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in previous cars, I've chosen marine vinyl. its slightly thicker, generally harder wearing and is UV resistant. plus, it covers bumps and joins better - of course this could be remedied with a backing. Personally, I think matt finishes look better. I've never been able to afford leather...

btw, f'in nice work!

hey madmax, how are you going to measure airflow with the two air intakes separated like that? Do you have two AFM's and connected together or are you only measuring one intake?

Datsun 220. all the way... imagine that with a vgtt as a sleeper...

http://tech.aus300zx.com/idial_install/recalibration.pdf

Its possible, if you were playing music with the car not running. If voltage wasn't high enough, then it could pull more current to compensate. P(watts)=I(current) x V(volts) its unlikely, but possible.

i got one, said it was UV resistant... after two summers its pretty much useless and lets water onto the car a bit like a sieve. Fits brilliantly, with undercar ties and does at least protect from leaves and cats. it was about £70, can't remember the name. I now wrap a standard groundsheet over it for long times, as the fluffy underneath touching the car is still fine.

digging up an old thread.... I asked, and it is discrete components which do provide dual fuel not just petrol or diesel - and not kits. Thats a side issue... but he said one of the main problems is that with high revving cars, they lean out quickly. not impossible, but mapping the cars can prove difficult. ie, how to create maps which use all petrol or all LPG, or somewhere in between. He mentioned about having multiple maps such that you can be very economic or full power. Are you changing the ECU?

Here is a couple of installs I helped put in few years ago for some ideas. Same car, different setups. The Zed boot makes for an almost perfect bass box shape as nearly all the sound is directed forward. You can tune the frequencies on the crossover and use the entire car as a vented box by calculating the volume of the car (cabin gain), and the area of the vent (the windows wound down about an inch and a half).

have a think about putting in a carputer perhaps. a double din touchscreen, which gives you ample opportunity to put a satnav etc - looks cool. If you are serious about that much cash, then don't even bother with mp3's as they will sound really, really crap. Have a look at http://flac.sf.net which allows compressed but lossless sounds. Rip your own CD's for the jukebox. Here is a front end http://www.centrafuse.com/Screenshots.aspx Check out https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php for example, as alot of music is available in 96kHz, 24bit (or dolby digital styles if you like). Many big bands do actually do sell high def audio, but not on CD and can be hard to find where - but they do make it available. Many DJ's i know have friends in the biz who supply (for performance only...) music. For that price, you expect to be able to compete in SPL dB Drag competitions, and clarity competitions.

Hello, noticed this photo (from the discusison of moving expansion tank) and was wondering why put it in? Does it add to balanced air pressure or something on the intake? I dont have a dual pop. {nice engine silverbullet!!}

i'd like to see more of the front, with the short bumper. back looks bit crazy.

get out a hammer and some impact sockets, find one that hammers on nicely and away you go.

Hello, was wondering if anyone knows how I may get nprobe? http://www.300degree.com/electronics/nprobe/ Its no longer available, and I note that these guys are selling the palm m500 for £20 today. http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=190330

Pretty sure that there was some changed done to the chassis of the later models, which stiffened them up. Maybe it was the body which was strengthened, one of the two - but the later cars are somehow stronger.

How are you doing the tanks? replacing the sparewheel, or putting two tanks one on either side to keep it symmetrical? I've been quoted £1500 for a full install, with certification - but these fellas (who normally do range rovers) didn't really want to use the vogas system.

Should also say, that supposedly the LPG conversion works fine with turbos. the octane rating is around 110 (Ethanol is around 129) you can't take an LPG car through the channel tunnel. LPG is popular in Australia, there are a number of zeds with the conversion (quick search from the aus300zx site) from http://www.gasresearch.com.au/epg.html The following is a brief and nonspecific guide to engine building for the use of LPG/NGV as a primary fuel. Most of the following is aimed at V8 engines but the theories relate to 4 & 6 cylinder engines as well. Compression ratios Excessively high compression ratios only lead to detonation problems and optimum ignition timings will never be realised. Compression ratios are directly related to cam choice. I.E. the "bigger" the cam the higher the compression. Concave pistons work well in an engine which is designed to work in combination with a particular cylinder head combustion chamber shape. Compression ratios are also directly related to boost pressure(turbocharged and supercharged engines)and cam choice. Camshaft Extended exhaust duration (split timed / dual pattern) camshafts are recommended for LPG (square timed work well in some performance 4 & 6 cylinders) . Heads Seat inserts and bronze guides are always an advantage (whether using petrol or gas) as are large valves and porting for high rev applications. Well designed extractors assist exhaust scavenging. Inlet manifolds We recommend the use of single plane (open plenum) V8 manifolds as LPG vapour takes up to 30% more area in the manifold than petrol which is still in a liquid state. For high revving V8's the GasResearch Tornado manifold is advised. Some V8's use after market dual plane manifolds, with reasonable results, by lowering and knife edging the centre divider. Two or four barrel manifolds should be used in 4 or 6 cylinder applications. Fuel injection manifolds generally work extremely well with gaseous fuels. They have been designed to flow large volumes of air which provides good cylinder filling with gas. EGR systems These can be used provided they are in good condition. Exhaust crossovers in the inlet manifold should be blocked when possible. Cool air induction is an advantage on LPG for maximising cylinder filling and therefore power. Ignition Electronic ignitions are a big advantage when running on LPG. We also recommend the use of low resistance wire wound leads (as supplied by ICE Ignitions). The vacuum advance mechanism, unless modified, should be deleted. As an example a good mechanical ignition curve that was 10° at idle to 30° at 3000 RPM for petrol would be from 14° at idle to 28° all in by 2800 RPM. (depending on the cam profile) Individual curves should be plotted whilst dyno testing. Running in Not a problem on gas. Use running in oil for the twenty minutes required to run in your cam. Change this oil whilst hot to regular oil and load the engine on a dynamometer whilst tuning the gas system to perfection. If you do not tune and load your engine in its infancy the bores and rings will glaze. LPG cylinders Four valve LPG cylinders flow well for high performance engines. Some multi valve tanks may not supply sufficient LPG to make reasonable horsepower. We highly recommend the use of APA Industries LPG cylinders. Service lines Large flow (5/16 - 3/8) service lines and high flow filter lock-offs are essential as supply must meet demand. Twin tank, twin line set-ups for the likes of twin turbo V8's are recommended. Converter/regulator Are of a simple or complex type and must be matched to suit your metering system and horsepower requirements. GasResearch fuel metering systems use simple converters and air/fuel ratios are controlled and adjusted via jets and metering rods in the carburettor.Simple and effective.

I've been looking at doing this for a while. These guys state (i've emailed them) that the kit that they do for the 350 will work with the 300. http://www.lpg-kits.com/ Particularly, this one: http://www.lpg-kits.com/vogas6.htm To drive it, I've had discussions with some folks who run Megasquirt ECU's because what this kit provides is the ability to also mix the fuels - petrol and LPG. I've got a friend, who we are still discussing about purchasing an old engine to play with, and the kit and its accessories - and the space to do it etc... Its something that I very much want to do.

look like standard merc SLR wheels.

http://autospeed.com/cms/A_111416/article.html off you go. DIY styles FTW!

Gotcha. sounds like some good advice there...

Cheers for the advice. I've been looking for urethane bumpers for ages, but they are a little more pricey though probably betterh. this is the other one i was thinking of, which is urethane. http://www.madmotors.co.uk/catalog/extreme-dimensions-nissan-300zx-9096-front-bumper-urethane-p-5303.html am wanting to reuse all my lights.

Hello, How tricky is it to fit a Scarab bumber from Zcentre? It doesn't look like it has any fittings or bolt holes - and I'm not much of a bodyman... Cheers.

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Hello, was wondering if anyone has flocked their dash, and if so what do you think it looks like? Cheers. {no affiliation, just somewhere which does it} http://www.suffolkflockingservices.co.uk/