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Ok - In the name of science, here are the pre-freeze dimensions of a Prothane 350z rear differential bushing. I’ll leave it in the freezer for at least 24 hours and re-measure:
Originally Posted by tmdz
I've never thought about freezing poly stuff before but this is a great tip to try - Thanks brother!
Wow! That came out nice! Did you use POR-15 or something else?
Thanks, I just wire brushed the **** out of it with a drill mounted wheel and used rust metal primer over it... I do have por 15 but the 3 steps take forever and the warning labels kinda give me the heebee geebees.
I found a stock exhaust mid-pipe and muffler on CL to replace the cheapo muffler-shop-special (not even chromed tips?!) that the previous owner installed on our Z. Just one of the few things to be done to get our Z-find back on the road in good shape.
This one was removed shortly after the donor car was originally purchased and a performance exhaust was installed, so it's in like-new shape. It sat in the sellers garage for over ~14 years.
DAY-AMMMMMMMMMM...... and there's a guy on here who's all hot on an S-Tune MUFFLER ONLY for 3 bills! Glad I got rid of all three of mine at no-loss-prices.... cuz this find just about kills the market for 'em. GREAT FIND!!
So in an attempt to figure out how to get the bushings out of the rear suspension upper arm, I bent the upper arm causing the piece to get crooked in the press... The arm then flew out of the press at a high rate of speed right into my *******. Im hopefully the pain will go away shortly but its been about 20 minutes and it's still not going well...
Anyways anyone ever get these bushings out without losing a ******** or bending the arm into a useless piece of scrap?
Yup. I got mine out using one of these. Read the product review on Amazon, that's me explaining that you have to get a bit creative to get the tool to work properly. I can personally attest that it DOES work though.
Nice big shoes! Wallet a bit lighter? jk, my MPSS are 1 size thinner, love them.
I was thinking about going one size thinner since I have19x9.5 and 10.5 @+22 offset. My fenders are rolled and pulled slightly, but sitting at -2.5 degrees neg camber in the rear. I'd like to get rear camber arms and get that camber to under -2 degrees. Hope it all fits.
I am also coming from MPSS which I loved. These are a mixed bag... Sidewalls on the MP4S are marshmallow soft. It was instantly noticeable and pretty disappointing. I'll have to get used to them. they only have 20 miles on them and they seem really sticky, but my slot-car handling car went to vague on-center feel and delayed reactions to sheering wheel inputs. :-(
I'll just learn how to drive on them and deal with it...
I was thinking about going one size thinner since I have19x9.5 and 10.5 @+22 offset. My fenders are rolled and pulled slightly, but sitting at -2.5 degrees neg camber in the rear. I'd like to get rear camber arms and get that camber to under -2 degrees. Hope it all fits.
I am also coming from MPSS which I loved. These are a mixed bag... Sidewalls on the MP4S are marshmallow soft. It was instantly noticeable and pretty disappointing. I'll have to get used to them. they only have 20 miles on them and they seem really sticky, but my slot-car handling car went to vague on-center feel and delayed reactions to sheering wheel inputs. :-(
I'll just learn how to drive on them and deal with it...
I'd suggest playing with air pressures on your new shoes. The 305s are a bit large (not out of spec or reason, just a little plump) POSSIBLY giving you a little bit of sidewall flop on the narrow (relative) wheels. Air those up to 50, drive 'em, adjust, drive 'em, adjust. Might just be you're needing a bit more air to tighten up the sidewalls a tad to elimiminate what sounds like classic rollover. Worth a shot.
Other thing about such a large tire is that unless you're on a track warming them, they take forever to reach optimum op temps. So unless you're driving from, say, San Jose to San Francisco, they're almost never going to get up to the 150-160 you need for any performance maneuvers. Airing up will help with that a tiny bit too.
I'd suggest playing with air pressures on your new shoes....
...unless you're on a track warming them, they take forever to reach optimum op temps. So unless you're driving from, say, San Jose to San Francisco, they're almost never going to get up to the 150-160 you need for any performance maneuvers. Airing up will help with that a tiny bit too.
Yes, Agreed... Nor will my stoptech 309 brake pads heat up enough to be really fun.
I'll play with pressure a bit. May also stiffen up my suspension too.
So for my 11 mile commute, they're not optimized, but then I'm stuck at <40 MPH.
But the car comes alive on some long twisty back-road drives. :-) I used to do a lot more cross-country stuff. Hoping to get back into that and I'll buy a new Daily driver later this year.
For the DD, I can't decide between an M4 or a Colorado ZR2 pickup.
GREAT FIND!!
