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So, i'm sitting at the Pilot pumping gas right, and this guy in a honda ridgeline pulls up at the pump behind me. i'm standing there, and he says 'excuse me young lady, is that your Z?' i replied with the obvious, 'yes sir she is.' he walks up and shakes my hand and introduces himself. turns out he owns the winery that is statewide famous, and based in my town. Anyway, long story short... he proceeds to tell me how he has owned 2 Z cars, and that he was in the attic getting the christmas tree down a couple months ago, and that he came across a couple things from one of his old Z's, and said that he'd been riding around since then with them in the compartment of the bed of his ridgeline, waiting to see someone, anyone with an old Z, and the first person he saw with one he was going to give the things to. well... he asked me if i wanted them. i said sure. he proceeds to walk to the bed of the truck and pull out 2 brand new looking Z floormats, ironically the same color as the ones that were in Bullet when i got her, and a set of seat covers, still in the box... The random things that happen when you drive a Z car... So, just to show some support, if you're ever in Crossville, TN, stop by Stonehaus Winery on Genesis Rd, or you can make a Stonehaus purchase at most liquor stores in east TN. they have some awesome wine there...

At the time, I took the advice of an experienced L-series builder and sanded some used rocker arms I had. That didn't turn out so well as my cam ended up getting wiped. I have a thread on it on HybridZ. After that debacle, I bought new rockers. Lesson learned...

You're killing me with those garage pics - be still my heart! I've been down the full resto/rebuild path with my car so here's a few quick tips: - don't trust your memory! Bag and tag every nut/screw/bolt/part immediately as it comes off the car. Become the zip bag king of your block. - tag both ends of each electrical connection before they come apart or tag a single end with its function/location. - write down each item to be replaced as soon as you identify it as such. - throw nothing away until after the replacement is fully installed. I fully dismantled my car and then life intervened. When I got back to it 10 years later the above practices paid off big time. Looking forward to your updates.

Love the garage. The vanity plate is nice too. C

The new garages! Life is good... Sent from Canadia

Hi Steve, I think I am going to go with the FelPro gasket, not sure of thickness. I think I might need a head gasket between my left and right lobes of my brain!

Why don't you just put a voltmeter on the fuel pump itself and see what you're getting? In 45 seconds you can know if the problem is with the pump or somewhere forward of that. Maybe someone ELSE with an '83 model can unplug the TPS just to confirm it's not required for fuel flow...

Since nobody else will help you take talk to Dave rebello he builds l series motors. You also could use your motor mill your cylinder head down and use a slimmer head gasket to raise compression ratio a bigger cam 6 to 1 header with exhaust new plugs better wires better coil cold air intake that would be a good start

There is a wealth of information available if you are willing to take some effort yourself to aquire it. The people on this board help because they enjoy sharing. Some of us are a little old school and believe in old fashioned concepts such as spelling and punctuation. Humour(Canadian spelling:D)us. Regards Casey

Wasted on your schooling. These are grown men, show some respect and type words.

You're "researching" from a phone. Put the phone down and find a computer.

Remember what I said in your other thead about people not taking you seriously.......

Download the FSM and set to factory specs. You will be much farther ahead having done that.

I heard putting a handful of mothballs in your gas tank every fill-up will "make it run like a scared rabbit.