B&M Short Throw Shifter Fixes

1. Trouble getting into 5th/6th gear from 4th gear.

Fix: Its probably the brass plate that sits around it. It probably just got shifted a little bit. Take off the boot and check out the plate. There should be a little pin that rubs on the plate when getting into 5th gear. Make sure the plate sits flush with the pin so that it acts as a bump stop for the gate. It probably needs a little realigning. Make sure its flush while in 6th also.
Instructions:
Remove the console. Loosen 3 hex bolts around brass plate. Put the car in 5th, and then slide the brass plate until it rests on the pin. Tighten bolts a little. Do the same for 6th. Tighten bolts all the way. This should realign it better.

2. Shift knob Rattle
Fix: Wrap telfon tape or thin Electrical tape around the shaft that may be causing the vibration noise.

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Comparison Flow Rate for Catalytic Converter replacement Pipes.
Data collected from TECHNOSQUARE INC testing of Random Technologies Cat, a custom made straight pipe, and stock.

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Important Diagram for those with The AEM / NISMO intake....

due to the placement of the intake, your car may not be getting enough cool fresh air, due to the design of the fender lining and the shape of the front bumper.. here is a work around

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Important Diagram for those with The TEIN suspension..

there was a safety bulletin, on the front shock mount, the brake line holder should be at angle, instead of 90 degrees... see the images.

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Important Diagrams when you Modify your intake.

From the Image above you can see that there is an O-ring for the MAF sensor, be sure you have this piece when you modify your intake, else you might get idling problems.

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FRP Definition,
as taken from �Fiberglass and Composite materials: An Enthusiast's Guide to High Performance Non-Metallic Materials for Automotive Racing and Marine use�

Until recently, this sub-category of composites was called fiber reinforced plastic- FRP for short- with various sub-sub-categories according to the particular kind of fiber employed, such as carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), aramid fiber reinforced plastic AFRP), and glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP). In common usage, GFRP is also known as �Fiberglass� which can be a bit confusing, because fibers by themselves, whether glass fibers or any other kind, are only half the story: the resin is the other half. Don�t make the mistake of thinking that fiberglass (GFRP) is the one thing and composites are another�fiberglass is a composite material. There are a couple of likely reasons for the term composite tending to replaced the term FRP. First fiberglass has been around several years before fibers were developed that were stronger and stiffer than glass fibers, and so could be worked � together with plastic resin � into composites that were also stronger and stiffer than those made with glass. To distinguish them from GFRP�s and to suggest their superiority, composites make using these new fibers were called advanced FRP composites, which soon got shortened to just composites.

The other reason may have to do with the idea implied by the second half of the expression �Reinforced Plastic� suggest that it is the plastic that is doing the job, and that the fibers just help a bit by reinforcing it. If there is only a small amount of fiber reinforcement, then the properties of the end product�the combination of plastic and fiber�will be closer to those of the plastic than to those of the fiber. On the other hand, if there is a lot of fiber and only a little plastic, the resulting combination will vastly outstrip the strength and stiffness of the plastic resin by itself. Though there is no hard dividing line, at some point the concept shifts from a piece of plastic whose strength and stiffness are improved somewhat by the inclusion of some strong fibers, to a material in which the mechanical properties begin to approach those of the fibers, and where the plastic exists simply to hold the fibers in place � the reinforcement provides the strength; the plastic provides the shape.

hope that helps clear things up on when a company says their body kit is FRP versus when a company says its made up of Fiberglass...same thing!

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Talking to a few of my Aerospace engineering buddies i got around talking about my Z and the front end of the car, on how i want to add air vents to assist in the intake breathing.

my friend suggested me to take a look at a book that he has on the Aerodynamics of cars and how to design them (not so much equations and such, but more of a conceptual and diagrams to show how theory works)..

its fantastic! now i know what that Nissan Advan GT car has that seperate black vent in the nose!

thats where the air flow splits from flowing over or under the car, the pressure build up there is the greatest, so all they have to do is open that up, duct it toward the intake, and thats it! ram air the most efficently.

well this is just something that ppl should look at when designing functional body kit!

"Race Car Aerodynamics: Designing for Speed"
by Joseph Katx
Robert Bently Automotive Publishers
ISBN: 0-8376-0142-8
$34.95