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Mine came out when I removed the booster and shook it vigorously. I think I may have reached in and dislodged it with a finger first.

Looking good!

Holy hell man, I didn't realize that was YOUR 911! Still have the blue one?

Going Megajolt/EDIS bypasses any possible slop in the distributor/crank gear as well as distributor bushing wear. Since EDIS6 has 3 coil packs instead of one, each coil can have 3x longer dwell time and maintain spark at higher rpm. I already have a Z running Megajolt and another one running a ZX dizzy. I'm elated that this option has presented itself, as I wanted to keep the other Z a bit more period-looking! Now I can have the look of a distributor along with a fully and easily customized timing map, just waiting for that pesky budget to build itself up... If there's one thing I would want, it would be for the 123Tune interface to be the more typical 3D spark map instead of virtual centrifugal and vacuum advance curves. Splitting up the curves like that in a digital, programmable distributor doesn't make much sense to me.

The point has flown completely above your head. Sure, a stock distributor should work just fine on a completely stock engine, given it's in good order which many of these aging Nissan distributors are not. Add in triple carbs, a header, mixing-and-matching heads and blocks, and the stock distributor just don't cut it. I plan on getting one of these the minute my budget allows. This is one step below a crank-triggered ignition and is great for those wanting to keep a period correct look, but have brand-new AND discretely tunable ignition. Thanks for the feedback Mike!

Excellent, thanks!

Great choice. Make sure to hit the track, it'll be a blast. We're developing a turbo kit for the FRS/BRZ should you ever crave more...

Any idea on compatibility with other cars, especially those running L-Jetronic?

Bridgestone RE-11A is a good value but I don't have a lot of miles on them yet (225/50-16 on 16X7 Panasports). I LOVE the bang-for-the-buck of the Sumitomo HTRZIII (on my S2000) but don't know if they have them in your size. R-S3, Direzza ZII, or BFG Rivals would also all be nice, solid choices.

Nice find!

Try it out and see how it goes. I'm sure ganging up 3 runners together would do the trick if the signal from one is too messy. You can also try to dampen out noise if you'd like to stay with using one runner. When properly set up, vacuum advance is always a good thing.

Lucky guy! I love that area. I'm a Cal Poly alum and usually go back at least once a year. If you'll be there Thursday night, make sure to hit the downtown Farmer's Market!

Not that I know of.

Looks like the typical Comp replica, could be Tomei, FET, Kameari, etc.

DeTomaso? Egads... I worked on a Mangusta once, one of the biggest POS ever. If the Pantera shares anything with the Mangusta, I'd assume the same goes for the Pantera. Cool to look at but don't look too closely, and don't even think about working on it...

It would also be easy to tell by measuring its diameter, as the Comp wheel was smaller than stock.

Distributor specs are given at the distributor. Spark advance is typically described in crank degrees. The distributor spins at half crank speed, so multiply your numbers X2.

At the track-day yesterday:

What the FSM recommends is equivalent to today's 87.

I'm in depending on the day! I'll bring some triples, in case we give up.

Got it, thanks for the pics! Let me see what I have...

Just to be clear, you're missing the hook and everything back to the pedal OR the hook and everything back to the carbs?

I should have that stuff, I'll just have to look around. Do you ever find yourself on the SF peninsula?

That's exactly right. Keep track of your costs and you'll see what it takes to even do a "refresh" on an engine. If you want to compare your costs to Rebello's, also track your labor hours. BTW, I guarantee that a simple rebuild will get you nowhere near the 240 WHEEL horsepower you quoted. Frankly, this whole thread is completely ridiculous. You come in here, putting some random, dreamed-up combo of parts together to make some magical "square" engine, "but the 2JZ is square, that means I'll make so much power". I'm paraphrasing here. You explicitly claim that you lack any engine building experience but then lambast, and continue to do so, a company whose bread-and-butter is building these engines to a high standard. This thread would've been in the shed at HybridZ long ago... "I am not going to pay anyone $5,000 to rebuild that motor. Im just not." Your call. Doesn't mean that the $5,000 isn't worth it. Maybe once you've actually built an engine and tracked what you've spent (time and money), you'll realize that you didn't know what the hell you were talking about.

Very nice!