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  1. Jeff G 78
    That's twice in a few days. You need quicker fingers.
  2. Jeff G 78
    With quality calipers, measure the thickness of the head. It should be 108mm thick from the valve cover surface to the bottom. It might have been machined too much, causing the valve-to-piston contact. That happened to me 25 years ago before I was smart enough to double check the machine shop's work. They told me that they were going to take a 10 thousandths cut - the max allowable per their spec book. What they never did was to check the original thickness. It had already been cut at some point. It was my first rebuild and I didn't clay it or check their work. After a few minutes of running, my pistons looked just like yours. :stupid:
  3. Jeff G 78
    Sounds like a parts car to me. I've been through enough Z cars to know when they can't be saved. It sounds like that one is to that point.
  4. Jeff G 78
    I deleted it of the DVR. After reading this thread, I couldn't force myself to watch it.
  5. Jeff G 78
    I DVR'd it but have not watched it yet. I think I will pretend it never happened and erase it.
  6. Jeff G 78
    Beat ya Arne. :bandit:
  7. Jeff G 78
    Are you talking about his original wheels? If so, they are American Racing Vectors. I always call them "Dukes of Hazzard wheels" I have them on my 260 crapcan racer.
  8. Jeff G 78
    Excellent job mally, thanks for sharing your photos! Restore another half dozen like that and you'll give Guy some competition.
  9. Jeff G 78
    I need to tackle this on both of my cars. Thanks for the recap.
  10. Jeff G 78
    In a word, yes. Panasports are much better quality than the Rotas, Rewinds, and SportMaxx wheels that look similar. The runout is better and the wheels are stronger. I worked with OE wheel suppliers for years and there is a huge difference in wheel quality out there. There is a big cost difference between the two, so you have to decide if you want to pay more for wheels made in Japan vs. China. You can get new 16x7 wheels on ebay for less than half what new Panasports will cost. When I bought my Panasports, there were no cheap 16x7 knockoffs. Now, Panasports are getting hard to find due to the huge price gap.
  11. Jeff G 78
    I did notice the problem was solved, but I have only checked-in a few times in the past week. Now that all the cool kids are here, I'm done there.
  12. Jeff G 78
    Sounds like a fun process. :sick: And what's wrong with rolled-on paint? They didn't have rollers in the 70's?
  13. Jeff G 78
    My dad owns two DeLoreans. He is the original owner of one and just bought the second one with a VIN only 28 away from his first car. I have worked on the car quite a bit over the years and it usually isn't fun. It's not a terrible early 80's car, but it's not great either. Even when new, it wasn't quick compared to other early 80's cars - and that's not saying much. The engine is a PRV which is a Peaugeot, Renault, Volvo joint effort. It was put into cars from all three companies. Since Darbji isn't around any more, does that make ME the resident DeLorean expert?
  14. Jeff G 78
    Last one to leave needs to turn out the lights. Welcome to the LIGHT side.
  15. Jeff G 78
    Welcome Blue! Now that you and Tony are here along with comrade YORGO, I think I can officially retire from zc.c. It's been a good ride over there, but there really isn't any reason to check in anymore. BTW, why is Z E R O still posting over there? I agree that there is a ton of great information there. Too bad there is also a lot of misinformation in the archives.
  16. Jeff G 78
    For those who don't know John, he's great to deal with. I run his Autopal H4 lights on my endurance racer Z.
  17. Jeff G 78
    After close to 14 years, I'm pretty much done there. As for the dregs coming here, I doubt that will happen as long as zc.c still exists. They are simply too stupid to figure out we all left.
  18. Jeff G 78
    I love the new VTO wheels that look like the old Libres.
  19. Jeff G 78
    Those look very cool H3nry.
  20. Jeff G 78
    The crank pulley bolt has a 27mm head.
  21. Jeff G 78
    We still love your carbs Bruce.
  22. Jeff G 78
    Can someone please measure a typical aftermarket wheel shank-style lugnut diameter? I am in search of lugnuts for typical 14x6 slot mags and I need the shank diameter. I can remove a wheel tonight at home, but I really need the info right away. I used to be able to buy them easily, but lately they are really hard to find and when I do find them, they are the wrong length or diameter. Thanks in advance.
  23. Jeff G 78
    Now that I think about it, you might be right. And I too had JUST sent in my 2-year renewal when they went belly up. I'd have to go back and look at the magazines, but I think Marc was part of the Z Car and Classic Datsuns, not the original Z Car Magazine. ZC&CD is the one that took the money and ran. :disappoin
  24. Jeff G 78
    Not to derail this great discussion, but what ever happened to Marc? I too haven't heard his name since the IZCC mailing list days. From what I remember the heavy contributors back then were Marc Sayer, Don Vickrey, and of course Carl Beck. I remember that Don sold his Z 10+ years ago. Anybody hear from him?
  25. Jeff G 78
    I'm glad to see you here John. Hopefully Blue even Y0RGO will follow. Tony doesn't post here for some reason. Not sure why. I've been on zcar.com since the early days and it's just a matter of time before I say goodbye there for good.
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