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Extendable stands is what I meant. He put one under the pipe and turned a handle to raise it. Big ole screw jack really.

Good to hear Sexy. I didn't want to get rid of mine after I found it. Thanks for letting me know. 8^)

Me too! I thought this was one of many he has going. Sorry Steve.

I agree with your corvette mechanic. I have msa's ceramic coated headers in place of the big arse piece of cast iron exhaust manifold. No where near the heat under the hood now. Never ever never had an issue recranking mine and it gets pretty hot around here too. I've wondered if there's a way to push the hot fuel through the rail and carb bowls with fresh gas? Some way to purge the fuel through the return line.

That hanger on the mid pipe I think, it attaches behind the driver's seat, he used his extension tools and pushed the pipe up and welded a strap on there. Got rid of the rubber hanger. He took my mid pipe off and bent it too. Just him having a lift was worth the $50. After working the engine over that muffler install SUCKS. One day I'll have him weld the mid pipe to the S pipe and get rid of that flange. The car is lowered and that scrapes if I back straight out of my driveway. I've learned what not to do to keep it from scraping so that flange will be there for awhile. 8^)

Great looking engine bay! You did a fine job with that. Those 2.5 exhaust can be a pain, taking it to a shop isn't too expensive. I paid $50 to have mine tucked up better. There's that cut out on the driver's side of the differential that it fits in but that wasn't made for such a larger pipe. I fought with mine then threw in the towel and the $50. Good investment for me. Good way to spend $50, I mean. That's just a couple of days of beer.

I'm wondering if he may have inadvertently brought a stronger spark into the mix? A ZX distributor with a Z cap and button, they'd be closer??? so stronger spark. I could try it, I have the parts able to easily switch over. Maybe I'll try tomorrow? Maybe not, just stay in bed.

You want me to do that? '77 vs. '79 will be easy, Sunday morning. I might even get out a measuring stick.

+1 with goofy Dad. Love him until death but 78 years, woof.

That's two sharp Zs right there Steven, good pictures...thanks I'm glad I wasn't there. snarky face emoji; I hope you all miss this rain I'm getting tonight. Uh...more pictures please. Tape that Pro whatever on a Z and lets see some door bumping. Just kidding, have fun!

Thank you for the kind words. I've owned six but three is the most at once. With my "too old puppy", he's spoiled BAD, I hardly can work on the two I have now. I didn't get the bug until I joined this forum, I liked how they looked and drove but these guys and gals taught me working on them is the most fun part of owning them. Mine are garage hermits now, driven less and less as their value increases and other drivers have gotten more careless. "Enjoy the ride" has turned to "enjoy the peaceful wrenching".

California Datsun LLC?

Did you get the heat reducing ceramic coated header to? I hope so, it really cuts the engine bay heat while running and cools down much faster than the bigger cast iron factory manifold.

Isn't there a fairly new commercial drop in for r-12? It's a pink bottle they used on the coolers at a restaurant I work at.

SEM also makes a rust primer/etcher, it has acid in with it and kills the rust turning it black. The best deal I found on carpet was through ACC on ebay. If you go to their website and get a carpet kit number for what you need, google that number. They make kits for classic cars and most all you'll find originates from them. There was recently a thread on here about replacement door cards, try searching that, hopefully you'll see something.

Looks nice and original. I had a red 240 with white interior that had been redone with an SEM interior paint. That's some good stuff. You're gonna have fun with that Z. A little money but mostly elbow grease and you should have one to show off. 8^)

Welcome to our forum, you'll like it here. Stash that automatic transmission somewhere out of the way, way out of the way, you'll never touch it again. 8^) probably not the 2.4 motor, I like mine's higher stock rpms than a 2.8. Anyway, MORE PICTURES!!!

Not trying to be d*** but my '77 cap will not fit my ZX distributor. It's a good bit shorter and I'm unable to to clip the side hold downs on. But if you have the '77 cap and rotor I guess they will work together, if your car runs, I can't argue with that. I apologize for doubting you. Cliff The ZX has the blue plug wires attached in these photos

I didn't know what to think about "Sweaty Betty" when he first came around, but thankfully he's turned to be one of my favorites. He thinks outside the norm and I like that. Keep on trucking Sweaty.

My '77 cap is way smaller than my zx cap. Are you sure you have a zx distributor?

Yes! I really like the way those wires run. That's my next "bored as hell" job so any info would be greatly appreciated. I've seen the red MSD wires as well. They look good to.

I personally run the ngk bp6es copper plugs like the originals, just widen the gap. Its something like .38 to .44 for the ZX. They're not stocking them anymore and reccomend a hotter bp5es I think. I read it's a result of the new blend of gasoline & ethanol. Don't know for sure though, read on the www.com. Ngk has a neat plug finder on there web page, try that.

The ZX cap is bigger than a Z's. Also the spark plug gap is wider too.

No offense intended, it's a joke about Viagras ability to make an older man (or car in your case) preform like a young man (or car). If you try this beware that any effects lasting longer than 4 hours you should see your mechanic, FYI.

That's a good shot, showing they DO have a correct orientation. Driver's side and passenger's side, it's slight but it's there. I put one on upside down once and it caused a vacuum link.