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Crazyoctopus 1972 240z build up (long first post)


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Just finished making a timelapse video of me cleaning the carbs. First time making a movie as well as using timelapse; love it!

 

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Time lapse thanks to DIYphotobits.com

Music: The Kills - Getting Down

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  • 2 weeks later...

M triple weber dcoe 40s, and just sent out the mikuni intake manifold today (trading yetterben for his long canon mani).

 

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also took some pictures of the s13 240sx dash that will be going in the car once i finish designing wiring diagram and lay it all out on some plywood. I have yet to make this thing shine like new, but be sure that it will once it is in the car.

 

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I really have no idea what I am doing when it comes to weber carbs. hahahahaha.

 

First thing I did was check all of my jetting/venturi/choke numbers to make sure they were the same, tomorrow i am goign to check the floats to make sure they are on point, then i am going to soak them in carb cleaner. whiel they are cleaning get some velocity stacks and make a heat shield out of air foil cooking tins (right ben?). once they are clean hope for the best. :)

 

oh and then buy a book about setting up weber carbs so while yetterben's intake manifold is in the mail once it gets here I know what i am doing.

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the dash is 4 inches too long, and about the right depth at its greatest point. I really have no idea how hard it will be, but i figure it is nothing more than modifying a few brackets, possibly making some out of sheet metal, and some snips and cuts here and there. The biggest trouble will be finalizing my dash/gauges that I will be using. easy route is just autometer everything, the awesome route is using a motorcycle dash.

 

Don't worry though, i'll have photos of the whole install process once i finish the wiring diagram (which should be done today), and make sure that the engine starts with the new carburetors.

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Haven't been working on the car too much due to me waiting for the new intake manifold to come in. Saturday was spent in the junkyard looking for random things, and came across a Thule roof rack in great condition. Also while I was up north a couple of friends gave me a 240z wing that they found in a junkyard awhile back; turned out to be the "classic" style wing. When I arrived back home I was pleasantly surprised to see that the Cannon intake manifold was sitting on the doorstep. It is in need of a good cleaning, so it will be a few more days before i get it on the car.

 

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More photos can be found here >> http://www.flickr.co...57623419900467/

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heh, not really anything at all :( i am waiting for MSA to get their 3-2 header in stock so that I can do both at the triples and the exhaust at the same time. Still need to order that weber rebuild kit, and i have yet to open up the floats and take a gander at what is inside. Once they get it in stock I am driving up there that day!

 

But... I have been doing some cleaning to the manifold and its components and this is what it looks like right now.

 

 

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Still need to clean my spacers, but that should be done later today

 

 

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quick update. carbs were cleaned out and are now ready to be put on the car.

 

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I just finished placing the order for the header and exhaust and will be picking it up tomorrow! hopefully it wont be raining so that i can get the new parts installed and get her running.

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