240z72 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Im alive. Haha. The rain has been the worst in a few years. Figures. My Z8 is ready to go. Just waiting for it to dry up. Kinda frustrating....Yea I have coilovers. I have a decent amount of clearance for the oil pan. I might make some kind of bash guard or something to help prevent the pan from damage. In other news I picked up a 260z the other day. Been playing with that. Got it for 750, has the l28 with the good su carbs. now runs great! Just going threw the brakes now. Other then that I haven't done much to the ls1 as its been raining like crazy. Next things id like to do is maby some Dyna-mat and some carpet or floor mats. Interior work. Ill post up as soon as I get rolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 When I lived in at ft ord, there had been a five year drought. One day it started raining and everybody's roof leaked. I've been watching the news with the rain. Stay clear of Santa cruise and the mud slides. Should push some nice sand out at the salinas river mouth to make for some good surfing over the sandbar. Two z-cars: doesn't get any better than that! Sorry you are socked in, but glad you are still alive. We are having an Indian summer here in Alabama. Did some gas tank work and degreased the new R200 from SunnyZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Santa Cruz. Darn auto correct! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240z72 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Damn your making me want to grow my hair out and learn to surf lol. You have another r200? Lol. Nice. If the shipping wasent so bad id ask you to sell me one of the 10 you now have. Im off this weekend so im hopeing to get so road time. Need to calibrate my speedo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNNY Z Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Damn your making me want to grow my hair out and learn to surf lol. You have another r200? Lol. Nice. If the shipping wasent so bad id ask you to sell me one of the 10 you now have. Im off this weekend so im hopeing to get so road time. Need to calibrate my speedo! I just picked up an R200 out of a 77 280 with 60K. LMK if you're interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 (edited) Josey, I just degreased the one you sent me-it really wasn't that dirty. The output shaft seals look good enough, I may not replace them. Next is to do all the wire brushing before doing the work inside of it....I can't remember if I have enough clutches to do the upgrade or not - gotta check my cardboard boxes. If you still have your Chequered Flag companion flanges, can you measure the heighth? I'm thinking about geting the 39 spline variety. I'm wondering if my axle length is gonna have to be different from the companion flanges I got from M2.....back to the damn axles! Edited December 3, 2012 by RebekahsZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240z72 Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 Im on the road!! First of all this car is very fast. I did a easy light throttle pull from 3rd to forth and like my pop would say, feels like a flock of quail fly out your azz. Lol... I dident even push it hard at all. Everything is running great. Sorting out my brake issues. I messed up and switched the adjustment screws and was losing adjustment on the rears. Not good! This afternoon Ill take it out and see how it stops. I think it will be up to par. Just cruised around today breaking in the clutch and what not. Having an issues with my rearend chattering. I have the friction modifier in the rear end but i guess it needs time to work in the clutches. Had my friend align the front end today. Kinda cool to be right there and see how its done and actually help. Also ive read that the ls1 tach signal is a 4 cylinder signal. Soooo i went threw hell setting the tach. Well mine reads 8. At 6k on the tach im only at 3k. So i will have to dive under the dash again and switch it back.... fun. I also stopped by the exhaust shop and im going tomorrow or monday to have my system installed. Car is crazy loud under a load. Too loud for my area. Will post more later. If anybody has some tips on stopping that diff from chattering so much let me know. It only happens at low speed turns. Like pulling out out a parking lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zfan1 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Did you add limited slip additive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240z72 Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 Yes. Bought a lil bottle of it. How much do you need? I put the whole bottel in. I think it was about 4-5 oz. Thats what the directions sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Sent you a text message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240z72 Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Ran the car on a 3hr road trip ovrr the weekend. Total of six hours on the road without a single issue. Did get a bit fishey off the line but setteled right down. Car pulls great. My fave is 3rd to forth as i can put the power down quite good for my narrow tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Yup, 1-2 is just spin on street tires. Slicks give me a little more time in 2nd but on street tires the shift light just stays on across the shift and its time for 3rd. Skipping first is nicer but I'm trying to slip my clutch as little as possible to try to keep the clutch system together. Yeehah! Freezing here-California dreamin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Haven't heard from you in a while, Jim. You didn't wreck it did you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240z72 Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 Ya sorry guys its been busy around here. My car is just fine. Sleeping in the garage. Running really good. Had a leaky valve cover gasket. Thats fixed now. Had my exhaust done. Did duals with a h pipe. Not too worried about getting every inch of power out of this thing as its fast enough for me. Sounds great more tame and easy on the ears of others and not so much of a cop tease. I need new roaters. Mine are warped beyond belife. I guess they were bad when i had my friend at ford resurface them. So they were turned down past the mark and the first hard brake warped them bad again haha. Looken to just get some good slotted ones. Maby drilled also but i dont know yet. I hit a pot hole going to sac and i think i ruined my ball joint. Im not shur. I jneed to raise the front and check it out. Havent updated much as i just been busy with christmas and other hobbys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240z72 Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 Well an issue arose. Apon a hot start say i drive some where and leave the car for about twenty thirty minutes. When i start it i get a nice size bellow of smoke. Its oil. As im losing it quite badly. Sadface. Did a hot compression test and im solid accross the board at 180. Plugs are not clean and oily. Im thinking i have bad valve stem seals or bent/bad/worn valves. Not shur. Any thoughts? I did replace the stem seals but i messed up and had to switch some as they make one for exhaust and one for intake. Maby i cut them from moving them around. Other then that its a honda eating machine. I got new roters. Nothing fancy. Much better then.sounding like a pile rolling down the street as the old ones would squeek and clap the pads. Will update as i learn more about the smoking issue. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zohanisback Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Sounds like valve stem seals except usually my experience is that they smoke on cold start. Which plugs are oily? Should only be a couple tops unless you got real unlucky... Let us know. Your build is so awesome, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I usually direct my motor-only questions to LS1tech.com. The guys on this forum that have opened LS1s up the most seem to be: cable, wfritts911, SUNNYZ and ColtGT-something (I always get his screen name wrong). I'm sure there are others, too. I haven't even changed the junkyard sparkpulgs that came in my LS2. The only thing I actually have done to my motor was swap the oilpan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Good compression means your rings and valves are likely fine. Stem seals sound like the likely culprit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240z72 Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 Yes im thinking stem seals also. Will attack that project soon enough! Thanks for the imput people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zfan1 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Hopefully that is it, and an easy/cheap fix at that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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