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And the top, with that incredible, removable sending unit accessible. steve77

I know no one asked to see, but JUST IN CASE you ever wondered what a ZX tank would look like in a 1st gen., here are a couple shots of mine. steve77

How do you break in a brand new motor in a race car (not street legal)? steve77

What is allowed for brakes in GT2? I am assuming for engine, just about anything goes. But what about brakes? steve77

One heck of an auto-X. steve77

The best part is it had a GENUINE elephant oil cap! 1/'72 sitting in a gravel lot. Beautiful chartreuse paint job. E88/roundtops Slutted mags Auto. Rust showing in the T/C gussets, both front rockers, both doglegs, battery tray/firewall and a silver dollar-sized series of bubbles around the "2" on the hatch. $2700 Worth about $100 in CA. Contrast that with a 76 currently in the weekly photo rag. Rare! Classic! All original. $12,000. That is not a typo. Worth about $100 in CA. Myopia strikes again. steve77

From doing some pretty heavy research the past couple of days on each of their respective sites, I have made some deductions: The Luminition looks like a VERY NICE system. Looks very simple to install and has all the bells and whistles. Also easy to add programmable management to, and easy adaptation to lots of additional do-dads like a/f mixture meters timing and boost controls. Unfortunately, it is also the most expensive ($3-400) and is made in England. Perhaps, though they have done something to 'Luminate' the 'Darkness'. Ouch. Comparing the 6AL, Mallory Hyfire VI and Crane HI6 (funny they all have the same name) it seems MSD is WAY behind on the technology curve. I suppose this is why you can buy 6A's for under $100 and AL's for a bit more. The other two are digital, and the MSD is analog. It is just an interesting observation the Hyfire and HI6 only come with rev limiters built-in, while with MSD, you must choose a different unit to get this option (6A/6AL). Not a big deal, but interesting from a marketing/progression standpoint. Also the former two do not require chips to set rev limits. From studying installation procedures on the Crane unit, it APPEARS to this ignorant soul the ONLY reason to keep the OE EI control is to maintain the OE tach. An aftermarket tach runs directly off the CD unit. At first the Mallory and Crane units seemed prohibitively expensive compared to the MSD. It seemed you could burn up almost three 6AL's for the price of the others. But JEGS currently has a deal where you get a HI-6 and a LX92 coil for $199. That's more like it! I have plenty of ZX parts laying around and as of this moment think a well-operating ZX dizzy and aftermarked tach combined with a Crane Hi-6 unit and coil will be a solid way to go. Corrections welcome. steve77

Thank you, that helps alot. And finally! A vote for engine management! steve77

Todd has a couple Mallory's listed here(used) for a pretty good price. Wolf Creek Racing So... (SER) you have a stock dizzy with the 700 replacing the points (and providing the EI??) AND you add a multi-spark thingy like the HI6 (or 6AL) to that? Or does the 700 box go away? This is part of what confuses me. True or False: A HI6or a 6AL will RUN an engine. Or is it just an addition to the EI from some other source? Whether or not I need an EI 'base' to add an 'ignition enhancer' to will really help me decide which direction to go with the dizzy and EI itself. See? I told you I was mussed up! steve77

Wow. That's a good price. I would have never thought of looking there. steve77

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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

Tanny, I have a friend looking for ONE Minilite. If you are interested, let me know the size. 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

Z CONTENT: I don't get to work on my Z until these ****ing lights are up--and preferably operating.

Stupid things. The small, mini-lites. Theya re supposed to continue to operate even if one is burned out, which they do. But I keep getting half a string to go out. I know how these things are wired--with their double series--and what the priniciple is to keeping them going "even when one is burned out." But what do you do when half the string goes out? It's not the little fuses. I actually just took every dead light out and replaced them in the entire dead half. nothing. Anybody know the trick to these? 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