Marty Rogan

Yes. Look on the passenger side up near the body. There should be 2-3 threaded holes to use. Make your own mounting plate, and you are on your way.

I think you are not understanding what I said. You mounted the pump to the tank. I am talking about mounting the pump to the uni-body frame in front of the gas tank. That will get it up much closer to the body. I think I used a Carter pump too, and it did not hang down lower than the gas tank. I wish I had taken a picture of it. Maybe someone else used the same spot and could chime in with a picture. Marty

I believe the '73 & 74's came with an electric fuel pump, as well as the mechanical pump. There are threaded holes in the cross frame just in front of the fuel tank, on the passenger side. Find those holes and clean out the threads. On my '71, I fabricated an aluminum bracket, mounted it to the threaded holes and then mount the electric pump to the bracket. That should keep the pump up and out of the way, and in somewhat of a stock location.

It looks to be in pretty good condition, for a good price. The one drawback that jumps out is the salvage title. Personally, I am not fond of the color, but that could be changed.

I totally agree with you on that. I am not a fan of that huge open grill look.

Very interesting. Do you have any pictures of them installed in your floor? I would like to see how you have them arranged.

Hey Chuck, Thanks for the info. I am trying to collect as many tips as possible form various people. It helps to get a different perspective. So what is a "floor pot"? Some sort of anchoring device? Can you post a picture or send a link to a website? Thanks, Marty

Sweet!!! That is a great set up you have there. I like the fact that you have a separate room for completed projects and a separate work area. How much square footage do you have? What kind of heating do you have? I am hoping to build my own Garage Mahal in about 4 years when I retire and move to a spot with more land. Any advise you would care to share? Marty

Very true. HP is nice, but torque, you can feel!

What kind of HP is it putting out? I have been considering the same type of project. I want to have a streetable car that performs really well on the track, but is durable. I don't want a high-strung race motors that needs to be rebuilt every 2 years. I would say you have a great start there. Marty

So what does the manual show for a HP gain? Does it show jetting for the L24 and the L28?

It looks like a nice set up. What are you going to replace it with? Marty

I never heard of the "bulge" style lug nuts. What is the difference?

The top left pic looks about right. Just do a trial fitment and it will be real obvious what you need to shave off. I think I just used standard chromed lug nuts. Nothing special at all.

To do the vented rotors, you will need a spacer to make the calipers line up right. The guy I bought mine from is no longer in business. Not sure who sells them now, but I am sure someone must. As I recall, the caliper has 2 or 3 ribs on the top of it. I used a grinder to shave one of them off. It wasn't hard, just messy and stinky. You will love it though. It is definitely a worthwhile mod. Marty

If you have the calipers that use the stock rotor, that would be true. If you want to run the vented rotors, you have to use the wide version of the caliper, which can give clearance problems, depending upon which wheel you use.

One other consideration is which brakes you are using? If you are sticking with stock ones, it is no issue. If you wanted to upgrade to the Toyota 4x4 brakes, the bowed out brakes would probably clear them. I had them on my track car with 15x7 Rewinds and I had to grind off one of the ribs on the caliper to clear the wheel. Marty

Hi Eric, Nice looking car. What are you asking for it? Marty

I don't want to hiijack the thread either, but I didn't know when you might visit us again. Glad to hear you are doing well and still in the car game. Congrats on the retirement!! I hope to retire in another 4 years. I am starting to look for a bigger garage, with a nice house attached!! Take care, Marty

Hi Arne!! How are you? How's everything in the Porsche world?

Hey, I just realized that you own Arne's old car. Glad to see you joined the club and that the car is alive and doing well. Looks like that was a great trip. Marty

Thanks Mike, that's what I wanted to confirm.

Hey Pop's Z, As a fire fighter, what do you think of Steve J's idea of just popping the initial latch to have a gap to spray an extinguisher into? Would that still let in too much oxygen? I have often wondered about that. Unfortunately, I can attest to just how scary an engine fire is on a 240Z. After I had finished a 7 year restoration on my first '73 Z, I was driving north on Rte. 53 near Lisle, IL, when the car started accelerating on its own. At 65 in a 45 MPH zone, I figured that I couldn't keep going like that, so I reached down and shut it off. By the time I coasted to the side, I had flames coming out of the hood vents (had a '78 hood on it). I popped the initial latch. Me and a couple other drivers emptied 3 extinguisher on it to no avail. It was like peeing on a forest fire. After that I told every one to get back and let it burn. The fire was so intense that it shut down Rte. 53 for an hour. Once the fire department put it out, I was standing behind the car talking to one of the cops. The car was completed toasted all the way up to the back of the doors. From there back it looked perfect. The cop said "It's a shame, it looks like you just bought this car". He couldn't believe it was 13 years old. I figured out that the center Weber carb stuck wide open and poured gas on the header. To this day, I would not have Webers on one of my cars. It was a real sick feeling seeing that car go up in flames. But I was so grateful to get out unhurt. It definitely is not worth getting seriously burned over it. Cars can be replaced. Marty

No. I don't need any. I was just trying to think of some of the parts that were made out of stainless. I am surprised those are still available.

What about the stainless trim around the windshield and rear window molding?