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keep it comin, we're a pack of fiends here! I admire the restraint you're showing, but I imagine I would probably do the same in your shoes.. cautious break in before getting wild.

Quote of the day! Honestly, I just wish I could fly out there and help

the ones that show up by default, next to the text editor window.. At some point recently they were changed to include one that was VERY wide, and today I discover that its back to normal, "single wide" smileys, which leaves much more lateral space in the text editor window. Clearly, this place is run by people with a few brain cells that spark together from time to time

if you click "edit" there is a checkbox where you can delete the post.

Home Depot ought to have you taken care of.. It's just a rubber grommet. Go to a store and find what diameters you can obtain, then get out a hole saw and cut the hole in the firewall to the needed size. I *think* harbor freight may even carry a selection of these guys for like, five bucks or so.. It is a common item.

that WAS supposed to be a joke but I doubt you were actually taking me seriously. Obviously I am not much of a hunter myself; I am more on Bambi's side but I AM an avid fisherman, and I AM "sportsman-friendly" even though I am a long-haired, tree hugging hippy freak. Especially them damn deer. My dad's 72 240Z, the car that IS my first memories, (I remember riding around sunday mornings before my third birthday ) was totaled by a ten point buck doing a leap out of the forest on one side of Hwy 115 in rural North Carolina, off his hood, then back into the woods on the other side. He bought the car back from the Insurance company just for the head; a slightly decked, oversized valve E31 that had cost him about $800 to prep in 1985.... re-purchase price of the car was way less than that, and that head is currently in his 1978 280 with an AZC 4bbl manifold on it.. I *think* the hatch from that car is up in my uncle's shop, waiting to go on MY car. ye gods, i am an off-topic whore tonight.. Sorry.

this ain't my cup of rice-wine.. BUT, it is a well written write up. Motion for sticky? personally, I kinda like the feel of old school incandescent illumination. Then again, I prefer the older typeface on my gauges, too.. So basically I guess I am saying that I think KTM was 100% wrong in what he did BUT, It was a good read, and it allowed me to finally decide AGAINST wanting to even think about this. (oh, and KTM, I hope you pick up on the humor involved in me saying you were "wrong")

link to a relay write up that i did on my subaru forum... http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=74632 It doesnt quite spell out what you need to do on your Z-car for you, BUT I explain practically everything you need to know about how a relay works and how to install a simple relay into your car for, just about anything. Absorbing that knowledge and integrating a relay into the wiring on your Z is up to you. For the record, one diagram is inaccurate; a five prong relay outputs power to terminal 87A when the relay is turned "off" and I mistakenly made the diagram showing that it outputs power with the relay "on" just like terminal 87. However, that is moot point since you only need a four prong'er anyhoo.

You must be joking.. you are from Walla Walla Washington, AND you are a hunter? you all KNOW that this BEGS the question.. What are you hunting for?? It wouldnt be...... WABBITS, perchance??!!

said a boy to his teacher one day, "Wright has not written 'rite' right I say!" and the teacher replied, as the error she eyed, "Right. Wright, write 'rite' right, right away." brian please dont take me too seriously; I am here for comic relief

1 fast Z, many many congratulations on being the first to realize the dream; The issue at hand here is one of the first questions I asked that expanded my mechanical education. That question (repeated here rhetorically) is Why DID datsun stick with the non crossflow head on these motors? It sounds almost like a ferrari, almost like a jag.. but ENTIRELY like a Z engine, which is more than I can say for alot of L-series with undesirable exhaust systems. The image it calls to MY mind is this: Alfa-Romeo 2600 Spyder; all aluminum engine, DOHC crossflow head, triple dellorto's(?) circa 1964 'cept of course, yours is alot PURDIER!!! Regarding the wording, it is enough simply to state that it was function over form; ALWAYS a trump card in my book. That exhaust note is pure heaven, and this is possibly the single most inspiring thing I have ever seen on this forum. As I said earlier to BRAAP in a PM, I have been eagerly awaiting this day (okay, well, two days ago; my original response post got wiped along with a few others, heh) with bated breath since.. well, since I first asked my uncle why the carbs and the exhaust were on the same side, about half my lifetime ago!! Bark second gear once, for me, after you get the machine on the road? Thats all I ask!

lol @ breeze comment, if i had a nickel for every time I thought just that... gets annoying real fast? only the attention from the police.. if you truly believe that then you need a V8, me bucko.. the exhaust note is the # 1 reason to stick with the L-series if you ask me. brrraaaAAAP! BraAAAAP!! br-rrrrRRAAAPPP!!! (thats why I loved that man from the get go)

uh-oh.. Dear BRAAP is "getting soft...." dare I say he is "flip-flopping???" how are you going to perform on the upcoming Moderator Debates? This may allow others to marinate and skewer you... what might the exit polls show on Primary Day?? tsk, tsk. and I thought we had a "leader..."

What is that on the extreme right of the picture, a trebuchet????

pfft. take a look at the "show off your rust pics" thread. unless you would champion THAT thread, it aint nothin to be ashamed about.

read the "big and nasty headwork" sticky.. and search the term "port centerline" and either RonTyler's username, or BRAAP's.. I cant remember which of them posted about this, but someone removed HEAPS of the port roofline.. IIRC they used a manifold with a much larger hole, and lined the bottoms of the holes up, then port matched the head by removing metal at the top only.. I am trying to say there is an excellent thread where ALL OF That was abundantly discussed, and more, worked on. Pretty pictures, too. Not but what THIS thread aint got some mighty purdy engine prOn

bad pun

I have heard this alot, from many racers whose opinions I hold highly. I wasn't going to regurgitate the info myself, BUT I WILL give it a big ol' +1

thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!! THIS is EXACTLY what I have been looking for!!! Low Buck Solution! NOW I can fix the problem that derailed my car the way I want to. As a trade, I will tell you that late 80's BMW 3-series have wonderful detachable relay brackets complete with plastic cover....

for bang for your buck, you will have tons more fun in the car if you work on the suspension before you go as far as an engine swap. A new set of bushings alone tighten up ANY 30 year old car like you wouldn't believe.. and after driving my 280 every day for five years, sitting down in my brothers' race car with coilovers, adjustable camber, and all new rubbers underneath.. the difference is night and day. Both my 280, and their 240, are stock as far as engine is concerned. My 280 was running the stock FI, and their racecar is running the twin SUs. Belive it or not, 150 crank horsepower is ALOT of fun in a ~2400 pound car, IF the underpinnings can handle it. Sorry I couldn't help on the dizzy questions, but I figured I would give advice anyhow.

my word indeed. I would certainly prefer a nice uncracked dash to a dash cap... but the cap is certainly the easy way to go, and the full face ones fit well and are very discreet. the biggest issue I have with mine are the @#$% screwholes left by a PO.. essentially voiding any goodness the dash cap had. 24 hours may be too short a time to tell but it seems that this tackiness IS the only "problem" with the dash cap. BTW, there WAS a pun in there.. tacky, dash caps, glued on... har har...

My thoughts exactly.. I have one on my 280Z, and it aint even in great shape (couple of screw holes, thanks PO) but outside of being just a *shade* "tacky" for lack of a better term, it seems fine by me. I will take a dash cap over a carpet cover any day, at least.. and it cant GET any easier.

yuh, the REST of the engine was what I was curious on. I think I am more interested in what they sound like than anything else; all other questions are beyond satisfied in my mind.

I can't say that I would build a car like that, but that is one MEAN looking Z!! EDIT I just noticed you were in Georgia.. and you have a pantera hatch.. What ever happened to a second round of aero testing, and could you possibly drive to Mooresville NC to have your car run through a wind tunnel for the informational benefit of the community?

Bumpage?? Any news, mi amigo?