bemmerguy714

How much for an exhange? They arent to far from me.

Now thats a paint job. DO IT!!!!! . Id go for the candy apple red thou. Like this.

I tired to leave the confrontation when i jumped on the freeway but he wanted to run me off the road. I do agree thou, it was a dumb move for me to go back. :disappoin I've learned my lesson thou. i'll be more carefull. I just put it this way. I shouldnt have done that. What if someone did that to my z? i would have been happy. i feel bad now...

Sounds good to me. :cheeky:

I also voted OHC cause i also think it has more potential for power. Not because anyone convinced me. I just did me own research on this. Both engines have potential. To me the one the can acheive it easier and safely for me would have to be OHC. OLd bimmers with overhead cam that where modded out could rev up to 9,000 RPM no problem. Thats not to mention new european and jap cars. Look at the supra, The skyline, the M3, the cl500, the 3 series!!!!!! Theres even a guy here who has a z (EricB) Who has built his head so that it can be reved up 8000rpm!!!! OHC seems to be easier to build with less things blowing up as uppose to OHV. For the weight issue i think OHC would also win cause it doesn't have the added mass of a pushrod. Like i said before thou. I'm no mechanic. I've just grown on the OHC side of cars. I;m openminded thou. CONVINCE ME!!!!!! :laugh: I put some links that argue both sides. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/camshaft5.htm http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17606&highlight=8000rpm http://www.datsuns.com/Tech/ohv_vs_ohc.htm http://forums.autoweek.com/thread.jspa?forumID=9&threadID=16941&messageID=366730 http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.ef61d1d/845

its cool. No worries. live and learn. I picked up a nice system for my z as well. I have a 200watt head system, two 4" 200watt comonents speakers and 2 1" tweeters at the bottom of my feet, two 220watt 6x9s where the storage compartments are, 2 100 4x6s way back there for the hell of it, and 3 10"s subs each at 500watts in the back and all the subs to power that stuff. I just need to get my car back dynamat everything put the new upholstery in while running some brand new wires underneth. That system should hit hard without rattling (cause of the dynamat). Idk if i need to reinforce my windows or not though. :stupid: We'll find out. I;ll post pics when i'm putting the system in!!!! Matt

I had some scary $^!# happen to me too. I was coming home from school in huntington beach. I'm going on edinger flyin in the 300e doing like 70 in the #2 lane. Theres only two lanes and i'm on the farthest the the left. I'm Just crusin not lookin for trouble or nothin (but then again i'm a dark skin kid in a nice benz what do u expect?). THis dumb arse in a white accord with a bike rack on the roof wants to come out of a neighberhood on the other side of the road. He thinks its the perfect time to go when i'm comin down flyin. I cant stop that quick. pulling in front of me is stupid. So i move to the right lane at the last second(BTW the benz handles great at last second moves at these speeds). He punches the Accord in the lane i was just in and dosnt want to let me in again. So we are both even doing like 90. I downshift to third and the benz flys by him. I pull in front of him barely. He is now furous. We get to a stop light (a #3 lane is now available) and he pulls next to me (almost running the car coming off the road) He starts cussing callin me some "very bad things". I also exchanged some "freandly words" with him and told him to keep his arse in his cheap $200 peice of $^!# accord before i knock his arse out. He looks to be as if he had been drinking. The light turns green and he punches it, moves two lanes to the right and comes within inches of the front end of my car.......I was signalling right so i can get on the freeway. I'm pissed now. Hes now almost damaged my car. :mad: I'm going to have to teach him a little lesson. The entrance of this free way starts on the right side of this road (edinger and beach if u know this area), It starts as one lane turns into two then back to one as it merges back to the 405south. He is in front on me when the lane is one (this is seconds before he cut me off) I decide to make my own lane. I squeeze my benz in between his peice of $^!# and the side of the road. I maybe had 2 inchs (my drivers side mirror to his passanger side mirror). I'm now in fonr of him and a little way later the lane turns into two. He trys to get in front of me but i wont let him I decide to end this now and downshift once more on the 405 and kiss him good bye. I dodge traffic for a while then nail 122mph. After looking in my rear veiw mirror (after about two miles) he is nowhere in sight. I'm glad the ordeal is over. I decide to slow down. So i put it in cruise control at about 60mph and cruise for a while. About three miles down the road i see a car comin fast on me right behind me. HES BACK. And very mad. Hes now on the phone tailgating me. He tries to get even with me a few times a dont let him. He tryies to run me off the road. We are both very mad right now. I now know i'm in danger. This guy has stopped whatever hes doing, where ever he is going and is determined to destroy my car. This has now been going on about 7miles. I decide not to go home. The last thing i want is him knowing where i live. I gun the car again. THis time inbetween traffic. 122 mph (its computer limited the car wont go faster with the Ecu programming) I lose him for a while but i always got some car infront of me trapping me. He would always get me again. Huggin the rear of my car. I exit next to the south costa plaza. I come to a light and he is right behind me. Still on the phone, still too close to me, still mad. He waves at me (not in a freandly manner) i wave back and smile. Hes about to see me drive a benz like i stole it. :devious: THe light turns green i slam the gas as hard as i can making a left (again the car handles great and i lose him on the straight away (harbor blvd in costa mesa if ur still following me). IN and out of traffic. Hes now followed me 17miles. I decide to do something stupid. there are 5 lanes on harbor blvd. Two make a left turn two must go straight and one makes a left. I'm in lane #2 hes in lane #3 (both must go staright...well thats what the law says anyway). Theres a bus in the far right lane (#1) getting readdy to make a right. There are a few cars in front of me and hes about 4 cars behind me in the left lane to me. I wave at him as the lane turns green.....right before i make a right from the #2 lane next to the city bus. I laugh as he he is forced to go straight into a ghetto area he is not fimiliar with. I waste no time. I gun it home (about 5 blocks away). As i was aproacing my house i slow down....right as i turn in my drive way a cop rolls by. IF he was around while i was doing this stuff man...i'd be in trouble. I realize now...i was in serious danger. I drive more carefull now. I cant affored to be doing this stuff. Especailly when my z is done. I later remembered the neighborhood he came out of him. Me and my freands later paid him a visit in my freands impala. Lets just say his accord will be off the road for a while. It now looks uglier than it was when he was messin with me. PLEASE DO US ALL A FAVOR!!!!!! DONT DRINK AND DRIVE!!!!! IF YOU WANT TO ENDANGER UR LIFE FINE!!!! JUST DONT TAKE ME WITH YOU!!!!! I HAVE MY Z TO FINISH FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!! :stupid: :stupid: :stupid: :stupid: sorry its so long. kinda got caught up with it again. Matt

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?p=138042#post138042 Here is the thread over the debate on overhead cams over pushrod design. That link is where is has been moved!

This subject was brought up under another thread. This is a debate wether the z v8 transplant is worth the trouble? With engine style is better? Which engine revs higher? Which one is older? BAsically which do u prefer and why do u prefer it?

i have two layers that i know of. The original and a cheap paint job on top. I even see some red that they used under that paint.

45 watts? That kinda weak. Maybe thats why then. 45 watts isnt enough power man. You said they were 100watts. Maybe u should beef up the headunit a bit. 45 isnt gona do much. I was using 200watt headunit and that was a beuity. Powered all those speakers i mentioned before. Probobly not to the speakers full potential but the speakrers hit hard. Maybe instead of getting an amp just get a better head unit. less trouble and less wires. If u still want to go with the amp thou i'm ready to help! Matt

glad to have u here. 140 damn thats good. My 240zs current top speed 0mph (never drove it yet), 300e top speed 122mph (computer limited), 528e top speed of 130 (also computer limited). I cant wait to drive the 240. That should be fun. Great to have u on this forum. Thats good that there are people of the "new generation" intrested in zs. Glad to see it. Matt

My engine is really dull. I want to chrome everything!!!!! A freand showed me a method but i want to know what people with zs have done to get everything shiny. Like ur valve cover, brackets, all that little stuff too. I dont really want to take it to a place to chrome i would rather do it myself. I'm prepared to take the engine apart. And chrome everything. 1-What tools do i need? I can get whatever toold i need. 2-What procedures did u use? 3-Did u sand? wet or dry? a little of both? 4-what polishs are best? 5-after everything is pretty....how do u keep it that way? PLEASE LET ME KNOW! MY ENGINE IS UGLY!!!!! I want to make it look like these (these are of members of this forum btw)

As some of u know my car WAS off to paint shop. After some incidents with the paint guy i decided i'd prep the car my self for being sent to paint. There is rust but i have a freand who is good at welding. My question is this: What process(es) Have you guys did to get ur zs original paint off. What send paper? Wet or dry? How long did it take. I need every deatail please. I really no nothing of body and paint, so this will be my first time. PLease tell me how to strip me cars paint!!!! My goals: Have the cars body (no paint at all) showing. Rust will be delt eith also but any advice on how to deal with rust is good too. I was thinking of cutting the rust out and welding another peice in. I have searched before i posted this message and i didnt find a "best way". I need to know the downsides (if any) to ur procedures as well. Any body advice someone might have would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Matt

I like that description. Sounds like a tank.

Yeah i know what u mean. U know what i really hate? THe old vw bugs. I underestimate those ugly things everytime. They are hidious then u find out hes pretty much made that VW engine a Porasche. And u get killed by this bucket full of rust. DAmn i hate that.

First of all i want to say i'm know mechanic. I'm just hear trying to learn. Acordding to this website it says that "These long rods add mass to the system, which increases the load on the valve springs. This can limit the speed of pushrod engines; the overhead camshaft, which eliminates the pushrod from the system, is one of the engine technologies that made higher engine speeds possible." http://auto.howstuffworks.com/camshaft5.htm It basically says that higher speeds (which is the goal of this v8 conversion) can be acieved more easily with over head camsshafts.

Whats an AMX?

that is true. If i had a really nice car like that i would want to show it but not so much that people want to start copying u know. I know thats true cause i'm gona steal that same headlight look.

I think he hit it right on.that sounds right. Thats kinda weird thou cause in my 528e i had 2 6x9s rated at 220 each then two 4x6 100watt kickers and two small 1 inch tweeters. All the speakers still use to hit hard. It is a possibility thou. try switching it with another head set.

Idk what kind of car that is. Kind of looks like a z to me. That would suck if it was.