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Two each. Bottom is drain, side is fill.

One week till the January Sacramento Z Car Reunion - Hangover Event. 10am to 1pm hanging with the gang at the donut shop then off to RPM for a little SPEED THERAPY! See you there!

I got pics too! I left about 1:30 after my wife and kid abandoned me and left with friends. (she knows the mother of the owner of Lollicup). The Orangish-red Infinity in the picture just above was the most amazing car there (though the Skyline was unique). There is less than an inch between the spoiler and the ground and the paint is perfect. Never rained while I was there! There were people at this event from Oregon and Nevada!

Consider your adjuster to be a worthy opponent going in. Don't disrespect him by coming to the battle empty handed. First of all, it isn't a bad idea to have an appraisal done every few years on these cars. Have an expert lay eyes and hands on the car and give you a document that outlines his or her credentials and the value of your car. Second, get the classic car value of the car through NADA or Kelley or whomever. All of them if you can and emphasize the high end of the value. Third, get comps. Comps are the asking price of other cars in your cars general area of the same make and model within the year range. So, if your car is a 280Z you could get comps on a late 75 - 78. You can go with 240Z or 260Z values but be prepared to defend your use of these models. If you come with DATA, the adjuster will most likely be willing to work with you. All he needs to see is an owner with a sheet of paper saying his car is worth a 'potential' $30K and he or she will most likely work with you. The other thing is that they are pressured to settle with you by their own bosses. Usually 30 days is the number I hear. Just refuse. Don't call them back, or if they do get you on the phone just say no.

Leaving in 15 minutes! See you all there. Sucks about the rain but oh well... If you cancel everything for bad weather you don't get to live much life I guess...

We plan on being there! You dangle a Pinoy location in front of my wife and you have her hook line sinker!

Just a bit over two weeks to the Sacramento Z Car Reunion. A meeting of the best of the best Sacramento Datsun Peeps. I will be going out to LolliCup with my wife on Sunday for the NorCal Year End Bash and I may distribute some propaganda there too. See you January 1st - 10am to 1pm at the Deli and after that, RPM for Karting!

Adam Carolla says get your butt to the January Sacramento Z Car Reunion and RPM event - January 1st 2011!

Just thought I would add to the fun! After we close up the donut shop, let's head down to RPM Kart Track for a little friendly competition at the indoor track. Who's in? The Sacramento Z Car Reunion Hangover Edition is just a few weeks away!!!

What could be better than donuts and gasoline! We do the donut and coffee thing from 10am to 1pm, then we head over to RPM and tear it up with the karts. If we get enough people committed we can get one group for a race. We need 10 though... Then the Z peeps can take on the 914 peeps for championship of the world!!!

Reproductions are available. Did you want to maintain originality?

Kill that hangover with a donut and some coffee! See you at the Sacramento Z Car Reunion!

Let's start off 2011 with a little Z car motoring! Saturday, January 1st - 10am to 1pm at Family Donuts and Deli in Carmichael. Corner of Fair Oaks Blvd. and San Juan Avenue. Note the later start to give you late night revelers an hour to sleep in. Don't come drunk though!:sick: Because after we do the donut and coffee thing, we head over to RPM to tear up the Kart track! Who's in?

I know a couple people who put the Megasquirt board inside the stock box to drive the stock sensors. Looks original 'cept it's digital.

No thoughts on that. My data are long gone but I did have Brett Industries do the work on the Air Flow Meter and then build a variable tunable resister from the Water Temperature Sensor. John at Brett used to like projects like this but he has sold the company. Maybe someone there will remember the project. I couldn't tune out the lean bog at tip in and at that time, I didn't have an Air/fuel ratio gauge. These are readily available and cheap now. As a side note, I have since then discovered that A/F data without load is not a tuning tool! Duh!!! I would get things perfect in the driveway and then wonder why it sucked on the road. You need either a temporary system you can drive with or a permanent installation. (or a chassis dyno). My point is that I think I was and you are chasing your tail trying to modify the LJet system. It isn't that you aren't smarter than the LJet, it is that the LJet is dumb-as-a-rock. I went with the SDS because it doesn't require laptop tuning. Megasquirt is often preferred by geeks and nerds because of the rich data it provides. This is fine if you want to take the time to learn what all of that means and tweek the system to get a better response. I just want to drive... If you want to stick with the LJet and I think this is certainly a worthy goal on many levels, I think you can find a company that cleans and reconditions the stock ECU. I know the DJet (914 and many others) have this done.

Better yet... I am in the process of switching from carbs on my 914 to twin individual throttle bodies with Ford Red Top injectors and Simple Digital System injection. The ECU will sort out and process input from TPS, CHT, O2 sensor, and MAP. I am replacing the SDS harness with a custom weather proof harness I am having built by an electrical engineer friend. Once this is done, I will consider doing the same on my 73 triple Weber Z. The cost on the Z will increase by one throttle body (twin throat) and two injectors. As some of you may know, I played around with modifications to the stock EFI and outlined them on my website PlanetZ (No longer exists) back in the 90's. I was disappointed with the results. An analog system just doesn't seem to be flexible enough to tolerate modification. I suspect I have a couple thousand dollars in the 914 system and will have another 500 in it before I am done. Other than cold start up which is a bitch to set up on the 914 it should be as drivable as most modern EFI cars. For cold start I am setting up a mechanical throttle called a hand throttle that increases the idle until you move it back to the normal position. This is the same hand throttle used on the six cylinder 914 from the factory. I have just reverse - engineered it.

A woman pregnant with triplets was walking down the street when a masked robber ran out of a bank and shot her three times in the stomach. Luckily the babies were OK. The surgeon decided to leave the bullets in because it was too risky to operate. She gave birth to two healthy daughters and a healthy son. All was fine for 16 years, and then one daughter walked into the room in tears. "What's wrong?" asked the mother. "I was taking a tinkle and this bullet came out," replied the daughter. The mother told her it was okay and explained what happened 16 years ago. About a week later the second daughter walked into the room in tears. "Mom, I was taking a tinkle and this bullet came out." Again the mother told her not to worry and explained what happened 16 years ago. A week later her son walked into the room in tears. "It's okay" said the Mom, "I know what happened. You were taking a tinkle and a bullet came out." "No," said the boy, "I was playing with myself and I shot the dog."

Unfortunately, although he doesn't describe in his listing that the headlight covers are of two different types - early and late, he does show it in the picture and any buyer who disputed would probably lose if he claimed it was clearly shown. Ebay is tilted heavily toward the seller which is of course, how they get paid.

And to you! Oh and all the rest of you too!

Check the top of the strut. The nut up there clunks when it isn't properly torqued.

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I found a couple pictures I took in the 1980's at Brainerd International Raceway that I will scan and post. Probably in the Vintage Race Pictures thread. Gene Crowe in one. I believe he passed in the 1990's and Paul Newman in another. As I was one of the track medical staff, I had full access to the pits and paddock area and was able to walk right up and shoot pictures. I believe Gene Crowe was BSR's crew chief and Paul was... Well you know.

Tomorrow morning. Rain or shine, probably rain. The November Sacramento Z Car Reunion - 9am to noonish. Be there! Don't be a Bill! Dog shows are for wimps!!! 8D

Food for thought guys... Thanks... Door handle is installed so that isn't a problem In fact, that is why the window frame is out. I couldn't get my hands in there to reassemble with the window frame in place.

See you then Julio! 8@