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Why remove power. Let the power AND the aero go up. Lets see what these cars can really do. Let the better driver emerge. Who can take the G loads, who can push the car further into its envelope. I am intrigued with the prospect of what the engineers can come up with, but I fear they will be regulated to death.

Watching as much as I possibly can.. what a race.. with the weather, it must have been excruciatingly tiring.

I would pose a different question...five and dime If you are only making the same power as the V10's, then why? NO why not. Why change just to be the same. Also, I hear these engines are NOT making the same power as the current V8's and former V10's (must be tuned down), and they need a KERS system that stores 10x as much energy to make it as fast as the old V8's. THey say they want to keep the cost down, but the N/A V10 had to be cheaper than the V8 with KERS, which had to be cheaper than a V6 turbo with an ultra KERS. As far as green, going green in racing is pointless, and a false economy. THe cars burn next to nothing compared to the semis, airplanes, boats, etc that carry them to the races. Saving some gas on a 50 lap race is just stupid. Every step away from the V10 we heard in the 2000 season has been a step backward.

HUZZAH!!! great work.. Eiji breaths life back into a great car!!!! stay the course my friend.... keep it up Call me if you have any questions that I may be able to help. and one Eiji motor owner to another..

You must post pics for those of us who are not able to attend!

Datsun Spirit, Inc. this is will be the last call you make. Tell him Guy or Stephen sent you.

I really like the idea of a short stroke high reving L series motor Guy. I will be watching this thread often and with great joy!

Guy, for sure, I will do this next build myself. My Eiji motor will probably outlive me. But this is going to be a fun project. I may wait to do it with my son. Maybe it can be a good project for a first Z car for HIM!!

Guy, you could always give Yoda, er.. Eiji a call and I am sure he could help you out! I am thinking about getting my old 70,000 mile L24 out of storage and cleaning it up shiney and new. I may even pull the head and get some work done. Just for fun!

Guy, your impressive collection of cars just humbles me every time I see it. You simply cannot post enough pictures to satisfy me. also do you usually run 16" panasports? I really like how the panasports on your new, latest, recent, not sure how to refer to one of your Z's, looks.

Get out of my wallet man! HAHAHAHAAH of course I will have to try!

Is that awesome sound your twice pipes in your avatar LeonV

First drive impressions Okay I had 5 minutes to start the car up and take her for a romp. First let me say the car fired up noticeable easier and with less tapping the gas pedal. Three pumps and turn the key and with one extra blip once running she was ready to back out. The throttle response is definitely improved. Very linear and feels great. More throttle input resulted in expected more thrust. But the real difference I noticed can be summed up like this. Sure the car drives smoother, and more 'modern', but I was pulling from a light at 5mph in first and just stabbed it to the floor. NO hesitation, no sputtering, nothing but pure acceleration. It was actually more responsive then my 2013 Golf R. The thing just responds like never before. I will be playing with the jacket holes to find out where I am happy, but right now cruising at 60mph I keep dead steady high 12.8:1 AFR. Not sure I can ask for more than that. I would say for 150 dollars the hypojet inserts and jackets are a nice improvement over a standard 60F9 idle jet.

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gosh, that would shock me if it was Pierce and they were fake I have had nothing but great experience with Pierce.

me thinks those are knock offs Blue. NO Weber logo, and the screws look more generic. The Manifold is also not a Cannon, but a clone of a cannon. I do not even want to think how bad that will fit. The Cannon is sub par.

If you cannot get around the price for triples, DO not be afraid to call up Ztherapy and get some 'hot' SU's built. they are Great carbs and when fresh can give you a fantastic driving feel and good performance throughout the rev range. SU's are wonderful simple carbs that still give pretty good tuning opportunities.

keep it up buddy! this is looking just outstanding!

Okay, I installed my Hypojets today. I had to take a small pair of pliers and bend the two tabs that hold the idle jet in just a tad to firmly grip the hypo jet jacket. If you do not do this and allow it to be even a little free, when you tighten the idle jet into the carb body, when it seats the jacket tends to spin a little. This would make the hole in the jacket NOT line up with the hole in the insert, thus rendering your idle jet useless. If the holes in the jacket are numbered 1 to 4 with one being the smallest and 4 being the biggest, I used number 2. According to Keith, The smallers holes give you rich off idle AFR and lean out as the RPM climbs, whereas the larger holes in the jacket tend to be leaner at idle and richen up as the RPM climbs. I was running a 60F9 idle jet. With a AFR of about 13.5 at idle that was somewhat stable. When I installed my 28 thousands hypojet insert into the jacket on hole number 2, the car would not run at all with my foot off the pedal. It was around 16-18:1 AFR. I opened up the idle mixture screws one half turn and immediately the car fired up and settled down to a steady idle of 13.5 ish. It was late so I did not get a chance to drive it, so the jury is out. More info when I get a chance to drive it. i must say the need to deform the OEM weber idle jet holders so that the hypojet jacket does not spin is NOT an elegant design in my opinion. This needs to be fixed in hypojet #2. After you screw it in there is NO way to know if the jacket as turned inside of the carb. I pulled mine out two to three times each to verify they were still in position. Two of the six moved. So I crimped the idle jetholder further. IF the car drives worlds better, I will overlook this

I contacted Keith, He said I need to take some pliers and tighten the idlejet holder a bit so that it grips the jacket much tighter. THat way when you insert the Jacket inside the idlejet holder, the insert which is in between the two is held tight. You have to jam the jacket into the idlejet holder very hard to wedge the insert into the idle jet holder in a fixed position Not really an elegant solution. You have to make the idle jet holder grip the jacket tight enough so that it does not rotate when you screw it in and tighten it down. I will have to experiment

I recently received my order of the Weber Hypojet jackets and 28 thousandths inserts. They arrived safely with no issues to my door. HUZZAH! However I have a question. I understand that the insert can be turned to the desired opening on the jacket for tunability, thus giving me 4 chances to zero in on my correct AFR. My question is this. Is the insert suppose to fit snuggly into the jacket? when I install my insert, it freely spins inside the jacket. When I install the mated pair into the idle jet screw, it freely spins inside of that as well. With no solid tight fit, between idle jet holder, to insert, and insert to jacket, how does the hypojet maintain the correct jet opening orientation? Since it is screwed in, I would think that it would rotate randomly and it would not be consistent at all between jets. Not sure how these are suppose to hold a setting... No other instructions were included, as it is just as simple as insert tab a in slot b like all weber stuff.

It is almost as if they were brothers separated by 40+ years

As a life long subaru fan, I completely support your decision. Such a marvelous car.

As a life long subaru fan, I completely support your decision. Such a marvelous car.

That is a strong number for this car. It is very clean and straight, definitely a good foundation for a fun car for years to enjoy before having to do much work. Lets see where it will end up.