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The last thing on my list of things to do to finish #248 is to complete the Honda wiper motor swap. Does anyone have a list of what wires on the Honda wiper motor do what? For example, high speed = ? color, Low speed = ? color, Intermittent = ? color. I'm in a different spot as I have redone the whole wiring system. Thanks in advance for the help. BTW, I have searched and found a diagram but it didn't have the info that I was needing. Bryan

Well, this is getting a little crazy. Last year I sheared a driveshaft at the rear of the car, directly in front of where the shop had spliced the Datsun and Chevy pieces together. I got a little laugh out of it and chocked it up to ton's o' tourqe and a weak DS. Well, it looks like the problem is repeating itself. Which brings me to my question... I know that this will sound like a dumb question, but if the motor/tranny and the rear end were out of alignment, would that result in the DS going out like this? The car only has 120 miles on it. Since the first time I started it after the LT1 install, I've had a rhythmic vibration that we initially thought was due to two piece wheel adapters, etc. We switched wheels and did away with the adapters, but no luck. Vibration still remains and I'm wondering if it's a symptom of the problem. The rear end is a very aggressive R-180 LSD. I know that many of you have much more experience than me, so I'm hoping that someone may shed a little light on my problem Thanks.... Bryan

That was ..... awesome!

Wow....uh, wow. Man, the quality of their work is awesome. I'm out of adjectives. Bryan

Take a look at this vid of the SuperCuda!!! :0

Oh, man! I love those ST's. That and the V-strom 1100 have been at the top of my cycle list for ages. Lucky guy! Bryan

True that. Plan on going over whatever estimate you come up with period. There are so many things that you miss, even when you sit down and plan it out. For my restoration, I filled out an excel spreadsheet with a different page for each stage of the build (body, mechanical, interior, etc) and still went over by a good bit. Just one of those things. Bryan

Well said, Dale. Thanks again for everyones willingness to help with this. Bryan

Grumpy: Thanks for the starters. The car ran well two weeks ago at a car show and then was taken back to the shop to have the NOS system ironed out. What I didn't realize was that someone had adjusted the fpr way down. I knew I had fuel, but after checking everything else, I started working backwords and noticed it. Opened it back up, cranked it over and it fired up. What I hadn't done was have someone turn the motor over as I checked the pressure gauge. Would have saved me some frustration and time. Thank you again for taking the time to give the tips. Alls well that runs well. Bryan

I know that it sounds impossible, but I've checked and I have spark (verified), used a noid light and have injector pulse and have fuel (plugs are wet). Any thoughts? This is driving me nuts. I've cleaned the plugs and still no start. Thanks in advance. The weather is perfect and can't drive the Z!!!! Bryan

Don't believe that anyone has posted this yet, but if someone has, just delete this. This was part of a Japanese collector car edition that was emailed to me. Take a look at the Z buyers guide video. Not to bad, although it mainly focusses on the 260. Good to get some attention to the Z though. http://www.hagerty.com/lifestyle/hobby_article.aspx?id=58172

Just got the Z back from a local rod shop that was suppposed to setup the NOS system for me and investigate an ignition switch issue (whether the ACC portion of the switch was wired correctly). After some time, almost 2 months, the owner of the shop stated that he was having a hard time getting the Z to start after doing some work on the ignition switch wiring. I put him in touch with John @ Speartech who said that the problem sounded like a major vacuum leak (car would crank for a long while before firing, then would be pig rich and miss on several cylinders). BTW, it ran well going in to the shop. I got a call from the owner that the issue had "cleared up" and the Z was ready to get picked up. I went this past Tuesday to pick it up and although it took forever to get started, the car seemed to run smoothly. About 5 miles in to the trip home, the Z began missing extremely bad and loosing power, all intermitently. The car died several times on the way home and would seem to be running on 3 or 4 cylinders. The farther I went, the worse it got, to the point that I was really focussed on just getting home. Long story short, I pulled the plugs as I can't even get the car to start now. The plugs for the front 4 cylinders look good, but the back four look flooded. I've checked the obvious (vacuum leaks, etc) and can't see any thing out of the ordinary. Anyone have any thoughts (other than take the car back)? Fuel pump is running and is developing good pressure, but the car just isn't firing. Thanks in advance - I'm down to my last two hairs with this thing... Bryan

Alright, last "freestyle" post. I know that I'm straying just a bit, but this is another amazing "control" vid.

Those trials guys, bike and cycle, are insane. Talk about control and balance! Love watching that stuff!

Here's a little different twist, but still amazing - a really cool trials cycle vid (as opposed to the trials bike style riding that Macaskill does. Enjoy. http://www.goodwood.co.uk/Site/Content/FestivalOfSpeed/Dougie_Lampkin_Video.aspx

Nicely done. I see a lot of body smoothing work! That color looks really nice as well.

Here's mine: '94 LT-1 with a little ol shot of happy juice....

Ha! You just thought that that was R&R - it's really my second garage!!!! The car has spent more time there than at my house!!! Actually, Rick is done adjusting the NOS system, so it should be home in a week or 5. How's yours coming along? Bryan