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Jon. One thing I did not see mention of was quick steering knuckles. I have those installed with lowered springs. I think they are adding to my bump steer problem. I do not have any strut bump steer spacers installed. I am thinking I will go back to the stock knuckles and bump steer might be better. What do you think?

MSD ignitions highly recommends that engines with aluminum heads be grounded to the block with ground strap. This is because one of the problems encountered with failure of the MSD box is high secondary resistance. I have added a picture of how I added a supplement ground using existing threaded holes in the head and block. I picked up the strap at a retail hot rod shop. It was just the right length. Pardon dirty motor.

This headlight diagram may help you. Are you saying you bought it this way or you have owned it and it just suddenly happened?

Duragg; Reset your fuel pressure from 5psi to 3psi. That should also help. Also make sure your exh valves are not so tight that they will not fully seat.

Did you get any pics of the Pirelli girls? Some more photos here. http://www.roadamerica.com/2006/images/races/ra500/alms_06_web/ThumbnailFrame.htm

Procedure When motorists enter the test facility, they hand the inspector the registration renewal notice. The inspector enters essential information into a computer that automatically selects the proper test-type and standards for the vehicle's weight and model year. Most model year 1996 and newer vehicles equipped with On Board Diagnostic II (OBDII) computer systems are tested by means of a computer "health-check". This check consists of plugging into the vehicle's computer and downloading emission system information. On other vehicles the tailpipe emissions are measured while the vehicle is driven on a treadmill-like device called a dynamometer. The vehicle is operated over a driving cycle that simulates typical city driving and includes periods of acceleration, cruise and deceleration. After the OBD check or emission test, the vehicle's gas cap is tested to ensure that it seals properly. This applies to new registrations too. Considering your is older than 1996 I don't know for sure if they will do the OBD test.

There are only a hand full of Countys here that have emission testing and Sheboygan is one of them. Our Z cars are still not old enough to be exempt. On yours they will stick a sensor in your taipipe. They do not check for emission equipment. If you pass the sniffer you pass. You will not need a 4X4 here. When it does snow it is cleaned up right away. They have snow removal here down to a science. And yes they do use salt as well. The taxes here are more but I think you can get a lot more house here for the same price you pay in Arlington. I am sure the compare housing cost indexes are avail on line. And they all have basements to store more stuff! And the car scene is very active here.

I live close to Sheboygan. Moved here 3 years ago. I moved from another area of Wisconsin though. I like it here better. No driving a Z car here from mid November to April 1st. I can tell you that much. But you sure do appreciate getting it out in the Spring. You just missed the Sheboygan bratwurst eating contest! Winner ate 58 in 10 minutes! LOL! Will take some getting used to if you like the big city life. But Milwaukee is just 1 hour away. Green Bay little over 1 hour. Tons of shopping in both areas. You do not have to worry about over 100 degree temps here by Lake Michigan. But it has been in the low to mid 80's all summer. Just perfect. Had a couple weeks in the 90's as well. Got anything specific you are wondering about?

He ground me one of his autocross profiles for use with chevrolet Luv truck rocker arms. Settings were .006int. and .008exh. at valve Hot!

Did a quick search but did not see this. Do you guys measure your valve lash at the cam or the valve? Do you use a different clearance when measured at the valve? In another engine I used to run a cam I got from Racer Brown. He told me to set the lash at the valve with the settings he gave me. Right now the motor I have just has the stock L28 cam. I just set lash at the cam on this one.

Spitty swaps. http://www.triumphspitfire.com/engineswaplinks.html

Friend of mine raced his 289 Cobra with wire wheels without any problems. Engine was set up with webbers. Must have had about 350HP I would guess. Unless you are planning burnouts at the dragstrip I think you will be OK. Call Dayton.

Here is the weekend schedule. I will be there too. http://www.roadamerica.com/2006/images/races/ra500/generac_500_schedule_06.pdf

My guess is clutch is OK too. It sounds to me like an axel or halfshaft. Let us know.

Those people were at the recent vintage races at Road America working tech inspection. That is their camper!

Ding! Damn you are good. It was a plugged muffler. Never will I use that type of muffler again. I will blame MSA on this one as it was their kit. Unless they are now sending something different with their kit I would not keep it on the car for very long.

Here is the deal. I have the MSA 2-1/2 inch exhaust kit for the stock 240Z manifold. It came with a no name turbo muffler. Its around 12 to 14 years old. I drive in the summer only on weekends. I just had the cast iron manifold off, sand blasted, and POR-15 manifold heat paint applied. Put back on car with new headpipe gasket. A few days later it began to backfire and could smell exhaust. Well I found the new headpipe gasket blew. So I got another and it blew out also after one day. The other thing I had been noticing that it seemed way down on top end power. This has driven me crazy. I could not believe what it was. Alot of experenced guys here so you might know right away. Anybody guess? Prize is a quality 50th anniversy collectors glass from Road America.

I used regular spray can engine paint on mine with no problems. I would use what you have.

Not to scare you too much but I would be very concerned about the head gasket. Many times they will leak between one of the cylinders and the adjacent water passage. When this happens you have coolent loss out the tail pipe. That is then replaced by air pressure in the system from the cylinder.