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Datsun rich environment!

Pretty much every Porsche from the 1980’s back uses this. It’s called a torsion bar. The twisting motion created by one side causes a reaction to the other side that plants the suspension. Very effective.

I don’t have a stock distributor. I could buy one I suppose.

@duffymahoney, what’s the name of the machine shop that did your Jeep CAS? My machine shop guy wants to talk to your machine shop guy.

Not too bad. I did take pictures, I just have to send them from my phone to my email so I can post them. I then took my Eastwood surface conditioning tool and stripped the rust/ paint then repainted.

Ok so wish me luck. Today, I'm removing the linkage standoff on the firewall for the carb linkage. I had intended to leave it in case someone 30 years from now wants to go back to carbs, but the ZX Master Vac is uncomfortably close to the standoff so I decided it has to go. I searched for days for my 8mm spot weld bit and then gave up. That's when I found it! So why wish me luck? You never know what you will find behind two pieces of metal that have cuddled up for 47 years!

No such thing as cut and paste back then. In the 1960’s Lyndon Johnson accidentally called the Blackbird aircraft the “SR71” its actual designation was RS71. A team of stenographers had to retype every document so as not to embarrass the friendliest President NASA ever had. To this day of course, the plane is still called the SR71 Blackbird and NASA still has one they use for test flights. For this reason, I doubt these documents were simple cut/paste.

Love the leading and trailing calipers. Externally valves shocks.

Keep it stock. We are only caretakers. On another note, he must be a very patient man. If it had been mine, you’d have been on the back of a milk carton... sorry for your loss. Be careful with your gain.

A few cars back, plotting a big pass!

The power of the mask... A nurse I work with disappeared over the holidays and shows up yesterday. I see her in the break room and ask if she was on vacation? She says no, she had COVID. I asked her if her boyfriend, who she lives with got it to. Nope, we both wore masks and he slept in the spare bedroom. The masks work. Even in the same house. Oh, and wash your hands a lot.

Feeling a bit... empty?

Not a Z but I thought you guys might like the sponsor!

Merry Christmas guys!

Well, fess up! Which relays did you choose! LOL!!!

@SteveJ I might need more beer... I've been trying to find LED headlight bulbs for my H4 housings that have been on there for decades. My buddy who owns 914rubber.com sells a pair of LED bulbs for the H4 housings but they are $120 for the pair. That might be a very good deal but I started to question that when I was purchasing the Superbright LED set for my Z, they have H4 bulbs as cheap as $9.95 a pair! (which are installed and brilliant! Pun intended.) Do you have a recommendation? 😎

Hey, sorry to disappear like that. I had work Friday and Saturday, my retirement work week. Plus, I have a vulnerable family member with Covid19 and I get 4-5 calls a day asking about symptoms and treatments. He is my son-in-laws father. Fingers crossed. So my son did a rework which I haven't seen. I suspect it was to properly position the holes. He says that he just put visual holes in the drawing for now. He doesn't want the holes put in until I decide I'm using the 350Z DBW for sure. I guess, I'm driving him nuts. I told him it's payback for having to go through his adolescence with him...

No prototypes were injured by the drilling of holes. That will be done later when I’m sure what eTB I’m using. You sir, are not a pain.

Not sure I can. Instead of having my friend Larry make it at the SpaceX machine shop, this prototype is being made at the UNR Technology Lab by my son. He is actually a UNLV student but because of Covid, he has access to the lab up here. We were actually going to make the first one out of wood or plastic but opted for aluminum CNC as it just might work! I will open source the drawings so others can do this as well. DBW is the shizit!

So, this is being CNC'd today. Hope it works! Fingers crossed!

thx! But do I need more beer?

@SteveJ how does this wire in? Does it just replace the flasher? Do I need more beer? How many are needed?

MC temporarily mounted up to make me feel like I accomplished something!

So, I got the brake booster set today using the tool above. It was only out about 2mm but the spec is .005 so... I had to call Power Brake Exchange to find out how to get the shaft to adjust as it wouldn't move at all. Mike at PBE told me to grab the serrated wheel with a vise grip and turn the 7mm nut in or out depending on which was you need to adjust. Well, that worked! So next on the list too get this thing in the engine compartment is to clean up the front and rear spacers. The front one is vapor blasted and clear coated, the rear has some kind of tenacious sealer on it. They originally had a gasket but Mike at PBE said most cars are just mounted metal to metal. I will put some clear silicone on it to keep water out of the interior. Looks pretty good!