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After last track day was pretty sure lsd was not working Left hand rear worn close to canvas was a good pointer Pulled diff out found my 4.3 diff was a poverty pack with only 2 clutches which now had no teeth and one was welded to spacer So guess ill be rebuilding it with 6 clutches and some good break away tension Next to pull gearbox out and check why it dont like staying in third gear Was hoping it was just the shifter i found was loose but tightening that up didnt fix it so guessing im up for a rebuild of the gearbox too Fun of going fast i guess Mick

Makes me want to trade my ZX14 in and get a Zx10 again they reckon the new Zx10 is a complete animal Mick

Now u have me interested Hodgo You Know im not competitive but a world champion in class E be who is out there trying to take my class I would have expected club to already have my name engraved on the class e trophy if I entered in class e lol Might have to con someone into driving rotary down for daughter so I can bring zed and save my honour lol Mick

was good to see her back on the track hodgo pity thermo fan ended your day early at symmons Mick

Garth the splitter simply slides into bottom of spoiler I put a bolt in each end and couple of screws in middle to stop it vibrating and lock it in place Did have to trim a little to clear my 18" wheels Come on Matt im babying those wheels compared to what u did with them lol Thanks for pics hodgo Mick

Thanks for that utube clip peter wish i could brake as late as that car is Thanks Freddie love your work full 3 seconds quicker at symmons plains today 1.03.55 very happy can hold car in 5th gear all the way to braking point extra 30km speed and car feels stable Now what can i do for more traction wheel spinning out of pit and coca cola corner Think i need to check lsd clutches need a shim up im thinking Mick

Off to symons plains tomorrow club day first chance to try freddie Topstage new front spoiler and undertray hopefully it will help keep the front down when i get past 200 km Used to get very floaty after 200km down back straight Though while i was painting spoiler i painted the full size Jim cook racing whale tail i sitting in corner of the shed and put it on the back so that might kill the gain the spoiler and undertray give me ow well will have fun finding out Keen to see Bluerat Hodgo driving his zed in anger after its long rebuild Oh by the way was just pulling your leg with the v10 viper engine had in in for rebuild at workshop put it back in the dodge ram where it belonged Mick

Just give dave a call nice guy easy to deal with but need to call him

Spoke to my flange supplier today He has not made a l28 one before but if you have a Nissan metal gasket he can cut a flange plate to match Cost would be $80 send me a pvt message if I can help Thanks Mick

There is engineering workshop in Launceston and Think Jensons metal works in Burnie do water cutting should be able to make it up for you if you supply a gasket as template Can check it out with my flange supplier they may have template already on system ill let you know tomorrow night mick

Picture of mounted bar sorry carpet hides it a bit but sure u can get the idea mick

With the width I think the size u suggest is very narrow for the pipe size of 2.25" Any commercial built mufflers like this are 8" wide even hotdogs would be 3.5' wide by 2 total 7" U need some space inside muffler to make it work Id be concerned that with only .5" around outside of tubes how effective muffler would be Might even be worth considering 2 long hotdogs or even 4 shorter hotdogs instead of custom muffler We have had lot of success doing this on VE commodores v8s I know 3/8 to 1/2" don't sound a lot but my rule of thumb fitting systems is if I can get my finger tip in the space little chance of it hitting works on most systems barr some diesel turbos which do torque a lot Would think the Bmw mounts would be reasonably solid and not allow a lot of movement On my car im running 2 15"spiral mufflers in front of diff and 2 12" hotdogs under diff with single rear muffler in standard placement spirals and hotdogs being 3" internals are 4" outside diameter Mick

Checked all the mufflers I could today but nothing matches the sizes u require Spoke to our supplier that makes mufflers to order he was concerned with how narrow u want muffler suggested if u could squeeze it out to 7" wide he would be much happier to make Would suggest u check your car see if u can squeeze 7" for the length u want Id think u could as im running twin 3" pipes on my car with gap between them and still clears tunnel Id suggest u allow 3/8 to 1/2" gap around muffler I can still make u a muffler up to your size if needed let me know if u can squeeze in extra inch Mick

I have peter used a cusco strut brace and cut the ears off the std cusco mount and welded them to the rear strut towers will post a pic tomorrow Mick

What are you looking for in particular I run a exhaust shop and do lot of custom work there are lots of options out there But id need more info to make a recommendation Regards mick

Hi Tony Happy to have a look for u give me call Im about an hour away but could organise to go look pretty sure ive spoke to the owner at powercruise but never seen car in the flesh Call during work hours 03 6424 9655 ask For Mick

Hi peter I used the usa guys to get some exhaust bits for work as u say freight not cheap but parts where good priced well and here quick Mick

I don't have a problem with the rule the formula seems fine but trying to dig up information for a car imported 40 years ago is not exactly thick on the ground and is a major challenge to find so when u manage to find a weight in print from a magazine time correct I would think that would meet the requirements The 280z is usa version of 260z and as such a weight printed in black and white as this rule requires should carry some strength its not just the 280z I quoted but I had articles that covered 240z 260z and 280z all with weights listed Just the 280z is the last of the s30 chassis and as such the heaviest listing I could find which is what the modification rules allow for I would think that having a standard car weighted at a weighbridge would be more applicable than this rule as it stands now mick

I wish u luck with your endeavour I played this game with transport here in Tasmania to them it has to be a listed weight of car as originally imported to Australia I supplied road and track articles for heaviest version of 240z s30 chassis being a 280z in usa which is listed as 1304 kg multiply by 5 equals 6.5 lt just enough for a de stroked v10 viper engine But all transport Tasmania wanted to talk about was 240z weighs 1068 kg (as listed surprisingly on Wikipedia) multiply by 4 equals 4.272 lt Did get transport Tasmania to agree to fitting ls1 5.7 lt but only due to me having applied for approval and had it approved before they started pushing the weight to capacity formula I do have a copy of original road track article which shows 280z weight if that's any use to u good luck Mick

Think I can top you Nzeder I bought my 240 when I was 20 27 years later its still not finished during that time its had 7 years off the road still fine tuning it lol mick

geez u reckon a zed is heavy it feels like power steering compared to my old rx4 Just doing a power column conversion on my old rx4 so daughter can do some cub events in it not ready to let her loose in the zed just yet After her first motokhana in rx4 she reckoned her arms where sore for a week mick

Good luck with project LS1 makes for a lot of fun sure you will enjoy it when its done Mick

Hi welcome need to get that Z car out and enjoy it more good to see you've passed the z infection onto your son If your ever down Devonport way call into my workshop Carline Mufflers always looking for someone to talk Z cars with Mick

Im running 7kg front and 8kg in rear in my ls1 240z seems to work good car squats and launches well feels good through corners Though I do struggle to get off the line without wheels spin even with semi slicks regards Mick

Cant help u with Victoria rules on ls1 on engineering Living in Tasmania But have done engineered Ls1 conversion so can help with ideas on sump wiring computer and other issues u will encounter with ls1 install pm if you need any info mick