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G'day I could be interested in the black carpet kit. Can you tell me if it is for a 2+2? And does it include the boot carpet? Who made it up? Thanks

I am talking reliable instal. There is still a stigma with turbo engines and there reliability. But having said that there are plenty of people competent around turbo's so I am guessing it's just a matter of time before a new owner finds it and makes an offer.

Don't forget a lot of people are weary of the condition of such a motor. (They don't want to be buying problems) I am sure it is fine, for that sort of cash it would want to be but it's convincing people of it's reliability etc that is the problem. I am sure you would sell it easily at that price if people could clearly see that the conversion has been done preperly. Also be mindful that whilst Zeds are desirable people aren't queing up for them. Advertise periodically over a 3 months and I am sure someone will get the bug, have a look around and find your car. Patience!

I have to agree with ADD. Performance is more about handling and driving ability than motor power. Not to mention the weight savings to be made in the car as previously mentioned. Zeds can go damn fast around the track if they are set up correctly. My brothers 240 with a L28 in it is beating twin turbo cars, Porches GTR's etc and this is mainly due to his driving ability and handling of the car more so than his engine which has similar power to most of the L28 Zeds on the track. Just some food for thought boys. :-)

Yeah I know the Green Shannons one for Sale. Not sure about the other.

For what it's worth I threw mine out when I got fibre glass ones. Personally I don't think they are woth that much, $40- max. There are plenty of Zeds around all rusted out. But the bumpers hold up OK. So what I am saying there are probably more bumpers than Zeds around if you know what I mean.

You will be fine with Daniel tuning your car. He has a couple of Zeds of his own. One he sprints at the track every now and then. It is pretty close to on the money so he definately knows what he is doing. Pretty honest and reliable as well. Personally I wouldn't be going back to Nizpro again. I also heard they changed their operation around a bit and mainly do EFI now.

Well done Scott. Sounds like you have done a shit load of work to the car with more to come. All that time running around, dropping the car off, waiting and checking to make sure things are done the way you want them is massive. It seems you are on the home stretch. Mind you once you get it on the track you will make a new list of things to improve. Good luck with it. Hopefully we get to see it here in Vic.

Ah most people put coil overs in for two main reasons. 1) is so that you can adjust ride height. Getting that setting right and even all around isn't a big issue and you don't have to worry about cutting springs. There is also a massive selection of different spring rates available. 2) Because the coil overs are a smaller diameter you can put wider wheels on your Zed. Probably at least an inch wider. Simply cutting springs is not really the best solution.

I don't think welding is any kind of brain surgery. If you weren't competent of pressing a button on a welder you could always just get someone to weld the coil overs in the correct position. But doing this yourself would save you over a grand. But like Lurch says just make sure you weld them in the correct position to allow for ride height adjustment.

Mate I reckon it would look hidious and you will probably devalue your car by 3-4K. What you are thinking is quite unique and most people wouldn't go for it. Sure go for it but don't expect the majority of people to like it. In fact you will probably turn a lot of enthusiest off your car. I know we all like to make our cars nice but we also get some satisfaction when others compliment our cars. So in this case I would listen to your old man and keep the interior neutral. You asked for an opinion so I offer this as a heads up to keep your car looking nice. Cheers

That car sounds pretty good. you might even get it for around the 9K you were talking about. He has probably spent close to 20+ on it. But that's cars for you. Sounds like a lot of the hard work is done. Those other things that still need doing are only minor. It's just a question of the motors reliability and your knowledge of a turbo engine to maintenance and up keep.

Given the sort of cash you are talking I would probably recommend going a straight 2.8L 6 cyl with triple webbers. Will give you descent power and not to bad on the road. Should be able to run a pretty standard box behind it. But at least you will have some cash after the diff upgrade to spend $1,500- on the triples and 5K on the block, tuning etc. Of course if there is cash over then you can always work on the handling and brakes for the track. That will be another 5-10K depending on what lelvel you want to got to. As for stiffening the chassis. Well you can get the usual strut braces that willonly make minor handling differences. Or move to a half or full cage. A full cage done properly will cost you 3-4K. etc etc.

I would be looking at buying one for around 5K and spending 4K doing it up with mods that suit the cars use. Unless of course you can find a real good one that someone has spent 15-20K on with plenty of these mods on the car already. Only then spend your 9K. they are around but you need to keep your ear to the ground.

Marty budget has a lot to do with what you want to put in your car. Do you want to spend 2, 5 10 or 20K on the mods. then we can give you a better idea on what to do. Bear in mind $1,500- will get you an R200 LSDiff. that will hold any power plant. Do you want it mainly for track or still nice and drivable on the road?

Nice one Sulio. We will have to get one organised in the summer months.

Sooley I was wondering what year the WRX power steering rack is? It looks a little different to the other ones I have seen. Thanks

Hey Sooley, sorry to hear the project is coming to an end for you. Unfortunately you are not alone when the car is off the road for so long and life changes. I am real keen to buy the Power Steering if you are interested in selling that part on the vehicle. I know you would like to sell the car complete, but if you do end up selling bits please contact me and I will pay a good dollar for the power steering set up. It looks like you have done a nice job on that and I know it would go great in my car. Good luck with it all. Cheers

Yeah those guards look like they have been rolled out slightly. Nice job. The car looks great. I like the picture George.

This is how my car looks fixing the bump steer problem. You can see I don't have any plates to correct the roll centre. This is because the inner control arm has been relocated up some 40mm. Sorry no picture of that as the splash pan is in the way.

Not sure where you get this stuff. Someone did it for me. Attached is what was done on my car. PM with an address if you want clearer or moctures.

Re drill the holes in your front cross member. By relocating your hole up some 40mm or so and out slightly this will adjust your roll centre. I and many others have done this to there cars.