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Nice car

Stephen, time to make a trailer queen! Since your street car looks so great, I can imagine what your show car would look like. Fight fire with fire! Maybe do a purpose built 2000 roadster as it has the "cute" factor that can do battle with the cuteness of a beetle.

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You can cut new ones out of rubber

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That is sad to see a nice rare car with bling stereo!

I never liked those #6 plug wires with the crooked boot? Why?

280z lay dormant while I lost job, found job, moved to USA, restored 240z for a friend (~ 5 years)... now time to move it: Transfusion: I.V. I.V. Detail Started right up an relocated (behind the S2000) to make room for machines.

Do the carb pistons rise and fall smoothly and both at the same rate? Do the jets rise and fall smoothly when the choke is pullled and pushed? Are the needles straight and set to the correct depth in the piston? How many turns down are the jets? What is the fuel level in each bowl? How is the fuel pressure and pump? Does the car run the same if you lift the front carb piston vs lifting the back carb piston? What colour are plugs?

Nice update! Congratulations.

logical progression. I don't think wire resistance is a big performance spec: Before a spark jumps, you have the serial resistance of the air gap in the plug, the air gap in the distributor, the 5kohm resistor in the plug, and the plug wire's resistance. The air gap resistance changes to 0 ohms as the voltage increases and ionizes the gap. The current limiting flow in the wire is ~ 25,000V/5120ohms (4.8A) for the Thunderbolt vs 25,000V/11,800ohm (2.1A) for NGK However you will have to start counting electrons and measure the flux density as the coil can not provide enough electrons to cause current limited flow.

The forum just ate my reply Here is re-do: Here is the current state: Trees removed. Just need to get rid of the brush tonight. The tractor comes tomorrow to "grub" then it gets filled next week and settles over the winter. 36'w X 40'd floor, walls and footing goes down in the spring. It will have a 2nd floor and a pie shaped connecting room (mud room/solarium) to the house. I plan to restore 2 or 3 Z's a year. HS30 I am putting a large concrete pad and 10' X 20' shed in the back "woods". That should be complete in a few weeks. I may put something else on the pad that has a "down draft" and maybe even a garage door on the back of the garage to facilitate travel to the special building. It will also have white LED lights on the walls... go figure Another shot of the hole to fill.

DIY: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/entry755.html http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/thread19034.html http://www.zcar.com/70-83_tech_discussion_forum/cleaning_fuel_tank_702276.0.html http://www.zcar.com/70-83_tech_discussion_forum/por-15_sealing_tank_702326.0.html http://www.zcar.com/70-83_tech_discussion_forum/muriatic_acid_is_your_friend_700625.15.html

If someone in Scandinavia wants a Z... email me I'll even re-wire/relay turn indicator circuit and graft in orange plastic as a temporary solution to get them on the road until a correct set of tail lights can be sourced. Nice Article from Arne: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/thread34891.html

My fav.city on the planet so far. (Montreal is a close 2nd). I'll PM you.

Take him for a ride!

OK I will. Where are you in Denmark?

Your plugs are probably really fouled with carbon. Clean or replace then troubleshoot.

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Great stuff!

White smoke if often coolant in the combustion chamber. This will drop the level of coolant in the radiator. A failed head or head gasket are the usual causes. The only other white smoke source is water vapour condensing from the combustion process and additional water vapour condensing that was picked up in the exhaust pipes from overnight condensation on the cold metal exhaust walls. These visible white vapours on start will gradually convert to invisible steam when the engine and exhaust system heats up. Here is a typical head gasket failure allowing coolant to enter the combustion chamber: Here is another from a cracked head: Here is a photo on a very cold day and you can see the white smoke from water condensing. This water is a byproduct of burning gas and is normally invisible:

Update: Finally getting closer. Finished clearing the trees and have the basic dimensions 36' wide X 40' deep. I'll start refining the plans then post here for review/input. The "hole" beside my house where it will go will be grubbed and back filled in the next few weeks. I'll complete the plans and get building permits over the winter. I also decided to first put down a large concrete pad with 10' X 20' shed in the back yard/forest that will hopefully be finished in the next 4 weeks.This is step 1. It will eventually expand to become the paint boot and body shop.

White smoke is not good. What is the coolant level at in the rad? Be sure to monitor it.

twist/roll off with fingers