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#1 in my book is TERM LIMITS. On of Alabama's, Richard Shelby, is 100 or something close.

Compare Congress to a good pot of simmering stock. Every now and then you have to remove the scum that forms on top. There's some good under it.

We could start with getting rid or severely modifying the two National Security Acts (Truman, Reagan) that allow Washington to hide all the skulduggery and worse that routinely goes on behind the scenes and eliminate that ridiculous law that states that corporations are the same as a human being. Then we could "follow the money" and get rid of K Street and the lobbyists. No need to try to sort out who needs to go. If we get the corporate money out of Congress, the Narcissists will follow it right out the door.

It’s mostly filled with immoral people but that’s not a reason to give up on our system. We can get positive outcomes out of Washington but the people need to hold them accountable. The media isn’t helping on that front. I’d only go because I’d rather be part of a broken system than sit on the sidelines and complain how the sausage is made. I’d wait until the kids are out of the house and I have nothing else better to do. I’ll work in some capacity until the day I die because the alternative will kill you faster. When I see these clowns we have in Congress I say to myself “wow, we can’t do better than this moron”. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Why would any good moral person want to submit themselves and their family to the political process??? I know of several good people that have gone to Washington to only be frustrated by not being able to effect change and the self dealing gravy train that is Washington DC. If your fellow party member comes to you for support on their bill and you say ok where do I go to read it? Read it?!?!? they say Then you get the rep as not being a team player! No committee appointments, no re-election money. Banished to the coat closet. They literally want you to vote for something because a fellow D or R proposed it. Not because you read it and it sounded like a good idea. The real kicker is you could throw all 545 out tomorrow and in very short time you would be right back here because of lobbying and the unelected bureaucrat. I know it's a broke system but if you made me king tomorrow I'm not sure I would know how to fix it. "...this form of government is only suitable for a moral people. It will work with no other..." Do you really believe DC is filled with moral people??

No need for that, haven't you heard, the swamp has been drained. It was an election promise.

Nope, Nissan can't tell you to the best of my knowledge. Best chance is to look for areas that were missed when stripped

Okay, not only are Saturn and Jupiter aligned today, but also the suspension, engine and body on this poor little Z. TC rods lengthened, frame rail holes redrilled and K member moved ahead, sway bar mounts shifted, and yes finally the steering shaft fits as it should. Everyone can relax now. Back to regular programming. Nothing to see here.

Both that 196 SP 'Fantuzzi Spyder' and the Cobra Daytona Coupe were examples born of Kamm tail type styling, and both integral to the shape of the rear ends on the cars. The Daytona more exaggerated, but still integral. You were talking about add-on/bolt-on spoilers previously. My 250GTO pic is an example of a bolt-on being tested. Some people will argue that these are low-volume racing specials, and we should be looking more at series production road cars. The 432-R could fall into both camps depending on viewpoint. Trust me, Brock never had anything to do with the rear spoiler on the 432-R. I'm a big admirer of his work (especially with the Daytona Coupe, although I think AC's own A98 Coupe was both more lovely and more efficient) but let's give Nissan and their engineers a little bit more kudos for their work, please. AC A98 Coupe:

Unless modified by an owner, 70-77 have an external regulator.

Does it have an external voltage regulator? I don't remember when they went to internal.

The alternator isn’t charging strongly at idle, but seems to be fine above idle, and that’s not reason to do anything. Yet. Keep an eye on it. If you ever get into a “needle on the negative side” while driving around, then think about doing something.

Um...don't mess with it. I don't see anything wrong with those numbers or with the ammeter action.

Once a person gets rich and powerful they just seem to lose connection with the common person. It seems to happen to even the most conscientious people. Here's Dr. Deborah Birx using the excuses that every common person is aware of, because they all are experiencing the same thing. She, for some weird reason, is completely tone-deaf. She just has the lost the ability to "get it". Dr. Fauci gets it. Dr. Birx doesn't. These same thoughts have been all over the news for the common person for months and months. She thought she was privileged or that nobody would find out. Sad to see a supposed professional be so dim-witted, or, maybe, dishonest. https://nypost.com/2020/12/22/dr-deborah-birx-to-retire-after-holiday-travel-scandal/ "She also tried to justify her decision to travel to Delaware from Washington with her husband, daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren. “I think what was done in the past week to my family — you know, they didn’t choose this for me. They’ve tried to be supportive, but to drag my family into this,” Birx trailed off. “My daughter hasn’t left that house in 10 months, my parents have been isolated for 10 months. They’ve become deeply depressed as I’m sure many elderly have as they’ve not been able to see their sons, their granddaughters,” she said. “My parents have not been able to see their surviving son for over a year. These are all very difficult things,” she added."

One of the Elders.

Bendpaks are great lifts, but they do sit the car up a little higher than some of the low profile lifts marketed for car stacking. I don’t have any first hand experience with car stacker lifts, but I can say to make sure you have all your measurements down (and then measure again), and know exactly how high the roofline will be using “x” lift. You’ll want to take the measurement from the highest point on the concrete in the garage, because if it isn’t plum level then the lift will need to be shimmed on the corners that sit lower, adding to the total height. And if there’s a drastic rake in the garage then different or modified ramps may be required.

I removed the velocity stacks from the airbox and mounted them to the carbs, and use a pair of Uni foam motorcycle air filter socks. No trouble fussing with a bulky airbox.

So I assume the OE airbox wouldn't be viable? Hell it's a pain to get it off there now with the one insulator. Thank you Racer X. I love learning stuff. Maybe I can figure out something useful from your info.

Try emailing sales@gregsmithequipment.com. I bought my scissor lift from them. If I can remember, I'll look for the manual. And for @Av8ferg, I had a good experience with Greg Smith Equipment. I went to them because they are local to me. They actually messed up and sent me a better lift than what I ordered. I let them know, and they didn't charge me the difference. The only downside about that for me (if you want to consider it a downside) was that I had to get a 30A receptacle and circuit breaker installed for that model.

Well it is more complicated that simply adding a couple of spacers and longer studs. The extra 12 or 14 millimeters the added spacer give is only part of the whole package. As I mentioned, the entire intake and exhaust stream was included in the flow bench testing, before and after the work. Port matching, smoothing everything along the way, work done around the valve guide bosses, three angle valve seat cutting, etc. Also note the short exhaust system after the exhaust manifold. There is a relationship between the length of the intake runners and the exhaust, including the headpipes and muffler. The rules require the exhaust exits aft of the steering wheel hub, and meets the maximum decibel limits. I used the largest primary pipes, joined at the elbow just before it exits from under the car, and the muffler is a Lowbak used in circle track racing. Looks like a glasspack, but it isn't. A 3/4" length of tubing runs down the middle, wrapped with a piece of flat stock wrapped in a spiral around it, inserted into the larger tubing, welded in, and then the ends are swedged down to create what looks like a glasspack. There is no fiberglass packing in the muffler. It works very well, and my car never even came close to the decibel limits. So, yes, it does add some power, and it is measurable on a flowbench. The carbs have had extensive work done too, to increase and enhance airflow through them, resulting in more fuel being drawn from the float chambers. I also cheat the cam lift some by running tighter valve lash, which gives another couple of thousandths of an inch of valve lift, and effectively more duration. A comprehensive package that results in more power output. Oh, and I don;t run a mechanical fuel pump. I have never been a fan of them. When the diaphragm fails, fuel gets dumped into the crankcase, diluting the engine oil, which is not a good thing.

This is exactly what I'm in the process of doing. I came across an old thread where @siteunseen had the very coolant hardline I needed if I wanted to avoid having to plug a bunch of unwanted ports. I was also able to take the old manifold coolant connector off of my flat top setup and screw it into the new thermostat housing I ordered. It was a much smaller threaded opening than in my old thermostat. Pic: All I think I need now is the coolant hose reducer segment to go from 3/4" to 1/2" on the passenger side of the engine. Checking my local industrial parts store. Pic:

432-R on October 18th 1969, at Nissan's Ginza, Tokyo head office for the 'Press Preview' event prior to the opening of the Tokyo Motor Show:

Stroker update!! Final assembly and paint

It came off a Datsun Silvia s110 (180SX) 1981 with the L18E engine. It may be on the smallist side.

Well good luck with sorting the carb details out and I'll keep you posted if I offer up public services. I've currently got carbs all over the workshop, but none of it is paying work. Haha!! As with most things I do, the money always seems to go the wrong direction! Haha!

I sent the link to Cody. He wanted to build a 510 track car. He'll want to buy this now...

Like a pseudo tunnel ram. Use four! https://help.summitracing.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5266/~/what-is-a-tunnel-ram%3F

It’s ugly for sure, pathetically ugly. I don’t know what the solution is. We have corruption everywhere in government and on both sides and since the government leaders are their own watchdogs in many cases all their actions are driven by either self/party interest or by the desire to destroy to other side. I sleep better at night pretending it doesn’t exist Maybe I’ll make a run in a few years and dip my feet into the swamp. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

https://qz.com/1572381/the-relationship-between-boeing-trump-and-the-federal-government/ You got your boots on? It gets deep.

We are the leader in the aviation industry on crew rest and we didn’t want the imposed FAA rules on rest because It would have made things worse because of when and how we operate. It’s complicated but the devil is in the details. The UPS crash in Birmingham was purely human error and complacency on the crew. I’ve listened to the cockpit voice recorder in that mishap and we did a case study on it at work last month. On ZHs point. The FAA doesn’t have the depth of professionals to be able to get in the weeds on all new processes and equipment. This sort of stuff has been happening in aviation since its dawn. Regulation is a double edge sword. Not all regulations make us safer, some do the opposite. Most are well intended but fail to see second and third order effects. We get better every year, and we have to have some faith in manufactures. Just like the FDA, it’s not a perfect system. Boeing screwed this one up and they have paid dearly with their reputation and financially. Could have killed the company. Aviation safety is written and progressed in blood. Your greatest risk of dying in a plane is toxic smoke inhalation and manufactures still haven’t changed materials and made it a priority. They’ve already made the cost analysis and it’s cheaper to keep the current materials the standard when they look at the financial risk. I think one the biggest threats to safety and quality in many industries is Wall Street. People only care about quarterly profits. This ultimately hurts the American consumer in so many ways. Companies make poor decisions to meet quarterly profit goals. I don’t know what the financial or engineering reason Boeing chose to not support MCAS with a redundant indicting system. It was probably due to cost but it’s a guess and maybe the FAA was too much imbed with the company. We need to get lobbyist out of Washington...they are the greatest threat to Americans in so many ways, especially in Pharma and medical devices but also in many other critical industries and environmental areas. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Double stack carb spacers? Never heard that but I'm no racer. 2 x these with longer bolts will add power? With a mechanical pump or would you need the electric like you have? I'm thinking of switching to SUs on my EFI '77 2.8 that's been "breathed" on a little bit. Opened up the ports to a trumpet looking match. It's either play with what I have or get another motorcycle, my Mom's still alive but another bike and she would drop dead. " I'm coming Elizabeth!! the dummy bought another motorcycle". I'd have to go electric for my N42 head. I have a high lift cam kit sitting on a shelf, MSA calls it a stage 3. I think it's a schneider 274? Yep, .480. http://schneidercams.com/274FL6.aspx

I shot some pictures of the fuel delivery setup on my race Z with the stoopit phone the other day. The rules require a flame retardant bulkhead between the fuel cell and the passenger compartment, so I built one with aluminum sheet picked up at Boeing Surplus in Kent, Washington (now closed and only available online - I used to go there a couple times a year, and bought lots of materials and abrasive supplies there). It also makes a great place for the dash plaques from the races I have competed in. The supply lines start in the rear corners of the fuel cell, there is a sump about 4” square to ensure an ample supply of fuel under acceleration and cornering. Passing through the access plate the lines then go through 10 micron screens, the Carter fuel pumps, check valves, then are joined up, passed through the floor bulkhead and connected to the steel tubing going to the engine bay. There a short flex line connects to a red Holley fuel pressure regulator with a gauge. The regulator has two outlets, so I ran one to each carb. The engine is prepped to ICSCC Production Car rules. Cylinder head to to manifold port matching, and necessary blending is allowed. Although never on a dyno, the guy that ported and flowed the head, manifolds and carbs estimated a theoretical 230 horsepower. Notice I mentioned the entire intake and exhaust path was on a flow bench. We realized huge gains with some creative work, including altering the length of the intake runners by using two isolators between the carbs and manifolds (gasket type and thickness is free by the rules). More important was with the the increase in airflow over a “stock” setup, with my “stock” setup, along with the increased demand for fuel. This dual pump and pickup configuration supplied fuel adequately for the rigors of racing, so it would certainly be a decent setup for a street driven Z, especially one that has been breathed on a bit.

I frequently talk with Jai. I'll tell her about the new pics in her old thread and let her know everyone says Hi.

I'll bet he would have made the sale if he had removed the paint off the wheels and the name off of the rear spoiler.

There are several graphs like that in @blodi thread where he's trying to tune his Webers: https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/56375-weber-selection-and-initial-jet-tuning/ I don't know how applicable his Weber graphs would be to your round tops, but for example, they look like this: