Travel'n Man

I removed my radiator and took it to a radiator repair shop - they rodded, boiled, and repaired it for $35. I gave it a nice fresh high temp paint job (not on the fins), and she is as good as new!! It's taken me about 3 years but I am closing in on my project list. I did replace my seat belts with the MSA belts last year. A lot safer than what I had, which was nothing. The drivers side rides up a little high for me but I don't think I can adjust it without putting spacers under the bolts for the seats, which I will not do. How did she drive with the carbs?

Have you tried Roger at The Z Barn?

I visited The Z Barn a couple of months ago and picked up a few odds and ends and Roger is a great help. One item I purchased is a year correct air breather with hardware (the gaskets were even in good shape). I use to have the same air filters as you currently do. Honestly - I have more power and the engine bay looks a lot better - the way the air intake is designed it's kinda like an early version of "cold air induction" pulling air from the front of the engine bay, instead of around my hot headers, plus, you get the built in air horns. I followed a few threads and restored the breather and it is working great.

Have you driven the car? Do you have any lean pops? Did you check for gas leaks from the bowl to the nozzle? Make sure you do not block your bowl vents - did you blow through them when you had you bowl lids off to make sure they are not obstructed - you should have your vents hosed to your air breather once you put it back on. If you have driven the car do you have any hesitation at any rpm?

The joys of fatherhood!! A lot more of great memories just a fingersnap away! Enjoy them all! Great advise on the nozzles with the above post - keep us posted on your results:beer:

My other car is a BMW with zeon bi-directional's - nav - and all the gizmo's but my favorite is always the "Z"!

Congratulations to the most extreme event of your life!! The highest high you will ever have - my son is 24 and I am still in awe of the total experience! What a God given high.........amazing and woderful!! Be ready for a great adventure for the rest of your life - it only gets better! A few questions: How are you measuring your air flow? What tool are you using? I use a: http://www.cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=572 Is there any blockage of your nozzles? (Have you removed them and looked)? Have you put some grease on your nozzle bodies? Is your choke moving correctly ? Are your pistons moving freely or are they sticking at all? What floats are you using? - in part of your thread you stated that you could put the originals back in?? Are you getting flow out of the fuel lines going into both carbs? If you had only one carb working you would be running off of 3 cylinders and running extreemly rough - are you running smooth when running? I am running a L28 with duel Hatachi's and an E88 intake with points: I just set my float bowls last month and the front at 9/16" and the rear at 1/2" (both on the heavy side of the line) - after a little adjusting of my idle adjusting nut I am pretty good now - a little phat but not too crazy. I think most of the Z's run a little phat anyway I used a cardboard cutout measured and set the lid upside down and insert the cardboard cutout to sizing (I also replaced the seat and needle valves). You may need to make sure your seat and needle valves are working correctly and not blocking your gas flow from the float bowl Again - you may want to verify fuel to the float bowl and out of the float bowl of each float bowl Why are you using Honda fuel line for your carb line? Is it the correct sizing and diameter? A lot of questions but all of us will need a little more info. On your responce you will need to address the front and rear carb independantly so we can see what is happening to each carb.

So many Z's........so little time!

It looks like you have found a great find. Welcome to the site - this will be a great journey for you and your son!

Nothin' better than fresh paint!

Last month I used a SEM spray dye (black) for my 1929 Ford Model A Roadster. It was fantastic! If you do this be sure to use the SEM vinyl cleaner and don't skip or shortchange this step. I laid down 4 thin coats and then one solid one. The seat that I restored turned out fantastic - it did not alter any of the grain - once cured, I can not scrape or flake the finish off - I was and still am really impressed with the product. I have showed several people and they can not believe the seat was sprayed with a canned dye. I'll be showing this car this weekend in a local car show!

Radiator Shroud was my fix - Cool!!

I think both of them are about 20 years beyond their prime!!

I had the same thing happen and this winter I corrected my problem. If the floats are not set right then there will not be enough gas for the heavier volume for higher rpm demand. You don't need to break your carbs down - just remove the float bowl lid and the float will come off with it. Be sure to do your research - set you bowls correctly (it may take a couple of attempts to get it dead on, and you're set - you may want to check your air flow before you finalize). I would recommend when you are in there to replace your float valve (if they have not been replaced) and have a couple extra float bowl gaskets on hand (once you take yours off they will look like a pringle potato chip). You will be travel'n over 5K RPM's before you know it - one more thing - you may get better air flow from the original air breather that Datsun's came with stock (with air horns included) vs the stand alone air filter system. I corrected mine this past winter with faster acceleration and more power.

The search button has been a great source for me over the past few years - good luck on your project and welcome to the site! There is a lot to learn and there are a lot of knowledgeable people on this site. It's kinda like taking a college course on line - do your studing first through the search feature, and after that anybody is more then willing to pitch in and assist to help correct your situation and share their opionion. What a great journey - hang on for a great ride!

If you do a search on R/T Mount it will give you some great reading information -

Bonzi Lon - The couple you left out (and great choice of songs by the way) is: I'm In Love with My Car - Queen I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar Radar Love - Golden Earring Ridin the Storm Out - REO Speedwagon Anysong off - Led Zep - Houses of the Holy Suffragette City - David Bowie

I have listened to this song my entire adult life and still get the thrills everyting I listen to it. A few months ago I found this clip on youtube and even from back in the 70's this song hits home today - This song was fantastic in the early 70's and holds even truer today...........REO Speedwagon Golden Country - 1972 - REO/TWO.........one of the most under-rated guitar players of all time. Put this in your 8 track and play it loud!

There is more than a little soot in the tailpipes.............

70's rock - Gibson Les Paul/Marshall Amp/Aria Pro II 1976 - Taylor 6 sting

I agree - I do not think a relay like that would originate in a wet location under the hood

Outstanding!! Great color!!

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Have you set your fuel float level correctly?

Here is another option if you want your dash to remain original with the original radio in place http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34630&highlight=retro