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by Rettax3
Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:29 pm
Forum: Performance Mods
Topic: 5 speed swap
Replies: 4
Views: 658

Re: 5 speed swap

I had a write-up back on bstuff waaay back when, though there were a few differences as the conversion was going into the GTU with the 3800SC swap. Partly depends on which variant of the 5-speed you are going with. Oldest ones used an enclosed jackshaft and both CV axles were the same, left and righ...
by Rettax3
Thu Jan 11, 2024 5:06 am
Forum: Intakes
Topic: Custom engraved 3400 UIM for turbo 3400
Replies: 5
Views: 891

Re: Custom engraved 3400 UIM for turbo 3400

The NICO (Nissan/Infinity) forum seemed decent back when I had checked it out years ago relating to my 300ZX/VH45DE project, but I just didn't get that involved, and stayed away from all the 240SX/KA-series discussions that A) -didn't relate to me and, B) -I suspected would attract more of the young...
by Rettax3
Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:05 pm
Forum: Intakes
Topic: Custom engraved 3400 UIM for turbo 3400
Replies: 5
Views: 891

Re: Custom engraved 3400 UIM for turbo 3400

Do whatever with you want with emblems IMO. I mean, I had a fake "SS" and I'm making a new "T56" decal in the Z26 style soon...bad paint or not. Yep. I am too far away from 'stock' on most of my vehicles to ever gain the title of 'purist'. One of the reasons I still visit the Fo...
by Rettax3
Mon Jan 01, 2024 12:45 am
Forum: Members Rides
Topic: The Derretta, 1994 base with some attitude.
Replies: 557
Views: 232044

Re: The Derretta, 1994 base with some attitude.

pulled the trans to start a 5 speed swap over this winter. Swapping in a Getrag 282! YES!! Now it will be a real car! Haha. :wink: Still like that car of yours, every time I see it there is something 'fresh' about the looks, yet familiar too. I guess that is what makes the car's styling (and the de...
by Rettax3
Mon Jan 01, 2024 12:29 am
Forum: Members Rides
Topic: Beretta Z28
Replies: 634
Views: 248729

Re: Beretta Z28

:Yahoo!:
-And that is all I have to say about that! Congratulations!
by Rettax3
Sun Dec 24, 2023 10:35 pm
Forum: Intakes
Topic: Custom engraved 3400 UIM for turbo 3400
Replies: 5
Views: 891

Re: Custom engraved 3400 UIM for turbo 3400

That is awesome -caught a glimpse of it but hadn't posted yet... Using the Buick GN(X) "boosted-6" is borderline blasphemous, but it came out too nice for me to criticize! :ROFL: I have intentions of making a decal for the L36/L67 3800 hybrid in my GTU, doing a red "L3" and a bla...
by Rettax3
Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for a Beretta
Replies: 4
Views: 1283

Re: Looking for a Beretta

My wife says I need a project car. She had a Beretta, and I always liked them, but they're hard to find. Even MUCH harder to find than a solid Beretta project car is a wife that will suggest their husband needs a project car :D -DEFNITELY a keeper! :lol: My GTU was originally an '89 2.8 V6 automati...
by Rettax3
Tue Nov 07, 2023 7:21 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Off-Topic, Off-Center, and Possibly Out of my Mind -Turbo Bike build
Replies: 3
Views: 1332

Re: Off-Topic, Off-Center, and Possibly Out of my Mind -Turbo Bike build

Keep building skills and experience. Weird stuff is cool. If I'm not learning something, I'm wasting my day. :pardon: If I'm not applying what I've learned, I'm wasting myself. Just got a rotary-table (precision machining fixture -weighs a little over 60 pounds) to use with my metal-shaper (old-sch...
by Rettax3
Sun Nov 05, 2023 6:14 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Off-Topic, Off-Center, and Possibly Out of my Mind -Turbo Bike build
Replies: 3
Views: 1332

Off-Topic, Off-Center, and Possibly Out of my Mind -Turbo Bike build

I've been into the motorcycling scene as deeply and as long as I've been into cars. I just haven't done as much with modifying them as I have the four-wheeled friends. But after my latest motorcycle project, a liter-class Honda from the mid '80s that I recently purchased and built over the last year...
by Rettax3
Sun Nov 05, 2023 2:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Advice for an old 89 GTU
Replies: 5
Views: 2309

Re: Advice for an old 89 GTU

Yeah, we are still here. :good: Glad to hear you are hanging on to the car, still hoping for pics though... :Search: :wink: I hope your health improves and you are able to get some quality wrench-time on the GTU soon.
by Rettax3
Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:07 pm
Forum: Members Rides
Topic: Budget LS swap 6spd RWD Z26 project.
Replies: 110
Views: 22733

Re: Budget LS swap 6spd RWD Z26 project.

Cool! No idea there was an "LS Fest", but hey, why not?? :good: Glad the trip ended without major drama, so funny you had the trailer along with you... I tried pulling a spare Beretta with me across country once... :fool: (Okay, I was actually MOVING, so both cars, and many others, had to ...
by Rettax3
Thu Sep 28, 2023 2:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I made some Betetta Cookie Cutters :)
Replies: 2
Views: 13369

Re: I made some Betetta Cookie Cutters :)

Love it! Thanks for sharing.
by Rettax3
Sat Jul 15, 2023 4:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: what did you do to your ride today?
Replies: 983
Views: 317709

Re: what did you do to your ride today?

Well, not a 'Beretta', but definitely one of my 'rides'... :pardon: Been working on another bike I picked up some months back, a Honda V-4 Interceptor 1000. Wanted one of these since they came out in the early '80s... :Bravo: I know Honda VF-series very well, and have two 750 "V45" Sabres ...
by Rettax3
Fri Jul 14, 2023 10:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1990 GTZ Coverlay dashcap install
Replies: 2
Views: 794

Re: 1990 GTZ Coverlay dashcap install

Not bad! Thanks for the pics, the feed-back, and the install tips. I discounted these a long time ago after someone mentioned that the caps are relatively hard and unyielding, unlike the factory dashboards, and I got an '80s Third-Gen Camaro with one that had warped and rippled and shrunk -pure ugly...
by Rettax3
Thu Jul 06, 2023 2:51 pm
Forum: Members Rides
Topic: Budget LS swap 6spd RWD Z26 project.
Replies: 110
Views: 22733

Re: Budget LS swap 6spd RWD Z26 project.

Right on, looks like you had some fun -love that you had to notice your third-eye light was missing a bulb -OCD as only a Builder would have! :lol: Very cool that nothing broke, but next time the car should be driven there! :wink: (And yeah, driven back!) How many people there figured out that the w...