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Anyone know about Luminition? Was reading through the Paeco catalogue (not the grandest endorsement, I know) the other day and stumbled on to it. Sounds good, but hey, they all sound good in a catalogue. Another thing I find interesting: MSA and VB sell only Crane, and yet you have to look REALLY HARD to find even so much as a little 700 box. I don't believe I have EVER seen a HI-6 box. Go to a big Z show, or even a regular car show or an autocross and do a little poll. You will end up about 20/1 6A boxes over anything Crane. Is it just because MSD is so much cheaper? The HI-6 and 6A do the same thing, right? steve77

Ordered my motor and carbs and now have to start thinking about ignition. Since I have always been the FI guy, most of this is all very foreign and complicated to me. how does a car run without a computer?!?!?! Hoping to start a little banter about likes and dislikes, plusses and drawbacks, sweet revelations and horror stories, car-BQ's or more power in different places, etc. I know I am going to leave someone out, and there are a lot of cross-over systems, but try and select the most ADVANCED piece of equipment on your car. steve77

Hmmm interesting. The vent systems on these '72's and '73's are insame. As if all that crap in the back and the air tank weren't enough, we have vapor vent lines up the ying-yang. This thing is coming out on my race car. steve77

Hey! What the hell is that? So weird...I was JUST going to post a query about that hard-line that runs to the fuel tank. And here you have a picture of it. It is on my '73. What did it do? steve77

Still waiting for my shipping quote.....Try this, man, works great: http://wwwapps.ups.com/QCCWebApp/request?loc=en_US . Last couple heads I shipped were 8X12X30 or 8X8X30 or 12X12X30(depending on box) and about 40 lbs. I believe I sent you my business address also. UPS goes down nicely with that. steve77

Energy Suspenion Master kit from Suspension.com in Modesto. That's all they do. And just call them with your sway bar dimensions. The girls who answer the phone are very knowledgeable and the stuff always comes fast and RIGHT. Great price too. steve77 ps. If you have never ordered a bushing 'set' before, sway bar bushings DO NOT come with it because of everybody's differences.

I checked all that and the bumpers seem to be clear and the inspection lids are definitely out of the way. Everything is down flush EXCEPT for the bone-nit. steve

And NO, the right rear bump stop is not up in the way. It is down where it should be and there is an inch between it and the hood. steve77

Finally stuck my 280 hood on the '73 and it latches, but the passenger side (that's the right) corner near the cowl is an inch above the fender and cowl when the hood is latched. The 240 hood that came off lined up perfectly, and the donor car (another 240) the vented hood came off--everything lined up great there too. Everything LOOKS straight and the car has never been in any wrecks. The hinge bolts are basically in the middle of their range. The front corners at the headlight buckets lines up great. Not perfect, but good enough. I don't see enough adjustment in the hinges to clear this problem up, and RAISING the front LEFT corner to drop the rear right would cause it to be horribly out. Is there a trick? Is my hood tweaked? Is my body tweaked? steve77

I think you can buy stock crap like Monroes or Pep Boys or whatever for about $35 each. steve77

>>>>down(hill) a 1/2 mile straight<<<< Yeah, either side at the Willow big track, that is where the 911's go by like you are sitting still. steve77

>>>that is a perfect bell curve...<<<< Yes, almost all of the 'serious' polls might be a bit skewed at first, but eventually settle out to a perfect representation of a cross-section of society. The recent 'Relationship' poll was an anomaly--as I expected--in that somewhere around 10% of world population is homosexual, and we do not validate that statistic. I suppose it could be an honesty thing, but I guess being a 'car' site places us a bit at the fringes of society. steve77 Social scientist in the box

Need a '73 harness? steve

Did I just read this? Maybe I have had too many glasses of wine. I could have SWORN I just read Keith say a car of his is "running". steve77

Welcome! NEED MORE RACERS! NEED MORE RACERS! Any kind. Hope to run into you at a track soon. Fact: Your car CAN NOT be uglier than mine! steve77

Well, I'm easy. I want NOTHING stock. I am putting in a ZX motor (yes, FI) and ZX harness to ge the car sorted while my engine is being built and then plan on just simplifying it as the new motor (NOT FI) and 6AL requires. 240 harnesses SUCK. I don't like Car-B-Q. The ZX harness will provide all my lights and dash controls--including tach, pressure/temp, fuel--and also a fuse box that doesn melt and modern ignition. When my 'standard' motor is ready, my plan is to just eliminate the 'puter and engine sensors and wire the MSD in. Don't want to hijack this thread, as I think there is a great market for a 'restored' harness. Out. steve77

>>>>This is mike, or a model he uses to be mike. He looks the most normal person yet , and thats <<<< Yup, that's Mikey, in the flesh. HEY! I'm nomral! steve77

Keith. I am looking at the Painless alternative right now in my street-legal race car. You're welcome to come wire my car! I would like to simplify, simplify, simplify. steve77

Jeff, e-mailed and PM'd you. steve