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  1. Well the person I purchased the car from had apparently cleaned them out and tweaked them to get the car to run. To what extent they cleaned them and if they knew what they were doing I dont know. The carbs have spacers on them so Im not sure wether or not the jets are stock or not.. Im just trying to figure out the cheapest way to make the car drivable till I can get to making money to continue with the restoration.
  2. Ive finally managed to get everything in order to start driving my 72 240. The car had sat for 15years roughly before I started driving it. But shortly after starting to drive it I noticed that something wasnt right. The car is seeming to run very very rich. It idles fine and free-revs fine as well. I can drive the car for roughly 5-10 mins before I start having a misfire or flooded symptom. Ive checked the timing and it seems to be ok. At first thought I assumed it was being flooded out so I would back off on throttle and it didnt ever seem to fix itself. After thinking some I came to another conclusion that maybe the fuel pump wasnt pushing enough pressure so I would just be sure to drive real easy and be conservative on the gas consumption which appeared to fix the problem but regardless the car starts to sputter and has no power once it gets to around 3k+ rpm. The car runs crisp through 1st and 2nd gear but 3rd and 4th it dies out. Im pretty sure its a fuel delivery/carb problem as the car just appears to be running ultra rich but it seems to eventually be starved of fuel also. The car has a new set of spark plugs and wires and running with an E88 head if that is relevant info for an answer to this post... So my concern is what I need to do to maybe fix this. Im in between jobs at the moment and need to get the car to be drivable. With the given info above can someone tell me what appears to be the cause of this? Im using my general knowledge of cars to think that its either a carb tuning issue or a fuel pump that isnt working to full potential. And if anyone can just give me a quick incite as to how to adjust how rich/lean the carbs run?
  3. I have been looking over this forum and am interested in doing a VH45DE conversion in my project. I have been looking over ebay just getting ideas of costs for the motor or a Q45 as a whole with everything I'd need. Now I've looked at wikipedia for output specs for the VK45DE and was curious if anyone has anything to say about that motor for a probable swap. Its still the same platform as the VH from what I can tell but with a little more kick. So again my question is. Is this a viable motor for a swap, and if so what are the main differences between a VH and VK (i.e. motor mounts and location of other components)?
  4. I ran out of primer so I have a race stripe down the roof lol. Im new to this process again so if anyone has some advice as to what steps to take and what not to get carried away with and avice would be greatly appreciated.
  5. Here is the link to my other topic I had in the new members forum with pics I had previously put up. http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php?/topic/91697-new-to-forums-and-the-zs/ And now after a few more days of work I feel Im starting to get some headway on the outside and getting close to having it taken to the shop to get some work done on the panels with some severe rust.
  6. I like this flare on the rear. Anyone know what type of flare that is or if its a custom molded flare?
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