wingnutthehutt

Nice car, I would cry if I had to sell that car. Good luck with the sale. Good God, why did I move to Sacramento? It's a good thing I'm not a "street racer" It seems to me that the only way to get around this is take the path that I'm contemplating; become law enforcement. Of course, that's not REALLY why I'm thinking about it. No, really, I mean that.

Must have been a similar paint scheme. Nice work, I'm glad to see it's paying off.

That was most triumphant! (a la Bill and Ted) I seem to remember that car being up for sale on RacingJunk several months ago. Either way, that was one fast pass. Welcome aboard!

Wow, talk about fast progress. I guess when you have a good shell to start off with things can move pretty fast. I bet Mull is hating you right now. Lookin' good!

Mull, here's some feedback. I like 'em. Hail Sweden! "Big" Carl Ogren

Someone buy this car. $500. Get it out of my hair and out of my mom's driveway before the City of Concord tows it away as a nuisance. All my pictures are on my other computer which is not playing nice right now. I'll try and get some more this weekend. email me for further info.

Guys, I just wanted to mention that it was airing, I didn't want to stir up any bad memories or bad blood. Even though we lost, it's still gives me an odd sense of pride that a few of my dollars went and did the show.

Is 92 pounds bare or is that with crank, pistons, rods etc? If you edit, I'll delete this one. I don't have a scale, or I'd give you weights on iron block stuff.

Ohhh. Like an EyeTV for Apple. Wow.. Now that was just sad. But a good episode.

Yeah.... how'd you get it on DVD? Man, now I finally understand all the drama that arose from that race. It's 2-1 and we're getting our asses kicked.

Well whoopity doo for OTM!!! I've only seen the crappy youtube versions and I thought there might be someone else who'd want to know too.

And right now it's 4:30 by my clock.

Great narrative Cruez, good pics too. I love the nickel dimes, that'll make a classy delivery wagon for you. I'd also be interested in hearing what your expenses were like, as my roommate may be buying a Nissan pickup in PA, and we'd be driving it back to Sacramento, CA.

I fell off a couple of months ago with no gear on. Ended up in the hospital getting stiches and a lot of X-rays. Had someone pull out in front of me. Wasn't trying to show off, was just not paying enough attention. I've been riding for about ten years and have raced streetbikes with the local am. leagues. We all make mistakes, we all make bad decisions. Most of us are just smart enough to make them when we're not anywhere near an audience or a national televised television show's crew. As for where he came from, as I understand it he used to be a competing, although not competitive, body builder. He somehow got into TV and pitch SEVERAL reality TV ideas for a couple of YEARS. Speed liked this one and picked it up. Yeah, he's a jackass, yeah, they should use a Christmas Tree, and yeah, it sure musta sucked to fall off in front of everyone. Less than two weeks ago a 19 year old kid died in a motorcycle accident here in Sacramento. He ran a stop sign and T-boned a minivan. The impact was so hard that the van almost tipped over. His helmet split and his heart exploded on impact. He was riding a CBR1000RR. It was a former race bike, with no lights, signals, or mirrors. He'd had his license for a total of FOUR days. At the MSF class everyone told him not to buy it, to start smaller, but he wouldn't listen. You can find more info about him and the situation at http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=181215 Sorry to go on and hijack the thread. I guess my point is you don't have to be showoff, you just have to not use your head.

Nice car, clean pain job. It's going on my desktop too. What remains to be done that you call it a project car?

Yeah, those channels get a lot of play from me too. Speed is great, as long as I change the channel before the NASCAR stuff. Not my thing. I didn't catch Pinks last night, but I read through the LS1tech thread. What a bunch of jerks. It really reinforces what a great forum HZ is. The bickering was almost too much to take. The video they made of the build and the pinks footage was pretty good though. I hope they decide to actually run the car again and get some tune out of it, see what it'll do.

Dr Hunt, that has always been my viewpoint. Why spend money on a pacemaker when you can drop in the heart of a lion! Pulled the plugs, they were filthy, swapped in some new ones. Started, ran good for about four seconds and started sputtering again. Pulled a plug and it was fuel fouled already and felt like some oil too. Stick a fork in it. It's done. It's an N42 head, block casting reads L28 074228. What block does that make it?

Will pull the plugs once someone comes back to the house with the keys to the toolbox that I gave them. I have a spare set and if they're overly dirty, I'm just going to swap them.

Ok, since I'm starting to catch some flack now, to clarify. It was running and reliable when I parked it a few months ago. I used it as a commuter all the time until it came up due for smog and failed a pre-test. It was gradually putting out less power, but not burning oil. It started going through water so I stopped driving it. Basically, I'm now going to write off this entire car. I have little interest in rebuilding an L28 for this car. I'm pretty fed up with it. It's been a money pit since the day I registered it.

I cleaned those connectors. Still no improvement. Also tried pulling the air filter in attempt to lien it out a little bit. No dice. I have a theory, tell me if I'm totally off base here. Since I know it has a blown headgasket- is it possible that when the engine got to a certain point it increased suction on exhuast stroke pulled the gasket enough to lose compression on one or two more cylinders? And at a certain point it became bad enough that now it's completely blown, or am I still facing an electrical issue? I can't get it to run at all without my hand on the throttle linkage now, so I have a feeling I'm not going to get much further with the tools at hand. If I could get it home to Sacramento, I could pull out a compression tester and a voltmeter. But here, at my mom's house in Concord, CA, I'm pretty much limited to a couple of screwdrivers.

I pulled if off and blew it out, slid it on and off five or six times to remove anything else that may have been in there and blew it out again. Phantom, I've never heard of these SECRET connectors. I'll go search for them and see what I can do right now. When I ran it on a smog machine it came up way rich already, so that may help no matter what.

Gave IT a bath, the car, not me. I rinsed out the engine compartment with a hose. I've done if before with no ill effects, but maybe four months of sitting added up to a further decayed connector was my first thought. Went out this morning. Pulled the cap, everything's clean and dry. Checked the TPS connection, it's good. Started it up, sputters even worse. Now it's running on less than 6 cylinders, sounds more like 4. Blows lots of blue fuel soaked smoke. Unfortunately, it won't stay running long enough for me to check the plug cables or to pull them and check which cylinder it is. I know that 5 has low compression.

I have a 76 280Z. All stock to the BOMK. I started it today after sitting for four or five months. Started on first crank. Let it idle for a while, let it get close to temp, and revved it a little. Sounded fine. Or as fine as normal. Shut it down and gave it a bath. Started it up, let it get to temp, and then went to take it around the block. The car started to sputter as soon as it hit 2400. I almost got rear ended cuz the thing pretty much shook me to a pulp. It was like the rev limiter had engaged, but not quite the same. I pulled it over and it still idled fine. Popped the hood and listened. The MAF gets really loud when it cuts out. I think that's just becuase of the lack of engine noise relative to the TP. I started it up later when it had cooled down to change spots in the driveway and it seemed fine. I'm going to check again in the morning and let it get up to temp and see what happens then. I've searched and no one had anything quite like this. Clues? Suggestions? Thanks, Carl

It's on the border between an XKE and an Opel GT. Not that there's anything wrong with that. But it doesn't really look too much like a Z to me.

You got it. Sorry Larry. No more propaganda from me.