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Those photos smell like a new car.

If it is not a bearing, tire or vibration.....Is there something hollow and open to the wind? A pipe can sound if the wind is fast enough. We used to hold Coke ™ bottles out the window when we were kids. The reference to an open sun roof makes me think wind. How are the air bellows that steer wind into the fender ducting? Try to identify which part of car (front, back, side where the sound is loudest....get a musician with good ears to be a passenger)

Maybe a BMW 3.2litre S54 engine and transmission transplant from a Z3 M series... NA and ~ 350HP. Saves having to build a stroker. 8,000rpm redline too.

Maybe a BMW 3.2litre S54 engine and transmission transplant from a Z3 M series... NA and ~ 350HP. Saves having to build a stroker. 8,000rpm redline too.

Be sure to check out the car magazines in the convenience stores,,, some focus on Z's every now and then.

That transmission thinks its hunting season

I will be in Seattle in a week. Are you in Vancouver Canada?

I enjoyed this place: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/open-general-discussions/50658-some-interesting-things-recent-trip-japan.html#post442020 ???????? ?????????? MEGA WEB??????? The Nissan museums are in south western part of Tokyo Harbour in Yokohama. I also read the Toyota Amlux just closed.

Wow you are like the Henry Ford factory now!!! How did you find installing the corner trim?

Could be an electrically controlled valve for locking the front brakes after being pressured by a foot press.... great for burning rubber.

Just look for F54 block, it has flat top pistons. Datsun ZCARS L-Series Engine Rebuild Tips Datsun L-series cylinder head timeline

It was a blast. Nice car! Smoothest Z motor I have ever seen.

Get a 280zx 2.8litre motor with P90 head (not P90a) For carbs get triples (SK Racing. Weber, or Mikuni)

Just black with dirt...the way they should be.

One thing I forgot (but did yesterday) and it would be good to add to this thread [The shakedown test]: When the chains are on the motor and the crane has just taken the load, lift the motor ~ 1cm up off the engine mount then shake the hell out of the motor and crane. If anything will let go, it would be best to happen with only 1cm to drop. Also, remove the centre transmission to cross member bolt and loosen the two side bolts. Before removing the two side bolts, do the shakedown test, make sure the load is biased forward (so the transmission does not drop) then remove the further then near bolt. NOTE: The leveller has a lot of slop and when the centre of gravity moves from one side to the other, the leveller actually snaps quickly as the CG moves through center. Watch out for this as it can be a surprise. Also,as part of the preparation, have the castors on the crane turned with no load so that the crane can be pulled out w/o the wheels binding. The above lift was done with an 8' ceiling and ~ 5' of clearance in front of the car. Use short chains and the crane fully extended.

It was nice to meet Joe and Matt. They are very hospitable and keen Z guys. It was a lot of fun and I look forward to seeing the Z when it is restored. Joe forgot to mention a few other things besides the Tornado warning. We tried to rescue Mothra but we were too late. We also witnessed the upside down superman flying cat and Cropella the rescue girl. That 70 has a great body. The rust repairs are all easy to address. It will restore nicely.

Congrats on retirement (I mean freedom!). Have fun!

3/4 Ton Capacity Heavy Duty Load Leveler

I can't understand why the stupid bastards can't keep the same GUI's to choose from but just change the underlying engine. ie install 8 but select the xp gui... some simple intermediary translator software is all that is needed to glue the two. Heck I miss a lot of the features of the old 3.1 file manager.

BTW I'd love to get a couple of valid Vista install CD's if anyone has any to donate.

I hate the changes MS has done to the GUI's. The programmers took away so much out of either stupidity or trying to make it a Mac... all of Gates' work is being flushed. Even easy tasks like making a new directory suck because the file and directory tree resorts and you loose focus.... you could be 2 screens down near Zebra and make a directory called Apple but then it puts Apple two screens up and leaves you at Zebra. Even sorting is changed, it is now 1,2,3,04,0004,00000004, 4,5,6,7..... don't get me started on the "Ribbons" and how many more click you now have to do that were once just 1 click. The task bar also sucks in that you can't easily make shortcuts to directories, quick launch is gone and the show desktop button is now way down by the clock. I ended up having to write my own mouse acceleration table because the Win 7 one is crap. I actually like Vista's GUI the best.

I may be able to drive up from Miami on Sat or Sunday PM me. Sunday would be better

Thanks Steve!