EricB Posted December 2, 2005 Share #1 Posted December 2, 2005 So a friend visited the Kinokuniya Bookstore in San Francisco's Japantown over Thanksgiving weekend, spotted this mag and was nice enough to grab an extra copy for me. Apparently there was a whole stack of them, so for the rest of you near there run don't walk... it's that good... AutoWorks Special Issue #73 Originally published Dec 15 2004 Japanese price is 1500yen and they are selling it at the bookstore for $20 pic 1 is the cover pic 2 is the engine shot on a Gnose making reputedly 338hp. (Check out the triple coils!) pic 3 is the engine bay of a Z running individual coil packs for each cylinder pic 4 is of a burgundy Gnose I've seen before and am head over heels for. (Shows the owner welding in his crazy cage) pic 5 is the before shot of some serious headwork pic 6 is the after shot... wow... Anyways, go out and get the AutoWorks "L Series Tuning Manual". -e Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/18199-get-this-magazine/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricB Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share #2 Posted December 2, 2005 here's the 6th picture... -e Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/18199-get-this-magazine/#findComment-147796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zthing Posted December 2, 2005 Share #3 Posted December 2, 2005 4th picture.....that dude is MIG welding with shades on and no gloves.....he is my hero. To bad he could not see how to drive after completion of the car. Does look like a good magazine to pick up though. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/18199-get-this-magazine/#findComment-147803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Parmley Posted December 2, 2005 Share #4 Posted December 2, 2005 Cool magazine but I thought I was first to do this in a Z....crap, second again. I got the idea from Tube280Z. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/18199-get-this-magazine/#findComment-147804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisA Posted December 2, 2005 Share #5 Posted December 2, 2005 Hey Thanks for that info Eric. I would love to know the compression ratio on this engine after the extensive head work. Looks awesome. Chris Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/18199-get-this-magazine/#findComment-147805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arne Posted December 2, 2005 Share #6 Posted December 2, 2005 ! Professional Japanese magazine gets the image reversed? Take a look at the bottom right picture in the second scan. Spark plugs on the left and intake on the right - on an L28 engine? Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/18199-get-this-magazine/#findComment-147807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
=Enigma= Posted December 3, 2005 Share #7 Posted December 3, 2005 Good catch. My guess is they did it for a reason, although I can't imagine why. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/18199-get-this-magazine/#findComment-147874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Parmley Posted February 28, 2006 Share #8 Posted February 28, 2006 The mechanic who fixes our company vehicles is into Z's and picked me up a copy of this magazine. Unbelievable!!! I haven't enjoyed a magazine with this much photographic detail since my first Playboy....but in a different way. Snag a copy if you can. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/18199-get-this-magazine/#findComment-157578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
panchovisa Posted February 28, 2006 Share #9 Posted February 28, 2006 Lot's of nice sharp edges in last picture of cylinderhead to aid detonation. Looks pretty now, but not later when hotspots burn piston top. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/18199-get-this-magazine/#findComment-157591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennyman Posted March 1, 2006 Share #10 Posted March 1, 2006 I got to flip through a copy of this at the Laguna Seca historics, I still need a copy, hehe. Wow. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/18199-get-this-magazine/#findComment-157745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted March 1, 2006 Share #11 Posted March 1, 2006 Lot's of nice sharp edges in last picture of cylinderhead to aid detonation. Looks pretty now, but not later when hotspots burn piston top.I think you'll find that the picture shows a combustion chamber that is not yet finished....... Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/18199-get-this-magazine/#findComment-157747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
panchovisa Posted March 2, 2006 Share #12 Posted March 2, 2006 Alan, I can't read Japanese. I can tell (and did) that head was not ready to use though. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/topic/18199-get-this-magazine/#findComment-157769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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