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Thanks for the advice - I will go back in and work on adjusting the valves and check torque on the head bolts. I did not do either before start up. It may sound like "basic mechanical tune-up" stuff but I've not messed with L motors before, nor anything considered a classic. Or anything that's sat for an extended period of time, so this is definitely a learning process for me. Thanks for the help guys and BluDestiny- I've definitely read a fair amount of opinions very similar to that regarding the webers vs. round top SU's...that won't deter me on them just yet! ha..

I recently bought a 76 280z- previous owner said it ran great a year ago when last driven. I did a bunch of work to it in the last month or so before starting the car up for the first time. (It's an L28 with 32/36 DGV weber carbs) I changed oil and added some lucas treatment to the oil before cranking it. When I finally tried to start it up, it runs and idles decently. My concern is it sounds like a diesel truck- by that I mean the lifters make a good bit of noise and I assume the carbs need proper tuning. What causes the lifters to make such a racket? Should I be looking at replacing anything internally?

I've used a few different sources online and have found a lot of helpful stuff in doing the brake conversion on my 280. The last piece of the puzzle- I can't figure out the parking brake. Using this writeup as an example: http://zhome.com/ZCMnL/tech/Calipers/zbrakeupgrade.htm however, it seems the bracket that holds the brake cable will contact the swaybar end link under load. Also, just cannot figure out how to get the cable to attach to the caliper. Can anyone help with this?

Well, my computer decided to stop working this week while im gathering everything to do the rear disk conversion on my 280z. I'm fairly certain I had all my info I needed on the forums. Its a pain to do exhaustive searches on forums from my phone, so I'm appealing for help on here. Im using the modern motorsports rear brackets and 240sx calipers. I got zx rotors snd I believe theyre the wrong size. The caliper and pad are only contacting about 50% of the rotor. What rotors should I be using?