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Nicely done Captain! Damn. That's why I've always used scissor jacks underneath metal ramps if I'm ever working underneath them.

Yet another great idea! As long as I have some momentum before hitting the wood, I typically don't have issues getting up on them. With that said, rossiz makes a good point, and most of the time I work on my cars at the shop anyway where I have access to lifts and whatnot.

Awesome find Steve and Captain!

Exactly! I have to do that with the Z and even my bone-stock S2000. It just adds one step to the process, you get used to it.

Some chunks of 2X4.

Welcome! Good to have another SF Bay Area member.

You can do a leak down test but those compression numbers aren't awful. I bet some valves are just not sealing as well as the others. If your oil consumption isn't the rings, it could be the valve stem seals, an item that gets replaced during a head job.

Thumbs up for the thread title!

Sure, you can bolt on throttle bodies and having something nice to look at, but to make it all actually work is certainly not plug-and-play...

Back on point, I've heard good things about the Patton Machine stuff and Megasquirt is a great way to go for a standalone. This is not a plug-and-play project. There is much research ahead of you...

None of the above. The "SUs" that came on Z-cars aren't actually SUs, they are Hitachi HJG46W (USA round tops) or HMB46W (USA flat tops), the design being licensed by SU. They're colloquially referred to as SUs because that's where the design came from, Nissan called them both SUs and SU-type in the FSMs.

A compression test is a good idea and if it shows any signs that something is wrong, make sure you check leak-down as well. If all is healthy, I'd take the head to the machine shop to get checked. An alternative is buying a used head as mentioned above, sending that head to the machine shop, and then just swapping heads.

Replace the head gasket. It's a relatively easy job on the L-series.

Let's call it 2450lb with AC. There is no way an early 260Z weighs in at 2700lb without Professor Klump in the driver's seat.

I always fill the Z tank slowly. Have to do the same on my S2000, strangely enough.

My first suggestion: don't use GVWR as a guide to curb weight unless you also have the maximum load capacity on hand (GVWR=Curb Weight + Max Load). An early 260Z weighs in at just over 2400lb, confirmed on actual scales and not internet numbers.

It's currently in the stages of transforming it into an even wilder monster of a Z: My Dream LS7GTZ.......project underway - Page 30 - S30 Series - 240z, 260z, 280z - HybridZ

The car baselined at 145hp at the rear wheels and after a bit of tuning and high-octane gas, I had it at 220 with some headroom left. Low octane would probably be more in the 210whp range. That's a 65-75whp gain so you definitely feel it! I have to say though, bone stock (brake pads, Prius tires, and all) the car was a blast to drive on the track, as long as it wasn't as brake-heavy as Laguna. We bled the brakes and changed pads at Laguna because of how demanding it was on brakes.

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I used a Walker Quiet-Flow. All I hear is glorious induction noise when I get on it.

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Fixed. I believe that you still must smog 1975s but only upon sale, unless that's been changed recently.

They're cheap for a reason. That chrome coating will begin to peel off upon first removal.

FWIW, About 99.9% of California gas stations sell only E10 gasohol. There are a handful of stations in the state that still sell non-ethanol blended gasoline...

I also utilize the New Posts feature on both forums. Because HBZ has their classifieds integrated into the forum, they're essentially browsed by everyone, everyday. I look at classifieds here maybe once every month or two and don't really seem to miss anything.