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It took me so long because I started with 320. If I just started with 220 and went up through the grits it would have been a lot quicker. However, I am really happy with my one wheel. You are right Enrique, I should have done everything little by little, but I was thinking it was going to be 3 hours per wheel. The next thing I am going to do before polishing the whole wheel is polish out the slots and then one by one polish the wheels. The pictures don't give the wheel justice. The wheel is so much smoother(as it should be). -Ben

You guys are too much.

The reason why those two cars look so different is because the 260 is a 2/2 and the 240z is a 2 seater. My avator is a picture of a 2 seater 260. Welcome to the forum and good luck on finding a 240. Ben

Hey now, nobody is hacking the top off my 260. Leave the 260's alone because they always get picked on. Besides, there are a lot more 240's out there so it would be better to make a 240 spyder instead of a 260 spyder. BenROFL

Yeah I'll watch for the bikers, 10 points each. Just kidding.

Thanks for all of your comments. They really helped. Now all you have to do is convince me that I should polish the last three. I am really dredding it. Take care and thanks a million. Ben:classic:

oops. Here it is.

This one is just for fun. I think this is the first time the spare was on this car. I am very proud, it is a 175HR14 Bridgestone.

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This is a picture of a slot after 320grit.

Here is a picture of a slot before polishing.

This is a very tedious task. It took me about 6 hours to polish one wheel with different grits of sandpaper. I started with 320. It did the job and took out all of the small nicks and scratches, but it took a lot of elboe grease. I went through the grits finally to 600. I used Master formula aluminum polish, and then some gloss sealer. I am undecided if it was worth all of the time. I can see a difference in the wheels, but man 6 hours! Here is a pic of a finished wheel.

Carl is bambikiller. I am not sure if his car is running at the moment. 11:30 is perfect.

It wasn't on the reciept, but he did relace a vaccum hose. When my Dad and I installed the roundtops we had them tuned by a Z specialist. I thought the car could run better than how it was running, so I took the car to a local mechanic that has always fixed my mom's car if needed. He must have some experience with these su's, but he is only in his late 20's. My Z is the only carburated one I have seen at his shop before. He did change the oil and and oil filter, but not the other items mentioned. i asked him about the fuel filter and he said that was not the problem. I am running a stock L26 with roundtops out of a 72'. I am going to take a drive to my nearest starbuck's and see how she drives. Thanks everyone, Ben

Sounds like a plan guys, I'll see you guys. See you there. -Ben

Welcome to the forum. You might find a nice set of rims here. He is in the bay area too. To bad the mags are sold. Good luck and post some pics of your Z :classic: .

Do you think you guys could go to the main garage chat. We can talk there. It's 10:44 here. nm about the chat room, you guys got pmed.

Canton, how does 12 sound? That is fine with me on bringing a lunch. I will pm you guys on my cell phone #.

Hello and thanks for all of your replies. The mechanic replaced the spark plugs, the ignition wire, the distributor rotor, and the distributor cap. He also said that he lowered the idle. Now the car idles at about 750rpm. It used to idle at 1000rpm. Now when stopped if the engine gets to 500rpm it will then jump to around 750rpm and then it goes back to 500, and does the cycle over again. If it is really cold outside it will stall if not given some gas at a stop. Is this healthy? It seemed healthier when it idled a little higher. However, I took the car up hills on the freeway, through commute traffic, through town, and on the freeway at around 70-75mph in the heat and it seemed to run just as before. It does have a noticable increase in power than before too. Could a tune up really fix the problem that I described? I don't know a lot about engines, but I would like to. Thanks in advance. Ben

Hey guys, lets make the Albertson's parking lot the meeting place. Is that cool with everyone? Hey 280z, where on 680 is the Albertson's? What time would we all like to meet? I was thinking around 10am. Is that too early? If so, just say so and we can change it. Maybe we can go for a little hike and get some good pictures of the cars and people at the meet. Also, do we want to bring lunch or go out to lunch before or after? I can't wait for a drive, my car just got a tune up. -Ben

There is a pic of a 240z with an sr20dett in my gallery. I don't think there are many Z's around with that engine. The RB series swap is a lot more popular for the Z's, but again, there is not that many around. The 400sb would not be the cheapest way but there would be a lot of work going into mounting, and even then people have had problems. With triple webbers/mikunis on a tuned L28 I am sure you could get 300+ hp making your ride one kick a$$ Z. I guess you could say that there would be more haters with a V8, but the L-series engine has a lot of potential for a lot of power. There are a ton of performance parts for these engines too. I do not know a whole lot about the performance parts for these engines as mine is dead stock, but there are many threads on this subject here. Take care and good luck finding a zed. -Ben

Welcome to the forum. That is some pretty awesme work you have done there. IMO, if you want power, drop a turbocharged L28 into a Z. Finding a 240z for 2000USD should not be a problem if you are willing do a restoration. My advice to you would be to look in the car traders or newspaper in your local area, and here to watch for a 240z. And you were correct, there is no such thing as a 240z 2/2. -Ben

There was no loud noises or smoke. The wierd thing is, the car was boggging at 70mph. I pulled over, started the car, and drove a little farther. It was fine at 65mph, and then some time passed and it started bogging again and I lost power. I could not go over 40. It was quite scary when everyone was going 70+mph. Thanks for your input guys. Take care, Ben

It's good that no one got hurt, but it is too bad about the Z. Thanks anyway. Ben