240jz

great work Ben, are the tyres road legal drag radials, or full on slicks? amazing 60ft!

Thanks Ben, Took the car out to its first show this year 'Japfest'. Got the strut braces on, I had to make up the brackets, as I said before, and don't look too bad. Intercooler to go on next...

The arms are steel - I believe, they are pretty heavy, I wish I had weighed them now, but when comparing them to the stock arms, it didn't seem too different. Not like the Arizona Z car billet ones though! (but can be adjusted on car) From person that made them: some more info on the new arms: Increased the size of the custom "Jackscrew" to 3/4": ( it seemed that some questions the strength of the 5/8"). 3/8" plate steel body: ( overbuilt as performance suspension should be. this insures no bending or flexing that can be attributed to stiffer springs and sway bars.) Chromoly Threaded race tube end: 28000 lb Teflon race end Custom Teflon/Delrin bushing: ( self lubricating sleeve bushing to fit over OEM crossmember bolt.. allows "NO MODIFICATION INSTALL".)

Hi, thanks. I'll try and get the form filled out and emailed to you soon. I live in Bristol in the south west of England, we'd say that is quite a way from London, but for you blokes out there I bet a 2-3 hour drive is nothing... The widebody car is indeed the Janspeed one owned by Ben Stapley, here is a link to his most recent activities. http://www.zclub.net/forum/showthread.php?t=12060 The car did pretty well on the day too 0-60: 4.2secs 0-100: 10.46 1/4 mile:12.79@109.61

Last dyno on a dynapack over here

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Just in case anyone was wondering what happened to the Zoom project car.. I've had the car for a few years now running it at track days and drag events, just scraping past the time set in Australia, 12.55@112.8. I've not done too much since importing it to the UK, but here is a brief run down Suspension/Driveline: New 280zx CV jointed driveshafts (after breaking the old ones) Adjustable perches welded to original struts, coilover style, new springs to suit Tokico adjustable dampers Custom adjustable rose jointed compression rods and front arms for camber/castor adjustment. Thicker nismo anti-roll bar Adjustable drop links Custom strut braces (standard ones don't fit the front) New wheel bearings all round Engine/exhaust: Split wastegate style dump/y-pipe similar to Martin Donnan's Project soarer in HPI De-cat pipe (we don't need one in the UK if the car is old enough regardless of engine) PWR intercooler (yet to be fitted) Body: Full respray following a garage break in (the dragged tools/bikes over the car ) New airdam on front Wheels/Tyres Rota grid 16x8 wheels Michelin Pilot sport cup tyres 225x50x16 (old stich evolution wheels stolen in the garage break in) Thanks to Ben for a great job on the car. I've since done a couple of magazine features over here, including a really good one where we were timed Formula 1 style 0-60 0-100, top speed etc on a 2-mile runway. I've not had the car dyno'd since the dump pipe upgrade, but my last 1/4 was at 114mph hinting a bit of a power increase. Waiting in the wings is a single turbo manifold, but I think I'll wait for the twins to let go first. Plus more power might mean further driveline upgrades.. I'm also very interested in Ben's lightweight ideas, some of that may also be coming soon.

Great work Ben, really useful to have the info on the weight saving. The 1jz 240z is still going great, the suspension upgrade is now complete and just took delivery of a bigger pwr intercooler ready to fit. Looks like you'll be looking to run faster times than your old car! low 12s (or quicker!?!) do you think?