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I've just had my 260's 5 speed reCONNED about 10,000 k's ago, and it has just started to play up.... Earlier today, I took off from the lights, reved my triple webbered L28 to 7 grand, shifted into 2nd....no problemo.......reved her to around 7 and a half grand.....shifted in to 3rd.....all is sweet....... pressed the accelerator flat to the floor, rear wheels spin (I'm running about 170kW through a 4.625:1 diff)....wait until tacho reads about 7 grand, take my foot off the gas, press the clutch pedal flat to the floor, grab the gear knob.... attempt to shift into 4th.....BUT IT WON'T MOVE !!.... Now I'm coasting down the road with the clutch pressed to the floor and I manage (with reasonable force) to pull the lever into N. The gear lever feels like it has seized up and can only be moved with considerable force. I then find that I can still engage different gears by forcing the lever (which feels like trying to move a stick driven into the ground) but I can't actually feel the "clunk" when a gear it engaged. After a little playing around, I manage to get it into 4th and cruise down the road for a few miles. Then, approaching a round-about, I take my foot off the gas, press the clutch to the floor, and, pushing the lever forward into N with such force that I can feel it flex, it makes a dull "clunk" and pops into N, BUT NOW IT ISN'T SIEZED UP, BUT FEELS ULTRA-LOOSE!!!. I manage to drive the rest of the way home with out any hassle. Besides the "loose" feeling gear lever, all subsequent gear changes feel fine. ANY IDEAS ????????? Cheers, Glen K PS...please don't tell me to go back to the garage that reconned the box, coz it don't exist any longer!

G'day.. I've just installed a new set of DCOE45 webbers and a rather crazy 0.33" lift, 38-78-78-38 degree camshaft to my zeds L28. (picture attached). While the car is a bloody hoot to drive out on the highway, in congested traffic with 40 deg.C + summer weather down here in Australia, all the hot air rising from the headers (which invariably gets sucked straight into the carb's) turns the car into rough idling pig (that cam doesn't help either!!). I would like to fix this problem by fabricating a large, rectangular "air box" which will bolt straight onto the carb's (the ram-tubes will be retained within the box) and ducting "cold" from an air filter mounted outside the engine bay. While this will definately fix the hot air problem, I am worried that it may restrict the air flow excessively. Also, if I duct the cold air into the front of the box, will I have a noticable problem with cylinder no.1 running the leanest and no. 6 running rich? I have searched the net, read a lot of stories from people complaining about similar hot air problems, but I can't find any info about air boxes/cold air ducting. So, if anyone out there has experience doing what I intend to do, or can direct me to any info. on the web, it would be appreciated! Cheers, Glen K