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If they're in good shape they're bringing close to a $1,000 on e-bay and they're made better, heavier. I put the JDM's on my orange car and the originals with the red lenses on my red car. In my opinion YES 3 sets are worth 1 set of aftermarket JDMs.

I don't plan to sale mine so I went with the JDM's clean lines. If your going to sale it, originals for sure. My car cover always got hung up on those bumperettes.

Nice car, beautiful countryside.

No kidding! The bible thumping hypocrites in my backwards town finally allowed us to vote in Sunday sales. No more drunken Saturday night visits to the Stop and Shop. The big restaurants wouldn't come here without 7 day sales, and they are full of sports fans on Sundays. Weed's next, all these broke farmers with a lot of land. "Last week, I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed." W. C. Fields

Be extra careful with the external fuel tank, I wasn't at first and gas sloshed out. Too full and didn't stuff a shop rag around the mouth of the jug. Bungee cord it somehow between the radiator and the front lip where the horns are. The sending unit comes off and out easy enough it's those nail head connectors and their old dried out rubber covers that are a pain. If you put a flashlight in the filler hole then a camera in the sending unit hole you should get a decent picture. Good luck and have fun, I did!

That's about as comforting as diarrhea. Butt thanks.

Somebody on hybridz runs 40 somethings.

I just heard from a fellow member who has the same cam set up as I'll have. He said the mechanical pump on his car can't keep up with his set up, sucks the float chambers dry at 5,000 RPM and the peak power comes in at 6,600 RPM. So I'll order my pump sooner rather than later.

Read up on the BCDD. When I first bought my '77 it would hang up around 2,000 RPM for a few seconds then drop back down. They're adjustable so I got mine working. Also there's a throttle stop rod that pops out to keep the throttle from smashing down too soon. It's under the plastic white thing with a hole in it. Manual trans only, autos didn't have it. Here's something you'll find yourself using quite a bit, http://atlanticz.ca/index.php/tech-tips.html Go to "electrical" then to "electrical connection cleaning". It's an easy way to get familiar with your car and doesn't cost much but makes a heck of a difference. And WELCOME aboard the Z Train. Cliff

He's got EFI, AFM, injectors in the next to last sentence. Check your air filter housing for rodent's nest. Have you replaced the metal fuel filter up front? Chas, I'm sorry if that sounded bad, I was on my phone waiting at the drug store. It's a pain typing with these stumpy fingers. Forgive me.

Ten percent discount but no stacking. Somtimes it's cheaper buying on sale without your discount. I've learned I always get a better deal over the phone. They will try their damndest to make a sale even though the get no commission, supposedly. Garret is my favorite.

225/50-15 on mine too WRONG WRONG WRONG! 205/50s. Sorry.

I'm inspired by "use guys" every morning, then I do something with it. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas A. Edison

We've done that. Got excited and left before flipping the lift switch. Ran all the way up and pulled through the ceiling. Put safety cut offs on the lifting cables.

The jaws of a small bench vise? Or something similar?

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Came to my favorite website and saw something familiar, MY CARS. And my dog, Jelly. Thanks Mike, you've made my day. Cliff

So with the ZX distributor this is all "pointless"? No need to study for Monday's test?

My '77's best help with a lot of good pictures, http://atlanticz.ca/index.php/tech-tips.html

I cut the old one off with a razor knife then wrestled a short piece of 1/2" heater hose on mine. After all I read, I decided to keep the flow through the intake. I think it was the word "stagnant" that made up my mind. How's the one under the thermostat housing looking? May as well change it too.

That second link I posted has all the info on adding a potentiometer to your coolant temp sensor. Look under "EFI & FUEL" Mine was lean so I added the volume knob from Radio Shack and it fixed mine but it did it at all temperatures, cold and hot. Is your accordion rubber boot in good shape? If it's cracked you'll have unmetered air going in the throttle body, maybe making the gargle and popping sound, a vacuum leak. Put a vacuum gauge on it. Have you checked the Throttle Position Switch? It could be out of adjustment or damp inside. You can pop the cover off and roll the throttle rod to see if it comes off low speed contact as you go up in the RPMs, then at high RPMs it should contact the opposite side. I'll quit now, don't mean to throw too much at you all at once and it's beautiful outside. Can't stop, sorry. If it gets worse when it's warmed up it be the cold start valve is stuck open dumping fuel in the intake. Unplug it and see if it still does it.

Did that bad part make your tachometer gauge jump around? When I bought mine that part was hanging outside the distributor and the black wire wasn't connected so I had no tach at all. Grounded the black and it worked, didn't run right but the tach worked. I moved on to a remanufactured ZX distributor with electronic ignition. Not original but it cranks and runs much better.

I've been happy with the Standard FJ707Ts I put in my '77 a few years ago. The original ones had cracked at the pintle end going into the intake manifold. The 707Ts are designed different so that can't happen again. A couple of hours cleaning all of your electrical contacts and grounds is a good start and doesn't cost much. If the ground isn't good the electrical part will overheat. Here's a look at the Zs, http://atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/electricalconnections/index.html More information, http://atlanticz.ca/index.php/tech-tips.html You're going to need to pull the plugs and see how they look, it's like blood work to a doctor, they'll show a lot about how the car is running. Borrow a vacuum gauge from an auto parts store, post the results. Also you need to know your fuel pressure so finding a gauge to borrow or buy would help. Lowes hardware has one that goes on a swimming pool filter that'll work for about $10 bucks. Your pressure should be around 30psi so make sure the gauge is for high pressure, usually 0 to 50psi.

1st page post #7 & #11.

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