savageskaterkid

I was gonna do that. But the problem is that fuel isn't even making it to the fuel rail, so it would be a worthless test to conduct as of now.

Well, i figured out, there is plenty of fuel pressure before the fuel pump, i popped off that line and gas poured out, quite a bit of it. I figured something out though that I never noticed. The fuel pump has three outlets, not just 2. I assume that one is where the gas comes into the pump, and another where it pushes the fuel out. What about the third?

Is everybody just using stock hoses and pipes?

Well, i've come to the conclusion that my injectors aren't bad, I really don't know how I figured that out though. What I did figure out however is that I am not getting any fuel to the engine bay. I popped off the hoses and put a long hose going to a soda bottle then cranked the engine-nothing came out. Did it again, still nothing. There is not gas getting to the injectors, so that is why the car isn't running. Now I have to track down the clog. BTW, yes, there is gas in the tank, not much, but there is enough.

I was niether killed nor harmed in any way in this test, and it did prove the FACT that I have a fuel problem-so I would consider it a SUCCESS. The only thing harmed could have been my underwear when I heard the hose pop, but thankfully they came out fine. I myself would consider ether safe as a test, just because it can be used in a metered amount just the same, as long as you don't keep spraying it directly into the intake while the engine is running-the reason I come to this conclusion is the fact that ether is used primarily in the automotive world as STARTER FLUID, it even says it on the can. Now would that mean that anybody on a cold morning trying to start there car with a little starter fluid because there car doesn't wanna start, is in danger of being harmed, and that there motor may blow up just because the engine was meant to run on gasoline, not ether?

the point of the flammables was to see if the car would run and idle correctly-which it did. Ether is a substituded fuel as starting fluid, but i did not even use that. I am quite aware that my motor runs on gas. I wanted to see if there was sufficient spark to ignite the gas, which there was. Enough compression as to where it wouldn't bog down from running wrong in a few cylinders-which there was. I am NOT going to do this all the time, it was used as a test, and only a test-not another fuel that I plan on using instead of gasoline. As a result of this test and a few others, I have ruled out that it IS a gas issue-which means the test was a success.

i hear the pump running. I just sprayed to see if it would idle, don't plan on running like that on the road or anything, just used it to diagnose the problem.

i'll try that later on this afternoon.

when you say timing do you mean ignition timing, or crank/cam timing. I assume you mean ignition timing becuz of the light. I have not had a chance to time the ignition just becuz the fact that the car isn't running and doesn't idle. The reason i ask is that i didn't think that ignition timing wouldn't cause a backfire, i was freaked when it said timing-i was thinking i would have to time the cam. On a side note, i looked at the intake hose, and it was actually blown out, i was under the impression that it had just popped off the afm, but it blew up. So i put on a diffrent intake hose and performed the same WD-40 thing. Popped off the AFM again, so it wasn't a fluke, its happened 2 times now. Luckily this hose didn't actually blow out.

My intake hoses recently took a turn for the worse and I will need some new hoses soon. I was wondering what hoses you guys use when you upgrade your intake system. I'm talking about the TB to AFM hose, and the J-pipe to AFM, and the Turbo to the J-pipe. I don't wanna use jy pieces, i want something new. Does napa or advance, or ect.... make any hoses that would fit here with the correct bung for the hoses that attach to these hoses(sensors).

This is the site that i used http://dimequarterly.tierranet.com/articles/tech_hei.html

I used something similar in my old truck. Works wonders. Instead of Seafoam its POWERFOAM https://www.amsoil.com/storefront/apf.aspx Its amazing, I sprayed it into the intake and only used half the spray. Then I cut it off and let it sit for about 10 minuts. Fired it back up, and your supposed to let it run for about 2-5 minuts. Blue smoke poured out the exhaust for a couple minuts. The truck revved better, and idle better, it even seemed to rev quicker too. I have no experiance with regular seafoam, but am a partial amsoil dealer and paid 5 bux for this, and it did great.

I've used esnipe on the past 2-3 parts that i've been tryin to get, won them both, and at a low price, becuz you cant outbid at the last second unless the other is using esnipe too.

I do the exhaust thing on a daily basis, she knows not to even bother talking once i roll the window down. And I agree with the sandwich thing, if I'm at work and im hungry, washing my hands doesn't stop me. Brake Cleaner does a AWESOME job at cleaning your hands, just make sure to use something else like dawn or gojo afterwards, so that your hands don't turn to ash.

first year designs.....usually end up bad. Acutually I recall that they vettes did come Ttop for quite a few years, but when they announced the Z06, they also got rid of the Ttops. I hope they bring back the ttops

how do you know the injectors work? Did you use the screwdriver test? I have basicly the same symptoms, and I've pretty much ruled out that my injectors just went bad. 4 month old gas my be a bit bad, but I just started my car that had gas in it from over 4 yrs ago-So you should be alright. Just becuz your injectors are pulsing doesn't mean there working-mine pulse but I'm pretty sure I'm not getting fuel.

Lately I've had a few problems getting my new Z to start. When I got a battery and had all the terminal wires replaced and such, I cranked it-didn't start. The I found this misc. wire that i hooked up and it fired up and idled a bit wierd. It would stay at about 500 rpms and it was almost like it was being choked-like it was coughing-so I messed with the timing(which helped very slightly). Then it just stopped running completly last week. I did a tune-up and such yesterday and it didn't help. All day I thought "Damn I hope its nuthing like bad rings or head gasket." Today a frend said to spray WD-40 into the intake(lack of aresol in the starter fluid can) I sprayed it in the intake, and it sputtered and finnally ran like its supposed to at idle. As soon as I stopped spraying, it stopped running. By now the can was pretty close to empty, so I got something else that was flammable. I used brake cleaner, once i sprayed that it ran good and even after I stopped spraying it ran for a few seconds after that and it sounded great. So I did it again. It sputtered a bit, and then BOOM(you know what a .38 sounds like when you fire it?) my intake hoses blew apart right in front of me, and blew the AFM off the hoses completly. There was blueish smoke coming from the intake, and I thought I blew the engine, then i noticed it was just the intake that blew. After this I was kinda scared shitless, so i haven't touched it since. Has this happened to anybody before? What does this mean? Since it started with something flamable, I guess that means that my injectors are going bad. The AFM looks to be fine, no damage done to it.

I don't know the difference between the neutral safety and the clutch swith. What is the diffrence?

There is a Z currently for sale in my area, i'm actually gonna go look at it this weekend probly. But your right, there arent too many out here. The SRT's show up at nite on the main roads, we get them on W. Broad all the time lookin for races.

Well, the 76 is a 280z, not a 240z, that the first thing. If its got bigass bumpers, its probly a 280z. I dont think i've ever seen anybody actually take the nicer 240z bumpers and putting on the eyesore 280 bumpers.

Now that your in the right place, do you plan on getting another Z anytime soon-you did one good thing by moving out of CA, now you just need a Z

I used to have a ZX, and I did run that ignition with the GM HEI. I was just wondering about this perticular one.

Heres a video of an 1100hp Grand national I found awhile back. http://videos.streetfire.net/video/3BE6651A-70A4-4D4E-8B4B-957F70032277.htm He breaks the tires loose and smokes them on the dyno-at 1076hp, So i think hes pushing a bit more then that.

In the Z, i have noticed there is an aftermarket ignition setup. That is NOT hooked up, its mounted and everything, but the wires lead to nowhere, and there are no connections with the same plugs, as if nobody ever hooked it up. First question. Why would the guy not have hooked it up? Didn't feel like doing the wiring? PITA to convert to electronic ignition? And how would I go about hooking it up, and I'm not asking about "does this wire go here?" I'm asking if I have to actually take out the points and everything? Or can I just leave that in there-I believe the points are a big source of my cars running problems. I have searched, and the only threads I've found have had to do with MSD Electronic Ignition, and this is not an MSD, I have no idea what kind it is, but its not MSD.

for verification, i looked at my old cam from the ZX and it has no color AT ALL. So im hoping that this one in the car is a mild or hot cam. I won't be able to tell untill i get the car running right though.