A little while back I was contacted by Rusty Turner, the Editor in Chief of this monthly newspaper, to see if he could reprint my roadster history article. I told him "Sure" and yesterday I received
Either one can overstress an engine. The biggest difference is that a supercharger runs a fixed amount of boost since it is driven mechanically off the crank, while a turbo makes a variable amount of
6000 rpm shouldn't be enough to float the valves. The fact that you see something in the cylinder indicates that it either sucked some form of debris like a loose nut into the cylinder, or else it dr
I'm pretty sure the screens are still available. Check with one of our vendors; that'll be easier than trying to talk to a 19-year-old kid in the Parts Dept who doesn't know Nissan ever made roadster
Actually, the vacuum helps suck out both oil vapors and products of combustion that can otherwise form acidic deposits inside the engine. If you're getting a whole lot of oil and other crap coming th
Yes, that one up on the side is the fill hole. You don't want the transmission completely filled with oil, you just want the gears running in an oil bath. Hot tip - since the steel plugs can get stuc
Most newer cars built for 4 full-size adults are longer than 14'. I think my Maxima is about 16'. The roadster is 13' so you're talking just one foot longer than a roadster. Why the limitation on len
You and Irene have done so many other projects on your house, can't you just tunnel back under the house another couple of yards? Make it like the Bat-Cave. ;-)
The U20 specs are alredy compiled at http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/U20specs.asp. Not that I see any problem with having this info in more than one place. BTW, the term "deck height" is normally used
They're pretty close. They have the same bolt pattern; later roadster wheels were 4 1/2" while the 240Z wheels were 5". But the Z's generally run zero offset, whereas the roadsters have about 3/8-1/2
I had difficulty getting a good enough connection when I tried that. I wound up running the ground cable from the battery all the way up to a bellhousing bolt.
You can either take the ashtray out (which will give you more room for your fingers) or you can remove the center console entirely (which will give you all kinds of room to get at it).
The throwout bearing is pressed onto a rather large metal collar. In the diagram at http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Images/29.gif, the throwout bearing is number 31 and the collar is 26-29. Number 32 i