speedyblue

Go to a newsagent and browse through a car audio mag looking for ad's. Go to an out of town one so you don't risk being spotted by someone you know That should give an idea of what's available locally. Alternatively, there is a web forum. Called something like Car Audio Australia. They would have covered it somewhere too.

Sounds like an interesting idea. Once it is all off the ground it may be possible to run the car with a G-nose or a rear 'bre' spoiler to check the differences.

There isn't much around for the Z. You need a 4 x 114.3 PCD and an offset of between 0 and 15 (roughly). Most wheels have much more offset. I'm seriously thinking about getting spacers so I can fit wheels off silvias and 180sx's. Same PCD, different offset. Allegedly, some of the billet wheels can be had in the right set-up, but $$$.

The instruction that came with the strut had a spec for tightening the new nuts. I think it was 80lbft. I was just going to do them up tight.

How did I miss that thread. Only 5 days old too. The new nuts I've got are round, but I'm sure the pipe wrench will tighten it OK. Just checking for other options first. Thank guys.

What so you guys usually use to undo and re-tighten the nut that holds the strut into the tube? I'm thinking a pipe wrench or big set of mulit grips, but if someone on the Gold Coast has the proper thing, or knows where I can get hold of one I would love to know about it. Cheers Scott

I've got that on my drivers door. Doesn't seem too uncomon judging from this post. If it is a stress crack, then mig, tig or arc welding probably wouldn't be the best bet because the weld is harder than the surrounding metal. This would help it to re-crack. Oxy might be the better option as the weld is a little softer. Any experts out there as I'm just guessing?

Cost wise the springs were about $350 including shipping by surface (6-8 weeks) through shox.com. They were a pain to deal with, mainly because they don't accept overseas credit cards. Tokico HP's were about $450 shipped by air, took 8 days through xshocks.com. They don't answer emails, but a phonecall to the states sorted it all straight away. They use paypal, so payment is easy. Just for info, shock prices I got was $500 for a set of KYB's and $800 for Illuminas in Australia from Allzparts. The camera will be out for the work, you can be sure of that.

Last night I got a big brown cardboard box in the mail full of 4 Tokico Struts for the 240Z. It looks very nice sitting beside the white cardboard box full of 4 ST springs that arrived a few weeks ago. Now all I need is some time to install the lot. Then look out corners. I will be taking before and after height measurements for those that would like some numbers to crunch. Might be next weekend before I get a stab at it though. The price you pay for having a daily driver Z

There are a couple more nice looking engines in cars for 3.5million yen. Must be having a clean out sale.

just what I was thinking...Offset

I can't remember what wires were damaged, but everything still works fine, so I'm just going to leave it be.

Definately a Bandicoot. It was only a small one so it was like a big rat. Scared the life out of me when it was running around inside the car just as I started it up to go to work. link Sorry for the highjack, but it is kind of Z headlight related, because this is what caused my problem.

Hmm my blue light only comes on with low beam. Turns off for high beam. And before someone comments, no the wires aren't on backwards. One has power whenever the lights are turned on, and the other turns on and off with the highbeam switch. It's been like that ever since I had a bandicoot hiding in my dashboard. The dog helped me get it out. She also removed a few wires for me......

I ordered a set of Tokico HP's this morning from xshocks. Shipping is $94 with an extra $4 for insurance on top of that. 26 pounds of weight. I ordered my springs a while back and have them sitting in the garage from shox.com. Xshocks are much easier to deal with from Oz using Paypal although they don't answer emails. I had to ring them. The quote I had for shipping my springs by airmail was $130, but I chose surface mail at less than half the price but takes 6-8 weeks. Oh and these numbers are in $US.

Wheel chart Looks similar to this. But i don't have to log on to view the excel doc. Cheers

The "if you can find them" bit may cause headaches as manual pedal boxes are rare. The actual gearboxes are easily obtained though. Find out what all the parts will cost then go talk to your local mechanic and ask him for a price to do the work. Good luck.

I spotted a G-nose on Yahoo Japan last night at the cheap price of 350000 yen, or 4 and a half g's Aussie. Nice but not quite cheap. But that might be a little out of your budget.

It's easy to tell when you are ignorant. :stupid: Just did a search and learnt myself some new stuff about skylines. Won't make that mistake again. I thought the 2L 6cyl finished in the early 70s. Sorry I stuffed up.

Nope, it's definately a turbo L28. Some of the pictures further down the post show it. I saw a NZ performance vid with the same model skyline, in only slightly better condition going down the 1/4 mile, each time with more NO2. It ended up faster than a new GTR, then busted the engine. Quite funny.

My emblems are located on the spoiler like in the shot TexasZ linked to. There is a shot of it in my gallery. But I'm thinking about taking them off for the smooth look. In the end it's your choice.

Sorry to Hijak the thread a little, but is a Quaife LSD like a mechanical LSD that some special gear system to keep both wheels turning. The later series RX7's had a mechanical LSD with worm gears or something. Not too sure, my cousin is a Mazda mechanic and he was trying to explain it to me but I never picked it up.

I don't think you will be finding a kit for this. It would be a custom job. I have heard of a Ford 9inch kit that converted the centre, but kept the IRS, but then the halfshafts will probably need upgrading too. One question though, if you are drag racing, why are you using a manual gearbox? Or is it just the occasional blast down the track?

Bring over a nice 50's or 60's Chev and a bunch of 400cui chev engines. Sell them over here and buy a nice Z. Those things are in demand at the moment and it is impossible to get a 400 small block. Steady supply of 350's though. My old man is fixing up a HZ tonner for a work ute and can't get a 400. Everyone advertises them, but are currently out of stock. That and L28et's Turbo engines are rare as over here since we never got them.

Oh well, I'll see how they go. It will be Friday over there soon so If I don't hear from them tomorrow then I won't expect a reply. There are a few old posts where people who have matched KYB'b to the stiffer springs and they have suited it really well, for a while. They had to replace them after a year or two, which I don't want.