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Cool, glad to hear everything is working. Adam

Well, burned the mod,condensor, the megneto in the distributor, me pissed. All cause I forgot the ground. Replace the mod the condesor went bad, replaced the condesor and ran the engine for about ten minutes and the megneto went bad, at lease that is what I was told. Took the distributor out of my truck, which is new and put it in the car and it started right up, now my truck needs a dist. I'm not a happy camper I give up on running the engine for now, going to bend the brake lines and finish the wiring, this weekend. I need a BEER! When in dought leave the garage drink a beer and watch a movie. I just want to drive this money pit. Thanks for listening Aadam

I had the same problem with no starting at first. I have two black and white wires. One of the wire is hot when you turn the key. Try switching the wires around. This worked for me. Good luck Adam

Everything is new, ZZ4 motor. Will buy a new mod and have the other two checked out. Still a mystery. Thanks Adam

Hi, Zfan I just did the pain in the rs 12 fuse box and yes, what a pain. Mine is a 72 and the blue and red main from switch to panel and the black and white was the ignition and black and yellow the starter. I thingk the white and red is the acc. I worked on this for about two weeks. I hope this helps. Good luck Adam

Help, What would cause the mod to go bad? I killed the first mod when I did not have a ground cable hooked up. Last night I was running the engine and the all of a sudden it stopped, I thought I ran out of gas, so I shut everything off and went into the house and called it a night. Well today after work I went to the garage put gas in the car and tried to start, turned over but not start. I check the spark and had none at the plug, so I'm guessing it is another mod. These things are not cheap 40 bucks a shot. Could it be something else? Is there away to check the mod to see if it is good or not? Any help would be great, mybe I'm over looking something, but why would it run and then not. I just dont know, still learning @40dy. Thanks all Adam

Hay all, I just reinstalled my engine into the car, again. I'm now able to swap the engine in a 1 hours. Went to start the car and it would not start, thought the battery was low so I swaped out batteries and tried again still no start, it turned over great, then I noticed smoke. Looked under car and noticed that my shifter cable was melted It was a little costly this time, I forgot to put a ground strap from engine to frame and fried my shifter cable and my HEI mod. My shifter cable melted to the body it was being used as the ground OOPs. This will not happen again, learn from ones mistakes. Now I have to buy another shifter cable, I had an extra mod, lucky me. Just thought I would share my mistake just so nobody does this. Check everything over before starting. Update on the car: Wiring done, gas line done, brake line almost done, interior done, painting almost done, touch up. Soon go zoom. Had to share All take care Adam

What about the sockless AN fittings? Anyone use them?

Thanks, will not run the line in the car. One thing about my car is that there is no top. Easy exit. What do you all think about the sockless AN fittings? Thanks Again Saftey first Adam ------------------ Fun in the sun in shacky Washington 1972 240 V8 Topless for ever. zya8ter http://www.madmanadam.com

This my be a bit silly but, what does one think about putting the fuel line inside of the cockpit, down the center? Bulkhead fitting at the rear and bulkhead fitting at the firewall? Is this not good? As long as I have good tight fitting and no leaks, would this be ok? Trying to make a clean installation, almost nothing on firewall. Thanks Adam

Thanks, Terry Going to hold off on the Sidepipes and go with my existing 2 1/2" y to a single. For now and do the sidepipes after I'm up and running. What is the average clearance between the exhuast and the ground? Any input Thanks Adam ------------------ Fun in the sun in shacky Washington 1972 240 V8 Topless for ever. zya8ter http://www.madmanadam.com

Hay all, doing the exhaust thing. Need to no how low can I go, meaning is there a legal distance I need between the ground and the exhaust? The original exhaust on the V8 was 2" to a way then 2 1/2" to the muff. JTR setup. Now I have Side pipes and have about 3" of clearance. Is this to low? I might be able to get 4 to 41/2" at the most. Any input would be great Thanks Adam More pic on web page stage III More to come. ------------------ Fun in the sun in shacky Washington 1972 240 V8 Topless for ever. zya8ter http://www.madmanadam.com

Thank you, Mike This just what I was looking for Just sold my mustang always said to loose a toy, but I have money now I want to due this right, I hope. Thanks again This might be silly, but what is the return line for? Going to do some bending Adam

I quick one, does the AN fittings work on braided line and alum lines. Are they all compression -style fittings? I have alum line just want to make sure I order the correct AN fittings. Any help would be great. thanks Adam

Just learning at 40dy Adam ------------------ Fun in the sun in shacky Washington 1972 240 V8 Topless for ever. zya8ter http://www.madmanadam.com

I just got my 1/2 alum fuel line from summit now after reading the posts maybe I should have gone with 3/8. Another question is where is everyone running the lines? Same location as old or new location? Any info on location would be great. I'm running 355hp ZZ4 motor. Thanks Adam

Disregard, I did a search and found out what I needed. Adam

Just wondering what size of fuel line is everyone using on there ZZ4 engines. What is recommended? Thanks Adam

Just turned 40 and going thru the mid life, right, I just want to play. It was a happy day when I got my motor. Adam

I'm using 2001 ceramic block hugger by hooker, summit $265, they also work with angle plugs. Adam

Day day all, Car is painted, base coat clear coat. Gallon of clear and lots of sanding. At first it looked orange then the next day it was red. Not much stuff in the paint in fact very little. Over all very happy, still doing mods on car so will be doing spot painting here and there. Adam

I'm going to be running tubing through one end and cutting it off on the other, only because I have no windows. My car is now Red and is it bright OOps, maybe yellow might have been a better choice, oh well, I can always change it . I now have matching mix match car and bike of the same color. I just hope when I'm all done, the wife will let me drive it . Safety is every thing to me for my wife will be with me or she will be driving. Bewell, behappy Pictures soon Adam ------------------ Fun in the sun in shacky Washington 1972 240 V8 Topless for ever. zya8ter http://www.madmanadam.com

Just got my starter from Summit, Powermaster 9000 168/153 tooth,$159.99. 10 lbs BR scale. Adam

Just found this site. http://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html ------------------ Fun in the sun in shacky Washington 1972 240 V8 Topless for ever. zya8ter http://www.madmanadam.com