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weld in a plate? you should bevel it back and use as many passes
as it needs to fill in the hole. no patch plate or sealer required.
if its done like this, you wont even know its been repaired.
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you've got good luck uncovering what appear to be rust free rust belt cars. that is a nice original looking 71. i personally love my automatic. it shifts crisp and tight. it's an age thing
yea i...

love those slot mags and burnt orange paint. interesting setup on the ball valve. im wondering if you could rig up a 240z
manual choke lever to it. the aux valves that i've had never
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injector connectors should be replaced or the very least cleaned with a good electrical contact
cleaner. did you test your injector with a full 12v from the car battery

exhaust pipes are in an odd location. they're right under the fuel tank. does this car have a fuel cell or the original gas tank?

i'de look closely at the motor and trans mounts. do they look...

i used just standard acid core solder for plumbing.
fast forward to 6:25 on this video. it shows how to solder holes up
in sheetmetal. this is old school for sure. dent puller and solder lol.
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anything behind the bondo to keep it from absorbing moisture inside the door is a good thing.


i've used masking tape before as a backing until the bondo set up. then pulled it off and
painted...

ZXR616, I think the fuel regulator, header and possibly megasquirt are the reason you don't get heat soak. Have you tweaked your MAT values or cranking pulsewidth in megasquirt ?


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sell it to me so you can put some paint on that 620. Im curious as to how it made it from
glendale az to atlanta. anybody know dean tilton? maybe he'd be interested in where it is
now.


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megasquirt owners also deal with heat soak. someone suggested that the heat affects the copper windings inside the injector and reduces its pulse.


for megasquirt owners there are no options?...

this is what jeep did to prevent heat soak. notice the insulation is only in
the center of the manifold. the zx injector fan also points to the center
injectors.


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Injector heat shield...

yesterday i decided to do a little experiment. i detached my fuel rail leaving the injectors still attached to the rail. i then turned on the fuel pump and used a 9v battery to turn on and
the...

can you hear the sound by revving the motor to the rpm of 60 mph?

crack when you're taking it out you mean?

If the piston bore is ok couldnt a machine
Shop weld the block hole up?
Ive arc welded metal thicker in the
Army when i repaired tank armor.

what were the rpm's when it blew?

paint code: rust

"THE CAR WILL NEED FENDERS AND QUARTER PATCH WORK HERE AND THERE INCLUDING ROCKERS. THE FRONT RAILS DONT LOOK TO TO BAD"


Here and there? how about everywhere! very...

just a thought i had on this. ive used this technique to spot bad tires in the past. its not
exact but its worked for me. i get a 4' or so piece of 2x4 wood and drive a nail in the center.
jack...

these are ford drain plugs that they used at the bottom of quarter panels.
kind of big but there are probably smaller ones out there. it has a nice
directional cover to keep water from splashing...

for those of you that are diehards and really want to get into zama,
i've found the japanese page for the memorial garage tour.

They have 3 tours a month. im going to probably ask my wife or one...

ebay.. you will get far more eyeballs on it there. a calif blue plate car with no rust should
sell for around 5-6k i think 7 is pushing it.

in california stop-n-go commute traffic i cannot see...

how are you going to keep water out of that dog leg in the future? i ran a weld over the top
of my joints so no water should make its way inside the leg. i think that joint sees alot
of body flex...

cherry blossom time too cold for me. always freeze my butt off in my mother inlaws house.
its old with no insulation. paper thin walls and drafty single pane glass. someone needs to
tell them that...

fastwoman - vw's that i've looked at have the accumulator located next to the fuel pump. Thats not to say other cars
might have them far away from the fuel pump. But this is how
bosch designed...

rocky auto is way down by nagoya. thats an expensive train/plane ride. but if
you're down nagoya way you should visit the toyota museum. It has datsun's too.

here is a list of 15 in japan.

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