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Enrique was always quick to offer a hand whenever it was needed. He helped Toni and I with advice and assistance while restoring our 240z. More importantly he was a good friend. We spent many hours at car shows trading stories and drinking beer. He will be missed.

Including the time the shell sat at the paint shop(3 months) it took about 6 months. I work an unusual schedule that allows me to have 3-4 weeks off at a time during the summer. Those days "off" were spent from dawn until dusk woking on the car, my wife worked right along side me. It is her car afterall

Its great to see those pictures again....................

I can't believe I didn't add that one in. I threw the video together while playing with the stupeflix editing service. I believe I have the hi resolution photo on my home computer.

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X2 thats the same thought I had, that stuff is very difficult to remove, even with a wire wheel and a scraper.

I tried sea foam on my car. I wasn't impressed. It might work on lightly carboned engines but after treating my car and still hearing preignition I pulled the head and it didnt appear that the seafoam had any effect at all. I removed all of the valves and cleaned the deposts from them manually. I also soaked the combustion chambers and piston tops in carb clean and scraped the carbon off. It was a long weekend but rewarding, the engine never ran better.

I believe gasoline without ethanol is more stable, and would be preferable if you store your car for extended periods of time. Ethanol absorbs moisture.

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/datsun/240z/1131495.html

I was thinking the same thing.

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/2034412648.html $35,000 firm? I wonder if he would take $34,900?

Im using a wideband o2 sensor. In my experience I have found that if you adjusted the mixture on an SU to be correct at idle you will most likely find that your car is too lean under a load at rpm. At least thats what I have found. My car runs best when the idle mixture is rich(about 10.3:1 air fuel ratio). Under load at higer RPMs the mixture settles in at about 12.5:1 to 13:1

Could I get the backup copy for myself? Id like to save it on my own computer.

I havent been back to this registry in quite a while but it appears the data is screwed up again. Some how none of the columns match for my car anymore.

You could probably make some cash on parts from the car. Z32's rarely show up at the wrecking yards. How is the interior? Im looking for a clean drivers door trim panel for mine.

That alternator eventually failed completely. I bought a replacement rebuilt alternator for an 82 maxima (i think) and no longer had that issue. I believe it had something to do with the "cut in rpm" of the alternator or maybe one of the diodes in the alternator had failed. Wish I could give you more information but as soon as I no longer had the problem I moved on to the next problem..... .

That sounds like a really bad idea to me...... :stupid:

Lola Frisbee? Must have been one of my long lost relatives who forgot the proper spelling of Frisby.

I have my dream garage...in my driveway.

Thanks, that fixed it. But the change was made in Adobe reader 9.0 edit>preferences>Internet> uncheck the box next to "display PDF in browser".

My ZCARCD no longer works in any of my computers. I assume its not compatible with the new acrobat program. Has anyone else had this problem?

The heading on this thread reminds me of the old line....... "when you turn your car on, does it return the favor?"

The car has a stock exhaust manifold and the MSA exhaust system. I'm going to check the torque on the exhaust manifold today.....

Im pretty certain its not detonation now. I retarded the total timing to 18 degrees, zero initial and the noise is still there but the power is way down. Still looking for input on best total advance for this engine....... I think the noise may be from an exhaust leak..... although none is evident at idle.

I have had an issue with my 240z for as long as I can remember. It sounds like it is experiencing detonation at part throttle under a load. The engine is stock with the exception of a 280zx EI distributor. The initial timing is set at 7 degrees at 750 rpm. The total mechanical advance is all in at 2700 rpm. The total timing (initial 7) plus (mechanical 18) totals 25 degrees. This seems pretty tame to me. A typical performance v8 usually produces best power at 30-35 degees of total timing. I'm not certain how much a datsun inline 6 needs. I have tried takeing the timing back and enriching the carbs but nothing seems to effect the sound/feel that I percieve as detonation. I have triedit withand without the vacum advance connected. Currently driving without any vacum advance but the vac advance when conected adds 24 degrees. Suggestions?