HICKL

I finally got a chance to watch Phil's video, both you guys are laying down some nice power. Looks like I probably need a "power adder" on my V8 to run with you guys. 400 plus rear wheel hp from that L6 is just nasty! Phil, lovin your car, it looks sick with those flares and wheels. Later, Jeff

I see what you are saying, as long as you know the 3rd gear ratio and figure it in, it would be the same difference. The Dyno shops I have used always said to put it in whatever gear was 1 to 1 so that is what I was going on. thanks.

Car sounds great Chris, have not had time to watch Phil's yet. I have a question though, aren't you getting a false number by doing pulls in 3rd gear? I always thought you had to be in 4th or whatever 1 to 1 on your gearbox was to get your hp numbers. If I'm stupid, please help me. P.S., when are we meeting at Ennis?? Hickl

Let's try and plan it (with a little advance notice) and make it happen before it get's too dang hot. I always trailer mine now if I'm running my street slicks, it's only a matter of time till I break something.

He He..Hey JSM, judging from your signature and pics, you might want to change your driving habits... Just kidding!!!

Super Cool Chris! Your wife being a fellow Z fan deserves it! I wish you guys would move back to Houston. Let's all meet up at Ennis one day and see if we can break them all! I haven't 1/4 mile'd the tunnel ram on the stroker motor yet, would be a great excuse. Jeff

Can you isolate which end of the car the sound is coming from? I have damaged a few rear differentials and picked up some strange noises from them. Is it a consitant knock or an intermitant clunkity clunk? Jeff

Jon, I think that was implied in your post, I was mainly poking fun at myself for how often I make that mistake. Jeff

As long as your not 180 degrees out!

It is not in my possession, but is is supposed to be pn 4748201. They guy is telling me that it is vacuum advance only and no mechanical advance. Could this be true or does he just not know what he is talking about.

Here it goes, I have a pretty good basic understanding of my HEI distributor as far as how the vacuum advance works as well has the mechanical. I think I understand how they work together. For my tunnel ram, I have to use a points style small dist. A guy has a Mallory Unilite for sale but says it is vacuum advance only (no mechanical advance). I can understand how mechanical advance only would work fine, but how would vacuum only work? Wouldn't it retard the timing under WOT when Vacuum went to zero? Please help the ignorant.. Thanks Jeff

For us ingorant folks, please explain the "tightening the limiters" statement. Thanks Jeff

Perfomer RPM, holley double pumper. I am grabbing 4th right at the end, not sure of rpm 60's are in the 1.62 to 1.68 range. did 2 118mph's in a row, in the summer 117 was my best. can't remember exact weight, seems like just under 2900 lbs.

I did the Import face off at Houston Raceway park this sunday and knocked a few my tenths off my best time. I squeezed out a 11.516 at 118.41 mph(prior best was 11.72ish). I hadn't turned a wrench on the car since my 11.72, but it was about 35 degrees colder yesterday, I guess the car liked it. I think that's about all she's got, may be time for NOS...

No, T5's don't have synchros on reverse.

Mine is back off the car right now, been meaning to put it back on. Can post some pics when I do.

Those brackets are probably a cleaner install, but for ease, I dissasembled my bumper shocks from my 76 bolted the empty tubes back into place on the car. Using the original mounts on the bumper ( I may have slotted the holes or something), I ran a pc of all thread thru the old shock tube and tightened it up. Worked pretty good and looked stock unless you really crawled under it. I have a 73 bumper so not sure how it would work with the earlier ones. Jeff

going along with DavyZ, I made a lot of low 13 second passes on a stock clutch. Hickl

To get my slave cylinder to properly bleed, I have to jack up the front of the car pretty high. If your bleeder isn't at the highest point of the slave, you will not get all the air out of it. Hope this helps, mine drove me crazy until I figured this out. Jeff

Dang dude, your "Z" rich!

Hey ed, it's 6:00 pm sat, I will be here tonight then going out of town for the weekend. If you want to come out this evening, give me a call. 832-768-1385 Jeff

I hate for my car to be down for long periods of time. I painted it with the stock six cylinder in it. Drove it for a year or so while I built my first SBC motor for it. Pulled the L6 and did all my test fits with the v8, then painted the engine bay to match the car and dropped in the v8 for good...or at least till I blew it up. Some guys are fine with having the car down for years and there projects come out awesome. I have to work/play/work/play etc so I do mine in steps. You have to figure out what your personality is plan your project around it to stay interested. Just my 2 cents.

Keep the Z! Driving an older car is no big deal if you have the mechanical skills to keep it rolling. Bye the way, you still want that old diff of mine? Jeff