Maybe if I get to the area again I can swing that. So I heard about the food at Cap's Place, but I didn't hear anything about the bar there. Is that worth going just for a couple drinks at the bar?