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Door panels look fantastic. Still hoping for a console that blanks out the shifter holes so I can move mine forward. I'm quite sure I'm not the only one either. Sure glad I started this thread- lol

As far as Oreck procedure. My buddy stared at those throttle plates and poked and prodded them and I was sure that some of them were off by a little. With the Oreck they showed all the same. I couldn't come up with another idea to get a good measure on the opening. Feeler gauges don't work because of the size and shape of the area. Visual perceptions are just that.

1" drum sander in a cordless. 80 grit drum sander will do everything fast. Used it to notch my cylinder bores too. Very manageable and hardly a chance of misfires, if you know what I mean.

I'd say those carbs are too small--- period. Put some bigger ones on with the same jets and let the numbers do the talking

Putting this combo together and will document the fun. I bought a 1983 zx motor about a year ago with plans to put my E88 on the short block. I sold off the P79 head since I didn't have plans to use it. I only paid 200$ for the motor and got 150$ for the head, so not too bad a start! The engine had 110K miles on it and the internals looked good. Maybe someone can verify for me that the stock p79 pistons do indeed have P79 stamped on them like these. The main bearing caps also had dots numbered in them-factory? The bores were so smooth it could have been touched before but all measure within stock limits. a cleaning and ball hone was it needed to be useable! The crank end could look better, but at worst a speedy sleeve could cover the groove and rust. Pistons measure above deck as archived at 19 thou. The pistons themselves look new after cleaning. I plan doing a minimal, frugal- rebuild, bearings and piston rings. We know all the Nissan stuff is good. The head will be a Maxima 47. I have always be intrigued by readings in the archives by 1fastZ and others about this head. It might be the best band for buck for our motors, if it can be done right. Yes the CR will be high, but thats the fun right? I'm hoping the versitility of my MS3 will help me manage and control the high CR motor. Not sure if i will be going straight to FI with this build or using the Mikuni's first. I have an early FI intake on the way now since I sold off my 83 intake for 75$. I found a n47 on the innerweb and had it bought and shipped for 150$ Took it to the machine shop to find it was .030 out of flat-not good. It did come complete with cam and rockers which i think are very useable. They did refund my money and I kept the head. have another on the way

Looking for way to preset my Mikuni's before installing I came up with this. My wife got excited when she saw me dragging out the Oreck, but I let her down as I carried thru the house and into the garage. I thought the ole Oreck would supply a very stable SUCK on the carb that I could set all the carbs too. At the same time I could eliminate any possibilities of a bent throttle plate if each carb barrel pulled the same amount of air. I used my Unisync to measure and set all the carbs at the same level according to the unisync. I never liked using the feeler gauge on the idle scews because it was hard to see and feel. I also didn't like the way my Mikuni intake lined up with the head ports. Looking at the gaskets you can see that the ports aren't centered . Without eliminating the step for anti-reversion control, I opened the holes enough to make them centered with the head ports. Be careful to check your gasket centers on the head . I have 2 felpro's and they line up differently.

So he's running 155 mains with almost the same engine. It seems you have another issue or you have chased your tale to 190 mains. Not critizing, but your jetting has seemed way off for your build.

Got one guys-thanks

How much?

Jamal, Just took a closer look. Not really wanting a webbed type intake. I appreciate the thought

Jamal, Pm you later.

Let me see what you got. PayPal ready.

Thanks for correcting. This carb tuning is tough enough to figure out--LOL. It's pretty cool Dave could take the time to personally get your car running right. It's also good to know you can turn down the venturies since the larger ones seem hard to come by. So did you do the cam timing change all at the same time or did that after changing the venturie.

To keep things correct - you ended up with 65 pilots, not 65 pump Jets. Interesting to know you can turn down the venturies like that- good info.

Reeeaaaaallllyyyyy! Reliefs? duration?

I just realized that I wrote this wrong. I was considering chamber matching reliefs instead of just eye browsing for valves. A sunken pocket matched to the combustion chamber that would help clear valves and drop CR a little bit. I guess I could have asked the max depth you can cut on a flat top. Thanks for pics and examples. It's also nice e to know that 530 lift will work with a little help.

Dam, that's a hell of a shelf on that piston. Those aren't stock flatops right? Yes, we are talking about the same thing as far as cutting the shape of combustion chamber in the top of the piston. I was Suprised to see that you also needed room for valves with additional reliefs . What engine and head combo?

My thought on the reliefs was more of chamber matching then just clearing for pistons. Considering a mn47 head with oversized L28 pistons might be a engine to try this with. Lowering CR and clearing valves for what would be a necessary larger cam.

Found one

Wished I lived closer to some of these west coast Pickn.pull's in Newark and Redding CA , so I could just pick my own:)

Thanks for the response. I've seen some videos of your method. Not sure what the limit is as far as cam numbers that would need this kind of clearance. I don't think my 490/290 cam will be a problem, but I know it's a matter of measuring for sure.

Are the L28 flatops thick enough to cut reliefs ? Like to do some combustion chamber matching and tried searching and couldn't find anything.

Same number- different combustion chamber.

New Zed, I have an option for someone to pull a mn47 for me from a yard out west, but was hoping someone already had a core laying around. Jamal, thanks for the pics, but it's the Maxima head I want, not the zx. Always liked doing business with you, maybe next time.

So I am looking at this solution for my set-up. Running MS3 with LS1 coils on an original 71 current tach. The directions from Turbo6inKY above says to hook the black/white stripe up to a 12 volt ignition source. But originally the black/white going to the tach was hooked to a 12volt ignition source, so why not use this right?. Maybe over thinking this, but want to be sure.