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During the Branson Z Fest, Zup, Jim (S30Driver), and I spent a lot of time talking about everything under the sun as it related to cars and especially Z's. Unfortunately, it was more like under the rain as we had a lot of bad weather during the festival and therefore even more time to talk about everything related to cars. In any case, one topic that came up during discussion was jump starting our Z's during those times when you happened to have left your lights on, etc and in the course of that discussion I told my new found Z colleagues about this ultra portable jump starter that I had recently purchased. Zup and Jim had not seen one before and so after seeing mine, they suggested I write it up here for everyone else on the forum that might benefit. I did quite a bit of research on these before I made a purchase but ended up with 4 of them that I also gave as xmas gifts to my wife and kids. These were purchased on Amazon. Brand name is Suaoki. About $89 as I recall. The product is essentially a very high capacity Lithium Polymer battery in a very small size and is capable of jump starting cars. The manufacturer claims that it is a 1800 mAh battery. It comes with jumper cables, a variety of adapters to allow the ability to power / charge other devices, has USB ports, and can be charged from a variety of sources. It all comes packaged in a very nice case with multiple compartments. I have only had the ability to use it once, but it worked as advertised. It seems very well made and so far I am happy with the purchase. Will likely get another to carry in the Z just in case. Here's a few pictures of the product. Hope you all find this useful. Mike.

That is the way top do it. Iterative. Actually, the main reason they want idle speed to be low is so that the mechanical advance weights aren't advancing the timing. So it doesn't have to be exact. You'll probably find that you adjust the timing, then the idle speed, and the timing doesn't change, because it's below the activation RPM for the mechanical advance. If timing moves a lot at low RPM then you probably have a broken/weak spring in your distributor. You shouldn't get any change in timing until 1200 RPM. Specs. are in the Engine Electrical chapter.

I had my '78 280Z front and rear bumpers chrome plated at a small local shop here in Miami. I shopped around and the estimates went form $1000 each () to $300 each. I took the latter and I would say the job was a 9/10. The inside surfaces were prepped and plated as well but I sealed them with 2 part anti-corrosion black paint before putting them back on the car.

I found some renderings that cought my eye.

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