ChrisA

HAHAHAHAHHHAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHAAAAALOLLOLLOLROFLROFLROFLROFL!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh damn, that is funny. I stole once. When I was in grade school. Mom whipped my arse and made me take it back and pay for it. And I didn't get to keep it either.

I can understand that. I thought the other way. Guess we need gnosez to clarify! Chris

The one in the avatar is the one he replaced. The new one goes from strut to strut and then from each strut back to the hood latch area. Note how Tom mentioned "firewall" in his post. Chris

Good eyes Stephen, I had to modify the MSA set to fit my car. The 4 mounts were on the car when I bought it but the covers were cloudy and spider web cracked. I could not find a four mount set at all so I just made do. Chris

I've got some. From MSA. Chris

Having driven across 35W many times, my thoughts and prayers are with you Minnesota! Chris

Got mine yesterday. I think its a good issue. Lots of articles that I was interested in. But that's because I'm not just a Z person. I have an S13 240SX and an Xterra so I like all the stuff that relates to my non Z vehicles. I'm really liking the articles about the red Z31. Those are nice cars in my opinion. A couple of our members here had some little things in the magazine too. Overall I think it was the best issue so far. Chris

Usually you want the new seal to be re-installed in the same position as the old seal. Which is flush with the front of the timing cover. Another thing to check is if you have a seal wear groove on the dampner, you can get what's called a "Speedi Sleeve". It is a thin metal tube that is driven on to the dampner nose for the new seal to ride on. BEWARE THOUGH...the O.D. of the speedi sleeve will be a tad bigger than the O.D. of the dampner nose. In my experience SOME aftermarket seals (Felpro,National etc.) will fail when run on a speedi sleeve. I always use a factory Nissan seal and they will run with a sleeve. I replaced the front main on my 240SX which is very similar to a L series and the aftermarket seal failed twice. But again, I switched to a Nissan seal and its been leak free for 23,000 miles thus far. Good luck, Chris

That's a beauty Trevor!! NICE!!!!!!!! Chris

Hi Mark, I love the above quote and I hope you love the car. Can't wait for pictures!! Chris

Ditto, runs fine on my stock 73 tach. Had a MSD 6AL and MSD tach adapter, swapped it out for the ZX dizzy with E12-80 module. I actually think the car runs better on the Nissan parts than the expensive MSD stuff. Somewhere on the net is a tech article to rebuild the dizzy. Here it is.... http://www.jrdemers.com/280ZX/distributor/distributor.html FWIW, Chris A.

That is a beautiful car. Chris didn't "take" the photo as in used his camera. He took the picture from the first post in this thread then modified it. FWIW, Chris A.

SPIR = Sears Point International Raceway Chris

Hi Robert, I believe that was Bruce Frederick from Los Gatos' car. Here's his site. http://bruce.mtbahnet.com/ Hope this helps you. Very nice car by the way. Chris

I hope 17th is returned to her original glory. Mr. Jaffe no longer owns her then? Chris

Maybe if its on wheels! In California. ! Chris

I dunno, street racers?? ! Nice website by the way Trevor. Very nice Z. Chris

You missed the sarcasm in my reply. Which is why I made the China/Buick reference in the first place. ! Back on topic though, I don't really give a crap about the street racers or what happend to their cars. Don't want to be punished? Don't break the law. Chris

Come on guys, quit it with this line of discussion. I want to hear some more from TomoHawk about how Japanese cars are ruining the economy. Maybe our Chinese members will chime in about how Buick is ruining theirs! Oh wait, we don't have any members in China. Do we? Chris

"Amkerican" ROFLMAO!!!!!! I wonder how many "Japanese" actually laid their hands on my Xterra in Tennesee as it was being built? Its the best American made vehicle I've ever spent money on. Chris

And for more useless information: In my wife's home town of Seward Nebraska, they have a time capsule also. This one is above ground and below ground. With climate and humidity controls to hopefully prevent decay of the contents. Built in 1975 by local resident Harold Davisson, the time capsule is filled with approx. 5000 "artifacts". Items range from children's letters, a 1975 Chevy Vega, a Kawasaki motorcycle (both with zero miles) to a leisure suit. It was the time capsule creator's hope that when the capsule was opened on July 4th, 2025 someone would wear the leisure suit while riding the motorcycle. Of an interesting note is that the pyramid part in the attached picture was added in 1983 and contains a badly beaten up 1975 Datsun. I plan to be there when its opened to see which Datsun is was. FWIW, Chris

And in the too much information category: Quote from the New York Times: "The Belvedere two-door was meant, along with other artifacts, to acquaint the citizens of the 21st century with life in the middle of the 20th. In case gasoline was no longer available, the contest organizers thoughtfully packed 10 gallons of high-test and 5 quarts of motor oil into the Plymouth’s trunk. Owing to the passing of time, these ingredients are now likely to be a potentially volatile cocktail of unstable flammable chemicals — about as useful as the case of Schlitz beer and vial of tranquilizers that were also stowed on board. The pills were among several last-minute additions — including a pack of cigarettes, bobby pins and an unpaid parking ticket — that were meant to represent the contents of the typical lady’s purse in the late 1950’s." They said Schlitz!!!! LOL LOL Chris

I'm guessing the Mopar fans are sickened. I can't really tell, but is doesn't look like it'll ever motorvate under its own power again, not without a LOT of money. From a car nut perspective, its a total shame. Here's a photo of it when it was lowered. It WAS gold and white. Chris

You risk damage to the transmission towing it....BUT if you're only going five miles and you don't go over 20-25 MPH, it'll probably handle that. Much luck, Chris