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Out of that whole article, that was my favorite pic too. Do it gareth.

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2012/02/26/event-gt-gt-nostalgic-2-days-a-quick-look.aspx http://speedhunters.com/archive/2012/02/23/car-spotlight-gt-gt-the-fairest-lady.aspx

Cant wait to see this custom manifold Great work

I'd like to see a pic of the roof if thats ok. You reckon everyones carpets are glued straight to the roof steel. I think that would give me the space I need. This car did have a sun roof at one stage so maybe this webbing was installed to support the roof after that was removed?

That's ok. Mine still go on about some free kick in the rugby that won some game a million years ago

You are the only pommie I know that is offended by that and I know and am related to a lot of pommies. And yes we know what it means. Do you still have hard feelings about being sent over as a convict? And you brought up the ashes. Pommies always go on and on about the ashes when ever they win because its so few and far between. Even pommies who never even follow sport get a kick out of it. Just relax mate.

Thanks Jason. That's a lot of effort for 40mm. How do tall people go??

Does that glue straight up to the steel of your roof though Peter? I'b got meeself a new ruddy clutch now so i gotta fine meeself anova excuse doun I .......

Depends on your fuel pump. If its a diaphram type pump (possibly self regulating) it will get to pressure without a return line, and keep the pressure. If its a higher volume pump it will need a fuel reg and a return to the tank. The reg can be after the carbs on the way back to the tank, or before the carbs and back to the tank and the line to the carbs will have no return.

I've mentioned this issue before in my build thread but its popped up again. I'm 175cm tall (or short), and head clearance is fine when driving my Zed until I put on a helmet I fully have to slide the seat foward a bit and tilt the seat backwards so my head is only slightly driven into the roof. It makes things very uncomfortable during a drag race, let alone if I was to actually race it around a track for more than a few seconds. I have mod plated custom seats. My seat mounts on the floor are factory, my rails are very shallow (must be similar to factory) and the seat cushions dont seem very thick. While my car was in pieces the other day, the roof liner decided to unglue itself and left tiny pieces of old foam all over my interior. I raced out to Bunnings and got a meter of thin black marine carpet stuff and traced out the old liner as a template. When I glued it back up, I noticed there is some black plastic "webbing" like the inside of a tinny (small aluminum fishing vessel used for running into rocks and submurged trees ) with foam sections inbetween the plastic webbing, which kind of strengthens the roof and provides a flat surface for the liner. Is this factory? I didn't think the liner would just be glued to the roof, but I didn't really know what I expected to see. Perhaps my "roof" is a bit thicker than normal and that is causing the clearance issue when wearing a helmet. What do you guys think? cheers

Lots of info on this on HybridZ. I'm sure you'll find someone with your engine combo that has fitted these gauges on that site.

Get some prices up mate?

Well its all back together but I had huge issues with getting the clutch slave to bleed. I tried several techniques and went through almost 1L of brake fluid, but I ended up getting it to work by changing the travel of the master cylinder piston. For some reason there was a huge difference between the what the factory clutch and this one needed. I suppose thats part and parcel with engine conversions. I went out to the Benaraby Auto Fest today but was severley dissapointed. I had nominated for the drag racing but I found out it was only 1/8th mile and not even timed, so I wasnt happy. You couldnt even do a skid at the start to heat your tyres up so getting grip, even on the prepared drag strip was hard. There werent even that many cars there to go up against and I thought I had brought a gun to an armwrestle for a bit, until some high powered late model Dastuns showed up, also some XR6 turbos as well as some turbo'd V8 dunnydoors. I decided to at least do the practice 1/8th mile runs so I could test out my clutch and it was great. Factory pedal feel, no shuddering or noise or button like feel. You'd be hard up telling it wasnt factory. Until you do a big launch with it:) No issues there, only the next weakest link which was my Dunlop Formula R's. I was pretty much drifting 1st, 2nd and 3rd through the cones at the 1/8th mark. Because its so light though, I was still hauling some speed and dusted every single car I went up against by more than a car length. I wasnt going to hang around any longer so I headed home. Next time I'll just head out for a proper meet and get a real time.

When I was looking at jobs down there there was a plastics company near geelong I think that paid well for process type work.

So you're from the northen territory then

Having a six speed lets you run short diff gears and still be able to cruise at high speeds.

Man!! where did you find these two ZX's, in the middle of a salt pan on a tropical island surrounded by ocean?? I hope these cars serve you well, because you've lost a lot of years restoring them.

Looks good mate. FYI, those are high pressure speedflow fittings and you'll only need low pressure ones which are 1/3 of the price.

Peter, that reduction in diameter is because my stainless intake pipe is only 3" where as the throttle body is 4". I know there would be a performance increase if I went to an OTR, which I may look into one day but my radiator may get in the road. New flywheel and clutch installed

That is going to be sooooooo slow

Probably boring everyone with the photos but my new clutch and lightened flywheel arrived yesterday. Even came with a new bearing for the slave and pressure plate bolts, nice. All ready to go for my next days off.

It is a 2 seater................

Ha. It was kind of both. If I didnt have an engine crane I would have tried to get it out without one. I bought one after I borrowing my mates in Townsville's heaps, then I never used it. The is literally no room inside the trans tunnel to get to the bell housing bolts but I know know that if I loosen the engine mounts and drop the cross member I could have probably have done it with the engine in the car. Handling the trans is a mission though. I can 'just' pick it up and move it myself, so its probably around 100kgs I also had to fix a few leaks on the engine, so that was easier to do with it out anyway. I started by removing the old clutch and gerneying everything so I could see. I've had a new pilot/spigot bearing to install as well as a new slave cylinder and bearing. The rear main was leaking so had one of those to put in as well. I was going to use this oppertunity to throw in some tougher valve springs and a new timing chain but I didnt think I would make it in time so I have concentrated on the things I need to get done to run it down the strip in two weeks time. A few hots spots Changing gears should be a bit easier with a new one of these New spigot bearing New rear main Taking water pump, balancer and front timing cover off for seal replacement New slave I extended the clutch fluid 'in' fitting so the braided hose didnt have to bend on such an angle to get to the master cyclinder. I just have to get the right fitting to go into the slave on the fluid 'out' line and I will hook up a remote bleed line. It looks like an M8 x 1.25 or a common bolt thread.

Looks loud. I wish I had an exhaust shop :'(

Sure makes it fast doesnt it Benny I finally pulled my finger out and ordered a clutch. This of course ment I had to pull the engine and box out to replace the clutch. I gave it all a gerney and I will endevour to fix some oil leaks while I'm there.