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My carpeted headliner is now in my gallery: http://www.classicZcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9071

My carpeted headliner is in my gallery: http://www.classicZcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9071

Let's not forget the boy named Sue! Mr. Ramsey, I like your tagline-something to the effect of rapid-decelleration-Trauma!

Could it be COLE! Personally I liked the lady cop! and I prefer her question to Shakesperes' "Question is, will he use it"

That is a good point CoastGuardZ! Many of the carpet offerings at Home Depot and Lowes are fire retadant-just don't expect to find that info from the attendant-you have to look at and decipher the markings on the back, or contact the Manufacturer. As a side note, the finest cars out there have used wool carpeting-with no fire rating at all. In addition, the aluminized jute has the highest fire rating and most efficient thermal barrier of any readily available underlayment! Compare the quality of the automotive carpet to the home carpet-in most cases, there is no comparison-certianly not at the same price per linear yard.! Keep hitting me up for the details I leave out!

I am not certian you didn't mean torque instead of HP. when HP changes-it is due to changes in torque-not the other way around. Adding HP does not necessarly add to gas mileage-the A/F ratio should be virtually the same in all properly tuned engines, thus a a bigger engine uses more fuel per stroke. A transmission made for a smaller hp motor(a Z transmission) moved between two motors capable of driving it properly (one moderate HP, and one High HP) will get better mileage form the lower HP motor because the # of revolutions the motor has to turn per mile is the same-regardless of the HP-but the amount of air and fuel used is different. The extra Hp will get you to speed faster, but will use more gas to do it, and to keep you there because the RMP between the engines at a given speed does not change.. All engines have one specific speed that uses the optimal resources for the amount of work actually being done. When the gearing allows a transmission to take advantage of or at least approach that speed you have the greatest gas mileage that engine is capable of. Raising the compression should add some torque and HPand therfor make driveability improvements-there are engine modeling programs (PCDyno) out there that will give some idea of what it should do with everything else constant. Don't forget the piston/ring land /ring design on the turbo version is not only set up for higher cyl pressures, but is thermally specked out too-get the heat out fast to lower the propensity for premature detonation! Turbo lag can be tuned out-a modern engine management system can be programmed for supplimental injection to dispose of lag(ad NOS and more gas to intake manifold, or CO2 to the turbo header, and you will spool the turbo up almost immediately at WOT.) or a turbo can be tailored to lower rpm driving. I think the true limiting factor of the 6cyl L series engine is the Head-that is where all of the current technology has been focussed-cyl wall treatments are virtually the same as they have been, Exhaust technology really hasn't changed, but we have multiple sets of valves per cyl, variable valve timing and more that has been added to the head, That is what is keeping power down in an NA engine, without forced induction, enough air will not move fast enough through the engine. If the head off a 6Cyl Olds Bravada would fit on a 6cyl L series, we would have a great new addition to performance-variable valve timing and programmable injection-I would consider transplanting the whole setup into a Z. Will

Not on our time Mr(S) Spicolli!

We are all here to learn from, and chat with, each other, and I am glad you are here! The dumbest things anyone can do are: not ask a question, and ignore a question when they have an answer. I have some plans to update the materials of the interior of my car without changing the styling cues in shape. I am not yet there-the car is waiting for some time on its roof! I Hope it turns out as beautiful as your car!

I have the majority of the article done, but after letting someone read it who has no familiarity with carpeting a car. I found that I need to work on the clarity of a few of my explanations-since I am in the throws of the unclear parts on the truck I mentioned, I will shoot some video to take stills from. It will be the weekend before I have the chance to do this, so it should be posted on Monday. Will

For a car that pretty, there is a lot of credit! Beautiful work!

Help, I've typoed and cant ge the Edit button to work... I caught the "too" and the "sucket" too late.

When I am by myself, am I alone? Or are there two of us here? I guess it depends on whether or not a have multiple-personality disorder, and whether or not I believe that I do... If I did, I could go for a fast lap in the Z and race myself! Yeah, I know, somehow I just got sucked into it. I'm better now. What movie did Kevin Kline get sucket into a manly record(or tape)? Who is his real life wife?

To TomoHawk, It is actually too bad that to many people don't know that there is quite a difference between their use of similar words, and the proper use of the same words. They're putting the rest of us in a bad position, and we're aware of the two or more similar words with completely different meanings. It makes you wonder about the differences between where they were educated and where the knowledge we're blessed with came from. You're right if you noticed the verb change in that last sentence No, those are not your two gold stars! Keep pointing out errors, especially mine, I have found you get better when you play against better players, and that elevates the field! To the rest of you, if you can get a point across, you are doing OK!

I did some custom work on the interior of my Zx, check it out at hls30.com I also carpeted the headliner panel, I will post a picture in my gallery-it is not on the .com yet

I'll put a more detailed article up tonight, but I bought the carpet and adhesive from Home Depot/Lowes/Carpet Store, and the Bedliner form AutoZone, and the Heat shield from JC Whitney. They are available from other sources. Check Ebay for the generic form of HeatShield. If you have other questions, just ask. I am currently applying most of it to my in-laws truck. In the mean-time, check out my 280ZX carpeting at hls30.com-the carpet came from Home Depot, I even carpeted the headliner-I will upload a picture to my gallery. Will P.S. I will put a link on this forum to make the article easy to find.

I have done my own carpet for years! I got tired of having to accept cheep carpet kits that would not fit after insulating the floorboards and tunnels, I use 3M Weldwood Contact cement to hold the carpet and the pad in. I have found that the carpeting with a fade and stain guarantee is the lowest maintenance, but the carpet with a foam backing is the easiest to work with, and the best insulating. I use Urethand truck bed liner to seal the inside of the floors, it also deadens them to transmitted vibration, then I use HeatShield aluminized jute (shiney side down) to pad the carpet. I will post an article about this in the Technical articles forum

Interesting info-I will look into the piston particulars-somewhere there was a reason for using dished pistons-not just to change the CR-as I recall. There are enough suppliers that sell or can fab cast pistons that getting a set(assuming NA pistons are not cast) would not be too dificult. I will do some checking and get back with you.

At sedate power levels, money and time can equate the NA and the Turbo output, but it is all about getting air and fuel in and out, There is no way an engine with 2800ccs an no turbo can get as much air through it as a similar engine with a pressureized intake. Personaly, I would rather save all of the money and time, and still have all of the performance with room for more! I respect the all of work, money, and time that goes into making a powerful NA L series engine, I just don't think it is necessary to spend that much for power. I do think there is value in keeping the stock appearance and having a "wolf in sheeps clothing!" But diferent carbs, velocity stacks and the like(though beautiful) are still deviations from the stock appearance, and the stretch from that to a turbo isn't too great of a distance. A V8 swap is generally a cheeper way to 300hp-a running Junkyard engine can put you there with all of the pieces for close to $1,500 plus the car(engine and Tranny$800, Conversion parts $350, Radiator $200, $100 or so for other supplies . I bought a running, complete low mileage rust bucket 280ZX Turbo for $361, and upgraded turbo for $450, and a complete Engine management system for $700. I sold the left overs from the 280Zx turbo for $675(whaletale, louvers, body trim, interior trim, injectors, and stock engine management, etc) So my cost to setup the turbo engine is (361+450+700-675) $836, and everyhting is genuine Nissan and bolts up! Will

I don't think you can quite peg the guage with a stock setup. I had a '76 2+2 at about 130 in my young, stupid and bullet-proof days!! Gearing will put the stock engine there, but the rest of the car isn't really up for much time at that speed.

You must be thefastestz, you beat me to the link! Will

Thanks for the link! It was nice to see it being done!

Ain't that a game in a red box with a lot of drawring!

I Agree with you, there are only a few differences, the head assembly, the oil pump, the pistons-I have never seen anything that said the NA version was cast-though I have never seen anything saying that they weren't. The compression ratio was made to be lower to fight detonation, and true, modern engine management has more control than the rudimentary efi that came standard on 280z(x)s. Here in South Georgia the relative humidity and temperature during the summer mean that I need all of the help I can get to fight detonation. I also want to have some extra room to encroach on as I add modifications to the car. Everyhting I have found (CR) for turbo is 7.4 to 8.9 also with dished pistons-but I have not looked in a while. I would look at current 6cyl applications for comparison. I am doing something a little different to-though not with the non-turbo pieces. Will

BTW I have the factory service manuals for a S10 with the addendums for the Syclone/Typhoon, and they all used a 4.3L V.6. Will