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I wish there were old timey paper pics. I was discussing Brainerd International Raceway in the Boobs thread this morning. On another occasion, I was out in the middle of the track with my BF Mick. He was driving his 4WD truck and I was the front seat passenger. I had my Canon AE1 and a 100-300 telephoto zoom lens. I was looking at the girls sitting in the back section of the jeep in front of us when one of them started flashing me. I stared and Mick yelled "shoot pictures!" I said, I'm out of film... He said "They don't know that!" She jumped out of the back of the jeep and ran back and handed me a piece of paper with her name and number on it. We didn't spend much time together. She was crazy and I was a med student needing less crazy at the time.

I realized that after I looked up the M3... YIKES!

@grannyknot, my proximal problem is finding a DBW throttle body that has the proper bolt spacing to be bolted up to the L28 intake manifold. Mind measuring your bolt spacing? 😎

So Yarb, I looked in to it. Turns out I didn’t have to look far. That’s what is on the car now!

I’ll look in to it, thanks!

So a little more stuff came today. The fuel rail from ProTunerz in Canada. Nicely finished piece.

Thanks Yarb! I think it's a family operation. The kid spoke up on Facebook and said he was in SoCal...

Ok, I sorted out the Wilwood MC situation by checking Silvermine Motors site. Next question. Who rebuilds/restores brake boosters?

Anybody know which Willwood master cylinder replaces the factory one? I am fairly sure it's a 1" MC but I'm looking for a part number so I can go shopping...

Pictures would be killer. I'm trying to imagine your problem. My Datsun Competition headers, which are more than 4 decades old, can't be installed with the steering shaft in place. I have no other fitment issues and have actually fabricated heat shield for the brake plumbing as boiling brake fluid is no bueno. Show us the problem.

I've been hesitant to pull the brake lines apart. When you do anything in a restoration, you risk the part not being available and in the case of brake lines, you might have to make them. That is possible as the tools and tubes are available. In fact, I think I've had a rudimentary flaring tool in my stash since the 1980's. A remnant of working for my uncle at his gas station before going to school and learning to put people to sleep and keep them pain free while a sadistic bastard cuts them up. I guess that makes me complicit doesn't it! But yesterday, I watched a video of a guy named Francisco Gutierez as he put in new brake lines in his Z. I checked his source which I had to determine by looking at the box as he tried to dump the contents out. Turns out the tubes are available and they are $329.99. So I called and heard the sweet sound of her yelling "order up." Know your date and year of production. I think they have 3 different tubing sets available for the Z. Pretty sure Francisco is a member here. His channel is Panchos Garage. https://Classictube.com

As I was reading through this thread, I was thinking the very same thing that Alan ultimately said, This is a 'Body in White.' I have never heard of Nissan or Datsun supplying a body in white to anyone. Porsche does, but if you ask about a BIW they will tell you NLA... It follows, as Alan said, this adds credence to the BSR connection because you'd have to have some serious stones to get Nissan to supply a body in white. If this was stateside, I'd definitely consider it at that price. In fact, it might be on the low side. Never mind the BSR connection, it's a body in freakin' white! You can't do the paint and body on your project to bring it to this starting condition for that price!

Thx, will do...

zKars, Do you have a website or do you sell them in the classifieds? All of this delay putting the motor in is because I'm refinishing the engine compartment. I suppose I could have tried to clean it up, but since the old engine was out, I just started going after it a section at a time. I soon found out how tedious it is. I'd rather repaint the exterior anytime!

Well, I won. But it took more than a flat head and it pretty much destroyed the female side of the latch... Oh well!

Just ordered the ProtunerZ fuel rail. They must be in Canada as they charged me for Canada Post?

She's somewhat resistant to opening back up. I'm trying though. I have to get it off though because I plan to replace the female portion, heck, both the hood and firewall side with newly plated latches. Just have to find some...

And the female portion of the hood latch mechanism is NLA...

Oh crap! That's quite a cable price! $209!

Well, that's interesting. I've got to make sure the hood release cable is still available before I cut her little head off. I can probably make one using bicycle shift cable, but I'll check with MSA first.

I liked it before as it has the rear hatch and the triangle quarter windows. But, the big square grill was my one dissent. This rendering fixes that. Nice! I'd like to see the headlights tweeked to look more sugar scoopish as well.

I watched the 'vidya.' LOL! Neither of them really cleaned as well as I thought they might given the hype. Seafoam actually raised the compression by 9+% hot and 5% cold. Marvel Mystery oil lowered it hot and stayed the same cold. So, I guess Seafoam wins unless its just a transient effect...

You'd be less surprised if you looked in the other forums where it has been discussed. Nice car. Hope they build it.

I once put mine on a trailer with only starter torque. The only thing I worried about was every time the starter turned the engine over it would push the trailer forward and backward. I was afraid the ramps would come out of the hook... Stock starter is fine!

@jfa.series1 Got the heat shield today. All painted up nice too! Thx!