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somthinrandm

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  1. I have A MSD 6400 well 6series black ignition box on my 77 Z The guy i bought it from had the ignition installed. He told me that the Tach was just not hooked up. The rpm white wire is disconnected and just sitting there, and there is ONE wire on the harness not connected to anything pertaining to the msd ignition. I was wondering if I need to buy the MSD adapter, and what kind should i buy? Does anyone else have a 280z with a MSD 6 series setup, did u need to use an adapter? im afraid to just connect the rpm wire to the extra wire in the harness, im afraid i might break something. thanks for your thoughts
  2. I know in the rules we arnt suppose to start our own thread if we have a question pertaining to something already being talked about, so Phil im sry this doesn't pertain to your Megasquirt tach question; but it does pertain to the topic title. Anyways, I have A MSD 6400 well 6series black ignition box on my 77 Z The guy i bought it from had the ignition installed. He told me that the Tach was just not hooked up. but I was wondering if I need to buy the MSD adapter, and what kind should i buy? Does anyone else have a 280z with a MSD 6 series setup, did u need to use an adapter? thanks
  3. Another question, Is there a kit i can buy that doesn't sell the rear trunk carpet. That is in great shape. its just the old carpet in the front is what i am worried about. perhaps i could save money that way too.
  4. Your carpet came out really nice and I agree i don't think im going to trust the molded kit. i also like the gray idea. it didn't even dawn on me how much dirt would show up! great idea ill take a look at the other colors!
  5. Ok so i looked at the other topics before i posted this and didn't find a answer. I'm in process of considering replacing my original old carpet in my 77 280z and eBay sells 1 or 2 piece molded carpet made to directly fit my cars floor pans, and they also have multi-piece regular carpet. which is what the car already has. has anyone had experience with the molded carpet idea. Im a little skeptical, and was wondering if i should go Molded or multi piece. Thanks for your thoughts.
  6. Haha ur analogy makes sense, here is are some pics of a car I'm looking to buy. Engine is good, tranny good, all the parts are on the car and its pritty much stock. It does have some rust on, floorpans, door jams, and frame rails or So he has said. Good thing is that it has no rust in the rear. Also good thing is its been garaged for the past few years and he took all the carpet out so. Any new water on the carpet will not continue to make rust. What do u guys think? Asking price is $2k so its in my budget and I think its negotiable. Also comes with another set of aftermarket wheels he said. Is this rust fixable? Should I run away?
  7. To answer ur ? I have access to some fab. Equipment but don't really know what I'm doing. I'm not a professional by anymeans but I was planning on doing research on how to do rust work and then get some good hands on practice on this z. This Z I'm looking to buy I'm looking for a project. So yes a $5000 base price is out of question. My ?? Is mainly I don't want to buy a Z with a rusted (something) and then come to find out that, that particular rust is almost impossible to fix and I should have not bought this car for that reason. Does this make sense? Are their other ways to fix rust without welding? Can I cut out the rust then add sheetmetal over hole then use something other than weld to hold it in place? Can I fill the rust with something? Or do I absolutely need to weld it. Not very experienced with welder. Done it once lol. Maybe its time to learn. Thanks for all thoughts.
  8. Hello all, this is my first post and im new to this forum so please forgive me if I don't know all the rules yet:). I live in the humid NC. anyways, joined with hopes of making a Z a track or drag car, Was considering V8 swap. but that's in the future, I have to still get one first; now my question. OK so I'm looking to buy a project Z. My budget is about $2000. Ive read the previous forums as to the +'s and -'s of each model (240-280z's). For a track car or drag, Ive found that the 240's are the lightest most power to weight ratio I can get. so I want to go with a 240. The posts have also mentioned that "all in all out of the three models you should just find one without rust". Well Ive tried to do that and have been looking all up and down the east coast for the past 2 months about, but that's the problem its the east coast, and everything has rust I'm finding. SO now if I buy such an old car (240z) over here, its most likely going to have rust. I'm thinking that finding a 30 year old z without rust for less than $2000 is out of ?. Its a Restoration project and so I'm willing to put money into it to fix. I just don't know how hard it is to fix RUST? I'm wondering, out of all the normal rust areas, which is the easiest to fix? Everyone down here has a 240z with rusted floor pans, and most have some rust on the frame rails. How do I go about fixing those areas? whats the easiest way? thanks to all who read this!
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