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What did you do to your Z this week?
- Thread starter jonbills
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uk66fastback
Club Member
Someone told me it is illegal to tow with a rope now, is that true?
Edit: apparently still legal. But only to a safe place, not 100 miles or so ...
Edit: apparently still legal. But only to a safe place, not 100 miles or so ...
toopy
Club Member
Indeed, wouldn't want to be towed for more than a few miles via a rope! any further and you should really be using a proper recovery vehicle.
johnymd
Club Member
I wouldn't consider towing any more than onto a tow truck or out of a track gravel pit. Tow hitches are mandatory on racetracks. I just consider it to be a handy addition and have tried to make these very discrete so they don't look out of place. Just consider if you break down, how is your car going to be recovered? A factory standard zed will have both tow hitches and tie down hooks but are often missing or in the wrong place once you fit a spoiler.
atomman
Club Member
I took the dash out this week to sort a leaky heater matrix and have a go at fixing the cracks on top from the Cali sun, Wasn't as bad as I thought getting it out ,which was nice , used a plastic bumper filler then some high build primer, still needs some more work though,
Also a good friend dropped off a present for doing some machining work on his old BSA engine,
A 123 distributor now with blue tooth and vac port with a programmable curve for both, ment to be great for sorting out the weber flat spot
Anyone use one of them ? need to have a look at curves now and work out the how to sort the vacuum signal
Also a good friend dropped off a present for doing some machining work on his old BSA engine,
A 123 distributor now with blue tooth and vac port with a programmable curve for both, ment to be great for sorting out the weber flat spot
Anyone use one of them ? need to have a look at curves now and work out the how to sort the vacuum signal
Why not bother with vac adv Jon?
To clarify, I'd not bother with vac advance with triples. It's fiddly because you need vacuum from most/all cylinders and I think most carbs don't have vacuum ports.
Alphabettispaghetti
Club Member
That makes perfect sense - I guess you'd get a very nasty fluttery advance.
Don't worry Jonbills, Ali's going to man up and get a set
When I'm all growed up, I want to be just like you Mr Franky!!! But not before I manage to affix all those parts I've amassed!
Alphabettispaghetti
Club Member
I might as well give you mine as at least they’ll be getting used
atomman
Club Member
My new 151's have vac ports on them , my old 4's dont though, from what I have read it's only for motorway cruising to get the MPG up a bit really,
I will try it without for now and see how it goes, got the dyno booked for a few weeks
That's true but it does a bit more than that too - it helps keep you temps down at idle and part throttle. I found when I fixed mine that it also made a smoother more responsive transition from off / part throttle to WOT.
Robbie J
Club Member
Do you have a link? Facebook search is not the best
richiep
Club Member
Cool - FAJS ITBs. Where did you get them - from a U.K. reseller or the manufacturer via Alibaba?
I found a nice guy called Mike Webber who's importing them.
https://m.facebook.com/Nuts.2.bolts/?locale2=en_GB
I paid under £600 which compares very well to buying via alibaba all things considered.
I'd recommend him to anyone interested.
uk66fastback
Club Member
Yesterday I finished removing the other smog pump related gubbins and also the intakes. Now down to the bare manifold sitting on the side of the block. Do I do my bit for the balance of trade with the EU by buying one of Sean's headers and systems or keep with the stock manifold for a bit ... still undecided ... al comes down to available £££
The manifolds came off to facilitate the removal of the last pieces of the smog system, namely the pipes into the exhaust manifold.
The manifolds came off to facilitate the removal of the last pieces of the smog system, namely the pipes into the exhaust manifold.