TheNeedForZ

No way man, tons and tons of lead were left in the natural world through fishing and hunting. There should be nothing wrong with automotive use since all the lead stays on the car. It does quickly bring down the power/weight ratio though "So friendly to the environment, fish will jump up on dry land to eat it" HA! Any progress on the videos

I knew a guy that had a dirty fuel tank that gave his car fuel starvation problems. He took it to a radiator shop where they dunk it into a chemical cleaner. Can't remember if he said he used a sealer or not but he has had no problem anymore.

VLC media player, plays almost everything. I don't have a link for the download now, but you can find it in search.

I wonder has anyone lightened their L series con rods? In David Vizard's book he said he has lightened stock Chevy rods to around 550gram. Typical lightening job takes the Chevy rods to high 500gram mark and the rods will withstand up to 475 hp. Now remember chevy rods are longer than Nissan L rods. I measured my L24 rods at 720gram with bolts and nuts, or 640gram without bolts and nuts. I suppose it is possible to get L rods down to at least 550 gram?

How much force do I need to remove the piston pins from the rods? Can I do it without a hydraulic press? If the press is the only way to go, where can I find someone to press them out for me(machine shop? typical auto shop)? Thanks

Yeah, L24E, comes with small con rod journals and 8mm con rod bolts.

Cool, I didn't know there 's a store like that in Vancouver. Do they have good reputation? Any Z stuff?

Thanks, no wonder they look kinda familiar, I've seen them in the wreckyard last time I was there.

Unlike carbureted ITBs, injected ITB does not draw a premixed air/fuel, the "extra cylinder charge" in the EFI setup will be a given amount of fuel plus extra air rammed in at tuned rpm. If the velocity stacks offset the difference in length, then the wave paths will be the same. Your argument is that with less than half throttle, the wave bounces off the throttle plate, causing the wave paths to be different again, that is an excellent point. I think with the throttle plate nearly closed, the wave path is cut even shorter so the harmonics is going to happen at even higher rpm(higher than 6800rpm). Since the effect of different wave path only happens at higher than 6800(which is beyond the point of max hp) AND less than half throttle, the scenario is not involved in power making and doesn't really matter in this case. That's just my theory.

1 fast z, What throttle bodies are those? thanks

Yes

http://videos.streetfire.net/Player.aspx?fileid=1CEC3F1D-BC7A-4B85-A592-02D95AD73E4F&p=0 Basically it warps the space around it.

There is a part of equation being left out ---the ram pipes. If the middle two cylinders have shorter ram pipes, then all of the six induction paths can be made equal in length. Being in or out of frequency does not make a cylinder run lean or rich. What pulse tuning does is bringing in extra cylinder charge at a certain rpms. However, if all of the 3 carbs are jetted the same, the middle two might indeed run lean due to fuel droplets being slung to the intake wall. What throttle bodies are those?

Yep, F54 or N42 blocks only make a difference when you bore out to the max (3mm, even with the stronger N42 block, sonic check is still necessary). And yes, F54 have better coolant circulation due to the slotted webbing. I am building a 3.0L turbo stroker, I have both the F54 and the N42. I'll be using the N42.

That emblem looks good enough already. Car reminds me of Darth Vader

Try ARP bolts?

I got punked by the admin. It's like chasing the end of rainbow. Does it ever end? I wonder...

can't see it

I've never seen one before. Looks like the ram pipes can be removed, so short ones can be fabbed up to make the thing fit under the hood. Wow 466.99 final price! There are some familiar names in the bid history....I hope the guy that won the bid is a member here too.

Guess I was wrong about the flywheel balancing. There was a lot of material removed from the flywheel I have so I thought the flywheel must have been balanced with the internals, since the flywheel itself is a even disk. Do I have to match the counterweights of the crank to the weight of the rods/pistons? Because I am contemplating lightening the crank, maybe even drill the crank pins. Either way I would like to get the crank as light as possible. Thanks

http://videos.streetfire.net/Player.aspx?fileid=20C1AD07-4587-4BD8-8216-041F1A1F2ADD&p=22

well he said thx in the first post.

From my point of view, I will be using L24 rods and diesel crank, internal balancing never happened in my scenario.

That rod looks beefy, how heavy is it?