cpark_12

I've got an N42 head that I'm putting on my 83na. My question is, can I open the exhaust ports up a little? I have a set of round headers and, of course, the exhaust ports on the head are square. Can I port them and polish them up a little with no worries of eating into anything else?

I thought I had heard they weren't the same. Thanks guys!

I've done some searching, but haven't seen an answer to this question. Are the head gaskets different between the 2 modes? If so, which do I use? I have an 83N/A stock with a 4 barrel and am trying to bump my compression up some. Just trying to get all my parts lined up, so it'll be a quick installation. Thanks

Here's mine. The 6x9s are now Infinity Reference 2 way and powered by a RF 125Wx2 RMS amp. The 2 middles are JBL components powered by the Pioneer HU, and the sub is an RE SE12 powered by a Kicker 750.1 amp. I don't have storage space, but it does sound so good!

I have a non-vented hood in good shape. PM me for details and pics

Update: The past 2 days, it hasn't given me a lick of trouble. It ran just as pretty as you please! I'm gonna check the ECU and injectors with the FSM this weekend to see what I can find out and/or narrow down the problem.

I'm looking for a 4 barrel intake. I'll even take a cartech one that adapts to the carb manifolds. Just email me and let me know what you have. cpark2412@gmail.com thanks

The car didn't do this when I bought it. Maybe the p/o did something as a temporary fix and didn't tell me...I changed the intake/exhaust gasket because it had an exhaust leak that I couldn't take. So, maybe I did something, but what it is, I can't for the life of me figure out. I'll check all the components I can and see what's up. What irks me the most about the whole deal is that it's an intermittent problem. I would figure if it was a problem, it would never run right, but that's not the case at all. This morning it ran good as gold all the way to work.This afternoon on the way home, it cranked up fine and I drove for about 5 miles and it started acting a fool again...

I've only had the car 3 months or so. It never did this when I first got it. Maybe about a month into it started doing it and has progressively gotten worse

Motor is stock with 220k miles. No other modifications other than the fuel pump switch, exhaust system and a k&n cone filter up front. I have replaced the intake/exhaust gasket and changed plugs twice. The p/o said the pump was on a switch because the pin that controlled it on the ecu was bad. Injectors are okay, we checked those via the FSM. The p/o had replaced the ecu with an 81 model. I can't think of anything else...

I've had my 83 ZX for about 2-3 months now, and my FI problem is really getting old! I bought the car knowing it had a problem, but it's progressively gotten worse. The previous owner put the fuel pump on a switch. I don't know why, I didn't ask. Anyway, every now and then I'd go to crank the car, flip the switch on, turn it over and it would crank, but would run way too rich. Black smoke and smell of gas, so I flip the fuel pump switch off and it would idle normal for about 5-7 minutes and eventually run out of fuel. Then flip the switch on and it would run like a champ. How in the world it runs that long without the fuel pump on is beyond me! Anyway, that would happen maybe once a week. Now it happens about once a day! I can be driving down the road and all of the sudden I lose power and just pour black smoke out of the exhaust. I did a little test with the CHTS when it ran good: I unplugged it and it acted like it did when it ran bad, so I replaced the CHTS. Now with the new sensor in, it will never run right. It just sends way too much fuel. I'm looking into going to a carburetor now, but if someone can help me figure this out, I'd love to keep it like it is. My biggest thing is why it's just an intermittent problem...if it's a sensor, I would figure it would be bad all the time.