Leon

I've been dragging my feet! Once the car is back on the road, I will take it to my shop where I'm storing the Bilsteins, camber plates, and rear disk conversion. In order to get it back on the road, I need to do a final lash pad check, finalize carb linkage, and finish my fuel routing. Like I said, dragging my feet... At this rate, you'll have your Bilsteins in before mine!

In a perfect world, rockers and pads would have run me a little over $200. Since I had to redo everything after wiping the first cam, it's probably double that. Plus, when I bought the cam I also bought retainers and lash pads from Isky which I didn't end up using (due to lack of experience). The lash pads were too thick and the retainers didn't work for the thinner lash pads I ended up using. FWIW, Isky charges a very reasonable rate for having your cam reground. The comp wheel is NOS from the Nismo 10th Anniversary production run in '96. The "leather" is actually cleverly-molded urethane. It's in great shape and has held up well, the previous owner never used it. I decided to finally buy one because of how strong the dollar has been lately, making the conversion rate more favorable. It was under $600, shipped to my doorstep.

Holy cow, good catch. You got seriously lucky! I don't know how your valves didn't get bent, as your leak down numbers indicate that everything's okay.

Thanks Steve! Progress is good but slow as I haven't prioritized the Z recently. I did have an original cam reground. I spoke with Ron at Isky Cams about my setup and he recommended their L6 grind. Advertised specs are 0.540" lift at 270* duration (going off memory). It still idles pretty smoothly and has a really meaty torque curve.

:lmao:

Cam, at the very least check your plugs. I'd replace them if they're suspect as fouled plugs can cause a lot of heartache. The spark takes the path of least resistance. The more fuel-air mixture in the cylinder, the more resistance there is to the spark jumping and the more likely it is to short through carbon deposits. Wats are going to be sweet!

Nicely done and it sounds great! Way better than those rusty twice pipes...

I was thinking more along the lines of thin (~0.001") brass shim stock. Thin brass is pliable enough to work in a round bore. You can get creative and use thin pieces of paper, etc. This works well for setting butterflies as well: put shim stock around the butterfly and tighten screws. The flashlight method should work well as far as showing differences between bores.

How about a thin feeler gauge between closed butterfly and throttle bore?

I did! I forgot to thank you for the tip about Jauce, so THANK YOU!

Hope it helps!

Yep, that was my handiwork. It's a common issue, I don't think my TWM manifold is much better...

Agree with NewZed on this one. Peter's emails never came off as rude but yours did. Hard to detect tone over the internet...

Hi Jim, Actually, just got my final shipment of lash pads in this week! I'll be installing them tomorrow and checking wipe patterns once again. I know what you're talking about regarding valve retainer to rocker arm contact. I noticed that when I first installed my Isky retainers and is why I switched back to stock retainers. Simply switching back to stock will be easier versus milling the ones you have. I'm definitely planning to be at JCCS and check out the progress you guys have made!

My vision for the car is a period-correct (ish) modified Z, or at least for it to have that feel. I do plan to get a 123ignition distributor at some point...

WBO2 back in action! Connecting the wideband to the Megajolt won't really get you anywhere, besides maybe being able to incorporate some sort of failsafe (i.e. IF full throttle AND mixture > 14:1 THEN spark cut). I'm not sure whether the Megajolt supports any math/programming in that fashion though... If you wanted to datalog, it would be nice to have some key inputs like RPM, MAP, and AFR for general logging and tuning purposes. That would be the main reason to hook up the 0-5V wideband output to the Megajolt, IMO.

Got most of the (hopefully) correct size lash pads and the rest are on the way. Had to get .190", .210", and .220" pads. One of them will stay .205". Four different sizes, yeesh... Also, my birthday present to myself finally arrived!

Why not call Isky?

Looking good!

Interesting. I fought driveline vibrations with the car until just before I sold it. Make sure you check the rear diff mount (mustache bar nuts) because they cause weird vibration issues when they loosen up.

I bought that DS years ago for $110 when I swapped in the 3.9 R200. Thought I got ripped!

Above and beyond, great job! Can't wait to see this car again after all you've done.

Funny, both you and Jon use the same logic to discredit Stance as I do to shine a little light on them. No I've not tested their new stuff but have you guys? Just trying to stay objective here...

Beautiful job! Any sound clips you'd like to share?

Stance has gotten a lot better than the reputation that seems to follow them. I bet they'd be a great option for you. We have a few customers running Stance coilovers including an Evo 8 track car with double-adjustables. The owner seems to like them just fine, he trains with a professional driving coach so we're not messing around here.