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I know,she's stunning ain't she? And the Z behind her ain't so shabby either!

Or NAPA, bought a bag of these today and with a bit of modification with a square file they work perfectly. I have 12 extras left over for the next 3 Zs

Great advice I'm sure, but if my car is on fire I'm going to put out or get burnt trying. I keep a good sized fire extinguisher behind the passenger seat attached to the shock tower for easy access. I'm going to have a look for that Flame out foam now that it is available to the public, looks like great stuff.

I finally took some time and timed my newly rebuilt 2.4. I initially had set the idle timing to 10 degrees and noticed it would flatten out around 5,000 RPM so I knew I had some more tuning to do. So today, a month later, I took some vacuum readings and actually used the $100 dial back timing light I got for Christmas. My results, 17 hgs of ported vacuum at 2,500, off the front carb's vacuum advance hose. Good I think. Set the static/idle to 17 degrees at 800 RPM then ran the dial back function up to 34, it's digital, and set the RPM to 2,500 and shot the pulley. Dead on 0, TDC mark on the pulley. Went for a drive, ran great. A brand new Corvette was out too. I pull up alongside him and we exchange thumbs up, he looks ahead I drop down to 3rd gear and floor it. You know how autos hesitate for a second while they spin up? I pulled ahead of him for that one second then he shot by me like an RPG. He slowed down to get beside me, gave me a salute and a smile as did I for him. Wonderful morning!

And to conclude this thread, here is @Zup 's center valence all done up real purdy and on the car. Thanks dude! That's my grand-dogger Ruby expressing her approval.

HA! Now I understand why on your personal page , you say: "MY NAME IS MUD!" Snicker... Jai

Never mind, found the diagram below, will try it out now

Final photo of the seats in the car! I am very pleased. I also took the time to refinish my center console, and tried my hand at some fiberglass work to strengthen it and repair a crack. Not bad for my first go. I should have picked up some of that SEM texturizer to where I filled the tiny crack and sanded it smooth. But I can do that next time I have it off. Car looks and feels fresh and new again.