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Then I wouldnt touch it! (Unless a cop tells you to) and it sounds like you need a girlfriend who love cars as much as you do!

This is a nice thread, keep up the updates.

Ahh, tell her to quit being a pus... errr, tell her to cowboy up..err... hmmm... yeah that's just not gonna work, sorry dude

Being one who uses a l28et.. it is dam loud lol especially mid 3k+ and i occasionally hear the turbo spooling up since the lag is loooong...Its worse when the tops are off i hear the car more then the wind itself.

the engine itself is already loud, straight pipe, just adds to the fun

Sounds nice either revving up or down... especially in tunnels =)

Dammit, I need a turbo. My L28E sounds like a frickin truck.

Well dont expect much from a l28et stock that thing has the worst turbo lag lololololo but when it does then the turbo.....kicks in...

Nah. She's stuck with me for over a year, and the last 8 months of this project are a testament to her patience. I've paid more attention to the car than her, and for some strange reason, she still loves me. She likes driving fast too. So, she's a keeper!


UPDATE: I'm STILL putting in the sound mat, its a pain. Still incredibly tedious. Good thing is the only major section I have left is the passenger floor, and I still have almost a full roll of mat left!! 100sq ft is definitely more than enough for one layer. Bad news; my friend's younger brother showed me Far Cry 2 the other day and now I'm addicted. Uh oh...

So how is the car doing thus far? Im sure you've been driving it more, right?

Nope, its been in pieces, interior-wise. Haven't driven it in over a week. Nice thing is that its nearly finished, and although I have not been able to really test it by driving, my latest efforts were successful. That Fatmat stuff works REALLY well. I covered almost everything in a single layer (80 mil thick) and running the engine/revving has been dramatically muted inside the cabin. I still have over half a roll left too, so I might add a double layer in a couple areas. Maybe now the gf will like riding in it and I'll actually be able to hear my stereo!

How much was that stuff?

The stuff is called Fatmat Rattletrap. $119 (+shipping) on ebay for two rolls of 33.5"x18" (just over 100sq ft). Fatmat Xtreme was a bit cheaper, but I decided to get the thicker stuff. It is a bit thicker than regular fatmat at 80mil. So far its one of the best deals for sound deadening I've seen, even if it is asphalt base instead of butyl. People say asphalt based mat will make your interior smell like fresh road on a hot day, but so far I have not been able to smell anything unless I put my nose right next to it.

Looks like they also restructured some of their prices too so you might be able to get a better deal than I did.


[ Post merged on May 25 2009, 02:48 PM ]
I had a bit of buyer's remorse after getting these things a long while ago, but test fitting them again tells me they'll still make the look of the car. I just need to adjust then paint the mounting brackets. I might even be able to pull off using Sylvania silverstars or something, since the smoked plexiglass really isn't that hard for light to punch through. At the very least, it'll help my aerodynamics by a small margin and keep me from digging bugs from the space between the headlight and the sugar scoops.









[ Post merged on May 26 2009, 04:48 AM ]
Installed the short throw shifter. The difference is retarded. If I were strong enough, I could hit every gear by shifting with my pinkie, its that short. Here's a comparison of the levers, stock is on the left.


Only thing that sucks is that I can't use my old shift knob because of the thicker threading.

nice z man, never would have thought orange would work so well with it

How does that shifter install? I guess I'm not seeing how the longer end fits in the same place as the stocker.

A special bracket, fits on top of the original pivot point on the tranny and raises the new pivot point higher.


[ Post merged on May 26 2009, 03:37 PM ]
I have to learn how to drive again, this shifter is insane. No clue where my gears are anymore.

Ahh, I thought so. Cool.

Eh. I made my short shifter some odd years ago in my welding class. Too bad I'm no longer using that tranny

well I've recently been thinking more and more (after I had bought the shifter) that when this tranny goes I'm converting to a Z32 tranny, so I might as well get some use out of this one. Hopefully it still has plenty of life in it, but it does grind when going from 2nd to 3rd at high rpm. My girl's Mazda Protege does the same thing, and I remember my 3000GT started doing that a little while before 5th gear exploded. Changing synchros and transmission work is not something I want to think about right now.

supposedly, the 280zxt borg warner tranny and the (NA & turbo) Z31 borgwarner tranny are weaker than the NA 280z nissan 5 speed. So go with the nissan z32 tranny. Either NA or TT trannies, the difference between the 2 is the gearing apparently. Oh and you're going to has to get an adaptor plate for it, and a custom drive shaft.

Yup, got the idea from big-phil's videos.

goodluck on your z dude bookmarking it

I'll need it. I can't figure out how to remove the stainless trim without damaging it, which is making my next mini project much more difficult than it should be.

From what area?

which part? the gutters?

I just used a very flat piece of wood and a wide flat head screw driver. Prop the wood on part of the roof and slowly pry the trim.

This post has been edited by AK-Z on May 28 2009, 05:00 PM