Tag Archives: Automotive

Launch Control

By Nick | Published: 11.12.2009
Well, the Z31 is now officially mine. Sort of. I still have to wait for the title to arrive in the mail, but that can’t change the fact that it is now in my name. Finally! Now I just need to pass an inspection. That’s going to be the hardest part. Although, I read up on [...]
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My Timing Was Off

By Nick | Published: 29.11.2009
No, really. Apparently my Z31 was running about 15 extra degrees of timing, although I had checked a couple of times with my timing light when I first got Megasquirt set. The trigger angle is now set at 75 degrees, which makes little sense to me. A (normal) V6 should reach each cylinder’s TDC at exactly [...]
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This is the coolest wing, evar!

By Nick | Published: 24.11.2009
I hate wings. I also hate non-stock spoilers. Unless you have a RWD car, and unless that car is a racecar, you don’t need one. However, this is a race car, and this is one cool wing. After the jump, since it’s not really supposed to be on my website.
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Title Woes Part Two

By Nick | Published: 20.11.2009
I’ve submitted the paperwork, and as soon as I purchase $7,000 worth of a surety bond, I can get a bonded title. Then I can get it inspected. Then registered. Then I can drive it. Legally, anyway.
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Title Woes

By Nick | Published: 16.11.2009
I’m trying to get my project car registered, which means I have to have a title, which means I have to go through a lot of hoops. The title I have is a mess, last messed with in 1998. It’s signed over to some random person, but that person apparently never re-titled it in their [...]
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