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@cgsheen1 I’m sure they serve a purpose. Can you elaborate as to the purpose? Thanks

@siteunseen it’s close to a liter bike… it’s an 899. Possibly one of the best bikes I have with respect to rideability and overall use (the one in the picture is my track machine but I have 2 more for the street). I have an 1198sp and that thing is a tire hog. I’m usually lucky to get 2k miles on a street tire.

@dutchzcarguy you are correct, no exhaust while taking it to the shop but then again, the shop is less than 2 miles away. The police wouldn’t really care if they saw me as long as the car is registered🤔 the color is actually a green that flops when it’s in full sun. It’s a beautiful color, pictures don’t do it justice. Regarding the bumpers, I thought about adding a front bumper and still may do so at some point but for now, I’ll go bumperless. I have all of the badges but haven’t put them on yet because I need to cut and buff the entire car.

Had it out today for the first time on public roads to get the exhaust installed. Still needs a lot of clean-up and finishing touches but it rips! I do have some issues of stuttering at low rpm’s but that said, I still need to go through some things. the exhaust is a bit aggressive but I like it. Sticks out quite a bit from the body. It’s the 1320 performance exhaust.

Back from my trip to India and got around to working on the car. Got all the fluids bled and topped off so I think it's ready for a rip... after that it's lining up all the panels, buffing, and doing some detail work like headliner, interior, hooking up lights, etc. Thanks for all of your help to get me this far!

As difficult and embarrassing as it is to post this, I am an idiot... but nevertheless I found the problem. When I set up my spark plug wires I referenced the ignition section of my Haynes manual and simply looked at the numbers as they were written without taking notice that the 3 and 6 cylinder cross before going to the plugs. Seems odd that they would do what they did with 1 and 4 but do something different at 3 and 6... but no excuses, my dumb mistake. so last night as i was reading the engine section, i came across this phrase and thought to myself, that's not how I have it... i went out, redid the wires and it fired up and idles. Just needs some fine tuning at this point. @Zed Head i then logged in here and saw your post... you had it right.... I guess it's another lesson learned... start with the simple stuff and look/read closely... thank you all for the support... and sorry for the frustration. @siteunseen if you can still send a picture of that condensor connection, that would be great. I'll be gone for 3 weeks so no rush.

@Zed Head I am using my timing light. My description was pretty bad but that’s probably because I was in the middle of throwing wrenches across the garage… it still seems like a bad misfire. The car won’t start without throttle being all the way down. In the low end it misfires bad but when the rpm’s get above about 2k, it seems okay for the most part. I’ll say that the smell of running rich is not as bad from when I had the aftermarket FPR…. It’s a step in the right direction. I pulled the plugs again and cylinder 3 is inconsistent with the rest, it’s been like that all along. The other plugs have some carbon buildup on them but #3 is pretty clean and no moisture from excess fuel… im going back to the basics and am just going to keep reading my manuals. I have a feeling it’s something dumb… I just need to find it. I’m leaving overseas for work on Saturday until September so I really want to get this sorted before I leave. Appreciate the advice.

Got everything basically back together and still runs like crap.... @siteunseen can you tell me what this condensor connector goes to? Is it whats in the photo? I can't find anything else in my parts bin that would remotely go there. If you have a Pic that would be 👍

I pulled off the valve cover to check the timing and it seems to be on. The bottom pulley is at TDC, and at the top, the Notch and groove are basically aligned. However, when I start the car and turn the distributor and advance the timing well past what the bolt/slot allows, the car runs much better. Sorry if it's an amatuer question, but just wondering if I need to adjust my camshaft sprocket or whatever else it might be. Perhaps the answer is to just finish the assembly and then deal with the fine tuning but I just want to make sure before I proceed. Thanks for your patience. The first two photos show the alignment of my crank and camshaft and the last photo is the distributor position.

@Yarb I was going to try your method but when I whenthe return was dry, I moved on. @Zed Head I agree.. im banking on it being a bad FPR but I'll mess around with it to see if I did something wrong or have a faulty gauge. There is really only one way to connect it and the ports are labeled in/return. I hooked the stock one up exactly the same way... I'll mess with it more and try to find the root cause once I get coolant in and can run it for a while. Thank you both for your input

@siteunseen good call on the FPR! When I took it off, the return line was completely dry so I knew right away something was amiss. Anyway, swapped it out and rigged my old one in place and it runs. Granted, doesn't idle on its own but I can hear there is a misfire so it's probably just an injector, plug, or wire. Ill diagnose that once I get coolant in the car and be able to have it run for more than a few seconds. Once I get the rpms over 2k it sounds good albeit a small blip here and there. The other bad thing is I just have the headers on it so it's loud as all hell. I might try to rig the old exhaust up for the time being so I can at least listen for leaks, etc while I fine tune it. I'll swap out the FPR with a proper set up once I get everything back together. But thank you so much for that small piece of input! So invaluable. I was ready to tear the head apart again to check that my timing and valve lash was on point! And thanks to everyone else for providing all the input to get me where i am, I appreciate it a lot!

@siteunseen interesting... I guess it's worth a shot swapping it out because I'm stumped at this point. Seeing as it started to get better as I increased the fuel pressure leads me to believe it has something to do with that. Just a PITA now since I have the AN fittings/lines. Oh well...

@Yarb whats not stock is the fuel rail, FPR, headers and i took out the egr system. That's all I know of or that I took off/put on. All else is a stock 76 280z.

There is one connector that I can't find where it goes. Basically a female connector with a black and white wire. It has 14v running to it when the key is in the "on" position. Anyone know where it goes? Ive searched my diagrams and cant figure it out.

@Yarb I have an aftermarket FPR that is adjustable.