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Do i still need to pull the water pump to inspect and flush the radiator to determine if its blocked somewhere? 20250625_170637.mp4

What size is the V10 in your Porsche? https://bringatrailer.com/how-bat-works/

If you register as a bidder, you can use the contact seller button and usually arrange to see the car. Better hurry, only 13 hours left. Lol

Thank you, I went to see it and it seems pretty good. Is this the only way to sell it? Can you contact the owner so I can go and see the car directly, because only by seeing the car in person can I know what it really looks like?

We all hear about "AI" every day and how it's the future of mankind. But there are several other terms used to describe it. The goal is to make a computer think/sound like a real person. For what reason, who knows. Entertainment? Piloting to Mars? Plausible deniability? https://developers.google.com/machine-learning/resources/intro-llms "What is a language model?A language model is a machine learning model that aims to predict and generate plausible language. Autocomplete is a language model, for example. These models work by estimating the probability of a token or sequence of tokens occurring within a longer sequence of tokens. Consider the following sentence:..."

Click on the link and it will take you to the site. It should be apparent how the site works. This car, linked below, is for sale now. What do you think of it? Is it what you're looking for? Or do you want a modified car? https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-datsun-240z-363/

What’s the name on the sign behind you?

I have the paint code information and stuff. I didn't know if there was a report that showed all the stuff like the marti report out there or not. I have ran the vin on carfax and got all info that you are able to find out (maintenance, wrecks, title, inspection and stuff). It just doesn't show like this car is #1 of 1500 with this paint and trim.

Yes, this is CA. That's a gas station. Of course it's fog. I'm not in LA, I'm not burning, so there's no smoke, lol

Is this car for sale?

Thank you very much, Mike

Wow, 20 years. I admire you for being able to stick to this forum for 20 years. I will congratulate you on your 20th anniversary in 4 days. Haha

Thanks for the responses. I think I might just go with Hastings rings just to be safe. Seems like its the most cost effective option with reported good reviews.

Looks like they might be owned or managed by some place called MAPerformance. They can't even get the acronym right. https://www.maperformance.com/collections/itm-engine-components "...For the best selection of engine management parts from ITEM..."

I don't know who ITM used to be but it looks like maybe only the brand name persists. They don't even have an open web site. Many/most of the old performance part names are just brand names now owned by large conglomerates that source manufacturing to the cheapest bidder. https://www.linkedin.com/company/itm-engine-components http://itm.openwebs.com:8080/

How do they perform if installed correctly? Just curious. Is it a quality problem or a following-instructions problem?

What's the name of the store in the background? Is that picture from California? Is that fog or smoke?

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I used Hastings on a stock 2.4 but have read a lot about oversized ITM pistons and rings. About half and half good and bad but I do know this guy named Guy that's got about five 240s with Eiji Hosomi at Datsun Spirit built motors. Top-shelf stuff, https://www.datsunspirit.com/engines. He says the best thing to do with ITM rings is trash them and use Total Seal instead. Here's a thread with some opinions... Maybe he'll see this, @Diseazd

FYI, I merged your two posts together into this one.

I was browsing through Church of L Series past posts. Seems to be the same guy preaching it though. I did read somewhere else the "secret" to using ITM pistons is not using their rings and upgrading. Thought I would ask here if anyone wanted to share their experiences with running them on their cars.

Nice cars! Do you know what kind of Datsun Z you are looking for? There are many resources to pick up a good one such as BringaTrailer.com, our for-sale forum, etc.. I've seen prices around $5-10k for a fixer upper up to over $100k for a fully restored original. Resto-mod versions typically $35-60k. All USD.

Most of the time a lot of those bad reviews come from folks that don’t know or have no experience installing piston rings.

In four days I will have been on this forum for 20 years, and some days I still feel like a "newbie" Welcome to the group.

Where did you see the bad information?