well everyone, it was great meeting everyone who showed!! my drive was great, and didnt even break anything. well except one of my support rods on the air dam. i put on 4700km over the entire journey. ill post pix later when i get more time. sharing a room with bleach and nismopick (and wife) was a great experiance. nice to actually meet ppl in person. left anehiem at 5:30am monday morning. stopped at roseburg oregean 12 hours later. then left at 2:45am tuesday and made it to my house at 11:00 just in time for lunch. woulda made it home 2 hours sooner but hit seattle rush hour perfectly.

 

Woot Woot!!! Good to hear bro.... but so much for the "missing in action" plan.

 

sweeet trip Shady. two thumbs up.

 

I rode in Shady's car to Newport Beach & back... I gotta say it's one sick n/a!!!

 

I'm still stuck in SanDiego!

...I mean, still on vacation in SanDiego.

 

I'm glad you made it back safely Shady, it was great talking to you at MSA. If can make it to Canada in July, I'll definitely hit you up. It all depends on work and the DAT exam prepping I have to do.

 

Yeah, glad to hear you got home alright. It was great meeting you and hanging out after for a while too!





Rod.

 

yeah i decided to not be a ***** and trick everyone. it kinda messes with any friendship i have made. kinda thought aboot it on the way home (nothing better to do with my time)

 

Hey Shady glad you made it back bro'. I sure wish I could have gone and met all of you guys. Your Z is friggin' sweet man, and of course everybody else's hehe

 

Cool that you made it back safely...now, where them pictures at!!

 

Yeah, I gotta have some pics since I was stuck with juvenile prison guard duties!

 

good to hear that your home, it was nice meeting all of you the showed... so?? does the plans for next years show starts? hahahahah

 

naw man, the legend shall stop there. i got too many things lined up for next year, like a wedding fer me. i wish i could go, but all that will remain are memories. maybe in 5+ years, so everyone stick around. the z is gonna get faster. after racing nismopick, i know i should at least be able to keep up when im done, just a little more, and a really good tune, and look out pick!!

 

Oh snaps! It's on!

 

Hey,

I forgot to tell you guys...

When I got home from MSA Sunday night I parked my car in front of the house so I could move another car out of the driveway to clear a way into the garage for the Z.

I went in the house for a few minutes before heading out to pull the Z into the garage and noticed a long stream running down the hill behind it (The Z).

I popped the hood and found (Once again) that the top seam on the radiator had opened up like the Grand Canyon ( OK, maybe an exageration, but you get the picture).

So, I'm done messing with this NEW radiator. I'm just giong to get another NEW one and chuck this one.

I'm thinking though that I may have a restiction somewhere. It seems to only spring a leak after it's been run hard and parked... Like back pressure is building after shut off. I'll swap T-Stats again while I'm at it to be sure.


Anyway, she got me home before calling it quits.


Rod.

 

well rod only 360 days till next year, git r done!

 

Hey Shady, welcome back to the great white North!

...and I think your message meant to read...

I think we'll just have to get you all excited about it like you were this year and it will be like shady VS nismopick Version 2.0...

 

Hey RodM
(nice ride.btw) maybe something as simple as a faulty radiator cap? I realize the damage is done and yer replacing the rad. BUT, if the cap IS the culprit...it will toss another rad ! cheap insurance. and I've seen em fail. there IS in fact more heat produced after shut down. the heat soak is tremendus! ( this is why some race cars,continue to run an elec. water pump for several minutes after shutdown.)...
sidenote... not just a new cap......a CORRECT for YOUR application pressure cap. meaning, taking into consideration whatever modifications you may have made. if the cap pressure is too high, it will pop parts (rad,..hose..etc). if it is too low, it will appear to overheat and "purge" more often into the resevior (sp),neither is good. talk it over with a trusted supplier/rod shop, whomever. (HINT..someone here know?)
Todd/BC240Z

 

Hey guys (and Zhag...heh, heh...) I'll probably be making the next one in '08. I know I don't post much on here anymore, but I'm going to make a concerted effort to reconnect on here.

It doesn't seem to be as juvenile as it used to be a few months ago.

 

hey bc240z, b4 rod tears you a new one (cause he will) he used to own and run a great mechanics shop, and in fact is a mechanic. your statement is exactly true, and i, as a mechanic have seen it happen all because of a stupid 7 dollar part. rod just has bad luck with this stuff!

 

Nah... I'm the "Kinder/Gentler" Rod these day's.

I actually appreciated his post, because not only was it dead on... But when Bob79280ZX reads it, he'll quit freaking arguing with me over the exact same point.

Indeed, the cap I have on there may be the culprit (after the fact anyways).

After I had the belts fly off a while back and open up the top seam, it's never been the same. I removed the radiator and took it in to be resealed, but I think it was just too weakened by the violence of splitting the first time.


Every now and then, I would see coolant around the ridge at the top seam and assume it was the cap leaking under pressure... So I got a new cap.

Since putting on the new cap, it's not only gotten a lot worse, but now there's no doubt where its leaking from.

It was probably the seam all along. I forced its hand by putting a fresh new cap on there.


Mr. Bob put a 16LB cap on his and I told him it was no bueno... I now wonder why he blew a hole in his brand new timing cover seal after less than 2K miles...


Rod.


P.S.

Hey Shady...

I'm not really a mechanic, I just play one on TV. Besides, my day's in the auto repair industry are blissfully behind me

 

hahahahahahahahahaahahaha

 

hehehe..
Dodged that one did'nt I?......