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I put the motor in with some help from my friends last weekend, here's some motor porn for you guys.

You're not calling me a "dipstick" are you Blue?

BASH Definition: Informal. A thoroughly enjoyable, lively party. Synonyms: A celebration, blowout, diversion, gala, riot, shindig, festive occasion, get-together, wingding, party, festival, jubilee, good time, a BLAST. The Motorsport Auto Z-Car West Coast Nationals / Z-Bash turns 20 this year, and on Saturday, April 25th, 2015, we'll be announcing a brand new chapter in the life of the show that was born on Saturday, April 20, 1996, and has fueled the whole Z Show craze ever since. This Z-Bash will be both a Z-Party (the events we have planned so far can be seen below), and a look at the exciting future of the show. Come to our shop in Orange, CA, at 1139 West Collins Avenue, on Saturday, April 25th, 2015, at 9am, for a great day of Z enjoyment, and a preview of the next chapter of Z-Bash! Come and represent for Classic Z Cars! Z-Bash for this April will feature the following: •It's All About The Z! Z-Cars in the parking lots, Z-Cars on the streets, Z-Cars all over the neighborhood. 'Nuff said! FREE. No registration necessary. •Z's For Sale Area! FREE. Pre-registration required. •The world famous Motorsport Garage Sale! •Car Show Showroom Sale! •DYNOJET Dyno Runs! Subsidized price $49.95! Spaces filling up. You can reserve your spot NOW at (800)633-6331 (during business hours). More details. •The HABIT! Gourmet burger lunch will be provided if you do one of the following! 1. Make an on site donation to the Wounded Warrior Project or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital! 2. Bring a Z! 3. Buy somethin'! 4. Bring a receipt from something you purchased from us over the past year. 5. Fool us (but then we're going to guilt you into donating to charity anyway). •Opportunity drawings! We'll have some great Z stuff that you just might win! •All about the new show plans! We think you'll like what we have planned for the "big" future! •Z-Bash plus weekend events hosted by Group Z or Fairlady Generations including the Z Grand Prix, a Pacific Coast Highway Z Run, a Z Cruise-In, and a Generations Cruise! More details & maps at TheZStore.com Z-Bash Questions? Just call us at (800)633-6331, or email us at zbash@motorsportauto.com.

Bored and waiting for a plane here in japan. I saw this in the restroom Above the urinal. Strange place for sanity to be. Gotta love their version of english

And here is a sample of some of the shiny bits getting installed with it. I also cleaned and re-wrapped the entire wire harness in the engine bay and then replaced almost all of the fasteners with stainless (and Never-Seez)

Thanks. It's the detergents that would be the issue, I suppose. Sludge. Browsing through all of the various oil container labels, and ad copy, and internet information, it's surprising that none of the companies can paint a clear picture of what someone with an old, pre-catalytic converter car can use to keep their old car engine in safe condition. Seems like there's an opportunity here. Not to mention all of the old cars with catalytic converters, What are they supposed to do? Valvoline seems to get closest with their VR-1 but even they can't simply address the basics of everyday use. Still called a racing oil, with just an insinuation that it's appropriate for daily usage. Pennzoil doesn't even have a link to their racing oil on the Pennzoil web site. http://www.valvoline.com/pdf/vr1_racing.pdf Somebody needs to just produce an "old car oil" and supply information about how they address the cam wear issue. With zero hype. That would be awesome.

If you find you still want/need a Haynes manual in addition to the FSM downloads, I have an extra one that you're welcome to. And speaking of welcome, welcome to the club! I don't post a ton, but I've had a thousand questions answered before I even had to ask just by reading the collected knowledge on this site.

That is cool! They got it right, down to the rust. Are you still snowed in? Cabin fever? Am I gonna have to take out a communication facility in Atlanta? Is Nortel still in business?

My L28 race engine might not see the abuse of stop and go traffic, but it does see 24+ hours straight of race track conditions. It makes power to 7000 RPM and is only shut down to refill the gas tank every 2 hours. I run a Web Racing cam and I only run Valvoline VR-1. The cam looks great after thousands of race miles. I have torn apart many, many L series engines and quite a few of them have had cam wear even though the rest of the engine looked great. I can't say if my race engine's cam would wear without the added zinc, but why chance it?