Mike

I want to give a special link to those of you who need SU carbs done. http://www.ztherapy.com Tell them you saw an ad on the Classic Zcar Club. -- Mike

Yep... http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?p=186171#post186171

Hey guys, Well, it looks like my restoration project is back on track. We blew the dust off the car and moved the project to a new home in Salem for the job. Bryon Nichols, an active Datsun guy and college student, is currently working on my car in the Ztherapy garage. He offered to put the car back together to make a few extra dollars before starting school. Byron is a student in mechanical engineering and, let me tell you, is very meticulous in his work. The Ztherapy garage is an excellent and fun place for any Datsun enthusiast to know about. Aside from the obvious restoration of SU carburetors (which most Zcar fans know about), they also work on vintage race cars, Datsuns of all flavors (510, Zcar, Roadsters), and have a huge collection of memorabilia. Their shop is full of goodies for any restoration project and I can count at least 4-5 people who love to pitch-in and give a hand whenever possible. In fact, whenever I show up to check on the progress of the assembly, there are frequently 2-3 other people pitching in and helping out. This is truely an amazing shop with lots of character and giving people. Anyway, I've uploaded a few pictures of the progress and will continue to post more as the weeks progress. I think Byron wants to get this car done by the time he starts school so we're looking at another month of continued progress. I'd like to give a special thanks to Bryon, Steve, Bruce, and all the other guys helping out on this project. Without these guys, my project would still be sitting in the garage!

A long time ago I ran the 2.5" pipe and loved it. I guess it all depends on the muffler choice. As far as your question, you probably don't want to reduce size and then go back up again. The 2.5" in/out is a good choice. Send some picts when you're done! I'll be doing exhaust again soon and would love to see how it worked out for you.

DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, splattering it against that freshly painted airplane part you were drying. WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprint whorls and hard-earned guitar calluses in about the time it takes you to say, "Ouch...." ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age. PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes. VISE-GRIPS: Used to round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand. OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub you want the bearing race out of. WHITWORTH SOCKETS: Once used for working on older British cars and motorcycles, they are now used mainly for impersonating that 9/16 or 1/2 socket you've been searching for the last 15 minutes. HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new disk brake pads, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper. EIGHT-FOOT LONG DOUGLAS FIR 2X4: Used for levering an automobile upward off a hydraulic jack handle. TWEEZERS: A tool for removing wood splinters. PHONE: Tool for calling your neighbors to see if he has another hydraulic floor jack. SNAP-ON GASKET SCRAPER: Theoretically useful as a sandwich tool for spreading mayonnaise; used mainly for getting dog **** off your boot. E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD E XTRACTOR: A tool ten times harder than any known drill bit that snaps off in bolt holes you couldn't use anyway. TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the tensile strength on everything you forgot to disconnect. CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 16-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A large prybar that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end opposite the handle. AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw. TROUBLE LIGHT: The home mechanic's own tanning booth. Sometimes called a drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin," which is not otherwise found under cars at night. Health benefits aside, it's main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that 105-mm howitzer shells might be used during, say, the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark than light, its name is somewhat misleading. PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the lids of old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splash oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads. AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-burning power plant 200 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that travels by hose to a Chicago Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty bolts last over tightened 58 years ago by someone at ERCO, and neatly rounds off their heads. PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part. HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to cut hoses too short. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts not far from the object we are trying to hit. MECHANIC'S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts.

Do they have a website? It's not central america... but, more like central USA. Anyway, if you have the address and the details I'm sure someone would be able to provide better help. -- Mike

Hey Montezuma, let us know what you find !! Can you take photos? The ones on his ad are kind of dark.... We should get this guy to post an ad on the classifieds if he doesn't sell on Ebay.

Man, you guys are ruthless... she's pretty good looking. (for a stripper)

And, the movie? (you guys are bad at stealing posts)...

A sports car should always have a stick. Automatic transmissions, even the +/- shifting, isn't accurate enough. I always want to control when and how much clutch to apply.... for me, this only applies to sports cars. A daily-driver or a SUV/truck should have an automatic tranny.

DeeDee, It sounds like your brakes are seizing. The clamping pressure just keeps increasing. Replace your slave cylinders on all 4 wheels and also replace the flex lines. After replacing them, take the car down to a brake specialist and have them flush the entire hydraulic system. -- Mike

OMG! This is certainly a huge shock! Carl was one of our top posters and has been a huge part of making this club a success. Carl will be missed. Rest in Peace, fellow Z fanatic!

Did you guys put this in our calendar?

Hey guys, first of all, please note that Sport Z Mag is NOT shutting down. They are simply changing some things. That kind of thing happens in life. Next point... I HIGHLY suggest that Sport Z Mag considers releasing the Summer issue as their "Last Issue as Sport Z Magazine"... There are a lot of people counting on the issue and we were looking forward to seeing the best pose winner in all her glory. Make the last issue go out with a BANG! -- Mike

Because you gave them an "out" and the magical $20 threshold wasn't used. I say make the whole show a single price and charge 20 bucks. If you do the math, does it come out even? Oh, and the advanced registration should be optional. If they show up the day of registration, make it $25. -- Mike

THE MARINE SNIPER INTERVIEW ................... Katie Couric, while interviewing a Marine sniper, asked: "What do you feel when you shoot a terrorist?" The Marine shrugged and replied: "Recoil."

Good one

Wow, I wrote that 3 years ago. Now 36, still 0 kids, 0 wives, 0 girlfriends, 1 parrot, a '71 STILL under restoration, no more crotch-rocket... now it's a Harley, and a house project MOSTLY done. ha!!

Glad to see you online Paul. We met on Sunday. I was the guy with all the questions about your aluminum radiators. -- Mike

Hey guys, I split this into its own thread. I did like the shade and the trees in the split area this year. It wasn't as hot and provided a nice place to keep cars cool. The areas were a bit split up. Frankly, I don' think you need to split up the competition cars against the non-competition. Perhaps make the price a bit cheaper and everyone can compete. Ie: one price for all cars.

OMG! I am sorry to see your red toy get hit like that. It's a shame that people aren't more careful. But, it's good that you are OK.

Ok, just created a gallery. Blue Meanie, I put some of these photos in the gallery and gave you credit. Thanks for the fun find! Now go get some more picts... these are funny!