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I have not tried this myself but from everything I've read and with 40 years of electronics I'd run both leads to where the original leads went. You don't want to rely on the chassis for your engine ground, just asking for future problems. Of course this is just my opinion.

That is a sweet ride, love the paint and the hood.

After over 40 years in the computer world I have learned several things about electronics. A fuse never just "wears out", a good ground is not just a good idea but mandatory and an electrical device rarely dies alone. As far as diagnosis goes always ask "What was the last thing you did before the problem started?"

Way to go guys. Glad it turned out to be something relatively easy instead of tearing that monster engine down again.

I had to do something. My dining room and living room are so full of car parts I can barely get around. I haven't seen the top of my dining room table in months! The present garage has my work bench, one disassembled engine, the engine stand and hoist taking up pretty much of one side and the Z lives on the other along with the radial arm, lawn mower and too many old Datsun parts. The truck now lives outside, bummer and there's a 1994 Z28 (donor car) under a tarp in the back yard. It should be obvious I am not married anymore either, LOL

LOL, to tell you the truth is nicer than mine and seems almost as big. House is only 1440 sq ft but its a story and a half garage is 576 sq ft.

I know the feeling. I'm pretty much in the same situation, small attached 2 car garage and too many tools. So I decided to build a 24x24 garage in the back yard. Nothing even close to your awesome shop but plenty big enough for what I want to do. We're about 90% done and we should finish with the building this week. Then insulation, electrical and heat/AC and I'll be ready to start the LT1 swap on my Z.

Very cool, that first fire up is always a rush. Like jt1 said exhaust is optional, it will bring you closer to your neighbors, LOL!

ROTFLMAO, sounds like something I would do. Glad you figured it out.

Too funny and I can relate. I had wrecked my 65 Sunbeam Tiger' date=' broadsided by some housewife in a wooden clad Ford station wagon and had waited 6 weeks for its replacement. A week after I picked up my new car a buddy and I decided to go drinking, yeah stupid but it was the 60s and who knew driving and drinking was dangerous, LOL. He started bragging to people in the bar about how fast my Tiger was. Some dude come up, says he has a 390 Ford that will blow me away. I laugh and tell him no truck engine big ass Ford could take my Tiger and if I wasn't so drunk I'd show him. So of course a hour later and a few more beers I am sober! Let's go racing. There was a great drag race street in Cincinnati close to the bar so we headed over there and lined up. At the start signal we take off and this Ford totally blew me away instantly. OMG what is that thing? Well it turns out it was not a 390, it was a 7 liter limited addition NASCAR beast! So we decide to attempt a 60 mph kick down race hoping I can take him with my gears. I stayed right beside him until I hit 4th at just over 100. Not too sure what happened but I must have jerked the steering wheel when I grabbed 4th because the next thing I know we are spinning. On the third revolution I caught it to discover we never even changed lanes. I was shaking and felt like I was going to loose my lunch, my buddy was going "Cool man, do it again"! Dude thought I did that on purpose! The Ford guy pulled up and said "Your car isn't that fast but you're one hell of a driver". Who was I to deny it, I played along like I knew what I was doing. Side note: Six months later I wrecked that Tiger….drunk again. I finally learned the hard way about drinking and driving, fortunately nobody got hurt either time. But man, I loved that car. [/size']

In 1965 I had a Sunbeam Tiger. One night my roommate and I were cruising around, sitting at a light when two girls in a brand new GTO pulled up next to us. Some engine revs from their car indicated they wanted to race. The light changed and I dumped the clutch at around 3000. I don't think the girl knew how to drive since I put a huge hole shot on the Goat. I slowed down to allow them to pass and then followed them. They drove into the local park, cool, we're thinking things are looking good. They stopped in the road and I pulled up next to them. We attempted to talk but my car was pretty loud so I turned off the engine. After a few minutes a car came from behind us so I needed to get out of the road. I hit the key…nothing…WTF! We ended up pushing it off the road. By now I was in panic, to hell with the girls my car is dead! After a few futile attempts at getting the car to turn over we asked the girls to drive us home, how embarrassing. It turned out I had torn up the clutch on the 3000 RPM dump and part of it ended up in the bendix of the starter, apparently a common problem with Tigers. By the end of the week I had a Cobra racing clutch installed, that never happened again.

Wow, some people just live right. Great find, like others have said some pict would be nice

I too am considering paddle shifter. Keep us posted on how that works out.

Still a work in process, I don't like the stock turn signals but I'm not sure what I will end up with yet. And I think I will try to recess the running lights a bit.

Thanks guys, got the part from Victoria today, popped the old one off by hand and used a rubber mallet to seat the new one. Piece of cake.

I guess it isn't as simple as I stated. I have a '94 Z28 4L60E and JTR told me I would have to change the tail housing to use their mount. He didn't really tell me all the reasons, just the mounting hole location thing.

OMG, that is insane! I can't wait to see that thing run!

That's my plan. Dimensions on the '94 Z28 radiator look close but I think it will work with the AC condenser and fans attached.

A few weeks ago I bought four of ADR Phantom wheels on EBay. Before I had them mounted I noticed one of the hub caps was loose and discovered the spring clip on the inside was missing. I searched all the boxes but there was no clip to be found. I called their Northern California office and talked to a very nice guy. He asked where I got the wheels and what the EBay account was. He then told me he would send the clip. I really didn't think it would ever show up, but today it arrived. I makes me feel good that there are still companies out there that care about the customer after the sale. Of course it would have been better if the clip had been installed in the first place, but working for an engineering/manufacturing company I know this stuff happens. Its what a company does after the sale that makes a great company.

Wow, that looks so cool. Paint job looks awesome, gotta love a yellow car! Those outside guages are like somethig from the 60s. Is it tough getting used to the mirrors way up there? Also a thoughback to yesteryear.

Way cool, congrats.

Thanks guys, I did see them in Black Dragon (Victoria British). I'll give the prying them off a shot after SEZ and getting the parts.

454!! Holy cubes batman!! I hope to see you at SEZ, got video tape ready to see that thng fly.