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Old 08-04-2009 | 04:22 PM
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lol, you don't think I know that already? :P

I've got a crazy idea in my head that probably won't work, but I want to try it anyways, and I'm not telling anyone about it till I actually atempt it lol
Old 08-04-2009 | 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by PurePontiacKid
lol, you don't think I know that already? :P

I've got a crazy idea in my head that probably won't work, but I want to try it anyways, and I'm not telling anyone about it till I actually atempt it lol
There ya go. There's ALWAYS a bunch of people that have never done anything more than willing to tell others they can't. Having made a few intakes, some that worked, and probably going to do another before to long, it can be fun. I'll never forget the look on a guys face as his new firebird got smoked, by an F250 4x4. I cleaned up on more than a few german sports cars with an International dump truck, full of junk....(turbocharged 500 caddy, 4 27" rear tires, 5-1 diff.)
Never listen to those that think they know all...
Old 08-04-2009 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by PurePontiacKid
lol, you don't think I know that already? :P
not everyone dose
Old 08-04-2009 | 10:41 PM
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Yea, I know, but with my lack of funds, it leaves for ALOT of research time :P
Old 08-30-2009 | 09:22 PM
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bumpage FTW, I figure I'll make this my build thread I guess... lol

but I just got four brand new Falken 912 tires for my Z, and what a wondrous difference they made! lol I got 195/65-14 just because I wanted something a little shorter than stock, but taller than the 185/60-14's I had on the fronts before lol

Even with all stock bushings (sans a pair of polyurethane front swaybar endlinks) I have yet to find the limit of these tires!
Old 09-06-2009 | 09:47 PM
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wewt triple post FTW!

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look at how epic fail my photography skillz are!
Old 09-24-2009 | 08:25 PM
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It's nice to be talking to myself.

Anyways, I don't think I've got a picture of my engine posted up on these boards at all, so I figured I'd put this brand new shiny pic up, and see if anyone can guess what my latest mod is from this pic
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Old 09-24-2009 | 10:45 PM
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Very purdy!

As for the mod... since we've never seen your engine bay, it's hard to guess what "mod" you just did, but I'll take some "stabs" and say:
-Valve cover?
-Intake mani?
-Header?
-Silicone AFM to TB coupler?
-Blaster II coil?
-Shine-a-fy the throttle linkage?
-EGR block off plate?
or maybe a new radiator hose?
Old 09-25-2009 | 05:48 AM
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boots

Where do you get the throttle-AFM and AFM-air cleaner boots like you have, with no ports?
Old 09-25-2009 | 06:31 AM
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Nismo, nope, I tucked the injector harness under the fuel rail

I got the silicone boots from my nearby Checker, I had to use them because I'm also running a Cressida AFM (but with the stock TB )
Old 09-25-2009 | 08:36 AM
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Thanks. Nice to see a sky blue Z with so much blue sky! I have the same Falkens. You're right, they pretty much just stick no matter what. Plus I like the extra low-speed grunt due to the smaller tire.
Old 09-25-2009 | 03:06 PM
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thats a pretty clean engine bay. mines all dirty and the paint is gone under the master cyllinder cause i quit caring where the fluid was going after the 20th time bleeding it.
Old 09-25-2009 | 03:50 PM
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thanks iestyn, I didn't even think about the blue sky behind the car when I was takin those pics XD

And I'm pretty sure I don't have much paint left down there, either, my clutch system was the same way untill I replaced everything :P
Old 09-25-2009 | 04:13 PM
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your car needs a buff n wax REALLY bad and fix that ****in dent already!

any way i cant remember, did you leave the AFM stock or did you gut swap?
Old 09-26-2009 | 08:34 AM
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It needs to have a buffer taken to it is all, I've washed and waxed this car way too many times, along with using all sorts of crap that I'm can't even remember what I used lol (And believe me, the way the paint looks now is 20000X better than the way it was when I bought it I'll have to post up a pic of when I first brought her home). And I don't think you can see it in my pics, but I did fix the dent, I put a bandage sticker on it XD (just so ya know, everytime someone tells me to fix the dent, I push it a month FARTHER back in my plans, so right now, I don't think I'll be fixing it till around 2013 lmfao)

and yes, I did swap the circuit board from my stock AFM to the Cressida AFM
Old 09-26-2009 | 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by PurePontiacKid
and yes, I did swap the circuit board from my stock AFM to the Cressida AFM
Which all it did is push the bottleneck back 6 inches to your stock TB.
Old 09-26-2009 | 11:06 AM
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Well DUH! lol The biggest reason I did that is because I was bored at the junkyard and there was a Cressy sitting there... XD
Old 10-04-2009 | 04:10 PM
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Not really an update but the pic is so sexy I had to post it
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you know you're jealous
Old 10-04-2009 | 06:37 PM
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you know you're jealous
I would rather mount that Fairlady logo on a plaque and hang it on my wall than put it on a non-fairlady 280zx but that's just me (I have issues with this). It's easier to explain what "Fairlady" means when it's actually on a RHD car. Otherwise people might think something else....

Good pic tho!

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Old 10-04-2009 | 08:13 PM
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Is your speedometer in knots? Because your wheels are effing battleship. Damn son, LOL

Get some sportmax's


Dope JDM parts, yo.
Old 10-04-2009 | 08:45 PM
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JDM YO! lolz

Great example of a clean s130
Old 10-04-2009 | 08:46 PM
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Dude, you might want to start measuring, my car would tuck those gay *** Sportmax wheels almost worse than my stockers...

I might be tucking, but that's only because I'm on stock wheels and I don't want to run spacers.

Just wait till you see what I have in the plans as far as wheels go

(but it won't be anytime soon, as I've got 4 basically brand frickin new Falken 912's on there that I'm still broke from lol)
Old 10-04-2009 | 08:49 PM
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So you plan on staying with the NA L28?
Old 10-04-2009 | 08:53 PM
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I dont think a 16x8 +0 would tuck like your stockies.


I think a set of xxr 002's would look sick on there. Cheap.
Old 10-04-2009 | 08:57 PM
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Yea, I'm keeping it NA, but I'm building another motor for it, high comp and cammed up

And not only will the wheels I plan on getting fit better (especially with the ZG flares I'mma get), be 10" wide, but they will also be cheaper than XXR's



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