Gearshredder
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Well, I also have the same problem, including a sound by the injector by the firewall (if that is #6 then yes), just to tell you you are also not alone.. Ill try some troubleshooting myself. I previously had a engine dying problem, and it has fixed itself the more I drive, so could just be dirt for me. Ill also have to completely clean the intake out. And I believe I don't have an egr valve.
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cutting exhaust is a pain when you use air powered cutoff wheels and freewheel it. All i had at the time lol. huge gaps dont make a difference. just fill it in with welds XD . I wish I had something more accurate before I worked on it.
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I found the best stuff.. haven't completely tested it out but made me not use electrical tape ever again: its paint on electrical sealer, i bought it at walwart you find it next to the automotive electrical connectors
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I heard somewhere that a catalytic converter can also make it look like your car is closer to perfect emissions because of sort of a burn in period. Also why you would pass with flying colors with a new Cat, high flow or not.
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hey im 17 too and want to do similar to what you are doing but going the inexpensive route. Its going to take a long time but more time spent into it, the less I will have to pay and more i will learn. (whole reason why i am working on a car that pently have called a pos lol, and to have that feeling that i pwned them with a free car
)and btw.. being 17 is no excuse for having limited knowledge lol
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well then make us happy
i could manage something up but im busy lol
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well i found something around the web: http://web-ee.com/schematics/electro-optics/led-turn-signals/
and the pdf from the same site:
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my exhaust system just rotted out completely so i went ghetto on my exhaust system and i am only spending 130$ total. not including tools. I bought a 25$ 2.5 inch 7.5 feet of pipe from a warehouse. i then bought a magnaflow catalytic converter from ebay for 64$:
don't look at the pic. It is half the size.
then i bought a magnaflow muffler for 46$
and finally some clamps to hold it.
I haven't finished yet but i am almost done cutting and welding the manifold to where the cat ends up. I completed the pipe from the cat back already. Not the highest flowing, perfectly smooth exhaust system, but inexpensive.
I could have spent 14$ more to get a straight through, but i can always change that.
Its fun driving the z with no exhaust system around town and to school. (no one has pulled me over yet, temp plates) Makes people turn heads.
too bad there is nothing to look at yetIll take some pics and add it to my progress thread when I am done with the pipes
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Well, hello there peoples. I just grabbed my z car for free, kinda rusty but when ya get one for free, eh what the heck. It is a 1979 280zx, stock everything except for a exhaust system. 2 seater. I got it from a neighbor who wanted to restore it but failed and told me it had a bad clutch.. hehe. lies. I replaced the slave cylinder for $13. works perfect. I had forgot the motto K.I.S.S. at the time and cleaned out the fuel system manually. Still didnt run.. I got depressed.. so i filled up the tank and started right up! Just about as fast as it has started these recent times too. I did the basic tuneup to it a few days later, and runs perfect. Cept for the first times driving it, it has been having some idling problems. Those problems have been sorta been fixing themselves as i drive it. On the side, I still have an intermittent fuel pump problem.. I have to HIT the fuel pump to get it to start occasionally. I grabbed a "new" (not rusty) one from pick n pull so i just need new lines and bolts and i am set. I ran some seafoam through the car to clean out some of the stuffs. Ill do a good scrubbing after I pass emissions and inspection. The exhaust system that was on there has about 100 or so holes from rusting out, so I am building my own exhaust system by cutting and welding
. 25$ for 2.5 inch pipe 64$ for catalytic converter and 46$ for muffler. Just about done, full magnaflow exhaust. I am currently out of a lift for 2 weeks so i am going to need a new permit when that time comes. I have an emissions machine at my class I am taking, so I can tune it if I have to. The car does have a shifting problem, either I can't shift, the clutch doesn't fully disengage or the transmission is shot. I changed the oil on the transmission and it was the chunkiest, grittiest, blackest burnt oil I have seen in my life. Ill change it again after some drivin, or get a "new" tranny. I think I found the problem lol XDI think after my history of my car, it deserves some pics to make many people happy.
Sorry if you can't see the car. I tried not to take pictures of the rust XD. There is more rust than you can see. Mainly around wheel wells and those aluminum, rustmaking, splash catchers on the rocker panels. o and i have a HUGE hole because someone decided to put some expandy foamy stuff in the fenders for some reason.. it held water and rusted a massive hole through my spare tire floor. You can see some in the pic under the spare jack.
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do you guys happen to know a thread or a common solution to this idle problem but with a stock 79 280zx? (no megasquirt)
thx
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. 25$ for 2.5 inch pipe 64$ for catalytic converter and 46$ for muffler. Just about done, full magnaflow exhaust. I am currently out of a lift for 2 weeks so i am going to need a new permit when that time comes. I have an emissions machine at my class I am taking, so I can tune it if I have to. The car does have a shifting problem, either I can't shift, the clutch doesn't fully disengage or the transmission is shot. I changed the oil on the transmission and it was the chunkiest, grittiest, blackest burnt oil I have seen in my life. Ill change it again after some drivin, or get a "new" tranny. I think I found the problem lol XD
muffler choice?
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Im running without an exhaust system. How many horses should I be getting?