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I treated Baby to a Brazilian today. Pretty sure I heard a deep sigh of appreciation in the exhaust note afterwards.

New wheels are in for Project 240, Rota RKR 15x8 Zero offset. Was thinking about 205-55-15’s, from what I gather this will keep everything under the fenders and hopefully no rubbing.

Several reasons.... The expensive one has FREE shipping. ($8.48 shipping on Niles) The expensive one guarantees delivery by Sept 11. ( Niles delivery by Oct. 25) Niles is from a non English speaking country as evidenced by the use use of the made up word "Equipments" on the box. Equipment is a non-count noun, or a noun that cannot be counted and does not have a plural form. Like all things in life, pay your money and take your chances....kind of like why it hurts when Cliff pees. Dennis

There's not much reason to take the pans off and clean them. Extra time and effort and could lead to unexpected problems and leakage. Do you know why it has been sitting? They all "ran when parked" but there must be a reason. Some simple things that you can do are to open the fuel line between the fuel filter and the rail and see if there's liquid fuel in it. See if it smells like gasoline or sweet kerosene. Or Pine Sol. If it's dry or the fuel is orange-red and smells funny the injectors could be gummed up. If it smells like gasoline they'll probably be okay. After you check the fuel tank for rust and old fuel, refill it with fresh gasoline then run the fuel pump to push the old fuel out of the rail and injectors and get it diluted with good new fuel. Or break the return line back by the tank and push the old fuel out. Check that the breaker plate in the distributor isn't rusted. If it is the bearing cage will probably break when vacuum is applied on the first engine start. Lube it up before starting. Pop the valve cover and see how much rust is under there. Condensation can produce a lot of moisture over time. If there's rust then one of the oils with zinc additive might be a good idea. Many people don't use it after break-in but better to be safe. Valvoline VR-1 is popular. I think that NAPA carries it. Check the air filter housing and intake tubing for mice nests. It's one of their favorite spots, besides the air vents in the cabin. Squirt some oil in the cylinders through the plug holes and let it coat the rings before spinning the engine. Some of the valves are always open when the engine is stopped so there will be at least two cylinders with some surface rust on the bores.

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Looks great Jeff!

I think it's mostly the volume. There was a thread very recently showing the inside of one of the water c ocks and you can see that it's a very small orifice, compared to the size of the water hose. The volume through the heater core is small. Connecting the hoses lets a large volume of coolant pass through the block then right back to the pump inlet. Big hoses. It would be like running a smaller water pump. Plus the coolant is hot from absorbing block heat but doesn't pass through the radiator or the heater core. So you end up with a large portion of the pump volume absorbing heat but not releasing it to the radiator. Somebody actually did some dyno runs with temperature measurements to show the effect. The infamous Tony D. The engine got much hotter with the hoses connected, than with them blocked.

Interesting. I find that the vintage rubber door weatherstripping works perfectly, same as original Nissan, and without any sealant. / glue. Couldn't imagine my doors shutting or sealing better. And, I have a 24k mile 240 with perfect original weatherstripping to compare with.

Wow, R.I.P. Loved Smokey and the Bandit, and Gator. I think those were my favorites.

I’d take a peek under the valve cover and look at the cam and make sure you lube it up with some engine assembly lube. I’d also crank the engine by hand first to make sure it’s free before cranking. I’d put some, new oil in first also. Something temporary to help collect all the gunk in the engine from sitting. You can replace it again later. I did this and after the first change and about 30mins of idle time the oil came out really black. Changed it again and now it’s clean. Dont ruisk running contaminated oil through your head.

Always fun to watch. Appeared to live life on his own terms. Dennis

This was my mix...

I like the bmw cohiba brown interior for the seats and door panels. Would look great with the green. I always said that if I had a green Z the interior would be the cohiba brown.

If you're going to replace the shoes you might as well spray some WD-40 or squirt some oil inside and spin the wheel to get things lubed up. Even after you get them started they'll be hard to keep coming.

6 X F19 tubes have been shipped from carb.deals on Ebay. They are shipping from the Czech Republic. I highly recommend Carb.Deals. Great service, selection, pricing, and quick shipping: Here is their store front: https://www.ebay.com/str/CarbDeal?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

It's a good idea to replace all the studs if you can, they take a lot of abuse over the decades with air guns, brake jobs and tire replacements. They are inexpensive and available at any auto parts store, same with the nuts. Once the new studs and nuts are installed and torqued to specs take the car out for a 1-2 mile drive and then re tighten.

You've been using the illicit side of the free market?

Why does it hurt when I pee?

How about you do as the other members have suggested in this thread already? Seriously, this is test you or a mechanic can do quite simply.

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Over the past 2 month. Pulled the engine and trans, had the head rebuilt, rebuilt the motor, cleaned and repainted engine bay: rebuilt the front end and replaced all the rubber, new struts. Removed front fenders, resprayed undercoating and or paint where appropriate. Still need to finish engine bay details, rework stock valve cover and then we can drop motor and trans back in. INterior was completely striped and seats have been rebuilt. New wheels, tires exhaust etc etc etc......