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- Stroker or turbo?
From what I remember about ZX turbos it was all or none. I think I'd like the stroker motor best. 🙊- Tool Storage Seals
Your local upholstery shop would have it then there's always Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/plastic-edge-trim/s?k=plastic+edge+trim- 1978 280Z - Won't restart when hot, all interior gauges, fan motor, backlighting not working
My Fram G-3 is full coming straight out of the tank, your's should have a lot more fuel in my opinion. You can put a hose on the top side of the metal fuel filter under the hood close to passenger's side of the radiator support. Put the loose end in a gas can but secure it down. The high pressure will push it out of the jug. Unplug the small wire on the starter's solenoid and turn the key to ON. The pump should run without the car engine running. Let it fill up the jug or until the rear G-3 is full and all the air is pushed through the lines. It circulates from the tank to the fuel rail then the excess is sent back to the tank via the return line from the fuel pressure regulator to the tank. I can't tell looking at the picture if the G-3 is horizontal from the inlet to outlet but I would want some gravity help keep it full constantly. In other words the outflow to the pump should be on the bottom. https://www.atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/fuel/g3filter/index.htm- Door handle installation 72Z
Here's a page I've bookmarked as I have the same issue. Sounds easy I'm just hesitant to take a 51 year old door card off. https://www.google.com/search?q=72+240z+door+handle+classiczcars.com&client=ms-android-americamovil-us-revc&sca_esv=560395082&bih=449&biw=320&hl=en&ei=I5PqZOK8D6SfptQP38OIkAY&oq=72+240z+door+handle+classiczcars.com&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIiQ3MiAyNDB6IGRvb3IgaGFuZGxlIGNsYXNzaWN6Y2Fycy5jb20yBRAAGKIEMgUQABiiBDIFEAAYogQyBRAAGKIEMgUQABiiBEjwogNQzClYxo4DcBR4AJABAZgB9gGgAbE2qgEGMC40NC4xuAEDyAEA-AEBwgIFECEYqwLiAwQYASBBiAYB&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp More reading... https://www.google.com/search?q=72+240+door+handle+classiczcars.com&client=ms-android-americamovil-us-revc&sca_esv=560395082&bih=449&biw=320&hl=en&ei=oZTqZO2tDuamptQPnpO6kAU&oq=72+240+door+handle+classiczcars.com&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIiM3MiAyNDAgZG9vciBoYW5kbGUgY2xhc3NpY3pjYXJzLmNvbTIFEAAYogRIqtECUPMpWJ-9AnAHeACQAQCYAZYCoAHWJKoBBjAuMzEuMrgBA8gBAPgBAcICCBAAGKIEGLADwgILEAAYiQUYogQYsAPCAgUQIRirAsICBBAhGAriAwQYASBBiAYBkAYF&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#sbfbu=1&pi=72 240 door handle classiczcars.com- 1978 280Z - Won't restart when hot, all interior gauges, fan motor, backlighting not working
If you try and pinch it it should be really hard to squeeze anywhere past the fuel pump "OUT" side. 30 some odd psi is pretty tight on efi fuel hose from what I've tried to squeeze.- Fuel rail upgrade?
Shouldn't that RB motor have more psi than a 280? I have no guess but it seems plausible. Carburetors! 😁- Thermostat Housing replacement
This may be some info you can use... https://www.google.com/search?q=74+260z+thermostat+housing+classiczcars.com+&client=ms-android-americamovil-us-revc&sca_esv=560376192&ei=MmLqZJWxEs63ptQP36CywAc&oq=74+260z+thermostat+housing+classiczcars.com+&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIiw3NCAyNjB6IHRoZXJtb3N0YXQgaG91c2luZyBjbGFzc2ljemNhcnMuY29tIDIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigAUj7a1DjGFjUW3ABeACQAQCYAbMBoAGADKoBBDAuMTC4AQPIAQD4AQHCAggQABiiBBiwA8ICCxAAGIkFGKIEGLADwgIFECEYqwLCAgUQABiiBOIDBBgBIEGIBgGQBgM&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp And this also... https://www.google.com/search?q=74+260z+thermostat+housing+&client=ms-android-americamovil-us-revc&sca_esv=560376192&ei=hmLqZOzpDZGpptQPgbCFwAY&oq=74+260z+thermostat+housing+&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIhs3NCAyNjB6IHRoZXJtb3N0YXQgaG91c2luZyAyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYqwJIwV5QzA1Y8ilwAHgAkAEAmAGeAaABpBGqAQQwLjE3uAEDyAEA-AEBwgIIEAAYogQYsAPCAgsQABiJBRiiBBiwA8ICBxAhGKABGArCAgUQABiiBOIDBBgBIEGIBgGQBgQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp- 1978 280Z - Won't restart when hot, all interior gauges, fan motor, backlighting not working
I had bought a bad "new reman" alternator for mine that back charged? and popped all my glass fuses. DOA, nothing worked. I asked the guys on here and they suggested checking the fuses. That was the dead giveaway. They were all smoked. Went to get another alternator and had it tested before I left with it. No problems since then.- No vacuum on front carb
I've had problems with mine before that were fixed by tightening all the visible screws. My float chamber lids weren't tight.- Hawaii based forum member
@hr369 You okay? Still living out there in the Pacific?- Fuel rail upgrade?
- New/refurb Body Emblems
I worked the originals to get them back to nice using some details by other members. https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=558556033&q=refurbish+emblems+classiczcars.com&tbm=isch&source=univ&fir=4-HdiVefUM44OM%2Cjaod0a149XjJeM%2C_%3BuqIOu36talih7M%2Cke513yL-PQL6zM%2C_%3B8BW-kqSq17E8nM%2CdRUI5cC0IFScEM%2C_%3Bd2IfVEbuiyOk-M%2C6JH9nGdfAk1xHM%2C_%3BcuCqnPdfsXyfXM%2Cke513yL-PQL6zM%2C_%3BuuhvoZIr4FCmMM%2CFuhFzRSwr__paM%2C_%3BKrQ2kJdEmCMSQM%2CFuhFzRSwr__paM%2C_%3BVL6c6vbN7HPT6M%2CFuhFzRSwr__paM%2C_%3BzMAxJK_io2PwZM%2CO-aGqRBshXYpVM%2C_%3BtdeRBadgrV4v7M%2CFuhFzRSwr__paM%2C_&usg=AI4_-kTc6jGlCvuQNr-Juxyj6vEeWPxEGQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_l6rlpuuAAxX8mmoFHejwBUUQjJkEegQIGBAC&biw=1455&bih=688&dpr=1.1- Fuel rail upgrade?
I've installed a 1978 FPR on the passenger's side firewall. The couple of aftermarket ones I tried leaked down. I ran a T out the rail end closest to the windshield, one side going to the CSV the other to the FPR. I've cleaned it up a little since this picture was made. No zip-tie. Don't use a low pressure glass fuel filter like I have at the front end of my rail. It was a temporary way of checking for trash after I relined my fuel tank- Z's on BAT and other places collection
That's a pretty high buyers premium at 25%. If that's not for food and alcohol at the sale, they are adding more fees than ever. So glad I got my 2 before Covid. 😇- saturday night music thread
Like a Gaggle? Hey Mr Greg! I woke up drunk but I'm getting better,- saturday night music thread
Never heard Buddy Guy play a Gibson, I think. What do you see @kats?- Lack of Site Support
I'm sorry to read you're having issues but you must be the only one out there because when problems pop up they get fixed in the 10 plus years I've been a member. Maybe your device is to blame? If not @bpilatican help.- What Would You Do? Long lost HLS30-07631
I believe I'd stop the polishing and sale it as is. That engine bay looks like peanut brittle, most likely the interior too. GLWS- What is wrong with this picture?
Are the sun visors mud flaps?- saturday night music thread
Oh man i'd forgotten about this. https://mubi.com/en/us/films/vanishing-point- 1977 280z EFI baseline settings
That happened to my '77. Drove me nuts for 2 weeks. Finally got a hand held mirror and look at the underside of the intake. Golf ball size hole rotted around the egr connection. Look on the inside of your hood, passenger's side there should be a recall fix sticker about the egr clip upgrade.- 1977 280z EFI baseline settings
I have it bookmarked.- Fuel rail and radiating heat from the engine block..
My '72 has old opaque looking plastic wraps on the lines through the supports. Maybe the newer zinc plating melted or were lost somehow that away?- Fuel rail and radiating heat from the engine block..
In my opinion if the fuel return is working properly, the fuel will not get hot. The rail is bolted to the cylinder head on my '72. I think an electric pump that pushes fuel constantly through the carbs and then back to the tank via the return line would keep it from getting too hot. My 2 cents only. I'm no mechanic just an observant knuckle buster. - Stroker or turbo?
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