Thanks Terry
So what do i do he was general in his approach but if he thinks that it had
arear end drum than the 1600 should do as it has 240k front end i just don't
want him coming out and wasting my time.
Ben trying to get 510 Z18t on the road
>From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Z18t conversion
>Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 22:06:29 +1000
>
>Ben,
>
>A mate in Canberra has Series 1 Bluebird 910 that's been fitted a fully
>engineered Z18ET and he got this stunt pulled on him by the engineer as
>this
>dude thought he new his Nissans and he also thought he'd give us something
>to remember him by (like a bit of grief as well as $750). I'm sure these
>guys make their own rules up as they go along and the brake rule that some
>of them seem to use these days goes like this -
>
>"if a turbo engine is offered by the manufacturer in a Japanese model and
>not an Australian model then you must upgrade the Australian car to have at
>least the same type of brakes as the import"
>
>Fairly easy to do in the Bluebird as this gives you two choices with the
>Z18t, the Japanese S11 (Gazelle) had ventilated fronts and rear drums but
>the Japanese Bluebird 910t had solid discs all round just like our S2 & S3
>TRX. As we had the Gazelle front cut we said we would go better than that,
>we bolted on the Gazelle ventilated front discs also bolted on TRX rear
>discs as well but the Aussie Bluebird drums were enough to pass.
>
>This Bluebird stops real well - not as good as my 1600 mind but it's not
>bad, very acceptable street brakes.
>
>BTW I'm not a 910 expert by any means - What series did the TRX come in
>(All
>3?, only S2 & S3?) and did they all have rear discs? Some LX had rear
>discs - are these the same as TRX? The DBA catalogue says yes.
>
>If an engineer wants to apply this line a thinking to a 1600 conversion
>like
>is the go in Sydney with some engineers lately, you can either go with it
>or
>use the engineer that Wardy had for the FJ20t ( read a tad more hp) - he
>was
>strict to the safety standards he set but somewhat realistic as well and
>didn't cost a fortune.
>
>Terry
>
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>Sent: Monday, 18 September 2000 9:19 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Z18t conversion
>
>
>Hi i was curious what type of brakes are in the Z18t as the engineer told
>me
>that the original brakes or equivilant are needed
>Thannks Ben
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