By Justin Page

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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

New master cylinder and braided brake lines

I have a used brake master cylinder off my other Z that needs to be swapped. In conjunction I will change all the brake hoses to the Earls steel braided lines. She should stop much better and not pull to the left under hard pedal pressure.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Motorsport Auto sway bars

Here is a comparison of the factory front 240z sway bar to the MSA 1" upgrade. It stiffened up the front end quite a bit. With addition of the energy suspension sway bar bushings, it's really stiff.

The 240z never came with a rear sway bar. To intall the rear one must drill into the body to mount the hardware. I'm going to try and get the rear finished sometime next week. The rear bar is 7/8".

Centerforce stage II clutch installed

I installed the clutch last Friday and it is much better than before. When I first installed the 5spd transmission out of the 81' 280zx non-turbo last month, the wrong throwought bearing was paired with the wrong pressure plate. Now the correct parts are paired up, just need to break in the clutch and it's ready to smash on.

Friday, June 11, 2010

My new clutch and other parts

Centerforce II, new slave cylinder, throwout bearing, stainless steal clutch hose, and pilot bushing. Car is going to drive awesome. Will install this weekend.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

New clutch parts on order

I just ordered the Centerforce II clutch kit, throwout bearing, pilot bushing, and slave cylinder to fix the clutch problem. A grand total of $371.01.