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I agree with the several who have called this normal. You create a big vacuum leak when you do that and it kills the motor. You mention that you rebuilt and that it is running rough. Did you stick an aftermarket cam in? The stock injection on the late '75 on with LJet does not respond well to loss of vacuum signal. Most of the aftermarket cams I have seen will give you very little vacuum.

The receipts will help but only if you do one of two things. First is to do nothing. If you just refuse to settle, telling them their offer is ridiculous, they will have to come up higher. An adjuster has one job for his company and that is to settle fast and low. You are a thorn in his bonnet if you just don't settle. The second is to name a number that you can live with. Don't be shy about it. You have the right to be made whole. You lost X so why settle for less than that? Think about it, you paid a certain amount for the car, you put a good deal of money into the car since buying it. The car isn't depreciating in value at this point - it is only going up in value so why shouldn't you have what you have in it or more?

So they offered you $2200 and you don't sound totally bummed. Now, I want you to call the adjuster and make a counter offer of $7500. He expects it. You will then get a revised offer of $5000. If you were not totally destroyed by the $2200 offer you should be happier with the $5000 right? The salvage value will not change. You can still keep it for the offer less that $86.

Drunk driving in Norway will get you life in prison...

You need to learn to say large numbers with a straight face. When he says $1500 you say "oh no, $15,000 and not a penny less. If you can't authorize that get someone who can and don't call me back until you do." Insurance adjusters are paid to settle. Quickly and low. My advice is don't. The longer you make him wait the better it will turn out for you.

Where are you at in Sac area Owen? Loved your garage build.

Her insurance will be the hardest one to deal with. They will total it. Then offer you $1400 and take your car away. If you want to keep it, you will get less - say $900. You will have a fight on your hands unless you by some miracle had an appraisal done valuing the car at what it is worth or refuse to settle without a post accident appraisal. Either way, if your state has a savage title program you will likely have one soon. You don't have by chance a stated value insurance policy or an agreed value policy. Even when it is her fault, you stand a better chance of getting what it is worth if you have established value before the accident.

You guys remember, jets and such are relative to your altitude. Consider that before you go changing things based on someone in Denver's recommendation when you live in Miami. Ideally, set them on a dyno with tailpipe sensors for your richness and such...

Hello Wilson from Elk Grove! I am Rob from Fair Oaks. Mine is a '73 as well but a bit more traditional on the powerplant. There are a couple of us at least around here. Matman is up toward Auburn. I have an event every month that is mostly Porsche guys but since I am a Datsun guy first, Z guys are invited. Family Donuts and Deli, 9045 Fair Oaks Blvd. Corner of Fair Oaks Blvd. and San Juan Avenue. This month, the 23rd 9am to noonish. Car doesn't have to run - this is just about the people and getting to know each other. Never know when you might need an extra set of hands for that R 200 install... Good to have someone you can call.

Anyone protesting that would have to know Z cars and your car like a brother. Not likely to be noticed.

Vic's "full interior" was an interesting interpretation. It clearly was determined to be legal as it would certainly have been protested at Nationals when he won with it. It was, as I recall lightweight carpet screwed to the door panels and the same on the floor. It wasn't so much THE full interior as it was A full interior. Very fast car and driver...

Oh gosh... If I put it down in black and white - I suppose I have to accomplish it don't I? I have a complete new interior to install, seats to recover, new dash with new guages to put in.... Then, I suppose I will drive it.

Ideally, what you replace your stock brakes with would be as good as well serviced stock brakes or better by some measure. Brakes convert kinetic energy to heat so having larger calipers is only part of the equation. Lighter would be one measure of better. For instance, I discovered that Alfa Romeo GTV aluminum Brembo brakes had the same bolt spacing as my stock Porsche 914 caliper. As an added bonus, they were spaced for a vented rotor. Porsche is a master of economy so they use the same bearings and spindle size on the 911SC. So, I got lighter aluminum brakes and a vented rotor. Better on two counts, lighter and better at dissipating heat. As an added bonus I polished them so they are so sexy people oooh and ahhhh over them all the time. See the picture below. These weigh 4# per side less than the factory calipers! 8# of unsprung weight!!! Has anyone really searched to see what else had the same mounting bolt spacing and could use a vented rotor that would also fit? This would be an improvement worthy of arguing with the original engineers. I recall an engineer from Lockheed-Martin that used to post to the old IZCC email list saying words to the effect - arguing with an engineer is like mud wrestling with a pig. After a while your covered in mud and you realize the pig loves it. Bottom line is this; if you cannot measurably improve on the braking - stick with well serviced stock brakes. They were engineered by the factory and should be just fine with a set of really good pads.

What does he do now? Is he still in Campbell?

She is cheating on you. If she really loved you, she would have gotten you a new dash JK!!!

Adhesive remover. WD40

I wired a foglight switch that was in my dash as an off/on for my fuel pump on my 914-6. It has even fooled me once or twice!!!

If I were you, and this is just a word to the wise, I would start worrying about a wife even before you have one. That way, you will not be in such a hurry to get one. They are wonderful - and hell all at the same time! I'd worry about the smell and mess too. I can almost hear the conversation at Thanksgiving dinner when you are 35 and you're trying to raise your own kids and Grandma and Grandpa start telling them about the time you rebuilt that engine in the basement and stunk up the whole damned house!:stupid: Thereby undermining everything you have tried to keep your own kids from doing! :classic:

I'm not sure if your basement is finished or not but having built several engines, I can tell you that even after the gunk from the previous life is cleaned off all of the parts - engine building is messy. If it looks perfect, you still need to spray it down with brake cleaner and wipe it then douse it in assembly oil before you bolt it together. I'm pretty sure I would suffer something between blatant stink-eye and sudden death if I tried to rebuild an engine in the basement and my wife is tiny and sweet. Bigger - meaner wives will probably take your head off. Ever smell brake cleaner??? Better to take the parts that you have cleaned down there and bag them up so you can assemble them in the spring. Engines don't have that many parts and once you have done the clean and prep it takes only a good day to assemble.

I had a body shop do that several years back. The poor guy gave me a quote and then spent 4X the hours on it that he quoted me. I paid him extra...

I forgot to mention, when I did this I purchased a set of two electric seat warmer kits from a guy in Oregon who has a website called Camp914. They are great! 50 degree night with the windows open and heater on low... Heaven!

Heater control valve? Behind the glove box, on the inside of the firewall. Sometimes pisses all over your carpet when it is bad...

I have them. They seem to be very high quality. I used the foam inserts as well...

Check your cables. Check your grounds. A great battery will not do a thing unless the electrons can flow.

Call a dealership and ask. I have used the turbo pump and do not recall there being a choice.