SuperDan

You only have to do that if you are not logged in.

A recommendation. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dellorto-DHLA-TWM-triple-intake-manifold-Datsun-Z-ZX_W0QQitemZ230039284052QQihZ013QQcategoryZ38634QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Hmmm.... I need to check that out, still useing VMware GSX server for all my testing. Is it any good? Dan

I guess I should be a little less vague in my posts and not throw out my recommendations without backing them up. That is pretty weak on my part and if I was someone else reading my posts I would have to think to myself “who the hell are you? Why should I listen to you?” I am no expert, just been in IT for a very long time, almost 22 years now. So let me finish up by saying that Mike is correct in stating that by creating a fixed size contiguous virtual memory file does increase system performance. I did not mean to imply that it does not, sorry my bad. Also regarding write cache, I forgot to mention above to re-enable that feature once you have finished with the defragmentation process, if you do not you will most likely suffer a serious performance penalty, depending on the applications that you use. From a personal perspective here is how I do things. I have 2 PC’s that I use for myself: PC1 is my gaming computer, it’s built to the hilt for pure performance and a blatant disregard for stability and data preservation. Things like RAID 0 disks, write caching on, the latest beta drivers for video and chipset etc. I also defrag it often to help reduce load times. Other misc things, this computer lives on the edge of a serious meltdown. PC2 is were my work is, no write caching, only Microsoft blessed drivers, RAID 1, no defragmentation , nightly backups. There is always a middle ground that you can live in were you can have speed and reliability but for myself I have decided to sacrifice speed for reliability with my important data. Besides, it has taken years to build my porn collection back up to good size again after that “write cache” incident a few years ago.

Oh crap, I just read the title of the thread asking for computer experts... disregard everything I said

Ok, I don’t want to get into the “real world” examples of why this is a bad idea and how a very large company that I work for (where we measure the number of Wintel servers and desktops that we support in the millions worldwide) never runs defrag on any servers or desktops and we have removed the defrag utility from all of our SOE builds. I will just throw a word of caution out there then. If you decide to use this common approach to increasing the performance of your system then I would also recommend that before you run defrag that you check to make sure that “Write caching“ is disabled on your hardrive. Most hard disks now days have that feature and are enabled by default during the OS install. Also, if you want to get any kind of performance benefit from partintiong your physical drive into 2 separate logical drives then: 1. Install your OS on your C: drive as usual. 2. Install all your applications onto the second partition only 3. And defrag only the volume containing your programs thereafter. Just my .02

I would strongly recommend against defragging your OS partition using any utility including Microsoft’s own.

The following is an email that we got from his father. I thought I should share it with all of you. Dear Administrator, I visited your site on Sept. 22, 2006 to see what my son, el Jefe, had posted and to eventually let you know he passed away on Aug. 30. His death had to do with his debilitating migraines. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. It looks like someone might have contacted you since Sept. 22 because today I note his user description as "Gone but not forgotten." I know Neil enjoyed sharing info with the Hybrid Z user group. If the members would like to contact me via e-mail, that is fine. If they would like to read online obituaries, they can be found at: D’Esopo Funeral Home www.safeplacetogrieve.com/obitnew/obitfull.php?id=921 Daily Press www.adquest3d.com/obituaries/search_for_deceased.cfm?OBITID=299948&BRD=1324&PAG=510 Best regards, Neil's father, Gary Brodeur

In San Diego today, at about 6:15pm on interstate 8 near the 15? was it you?

again

it's just that.

Send me a PM.

Chill.... it's fixed.

Haha... who's the wise ass?

Glowing headers at idle... had that happen to me on a EFI V8, it was the timing was retarded alot.

Jon, yeah it is strange. I have this wideband O2 monitor mounted in my car and used it to setup my jetting. It’s also kinda fun to watch  http://www.innovatemotorsports.com/xcart/customer/product.php?productid=16164&cat=262&page=1 Right now my AFR’s are: Idle = 12.6 – 13.0 Why? I have no idea, I cannot go leaner on idle or it will idle rough and transition off idle creates a nice bog… I can live with it. WOT = 12.2 – 12.8 Seems good to me. Cruise 3000 RPM = 12.8 – 13.2 Why? I think the multistrike ignition may have something to do with this. Just guessing. On 91 oct gas I get no pinging under any conditions. On 89 I get pinging when the engine is nice and hot on the freeway and I bog the engine a little at full throttle. On 87 I get pinging at any more than ½ throttle under load and I can definitely feel the loss in power. The AFR’s above seem to stay the same regardless of the type of gas used. I am starting to think that I should remove the vacuum advance (since it’s not used anyways) from my dist and lock the plate down, maybe it is a factor in this.

Hmm...your specs are very close to mine. 72 240. Stock L24 with 91k. Compression is nice and even, no smoke etc. 2 1/2 exhaust Triple 40 DCOE's (I did a fresh rebuild on them about 6 weeks ago) 27mm Chokes Emulsion tube = F11 Main Jet = 115 Idle jet 45F9 82 ZX Dist, Total advance 35BTDC Mallory HiFire VI ignition Temp is rock solid @ 1/2 the gauge... no matter what it's doing. I only run 91 octane gas... it hates the 87 or 89 stuff. I have just started driving my car to work for the last 3 weeks and the thing runs like a top! No flat spots and idles great. A little lean on the top end though but that is fine I wanted more low / midrange. So to answer your question, it sounds like you are in the ball park for your jetting. What size chokes are you running? Vacum advance not hooked up... right? Vacum leaks? Float levels good? Fuel pump, electric or stock? 5 PSI sounds a little high. What you are describing to me sounds like a vacum leak.... maybe? Anyone else want to chime in

Now it's really amusing.... ehh John? Anyone else want some

"Spear and magic helllmuuut!"

Im looking into it.

:lmao:

I think it depends on the model also. Trying to remember but I think 1987 and later Camaro's had roller cams.

Allright guys, this back-and-forth needs to stop... NOW!

LOL, I missed this somehow. SBC baby! *moved to Non-Tech Forum*