bubbleguinea Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 i just got back from his house---he's a really great guy, and if you want some powdercoating done, he is the man to do it.....i saw a lot of his work first-hand, and it is GOOD.... im going to have to find time to take him some of my pieces.... anywho, hes got the lime green 240 that he just got done putting together the motor...we got the clutch on, tranny on, motor in and bolted down, and got the car to fire up! ive got no idea how to tune a holley 4bbl, which is on it..it idles pretty rough, but hes using autolite plugs (sorry mike!) anyways...my ? is, it puffs a little out the valve cover breather...just a very little bit...its been awile since ive assembled an engine and got it running- this is normal first run blowby, right? it SHOULD stop once she gets some miles on her and the rings seat??? seeing his car and working on another odd colored Z really made me appericiate these cars better...i love z cars i got there at 1:45, an left at 8:10- spent all day, and my reward was a nice little case of Heini!!! his wife is awesome too--very enthusastic with the Z--and she makes good sandwich rolls too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2003z Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 thanks for the help Andrew! I was just coming on to post about you helping me out. Great to hear it running again, after a year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbleguinea Posted September 2, 2007 Author Share Posted September 2, 2007 yeah...i dont feel so good this morning hahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2003z Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 got everything hooked back up today and all the wiring, trans filled, etc. Its idling at about 1800, and I need to figure out how to adjust the holley carb, but more importantly, I need a new radiator. While it was out of the car for a year, it must have been hit by something, because there is a small hole in the top of it that water started spraying out of when the motor got hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbleguinea Posted September 4, 2007 Author Share Posted September 4, 2007 well thats no good...time get get a 280Z radiator... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2003z Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 the good thing is, its running at least Taking it to Eddie tomorrow to let him sort it all out and tune it properly for me, plus check over if everything is ok with that blowby issue, etc. Hopefully, its normal, but I worry too much, so I'd rather find it out now. Worse comes to worse he has in IT prepped 2.4 liter I've been thinking of buying for some time now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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