Everything posted by madkaw
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Help with Mikuni triple tuning
What have you tried? Looks like you could come down one size on the main and maybe up one size on the main air. What happens with AFR's if you don't let the the rpms get below 3500 in third before you go WOT. I have noticed that my AFR's go rich when at WOT starting at a lower rpm. Another words you are combining pilot and main for a while and it drives the AFR's rich. I would also offer up jets. We should get us Mikuni guys together to have an exchange program for all these jets. What's crazy is that my jetting is close to yours and some jets are bigger, and I am running the L24. Just goes to show that these engines all run under different parameters!
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What's in YOUR garage?
I got an old friend back to finish and market. Putting in an interior and finishing up loose ends. Haven't even had time to take for a spin-but I will soon:)
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Synthetic Leather Seat Covers on Ebay
Thanks for the reports on these covers. I am also considering those ones off of eBay myself. I did MSA vinyl kits years ago and they have held up well and look good still. Regret not doing more with the foam, I should have replaced them. I think any covers would fill out better with new foam inserts . Reading the ad for the eBay covers it sounds like the covers have a thin layer of foam sewn in- can you confirm this??
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Keystone-Hot Wire mags
I like them, and for some reason they look better in person. The dish seems deeper in person. With the right color combo someone could inlay the 'weave' with a color to contrast the car. Kind of like the gold inlay on the ZX snowflake wheels on a black car. The lack of a 'cap' makes a difference in the look. Trying to decide if these wheels would make the car more attractive on the market because of their uniqueness. Very period correct and very different.
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Keystone-Hot Wire mags
Check out these wheels! I really like them, even more than the 5 slot mags. I have never seen these on any car before, let alone a Z. I think they will look good on a old skool type Z or stock Z. They are 14X6's. I will have to find caps, but I think they will be a nice change from what I have seen as far as stock size.
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Carpet kits
I thought I would add to this thread about carpet kits. I have been searching for a kit for a 1971. Suprisingly, I found ACC kits at Rock Auto that were almost half the price ordering directly from ACC:stupid: The kits are 186$ on Rock auto, and 360$ directly from ACC----WOW, what a difference.
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Tuning 40 DCOE Weber 151 on an L24
I know I'm not a Weber guy, but I will agree with the great gain in lower end. Of course this is probably subject to the cam each of us are running. With my Mikuni's I kept pushing the envelope of the pilot side by seeing how rich I could get it. When I thought I was putting too much emphasis on the pilots and tried making corrections elsewhere, I would still be fighting the 'dead spot'. I started with 200 main airs and ended up with 180's. Started with 57.5 pilots and ended up with 67.5's. Had 40's acc.pumps and went back to 47's. In MY CASE, my motor wanted it down low. My engine pulls hard right from 1500rpm straight thru to 6000rpm. Only on a dyno will I know for sure what the number look like. I am idling anywhere from 12 to 13, and cruise is around 14 AFR. As I have read before, they like to run rich. Thus the advantage of EFI, nice lean idle and cruise, then dial in the power zone. Makes me want ITB's even more.
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Tuning 40 DCOE Weber 151 on an L24
OOPS double post I know I'm not a Weber guy, but I will agree with the great gain in lower end. Of course this is probably subject to the cam each of us are running. With my Mikuni's I kept pushing the envelope of the pilot side by seeing how rich I could get it. When I thought I was putting too much emphasis on the pilots and tried making corrections elsewhere, I would still be fighting the 'dead spot'. I started with 200 main airs and ended up with 180's. Started with 57.5 pilots and ended up with 67.5's. Had 40's acc.pumps and went back to 47's. In MY CASE, my motor wanted it down low. My engine pulls hard right from 1500rpm straight thru to 6000rpm. Only on a dyno will I know for sure what the number look like. I am idling anywhere from 12 to 13, and cruise is around 14 AFR. As I have read before, they like to run rich. Thus the advantage of EFI, nice lean idle and cruise, then dial in the power zone. Makes me want ITB's even more.
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I spy a z!
I spyed a zx on Walnut ST , and it was purple!
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Tired of tuning,tweaking,torqueing,wrenching---JUST DRIVE!
I should have closed up the windows more, too much wind noise. Thanks Leon, one of these days I will do an outside version.
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Tired of tuning,tweaking,torqueing,wrenching---JUST DRIVE!
http://youtu.be/NGh6urUlzcQ For true listening pleasure--turn it UP!
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What makes a Z a Z? What modifacations go too far to be called a Z?
Not sure how I wanted to comment on this issue, so I have procrastinated . After putting 300 miles on my car this last weekend I have decided that the L6 has to been in the car to remain a Z. I have had a lot of nice cars, but the Z motor is the best sounding engine by far of all of them and makes the Z car what it is. As far as body mods, as long as the original lines are not altered -maybe just extenuated ( i.e. Spoiler, airdam) . The classic lines are to nice to alter.
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SU needle installation help
Make sure your needles are not bent by rolling them on a glass table. I always ran the needles flush with the bottom of the groove, but either way you can adjust out with mixture screws. Just set them flush and do the drop test to test for binding!
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I spy a z!
Now according to the ' I Spy' rule book, page 3, that would be considered cheating since a spy can not be preplanned. Sorry Jeff.
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Electrical Drain
Have you checked the flux capacitor yet?
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Overheating
Overheating + not charging= loose belt I am also very confused here, you have 2 260's and one that doesn't have a clutch on the fan? You might want to be clearer to get good help
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I spy a z!
Jeff, I know you are very excited , but you will not be given any points since you forgot to put the location in the subject line. Not to worry, maybe you will see another one in a couple if months , or years or...
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Car has random loss of power
I wouldn't be suprised if even your cheapo Chilton manual wouldn't have a test for the TPS. It should just be an OHM test. Blue is giving you a good start.
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Car has random loss of power
Could you PLEASE use some puncuation so we can breathe between sentences. Not trying to be the english teacher you hated, but using text style posting doesn't go well here. Most folks won't have the patience to try and help you because they gave up reading your posts. Doubt it's vacuum or mechanical in nature. I'd say electrical gremlins or you still have fuel issues.
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Ideal wheel size and offset if running zg flares?
You could run +35 offset then run 35mm wheel spacers.
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Ideal wheel size and offset if running zg flares?
Yea, what he said
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Electrical Drain
It might mean that the amp is internally grounding and causing a drain. In my case the amp was junk and I took it out. I was running a sub/amp and for some reason it was grounding. You could have a bare wire somewhere, but I think that would blow the fuse. If the power is turned off on the amp and you hook it up and it cause a spark, then somethings wrong.
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Electrical Drain
DING DING DING we have a winner. After market stereo wouldnt have a sub or separate power amp? If so - disconnect and try the battery test for spark. I have personally had an amp shorting to ground and still worked, but played havoc with all my electrical stuff
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Electrical Drain
Does the battery leads spark when connecting them? If so, methodically pull fuses one at a time until connecting the battery does not create a spark. Then you have narrowed the system down of the drain.
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right rear vibration
Simple test is rotate front to rear and eliminate tires and wheels