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I replaced the fuel rail with braided lines, placing them closer to the carburetors and away from all of the heat of the engine. So far, I have not been able to replicate the heat soak problem I was having before. Maybe I finally slayed the dragon.

There isn't a driver side strap on my 73 either.

You don't have to bring your Z to the meetings. I brought my daily driver to the last one since SWMBO accompanied me and wanted the luxury of AC. Send me a PM with your contact info, and I can get you hooked up with my people. I'm going over to Lawrenceville at noon today to get help from a friend to install braided fuel lines in my car.

Something is definitely not right with the length of that brake hose. I've never had one kinked like that.

Thanks for tagging me, @Zed Head. @eloZada, there are a lot of great S30 guys in the ATL. Many of us work on our cars at home, and some guys even have their own shops. A lot of them are members of the Georgia Z Club, too. You can track me down through the GZC facebook page. If you don't happen to be on facebook, you can keep up with the GZC at http://georgiazclub.wordpress.com This is a great time to be a Z owner in Atlanta. We are in the planning stages for the 2018 ZCON here. Get involved. Meet the guys. Have fun with your Z.

Carl, MikeB linked the commercial I was referring to. Randy is going to talk to Mark Lambert about bringing Mark's 240Z for the beauty shot at the end of the commercial. Edit: Thinking about it, it might be nice to have a flood of BRE tributes, too.

Ron made his car up to more modern racing safety standards. With Randy's car, the only way you could make that more of the original 46 car is to somehow find the old wrecked body and repair it. The switches, the gauges, the powertrain, the wheels, the heat shield under the carburetors; all of that and more were at one time on the original 46 car. If there is a detail Randy doesn't think he has perfect, the car is changed to make it perfect. If you went through the Google photo gallery linked in the post, you might have noticed the lettering and numbers were hand painted. Look closely at the "E" in BRE. You can see that there is a bristle from the paint brush caught in the paint. I thought I was good with attention to detail. Compared to Randy, I'm a piker. Of the 5 hours I spent with him, at least half that time was him describing things in detail to me, and most of that were updates just since February when I had previously seen the car. As for the motor, it was originally done by BRE. It IS the motor used in the 46 during the championship runs. It was purchased with the car and used until the purchaser started using 2.8 liter motors. However, it was put away in a re-built condition. About 40 years later, they opened up the engine in preparation for installing it in the car for the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. I'm not sure if they put in fresh gaskets and seals, but essentially they just buttoned up the motor. Randy is going to have John Morton drive the car and the Monterey Historics this year and quite possibly the Mitty at Road Atlanta in April 2018. We're also keeping our fingers crossed that John will also make ZCON 2018. Now we're trying to figure out how to recreate the BRE 240Z commercial while he's here. Randy is already trying to line up the red 240Z. We are trying to make this a special convention. The bigger challenge for us is to figure out how to get Pete Brock to show up... By the way, @Carl Beck, that would be a great time to break out the Baja Z. Hint, hint. Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink.

Well, it was more like yesterday...For those of you who remember the BRE 240Z from the Memphis or Austin ZCON, I drove the Z over to visit with the owner of that car to catch up on all he's been doing to it since I last saw it in February. https://fiddlingwithzcars.wordpress.com/2017/07/04/bre-240z/ Be sure to click on the link in the post for the YouTube video of it firing up. The blog post has a link to a non Photobucket (@Captain Obvious) collection of photos I took when I was there.

Well, Charles, if Shelly has a hankerin' for some brisket, I'll let you know when I'm smoking some. It might be in a week or two. Like Mark said, "Low & Slow". Dale's marinade or dry rubs: they both are good. We started using a technique where we cook over halfway (I can't remember the temp.) and wrap in foil. Let it get up to the final temperature, pull from the smoker and let it rest for half an hour. Slice it up and try not to eat too much.

Exactly. If you search for WESCO on this website, you'll find we have a few threads here on their seatbelts. There are many of us who like their products.

Allow me to rephrase. You added a wire. Where did you tap into the stock wiring harness?

You tell us. Where did you break into the wiring for the fuel pump?

The accessory relay is NLA. I have constructed replacements using standard automotive relays. They are plug & play.

Between threads here and at zcar.com, the consensus I have seen is to stay far away.

Jim beat me to it. ?

Meh, I'm not too fond of the product MSA sells. The roadster style sold by Wesco is a better option IMHO. Search this site for Wesco to see the many posts on those belts.

My preferences are 1 http://photos.google.com 2. http://www.flckr.com In that order.

Let's hope he's enjoying some good roads wherever he may be.

No, I don't have any red Z cars. Have you seen a bunch around lately?

What red Z?

I like how the Jalopnik author implies ZCON is Nissan's event. And couldn't he make the effort to identify Eiji?

Good point. I'm hoping to bring 2 myself.

I know the solution. I just won't be at my computer to type it up for a couple of days. Respond to this thread on Sunday if you haven't received a solution from someone else.

Just another parts dismantler.

You won't be simplifying things with a frankenharness unless you are really good with electrical circuits.