660Z

Hi Everyone,i know this is probably in the wrong forum but it has everything to do with chevy!!!!hope you like it i almost through my computer out the window!!!! ....mark hometown.aol

i think i went overkill on the SWL (safe weight load)but better safe than sorry!!!! i got 2 eye bolts SWL1200lbs....one clasp SWL 880lbs (looks like something a rockclimmer would use)forget the name at the moment....and one locking hook SWL 440lbs. took the threaded bolt (3/8)out and removed the latch hook....threaded in a eyebolt and mounted everything back on the hood....mounted the other eyebolt next to the dist. and reinforced it in back under the cowl...and put on the hooks...works great puts the hood open about 2" and when your not around the hood closes with a simple push....i raced on sat.and the track looked but said nothing ran 105mph all day not one problem.....mark

Hi All, I would like to relocate my battery to one side of my sparetire well with a metal divider and mount my fuel pump on the other side and cover everything with a metal lid....does any one find a problem with this?...anyone know NHRA specs for this?...thanks Mark

4000 grand luanch w/an automatic!!!!!! you keep neutaldropping it and your next mod will be a transmission!!!

it has flat tops pistons and factory LT1 cam and hv oil pump. what do you guys think of the access panle idea?....mark

i used the bezles like drax240z did except the temp i mounted it in the datsun gauge.i used auto-gage gauges and they match my volt/gas gauge perfectly a few people commented on how factory they look.i`ll be doing the tach soon can`t decide on a dash mount or just a monster tach...$50 difference....my sun tach adapted to the 240 dial isn`t correct after 4 grand...and my 260z junk yard tach dosen`t work in case you haven`t guessed i like things that look factory but aren`t ...mark

Hi Scottie,it was a test and tune day so i tried everyway of getting out of the hole.so my 60's aren`t too bad...best was 1.968 but most were between 2.00-2.06 as long as i didn`t stall it up i got those numbers.the first run i went balls to the wall and got a 2.407 and could not keep the tire from spinning! letting off,short shifting,feathering it....i called it quits shortly after half track coasted the rest of the way to a 16.6 @75.14 mph i was also not used to the car yet...and belive it or not the temp. never went over 170 all day!!! it never ran that cool in my nova and im using the same 3 row radiator! I going to have fun in this car!!!!! ....mark

thanks pete......im not sure yet how big it will have to be, but it will be metal.As far as the track goes, it will be sealed and secure under the tunnle carpet.I haven`t had time to really look at it but to me it seems like a really good idea. at least on my car there`s no way to get in that area from underneth....mark

Hi Mike,the size are 245-60r14`s street tires and the rear is i belive a 3:54 it`s a r200 out of a 280z...... I have a victor jr im going to put on after i get it inspected that should bump the MPH up to 107-108 and with some tuning get it down to 12.5...The plan was to buy a set of dart2 heads and a sweet soild cam and run early 11`s BUT while it didn`t break me, it did nickle and dime me to death!!!! So next year!! ....Mark

I ran a best of 12.93@105mph in the 1/4. 1st time out last night with a stock 400 w/castiron intake and 830 carb.GOTTA LOVE POWER TO WEIGHT RATIOS!!!!! the rest were 13.20-13.10 all at 105mph... Can`t get out of the hole!! With that said...Has anyone made a access panle to get at the transmissions fittings and doo-dads? My kickdown cable is leaking and the last thing i want to do is pull the trans for a o-ring!!!...I don`t think the panle will caluse any weakening in the body, it has frame connectors and feels solid.After working on it for the last 2 mos. I don`t even feel like changing the oil much less pulling the trans.....Do i sound lazy?

what is this the others make sense but this one dosen`t.

hey pete, it`s mark i bought your sidemarker lights.anyway holley has the solenoid or you can do what i did and make one.get the bracket aftermarket or find one off of an old holley (it mounts at the two little holes next to the front bowl.)and get a solenoid off of a q-jet car with air and combined the two. in my humble opinon your not going to like the performance of that 600 your better off with a 750 had one on a 283 woke it right up! ...mark

Pete, how are you doing? it`s mark i bought the sidemarker lights from you.what carb are you running? i have a 830cfm db on my basicly stock 400 w/flat tops and it loves it! i put a 600 on to get it running becaulse i thought the 830 would be too much.man was i wrong, it wouldn`t run worth well you know.600`s only work on stock 350 low compression motors and that`s it!!! if your running a holley just set the powervalve to the vacuum and the jets to the airflow.i remember something about a off the line bog? change your squrters and adjust your float level.if you go to a new carb try a 750 dp or better yet a 830 it has the main body of a 850 and throtle blades of a 750 a hybrid if you will (sorry couldn`t resist that).oh and by the way REALLY NICE CAR!!!! but you know that already mark

found the problem!!! in the cowl area under a shield is the duct. giving my best finger feel i`d say it up sticks 2-3" so water won`t get in. anyway mine is rusted at the base so since im trying to get the car inspected and have no interor in it. it`s now on my to do list man this list keeps getting longer and longer!!!!!

hi everyone my 240 blowermotor housing is rusted at the crease where the lower front and side meet. to fix it is no biggie blue goo or jb weld will fix that.what im concered about is how much water leaks through there... after a rain storm i have a pool on my pass floor.haveing the flap closed stops it but am i missing a part im not aware of? or is water collecting in the housing a normal thing?....thanks mark

thanks for the imput but i was looking for a alteritive to a latch basicly becaulse i don`t have one yet.do you think a steel cable would hold at highway speeds? i only want an 1 inch above the cowl mainly for heat to escape...mark ps.do you guys run the JTR hood latch?...i wasn`t going to go with that becaulse of racing and i didn`t want to mess with taking it on and off for the dist.

Hello,I took my 240 out to the local test and tune spot for it`s first run.I don`t have a hood latch yet so i held it down with a bungie cord.Anyway a cool thing happend at speed the hood would open up like 60`s cowl induction.I know i can`t be the only one that wants the hood to do this!!!So what have pepole used in the past (chain,steelrope,ect..)i just want to be sure it`s safe at hightway speeds!!!!.Mark

all sounds good sorry you didn`t find everything at one store ( nothing worse then going from store to store).unless it`s for the basic home or lawn my home depot sucks for any of my creative needs ...mark ps.what are you running and 1/4 mile times?

Hey Cool you found it you entered that one in while i was writing anyway the flaring tool...if you`ve ever put a double flare on the end of a brake line you`ll know the tool im talking about.one part is 2 metal bars that clamps the tubing tight and the other is a upside down u clamp with a big cone to flare out the tube. that`s all you really have to do...set the tube in the clamps at the correct height for the tool i guess an 1/8th above the clamps.slide on the other part and tighten until the flare matches the inside dia. of the cap (don`t forget to put the cap on the line first i have forgotten)it`s really simple!!!! just make sure you center the tool. ok i just read your question again double flaring is not needed in this appication just single flare Mark

Truevalue has a wide range of fittings up to and over 1/2 dia.I haven`t checked it out for myself as of yet. But if im reading you right and it fits a 1/2 NPT then you can get a fitting that will plum 1/2in line or any combination you want. P.S I looked in my summit catolog just to check and Earls and Aeroquip fitting are the exact same as Truevalue just not blue and red.I would try local stuff first becaulse that way you get to see how it will work with everything right there in front of you.also if you goof(which i have many times) they will take it back as long as its not installed. Also the fittings im talking about are hard line not swivle.(just thought i`d say that)...my opinon....Mark

Im from Wilmington (prices corner area)

Just getting my 240 worked out and in 2wks i`ll be heading to the test and tune.I think I know what the car will do but I would like you best guesses! I have a 73 240 400sbc "stock" at least in my opinion. It has #882 heads 194/150 valves,an LT1 cam,flat top pistons (10.1cr), a cast iron intake w/a 830 holly dp carb. stock HEI. The trans is a turbo350 2500stall 11 inch r200 rear 3.55`s Now this same motor with a 750 vac sec carb ran 13.8 @101 in my 68nova with 3.23`s and that car weighs every bit of 3400-3500lbs.so if a 240z weighs 2500lbs. Im thinking 12.8 @105 with the cast intake (top end restrictions) Everything ran through exhaust and street tires just like my nova at the time....what do you think it will do?....mark

I just got the exhuast on my 240 and had to cut a section of the sparetire well out for the flowmaster muffler. So now it`s basicly useless for a full size tire.I have to remount my fuel pump becaulse I changed over from a r180 to a r200 and the mustache bar sits back to far for the fuel pump mount to work....ok long story short im thinking about mounting the pump in the spare tire well and covering the top with a metal door of some type...what do you think? what do you use this space for??

If you build a sheild around the fitting.Use JB Weld or something like it.don`t put a mig to that tank!!.. I think we all know why!! Very few radiator shops will do a sump job! becaulse the tank has to be flushed with water many times and sit for as long as a week if not longer to get the fumes out....mark

yea im thinking of going with the 65-66 shelby hoodscoop.there`s a guy here i think mikeyz not sure at the moment.he sez he grafted a cobra one one his.that`s what got me looking around...mark