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I guess a question be would be. Do you preserve these battle scars that authenticate the car and it's provenance or restore it? I would probably come down on the side of restoration but I like the "history" that is displayed in the car.

I was thinking boiling water too. Seems like a heat gun would be too inaccurate

The burnt engine is a turbo setup. I believe you can see an intercooler pipe behind the radiator. Also modified like Zed mentioned. Lots of ways to loght that car with a hot turbo right under the fuel system and near the brake fluid reservoirs. Especially if the tune was a little lean. The red car has the vented hood. Would be nice to know whats under the hood there. How old is that picture? I might can find it at Copart or IAAI

That's why I call it "paint jail". You never really know when you'll get out

I bought a rebuild kit from him

Super!

The early carb system had a vent line from the rear of the car plumbed into the filter housing I believe

Status?

I would think 20-25k is starting to be low for a 280 in good shape

Belmetric is a good source for JIS

You lose leverage with the larger master cylinder. Maybe try a more aggressive pad to make the pedal effort lower?

Where is the link for the fuel injection bible?

Thats a good idea!

The $15, is to pay the guy to wander out into the warehouse, find it and then drop it in an envelope. I do agree it seems excessive but it might not be...

I looked through my O-ring assortments. I didn't find one that looked like a good candidate yet. I'm gonna keep looking locally

I thought that's what you probably meant but wanted to be sure. Sometimes things get lost in translation

I try to tape off all those decals before I bead blast them and paint them. That would be great if you can use these pictures later!

That is for a 280ZX. The heater parts look a little different. I wonder if it's possible to rebuild the older style valve with the newer parts?

What is exactly is "washing powder "?

They're using that number but I don't think it's the same part https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/BK_6601000

Cool! Have to try that!

I'm not really sure what to use. It would be nice to come up with a recipe for a longer term solution

We have one shop locally that would probably do it. I thought I might take a shot at it myself. If not I'll have them do it. So I have a spare for me or someone else

I was working on the heater box some today. Tested the heater core that came in Lily, it's cracked! 😞 They are evidently, not readily available. "Brassworks" will custom make you one for $425! So I dug around in the shop and found another one. It tested good. They both appear to be factory units.

Also all the rubber parts I softened with wintergreen oil have since re-solidified, which is disappointing!!