madkaw
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If you have the head off, check out the thread on Hybridz covering different heads-they have pictures!
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There is ton of info on this site and Hybridz on this subject-what info have you found by searching? If it's a l24 block it should be marked p-30. What year e-88 makes a difference too. The early e-88s are good heads-but how much compression do you want to run? What gas are you going to run? That cam won't allow a lot of compression on today's premium gas. 200HP is a reasonable goal and there is a large thread at Hybridz right now covering this. The power is mostly in the head and lots of tuning. Probably tuning more than anything.
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Walter, that's exactly what i was doing at first. I was watching my wideband run into the high 16 area and as I pulled the choke it came back down. Like you I had been playing with the mixtures to get it right for this hot summer and boom the temperatures drop out. It took a full half turn to get the car to a power mixture. No regrets on installing the wideband-except not having one for each pipe:)
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It's fun watching the wideband guage as the weather changes. Here in Indiana we just went from super hot and humid to 65 and no humidity and I watched her run lean. I have always kept it on the lean side, but WOW she really went lean this week. I fattened her up a good half a turn on the mixture nuts and boom -baby, it was a different engine. This to me is all the justification I need for all the work I'm putting in on my CAI for my Mikunis.
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Strong fuel smell in the car when I turn LEFT
madkaw replied to Zedyone_kenobi's topic in Engine & Drivetrain
Might be a bit late for this reply since you have taken all of it apart already, but this trouble shooting method worked for me. Maybe once you put things back together you can test for leaks. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?40902-Raw-fuel-smell-FIXED&highlight=fuel+smell+fixed -
Looking for 9mm 240z rods + question about them
madkaw replied to robftw's topic in Engine & Drivetrain
You could lighten mine by taking them off my hands;) Good advice above^ -
carl, who is doing your engine work?
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I agree with Steve- of course- because his name is Steve and his set-up is similiar to mine as far as muffler and resonator-I just have two. Don't know if I would make anything different about the sound. I think the header makes the biggest gain in noise level.
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Thankyou Arne, sorry I put down missleading info. My car use to be an auto, so the number stuck I guess. 3.36 -that's some tall gearing!
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I kind of figured a 3.54, there wasn't too much variance in the r-180. Watching your gear selection it seems your 2nd gear is good for 70, kind of like my 3.54 with my wide ratio t5. I thought the 3.36 was only in the r200
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RATIO is what I was looking for-thanks
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I'm liking this thread! Steve, what diff are you running?
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MSA ceramic coated -unequal length header 6-2 into two 50mm pipes then into crossover pipe back out into two 18" resonators and then onto two 12" magnaflows. All mandrel bends. Engine is the mighty L24 as in my signature.
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It might be Arne, and at first it drove me crazy wondering if my new engine was detonating. I am running the shortest magnaflow they sell and it's only 10" long
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Thanks for the reply Arne. I was wondering if you could here the fact it was duals. Did you listen to it with speakers on your computer? I have seperate speakers on my stereo and I could here both pipes. My exhaust also has what I call a cackle from the rear that could be thought was valve noise or pinging. I thought some tip resonantors might mellow that out, but you have tips??? Maybe it is a different sound we are comparing.
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Exhaust is a one -off design by me. It is twin 50mm pipes with a crossover pipe. I was going to ask Arne if he could decifer the fact that it was two pipes by the sound of the video since I am also running magnaflow mufflers. I had promised many folks that i would post up a video sometime so they could hear a twice pipe set-up. Yes I was waiting for someone to comment on my permanent smile on my face!! You have to have a pretty powerful stereo to overcome all the noises-exhaust,wind,ect..., but it is tolerable for a hot rod. NO REGRETS
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Work to the music!!
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It don't get better than this-day-off from work and beautiful day for a z ride! Please ignore the 3rd gear grindLOL yo2M0F0DCVI
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Z Powered Healey painted and back on the road...but stumbles.
madkaw replied to Healey Z's topic in Open Discussions
There is a ton of info on this sites and others for adjusting float levels, but basicaly the lid on the float bowl has to come off and you bend the tab that rides against the needle and seat(like most carbs). Note the level of gas when you take the lis off. The float level is pretty cruical on this carbs for proper running through out the power band. -
Z Powered Healey painted and back on the road...but stumbles.
madkaw replied to Healey Z's topic in Open Discussions
Float levels? The levels are good enough to maintain cruise, but empty out to quick for acceleration. The car looks fantastic!!!!!!!! -
If I ever get back to the dyno I will post up results! I was actually using a small step ladder with the camera mounted to it in the hatch, but it needs some stability improvements. I was hoping the X pipe would have helped the drone issue with these cars, but I don't know if it helped. It is pretty damn loud to start with-especially under load around 2300rpm. I am also running a cheapo MSA header that has unequal lenghts, so I know affects things also. Warning: two glass packs only will be very loud. I also have two magnaflow mufflers and it's still pretty loud Did I mention that it sounds freakin awesome:cool:. Can't wait for them Mikunisssssss
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Leon, I am running twice pipes(2" each) from a header. It is cool seeing you do all this data work with the dyno. I have only dynoed my L24 once at Zcon and made 150/150 roughly with badly tuned SU's. I found that out after installing my wideband. I was running lean when I thought I was running reach, so I think the tool is a necessity for fine tuning. I am getting ready to re-dyno my car since I have cleaned up the tune on my SU's. I will be doing kind of the opposite as I will be going for timing parameters -primarily. I can say for a FACT, you will love the sound of the duals on the L engine. I was actually attempting to make an in-car video the other day to share the sound, but it will have to take some tweeking. I can't wait to install my Mikunis and compare dyno sheets. Keep us updated!!!
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F*&k, I think my brand new rear main seal is leaking!!
madkaw replied to cozye's topic in Open Discussions
Honestly I was so pissed I didn't jack it back up to see exactly where it was coming from, but the puddle was in the same place. I am really leaning towards the pcv issue. -
F*&k, I think my brand new rear main seal is leaking!!
madkaw replied to cozye's topic in Open Discussions
Well this sucks, I still have an oil leak. I now must suspect my pcv system. I did notice a slight seapage around my front seal also. I remember reeading one of Tony D's infamous posts about a pcv system that does not properly vent willl pressurize these engines to the point of leaking. I have also noticed that my motor seems more lethargic when under hard acceleration at higher rpms. I can't imagine what the issue would be since everything is fairly rebuilt or new, but i must check it out when i get home. I tried searching pcv on this site and the search acts like it doesn't even recognize the term -
F*&k, I think my brand new rear main seal is leaking!!
madkaw replied to cozye's topic in Open Discussions
Hey Coyze, do you remember how those seals fit. Mine do NOT fit flush with the oil pan surface. They stick out about an 1/16". As far as sealer, the Chilton just shows using sealant around these seals before installing the oil pan gasket--maybe because they do stick out a little?