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When I first heard "spanner wrench" I've thought that was it. They do move the setting so spanner makes sense to me. World Wide Sports, " spanning the globe..." then the ski jump goes to hell. Gruesome change from Looney Tunes to watching someone die every Saturday morning.

It's a Goat, right? I'm watching Barrett Jackson and one just went through.

What Pontiac? is that in the background? Not trying to be a pest but I want to see Tiger! Do you still have the Harlequin? I have a special fondness for Brindals. I had a Brindal Boxer when I was young. Then my Jelly Bean. 8^)

He needs the build date to be sure but I think the door tag probably has late '76 stamped on it so he thinks it's a '76?¿?

We have a tint shop here that can reproduce that type stuff. He does the whole car wraps for business vehicles.

Yes, you found what you wanted and it's a turnkey car. You get what your "willing and able" to pay, leaping over the bullsh*t. Congratulations. 8^)

Still impressive numbers. My SUs quit at 6500 or maybe it's the mechanical fuel pump, doesn't matter to me, I have a governor on the motor. 8^) I need it too!

Boy oh boy was I wrong and that's rare. That tip was over 200 degrees when I checked it but the painted skirt above it was only 125. Speedo is much better thank goodness, I would've gotten a speeding ticket had I left the 19 in there. I was turning 3200 rpm at 80 mph. Now 2500 to get 80 and I was in a pack of cars on the interstate where everyone runs 80 mph.

According to zhome's color guides the only yellow Zs were special addition '77s. It would be ashame if that's a real Zap Z and someone painted it teal. http://www.zhome.com/History/ZColorGallary/

Oh okay, I only see it when I'm warming it up in the garage. Thanks, I'm about to hit the roads this morning and see how my new speedo gear acts. That thing blows out more air than anything I've ever had, if an engine is a big air pump then mine is working fine. My air box is still off though?

When my Dad caught me I said "it's my pipe and I'll polish it whenever I feel like it, now get out!"

Down here we call them Crescent Wrenches, also a brand name. I just found something new that I must have. Sliding adjustable wrench.

It hasn't ever felt hot enough to cause damage but I've not grabbed it after any long running time. I'll keep check on it now that it's so close to the paint. Thanks for reminding me. It sticks out kinda goofy far but I don't mind as long as it doesn't soot up the rear. It does spit out a few drips of moisture, I wonder what causes that?

I see pretty decent 280s for $5,000 and less but I agree, they're only going up. That looks close to $3,000 maybe?

I wonder if the 280 exhaust would work better with the r200? Mine is the r180. I will look under my 280 and see what the difference is, it has the same set up from MSA.

I love those things! My Grand Dad gave me those 20 years ago, he said they were house levelers.

I got the speedo connection leak stopped. After doing what I did I took it for a short blast around my neighborhood, then put clean newspapers under there and they were spotless this morning. Yaaay! New oil seal in the pinion gear housing and an oring on the outside of the housing. My rubber top hat looking washer was still in good shape,amazingly. There is a groove that oil seal seats into too, didn't realize that at first. Soaked it in lacquer thinner overnight then used a wire brush on my Dremel to get down inside and clean it out then I used a deep well socket to drive it down.

That's what my Dad said when I said something about guys in there with shorts and sandals on. Times have changed, that's for sure.

The hanger on the front of the S pipe works better attached to the driver's side of the cars bracket, you can see where I had it on the other side before and that was pulling it towards the passengers side. The hanger at the very back can be pushed up and held in place through the 2nd hole from the bottom, I cut the top 2 holes in the rubber off. It pulled the chrome tip right up next to the cut out but it's not touching our rattling. Moving the hangers up as far as I could allowed the pipe to fit snug up against the crossmember with the hump cut out. And further back, tight up against the moustache bar?? I don't know what that's called but it's at the rear of the differential. It's not perfect but damn close. Saved me some money too.

A guy is/was selling that set up, tokicos and eibach springs for $500 on Atlanta Craig's list. new in the boxes.

I got that problem whipped but it whipped me too. I've taken some pictures of a couple of things that made a big difference in getting it tight up against the underside of my car. In my opinion the hangers are welded on facing the wrong way. Once I realized they were pulling it towards the passenger's side I was able to to correct that and that's when it lined up in the hump and tight against the differential. I'll get those posted later today. Hopefully they may help somebody. I feel like I just flew in from Albuquerque and boy are my arms sore. 8^)

Generic directions; Tools needed: 1/2" & 9/16" wrenches and/or sockets, small bottle jack. Step 1, don't get in a hurry and rush the exhaust installation Step 2, refer to step 1 I got excited and wanted to fire that little baby up! I hastily installed it the easiest way which was using the top hole in the hanger straps. Now I've gone back and using the bottle jack am able to tuck it tight up against the car. The mid and S pipe flange is no longer the lowest point on my car. I was about to let the muffler guy do it but working on these cars is my hobby so taking it to someone is my last resort.

Here's what I read, http://zhome.com/History/BlackP.htm

I did a lot of reading on Shell's Rotella T oil as an alternative to the VR-1. It supposedly has 1400 ppm of zinc and after a couple of oil changes the valve train is a shiny as the day I bolted it down 4 years ago. It doesn't leave the dark brown spots like the others have and reads to be a cleaning type oil and I believe it now after using it myself. Do you think that's from cheap oil or never changing it? Maybe both?

I've seen a Black Pearl sales brochure on the internet before. If you haven't seen that you should try to google/images the phrase. I remember the 2nd mirror, aluminum wheels and hood pinstripe pictures.