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Mike

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  1. Mike posted a post in a topic in SU Carb Technical Articles
    It's ok to leave it here actually. What first started off as a possible carb problem and turned out to be something else. Someone else is likely to run into the same problem in the future. Unless you want to continue the post, of course...
  2. Mike posted a post in a topic in Open Discussions
    Oh that's pretty damn awesome!
  3. Wow, it's awesome to see how many good looking Z's are on BAT. Also feel free to promote our club to the potential winner in the comments section of BAT. Would love to see these guys come to our site to help preserve and maintain their cars. I've already seen a few, so this is exciting!
  4. Of course I'd like to tell you to post here. However, both sites have a great reputation (as you have found). We take pride in offering real-world advice without the drama. HybridZ, as the name suggests, seems to be mostly focused on hardcore modifications to the Z. While, we focus mostly on the stock or mild upgrades. Not so say that we don't have the hardcore modification forums though.. 😉 m
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    The Z Car Club of Colorado (ZCCC) is hosting ZCON 2021 the week of August 16-21, 2021 in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado. This international convention is the celebration of the Datsun/Nissan Z car. There will be car shows, drives, races at High Plains Raceway (HPR) and Pikes Peak International Raceway (PPIR) and more. Colorado Springs is 65 miles south of Denver in the foothills of the spectacular Colorado Rocky Mountains. Explore Garden of the Gods, Manitou Springs, the Royal Gorge and other fascinating places while celebrating all things Z. For information and registration visit www.zcon.org The Rocky Mountains Are Calling....................................... Patricia Troxell ZCCC ZCON 2021 Registration & Information: http://zcon.org/conventions/2021/registration/ Event Schedule: http://zcon.org/conventions/2021/schedule/
  6. Mike posted a post in a topic in Open Chit Chat
    Gents, I am to read a bunch of compliments about how this website is unique and helpful. I'm stepping in because we seemed to divert into a name calling spree with finger pointing at "who did it" ... Please respect each others' opinion and move on with the topic at hand. We are a classic Z forum and a community of like-minded individuals. With all the crazy $^!# going on in the world right now, the least we can do is respect each other and act humanely. That said, I agree this forum is very unique. It serves a small portion of the massive car communities around the world. When you talk about the Classic Z, this place fits an important part of history. Without guys like us, this car would be just another metal box on wheels forgotten in time. That, I am proud of. Thanks, Mike
  7. There are a few places.. You can put your VIN into your profile by clicking your name in the upper right. Click profile and then edit profile. Scroll to the bottom. You can also put information about your car, including pictures, into your personalized garage. This can be found in the menu tab at the top under "community"... Mike
  8. Mike posted a post in a topic in 432 & 432-R
    Wish I had a time travel device! Man, that's awesome...
  9. Mike posted a post in a topic in Open Discussions
    Merry Christmas!! Had a great day full of family, fun, gifts, great food, and even karaoke! 😉 Hope you all had a great one. Next weekend we get a chance to celebrate the beginning of a new of a new year!
  10. Mike posted a gallery image in Member Albums
  11. Hey @Diseazd, now you can have a whole side of a Z hanging on your garage wall !! 😉
  12. I've been doing a lot with LED's lately. At home I have about 20 wall sconces that use a mini halogen bulb with a T11 socket (mini-candelabra). Over the past few years of buying crap bulbs off Amazon (the Junk Kingdom IMHO), I finally found a vendor that produces a decent LED. I had the same experience, some bulb manufacturers build with cheap components and they don't last more than a year. Although all of them claim up to 5-10 years, most of them fall way short. If you are looking for a common brand, Feit Electric seems to have some good ones. Of all places, I found the best mini-candelabra bulbs at Home Depot. An LED bulb is similar to a mini-computer. It uses a circuit board, voltage converter, resisters, and of course the light diode. If any of these components have gone through a 'cost cutting' exercise by the manufacturer (common in China), then you'll see a reduced lifespan. The LED strips are powered by an external power supply. If you buy a good quality unit, you may see improved performance. But, again, if any part of the LED computer has low-quality components the entire thing will break. You definitely get what you pay for. In the case of this article, I highly recommend purchasing a computer power supply with the gold standard. It will cost a bit more, but, it can handle the sustained output of the strips and has clean power. In the case of your situation with EGLO, they may have been a good bulb at one time. However, I see too many times where companies outsource their manufacturing without even thinking about quality. Either they've sold the business to Chinese owners or they simply moved their production overseas. This is a massive shame because it sounds like they lost quality, and your trust. China can produce good products... just look at that phone in your pocket or TV on your wall. Only a company concerned with their reputation can make that happen.
  13. Before you rip them out and replace with different carbs... you can do a small rebuild yourself. If that isn't in the cards, just send them over to Ztherapy for a rebuild.
  14. No problem. I've tried some of these strips for various fun things. I put some of color changing strips (with remote) behind my TV and it looks pretty good. We will see how long they last. I may also try some in the garage as well.
  15. Hey all, I found this today on the Internet and thought it would be good to link it here. ------- Read the rest here: https://www.instructables.com/Inexpensive-Garage-Lights-From-LED-Strips/
  16. Mike posted a post in a topic in Exhaust
  17. Mike posted a post in a topic in 7th Gen Z - RZ34
    Does anyone have any more specs on this car, other than the vague information shared on the Nissan website?
  18. Mike posted a post in a topic in 7th Gen Z - RZ34
    Frankly, I think the new Z looks pretty good in the outdoors.
  19. That's a particular style called Bosozoku in Japan. Kinda fun to see these cars and what people are doing with them...

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