Tony D
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I'm with JM on the cut---the outer inner fenderwell goes away, and the wheel arch turns into a semi-tub from the seam where the inner and outer wheel arches come together---out to the body countour of the car. The ZG Flare then becomes what your inner arch formerly was.... That would fit 295/575R-14's on 14X13 Watanabes in back with plenty of arch clearance. It was really designed to cover 14X10's out back.
The Later Isolators up top will also give you height as stated.Depending on your car's weight against preload and spring rate will determine what 'squat' it will have.
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Frank 280ZX and I were at Spa Historic 6-Hours one year... with a pocketful of beer Chits. Little white discs good for one beer.
Around Saturday afternoon before the racing started we went in search for more chits. "WHERE DID YOU PUT THEM ALL I GAVE YOU TWO HUNDRED!"
Frank and I looked at each other, kind of shocked thinking how the hell we drank 200 beers in roughly 48 hours.
"WHAT, WERE YOU BUYING FOR EVERYBODY IN THE TENT?"
Again, Frank and I looked at each other, seriously and he says "We didn't buy anybody anything...right? We wanted to with that guy in the Yellow car but he said no... Did...Did we drink these all by ourselves (Now somewhat concerned because of the number "200 Beers")
I looked at him, and said "They ARE small glasses!"
We turned and said together "YES! They are SMALL GLASSES!"
He gave us another 200 chits and said "These are all I have left, save some for after!"
That happens in Belgium. -
The XR6 is a very nice car.
Then again, a Holden SS Ute with an LSX in it.... -
"I'm in town in a subdivision with rules and crap."
I'm sorry!
The Lift we had at the Powder Coating Business had an actual crocodile/floor jack like tray that slid on rollers under the car. You would jack from underneath and then flip up these "Y" Cradles from the center...but I actually like the idea of the jack stands better. That C-Channel and HF Jack is like the one we had at the Car Club Shop, I hate bottle jacks. I can see not liking that setup if that is what you were looking to have to do.
To lift a big truck, 6' in the air 1", you get a 4X4, a piece of 4X4X1/4" plate, and a bottle jack.... Cut the 4X4 shorter than the height of the bottle jack, put the 4X4 on the plate of 1/4" and jack it from underneath... This works, I know! -
All the above predicated that the originator is not a lying sack of crap...
Oh yeah, that is total BS! Terrible communication. You order stuff after a stock check...you expect they actually CHECKED stock!
Was this through an e-Bay store, or direct? I recently had my first "no show" from someone in the midwest that said something shipped, the tracking said it arrived...but like that video on Facebook Showed, likely ended up in some forest off a RR Carrier's pee stop as he chucked heavy Flat-Rate Boxes for some reason or another. I don't trust the post office tracking on flat rate boxes again.This is not practical in your case, but when I was in SoCal, I was making trips to shops all the time for people to physically verify the stock, or actually buy it and ship it to them.
I did that a LOT with guys from overseas and Summit / Jegs because they pack in such huge boxes the shipping was insane. I'd get the stuff via free delivery and then 'densely repack' the stuff and forward it.
I once carried huge 20" Rims from a guy in Alabama who wouldn't ship out of state... So one of my co-workers picked them up, then when we met on the road transferred them to me. I then repacked them and shipped from airports with direct post offices. Dribbling in one rim at a time to the UK the guy saved on customs duty and because they didn't all come from the same place, and over a period of 6 weeks...it somehow looked like he was picking up onsies and twosies so they never hit him for customs on a set of custom Boyds rims. Took a while...but I had time then.
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There was one poor guy who coughed into his TWM, the plastic started on fire, melted, got sucked down the Weber and plugged the booster venturi letting that cylinder run way lean and "boom' there went his head gasket.
I ran the TWM Open unit for years. I think the open face helps with the draw into the barrels. Though ultimately it just crumbled from the SoCal Atmosphere. Ran it from 90-maybe Y2K on and off various vehicles with my Mikuni 44's and Weber 40's -
You take notice of the shape of that plenum and how it differs from the S20/432 airbox.
Having owned multiple cars with factory Solex and Mikuni Multiple Carb Setups, non use the TWM Design, but are more or less permutations of the S20 Box Pictured above...
I think the velocity air, and diffused air inside makes a big difference - this was shown on Monzster's thread under pressure.
If you look at atmospheric pressure as just that, and not 'vacuum' then the plenum design of the S20 and the surge tanks makes sense. You want an area of diffuse pressure surrounding the inlet air horns, in a slightly positive pressure if at all possible... -
Many of the issues surrounding the Flat Tops (other than the power valve going rich) were directly a result of the extra heat in the engine bay/manifold caused by overzealous EGR.
Any 1973 vehicle has a bad rep---I remember I was told "never buy the 73 Chevys unless all the pollution crap was pulled off"... It wasn't really ALL the "pollution crap" just some of it which was poorly thought out.
The 260Z was SUPPOSED to be Fuel Injected!
I had a 73 with a complete 71 Manifold on it, Round Top SU's that were bought new from Nissan, run for six months then the car was stored due to suspension issues.
That setup, with a header using the Smog Pump ran GREAT. The Engine tested clean to 1983 Catalysed standards. Astoundingly clean! 1/10th the allowable emissions.
Now, at that time there was a visual. They failed me for no EGR. So I retrofit the crossover and linkages, put in the pipe. Oh lord help me! It ended up passing on the last adjustment but ran like crap and JUST scraped by with something like 1000PPM HC or something... this was some while ago, but adjusted to pass the test the car barely ran at all.Anecdotal to be sure....but it was amazing to me how much different the thing ran afterwards. Now, if someone put a BB in the actuator line and it's all there and just looks nice... That is something totally different. Mine ran great without the EGR going into the manifold!
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XR6 Ute is a nice ride if you get one with a tray.
I was stuck with a corporate "compact" and that meant Camry...wouldn't you know it, that was $286 daily.
But the Ute, or a Mercedes C200 was $70 daily! They hammer the business rentals, by choosing "executive" rental level it was actually hugely cheaper. I had the XR for a month, and a C200 the second visit.
I ducked the Corporate Camry both times which was more expensive!
As to this: "I've been over most of NZ myself, it's small enough to do that, unlike the US which is so big you can't really see all of it."
I could see taking a LOT of time there. It's not merely ticket punching "been there done that" kind of touring you want to do. An open vehicle or motorcycle is a completely different experience compared to an auto tour. Don't rush it... Do more than "see" it.
You would be amazed at foreigners who come to the USA from Europe and Asia who plot an itinerary of three weeks and have Disney, The Statue of Liberty, Grand Canyon, The Alamo, Park City as destinations IN THAT ORDER and who really expect they can DRIVE to them in a Motorhome. A corporate group from Germany had a schedule with these items as almost daily stops. They returned a month later, having seen a fraction of what they intended, and merely stated "our error was not looking at the actual distances when making the plans."
Not to be outdone by a Korean Corporate Group who needed to "Learn about America" before introducing products here. They had a corporate dictate to see a similar list. Gave them a Motorhome....three MONTHS later they came back haggard, and at each other's throats. "What did you think of America Mr. Kim?" With a grave, thousand yard stare he simply said "America very BIG country!"
From that (and despite my 18,000 miles in three week driving marathons) I try to pick one region. And see/learn as much about it as I can. I've spent two months in Lake MacQuarrie / Eraring Australia outside Sydney with plenty of explore time...and I've barely scratched colonial establishments.
That's a very rich anthropological region of the world, cultural revalations and natural beauty could take you a lifetime to appreciate.
Pick a place. Go back again, pick another place. That's what I would do.
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I fit 13 into my Suzuki Every....including me!
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We had a four post with caster kit to do prep. I never missed a two post using it. It was a quality unit, it was not $1,400. The caster kit allowed us to attach the casters, drop the lift, then move it where we wanted. The axle lifts/cradles worked well and supported the axles like the old single post pneumatic lift I trained on back in the Stone Age.
Sounds stupid, but pushing it outside when you want to pressure wash under the car...do sandblasting, apply undercoating, or simply free up a stall in the garage for a party on a rainy day comes in handy. Not to mention working in a breeze instead of the stuffy garage.
I would recommend ramps for both ends of the lift... Especially if you have a deep garage...allowing a drive over to the back without transferring the ramps.
If you even THINK about a full size truck, buy the lift to handle it's weight and length. The bigger truck four posters and handle storing a LOT of stuff on them overhead other than a vehicle...and with a nice piece of I-beam become nice mobile gantry cranes if you know how to work it that way (mowhahaha!)
Some guys have a garage door in the front and back, so driving over the lift out the back door is also nice. More than one city lot dweller kicks themselves over the simplicity of a second door in the back when it comes time they have to rent a 100 ton crane to pick their hot tub into the back yard! (Or just park something out of the view of prying eyes on the street!)
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"Mumbai"? You post-colonialist oppressor!
I should hook up the DVR on the front of the Mio and go film a five minute run through Lucena traffic...
It would make "Les Rendevous" look timid by comparison!
Do you recall Manila in "The Bourne Legacy"? (I think) yeah....like that!
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The flat spot on quick acceleration caused by percolation will be cured by using them...
If you have incorrectly sized idle jets, pump squirters, pump check balls that are stuck, wrong pump stroke....
It won't help anything but keeping the carbs cooler.
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"Saturday morning I call fed ex give them the tracking # and the guy tells me that cxracing produced a lable on the 7th and never shipped anything."
That said otherwise, which is why I posted. The tracking information is updated at every touch
"Label Printed"
"Picked up from sending location"
"Scanned in to sorting location"
"In transport"
"Arrival at hub"
"Transfer to local"
"Out for delivery"
I do this kind of tracking every week. I can't believe you didn't call when "Label Printed" wasn't immediately followed with any number of the terms and times/locations that followed.
Having just had a credit card ship from Ohio to The Philippines, I called the day after it arrived in Manila asking where it was and got told "incomplete shipping address"! I completed it and had it the next day.
I have no doubt you're P.O., at the same time I can't believe what you are saying about the tracking claiming no information in-transit if you really checked every day.
The whole point of FedEx, UPS, DHL is that you can actually track the progress of your shipment every step of the way. From commercial accounts especially.
Another case in point: the PNO for my 260Z, the CADMV status page is screwed, I ended up DHL'ing a non-OP to them when it looked like something was fishy. I KNOW they got it, I KNOW who signed for it...I also know my check has NOT cleared the bank! I got the proof that it was paid and received. That's all I need. It's why it went DHL. It's how I cashed/deposited my income tax refund check this past year from overseas as well!
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I walked into the Circle K near the house wearing my "Datsun 240 Z BRE" mechanics shirt.
East Indian lady looks at me and smiles broadly.
I figure it's just being polite. Get to the register and she's just STARING at my shirt and grinning like an afflicted simpleton...
Like her mind was TOTALLY gone...
I ask, "What? Is there a bug on me or something?"
She is still smiling, and says in an almost Simpsonesque Stereotypical East Indian Lilt: "Your Datsun shirt! Oh, I remember we had a little Datsun car when I was a child. My family loved that car. We went absolutely everywhere in that little car. It never once let us down! I miss that little old Datsun car! Oh, such HAPPY memories of our little Datsun!"
I paid, and as I was going off, she remains gazing in between near-nothing and far-away grinning and reliving her happy Datsun Days!
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I'd dispute that... It's just that once they enter, it always seems to go very very badly for them!
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So you didn't check tracking status on Tuesday Morning?
Wow, save a little anger for the guy in the mirror!
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Webbed keeps heat off the injectors.
There is a reason only the very first engines were non-webbed and all later models utilised a webbed manifold configuration.
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If your carbs are percolating.
What exactly have you read into this thread as a " performance improvement " other than eliminating percolation of the fuel?
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Ohhhhh....he plot thickens!
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Build Threads from the 80's?
Only if they Cached on ARPANET...
Look up Texis300 here on his progress of the rebuild of his original Turbo Toms setup. It's about as thorough as you will find, it's one of the reasons I bough his setup in particular. Known quantity with known history and documentation from day ONE!
Andy Flaggs Cartech Setup running a 75 Shot ran low 12's on a bone stock L28ET pumped up on boost and a 650 Holley as well. That was like 1990.
In the late 80's Richard's Z and ZX Service in LA was running 11's on that setup in a full bodied ZX.
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"Also nobody knows why its called an Rx7..not even mazda can give an official answer lol."
Because Rx3 & 4 were already taken and Letter/Number Combos sold in the US since Fairlady vs Savannah flies in Japan, but only plays well to Demographics in West Hollywood, Key West, San Francisco, and Sagatuck...
RX7 vs 280Z, that sounds flannel-shirt Logger Fisticuffs tough!
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Actually, if you remove the EGR and run the Flat Tops....you will be surprised.
Most conversions do this, and in accurately attribute any improvement solely to the Carbs. As someone who "believed" and had brand new Round Tops installed on an otherwise functioning 73 sans EGR I can tell you for a FACT installing the EGR crossover and re-enabling that RADICALLY altered the way the Round Tops ran!
The flat tops utilize separate idle and main circuits, allowing a proper "power cut" on the needle while still allowing a lean enough idle circuit to cover emissions compliance. The power jet in them is similar in function to a Holley...they fail,they go rich.
I've recovered enough high mileage all original 240 and 260Z's to know Laziness and simple misunderstanding of the real issues manifest in the situation led to their "bad" reputation more than actually being an actual bad carb.
It's not a "Computerised Quadrajet"!
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"I will be 51 this year and I am in that staged of life where I want to enjoy driving versus building. "
Damn, where was the stage of my life that I had time to build? I just hoarded in expectation of building and driving later on in life...
Vacationing in New Zealand
in Non Tech Board
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I could not go to NZ without seeing The Shed in Invercargill...