Pop N Wood

Be careful of the DIY sealing kits. There have been at least 2 different members who went through no end of troubles before they realized the home installed tank sealers had come undone and were clogging their fuel system. If you pull the sender you have pretty good visibility into the tank. If the dent is on the opposite side maybe you can get lucky and it it from the inside with a wooden stick or something. I once got a sizeable dent out of a gas tank with an M80....

Any particular reason why you want to open up the tank?

Thanks again. Now if I can just get you to come over and install it for me. I think the only way it will go on is to start from the far end and slide it forward.

I don't normally do this because spelling shouldn't matter on an internet car site. But run that through a spell checker and ask yourself how much credibility you are conveying with all those typos. I'm not ragging on you, but you have to admit that is some funny stuff. I believe ductility is the word you are looking for. I have always heard that aluminum work hardens also. At any rate it can't hurt to solidly mount the hard lines.

That spacer looks solidly mounted to the engine, as are the headers. It would be nice to see a little more clearance there but since they are locked together I wouldn't worry about it.

A daily driver 80's car for $500 or less in the Missouri area. I think you are looking at a Chevette or Dodge Omni. Something along those lines. Japanese cars from that time frame were not too popular in the midwest. I think the ones you do find that aren't completely rusted will cost more that $500. Just pick up an auto trader and see what I mean.

Huh. Cool. Thanks. That place is about 20 minutes from me. May have to stop by and check them out. Only thing left is how to get the new grommet over the existing wiper plug. Also the wiring harness grommet.

That does look good. You will have to tell us how it sounds and how loud. Might be interested in doing something similar

Anyone know where I can get some grommets for the firewall penetrations? Need the wiring harness, speedo cable and the big fat one for the wiper motor. This is a 70 240. Couldn't find them in Black Dragon's catalog. Thanks

The one I got in email had pictures. Very nice pictures.

Pull the valve covers and watch the sequencing of the intake valves as you turn the engine by hand. That should tell you your firing order.

Yeah, you can. Feed is 5/16 and return is 1/4. I accidentially drilled a hole in one when installing something inside the car. The rubber coupler lasted 18 years without leaking.

Best bet might be renting it with your parents credit card with you listed as a second driver. Make sure the rental car place knows you will be the one driving it and has your name on the contract. Only listed drivers can drive the rental car. Some things in life aren't fair for 19 year olds.

Yeah, that is the one. The reason I thought it is unique to the 240 rack is because that is what the pictures in the Black Dragon parts catalog show. The 240 rack has that clamp and the 260-280 rack has no such part on their illustration. FWIW

You know man I tried to step away cause it was obvious you aren't being very receptive to anything other than blind adoration. Are you sure you really want to keep going back and forth on this? I tried to stay focused on the topic on hand. Any reason you want to turn this personal and risk getting the thread banned? Why don't you post some current pictures of the whole set up so we can have at it?

I believe that U shaped clamp shown in Savage42's first rack pick is unique to the 240 rack.

I second the firing order. I have seen it happen. Engine seems to run fine but just dog slow.

I would look into buying a rebuilt head. Maybe one with some performance work already done to it. That way you can easily swap it out and have your car back on the road in at worst a weekend.

Oh no. It's not mine. Just thought others might enjoy the pics.

Looking good. The first days are the fun ones cause you can see the huge progress. It is the end details that seem to take forever with little visible progress. I made the mistake of actually building a to do list. Man, what a mistake. 3 pages is rather daunting. Plus it seems like everything I do adds one or two more items to the list. Like "replace steering rack boots". Great. Done. But after wiping out the old grease I realize I can't find my grease gun and that the grease vent destroyed itself. So cross off one thing and add two more. Some day.... Hopefully soon. BTW, an air chisel makes the trans ears a 2 minute job. Or better yet, in my case they didn't need to go.

MSNBC has a pic spread of reader's rides. You can vote for the Z on the third page. It got the editors pick http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17351134/

Yeah baby. Radiator hose clamps holding the fuel filter on an exposed area of the undercarriage. No rock will knock that loose. That is the kind of attention to detail that wins car shows, let alone races. Not to mention all that rusty, dirty sheet metal. Like I said, functional. Guess that big ass turbo and sewer pipe exhaust is pretty blinding.

Upon further review, I have 3/8 OD tubing with a 5/16 ID. The Mallory pump also has a 14 PSI dead head pressure. I ended up getting the larger capacity 140 GPH pump since it had a better package price with the return style regulator. So when brian510 says 3/8 hard line, that is almost certainly OD. 525 RWHP sure beats 500 crank HP. Plus the Z car should have a shorter run of fuel line than most cars. Ehhh. By the way, isn't all tubing specified as OD?

How in the hell is that funny? Treating someone that way? He should have married her because it sounds like the two of them were made for each other.