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Just ordered mine from Brad. He had one left and I snagged it. Paypal'd him tonight and hopefully he can get it out soon. This is where I'm at at the moment... Just waiting for the mount and I'll order the poly mount tomorrow.

True, but look at all the GOOD things ya did for her in the process. Bet she runs like a top now, right?

Wow, Of all the things you could have commented on, it had to be height?? That's funny. I'm 5'7" and barely weigh 130 lbs. I've got a metabolism from hell. I eat like a friggin hog and never gain weight. Women hate me. but I make up for it in girth. hehehe I wasn't exactly standing up straight in the photo. Dave

Well there ya go. Even better than you'd hoped. Dave

Thanks again for the opportunity to do the interview!! It's always fun talking about the Z's and possibly helping someone in the process. Or maybe I just love having my Z up in lights, or something like that. Thanks again, Dave

True, I've always Loved the INSTANT throttle responce when driving over 3K RPM, as aposed to the slower responce of the SU's. Those and a lightened flywheel would make for a neck breaking reaction to my right foot. Dave

Just buy a full rebuilt starter. Solenoid replacement now-a-days isn't worth it. It's easier and cheaper to just buy the whole thing. Solenoids are simple enough, a copper striker plate hits the power and start motor wire and connects them when the solenoid slides forward from being energized (you starting the car) but over time, the copper plate gets loaded with burn marks and carbon till it no longer make the connection. The clicking you hear is the solenoid sliding forward and hitting the copper plate to the 2 contacts. Enough times and it'll start to smoke from too much resistance and build-up. 15 years was a good run, time to replace. Just spend the $70 and call it done. Dave

Excellent question. When I had my triple Weber DCOE's on the 70', they were kick-arse after 2500 RPM. Awesome throttle responce, sucked air like a Hoover on Roids, and just sounded awesome. The car would idle, like you said, all day long and were adjusted to about 800 RPM. However. Daily driving was a pain because my E88 head has bad valve guides, my block has bad rings on 2 pistons and Webers are a bitch to properly tune if the motor isn't up to par. If the motor was rebuilt and the N42 I have on the shelf was installed, and I had an O2 Sensor on the header with a proper meter, they would probably a lot easier to tune and more worth having for daily driving. The problem with mine, on top of the bad motor, was between 1800 and 2500 RPM. Total flat spots, back-firing and low power. Those constant backfires filled my K&N filters with fuel, then the last time it ignited that fuel and scared the hell out of me with flames coming from the engine compartment. Beating the crap out of it with a towel then finally giving up and hitting the ignition sucked the flames back into the Webers and the fire was gone. That's when I decided to do the full polish and rebuild of the Original SU's and put the Webers on the shelf till the motor gets rebuilt, or I put them on the 260Z's rebuilt motor. So in closing, the Webers are fricken awesome over 3000 RPM's, for me, but others will obviously have better or different results. Learn about them and how o properly tune them before considering them. They work great on 2.8's or bored out L24's and L26's. By the way, when tuned right, I got over 27 MPG on the freeway. Hope that helps, Dave

Cough Cough YOU'RE CRAZY!!! Cough Cough And to think, I could have brought the van over and loaded up like a Fat kid in a Candy Store. Damnit Kirk. Well, at least the wifey is happy. And sometimes, that's all that matters. Or something like that..... And now SHE's giving me dirty look #2 as I read this aloud for her. Welp, time to go hide in the garage. Working under a 1 ton car seems safer than being in the house with the wife, 2 daughters, and one of the daughters has 3 girlfriends over for last nights sleep over. HELP!!!!!!! I'm surrounded by the "Itty Bitty Titty Committee"....... Dave

When I reinstalled mine, I too ran into the snag of not having the right clips. But being a stereo installer, I had a butt load of "Speed Clips" That are metal clips that come with almost every set of after market speakers. Having a few hundred handy, I found 4 that fit the tabs of the vents. Worked great and 2 weeks after I did it, I found the clips I really needed at my local "WESCO" automotive Paint Supply store. Dave

I was dressing the car up for Halloween. the theme was "The Brown Goblin" cause it's brown and it's Goblin up all my damn money. 810 makes sence Arne, seems like they would be an early 80's thing.

Sorry to hijack but I felt left out. I know they aren't the same but maybe someone can tell me if these were a Dealer part or if they came off another Datsun car??? Dave

Keep an eye on your local craigslist.com as you'll see then here on the west coast all the time. You're actually better off getting one from this side of the Mississippi. Stay away from the "Rust Belt" cars. Spend a little more to get one here and have it shipped to ya. the money you spend now will easily outway the price of rebuilding a rusty one. JM2CW Dave