- 1. Re: U20 timing stuff (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 03:45:38 -0700
- Well it seems the cat is out of the bag now (see last paragraph), so I guess I should start spreading the word. I've been working on repro U20 timing parts for the last several months. I am at the pr
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-10/msg00058.html (8,824 bytes)
- 2. Re: Color Tune Report (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 01:04:50 -0700
- Two words of warning on these. 1)if you do not put your engine under load when using these, the mixture settings will be wrong. May not make much difference at idle, but at WOT, it can mean the diffe
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-10/msg00081.html (9,264 bytes)
- 3. [Fwd: Re: Victor Goes Toyota?] (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 01:11:45 -0700
- I do not know why this didn't show up on the list (leastways I never saw it), I sent it days ago. Anyway, I thought I'd resend it just in case anyone gave a damn. :-) Well, at least it stabilizes and
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-10/msg00082.html (10,054 bytes)
- 4. Re: Gary Boone's Electronic Distributor (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 23:19:44 -0700
- Welcome "kinda back" Eric! :-) I'll chime in here too. I haven't seen Gary's dizzys in the flesh, but I used to rebuild and recurve the same style EI dizzys for the L series, and I also used to sell
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-10/msg00306.html (9,961 bytes)
- 5. Re: OT-Has anyone heard of a Fisher Carburetor? (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 01:37:15 -0700
- You sound like you are talking about the Minnow or Fish carb. Fuel is delivered into the air stream in a Fish carb via a hollow throttle shaft with discharge ports along the top and bottom of the thr
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-09/msg00847.html (9,376 bytes)
- 6. Re: Scared off of the car - I am not going to get it (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 11:33:19 -0700
- Oh *Baby* you ain't seen nuthin yet. :-) Wait till you get the bill for rebuilding a period correct vintage race legal Tiger. Cheap? Not even close. And your regular maintenance on the thing will be
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00113.html (10,600 bytes)
- 7. Re: Solex Question (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 17:18:29 -0700
- SKs use Weber jets but they are really closer to Mikunis than Webers in design. The SKs will fit the same manifold as the Weber/Mikuni/Dellorto carbs. They use Mikuni floats and an external float lev
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00472.html (9,085 bytes)
- 8. Re: Basic SU questions (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 17:31:05 -0700
- Brian is right. I may have caused this confusion when I typed 44 in a post not too long ago. They are 46s. However the flow issue isn't quite so straight forward. If you run all the carbs through a s
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00474.html (9,259 bytes)
- 9. Re: H25 engine (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 12:01:10 -0700
- A 3.66" stroke isn't all that bad. Here is a Chevy V8 B&S chart with the engines in that stroke range and longer. Some of these can be made into pretty high revving motors, 6000 rpm for sure. :-) 325
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00525.html (9,926 bytes)
- 10. Re: H25 engine (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 14:06:51 -0700
- No, but we weren't talking vibrations issues. The issue was rev limits. And a straight 4 is often better off in that respect because of internal component weights, and crank strength. The Nissan L6s
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00537.html (10,506 bytes)
- 11. Re: horsepower vs. torque (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:47:50 -0700
- Seems like I may have inadvertently started a discussion here. In my original reply about Mikuni vs SU flow I wasn't saying that the Weber/Mikuni/SK/Dellorto carbs didn't usually produce more power,
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00698.html (9,758 bytes)
- 12. Comp parts for sale 5 spd and R190 LSD (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 21:37:06 -0700
- I have a Datsun comp 5 spd for sale. It is the "middle close" 5 spd OD gearbox with the Porsche type steel synchros. This unit was a working pull from a street Z and is good condition. It has the opt
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00715.html (8,664 bytes)
- 13. Trailer for sale (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 18:45:24 -0700
- I have a small purpose built single axle trailer for sale. It was built for a 510 but would be perfect for any small production car or formula car. It tows superbly, and is nice and light. Wiring was
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00904.html (7,699 bytes)
- 14. OT- If the Tim the toolman built a vacuum cleaner... (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 12:44:14 -0700
- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2045911147 Great for cleaning up around the shop or race car, or getting rid of that dog hair problem. But not to be used around small parts or pupp
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00921.html (7,367 bytes)
- 15. Re: Trailer for sale (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 14:59:03 -0700
- Oh boy, have I caught heck for that from all sorts of folks. :-) Yeah, random order. !!! -- Marc Sayer Journalist, Photographer, Dog Trainer (APDT member #062956) Passions - Great Danes, auto racing
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00925.html (7,259 bytes)
- 16. Re: Solex Manifold for 1600... (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 14:31:48 -0700
- No it isn't for a Bosch system, its for a system like the Haltech. The TWM system uses FI throttle bodies that will bolt on to a Weber/Mikuni/etc. manifold. You then need to get an aftermarket contro
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-06/msg00568.html (8,480 bytes)
- 17. Re: PolyDyn PD-14 (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 14:45:17 -0700
- I'm going to second everything Phil said. No disrespect to the guys at Malvern, but this is old and generally discredited tech. PolyDyn has been around since at least the late 80s (which is when I fi
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-06/msg00889.html (14,248 bytes)
- 18. Re: Question about front disc brakes (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 17:32:11 -0700
- Slotted rotors do work, and *if* you have a problem related to pad outgassing (which does still happen with comp parts but is nearly unheard of in *normal* street use with street pads - some of us do
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-06/msg00959.html (13,746 bytes)
- 19. Re: Fairlady shirts - 11 colors - 5 sizes (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 18:33:18 -0700
- breast. Paypal until It should buying you want is the You know almost any local embroidery shop can do you up a shirt... Sorry just trying to liven things up a bit on a miserably hot day. (okay so 90
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-06/msg00965.html (9,782 bytes)
- 20. Re: 5 speed rebuilt "kit" parts numbers (score: 1)
- Author: Marc Sayer <marc@gracieland.org>
- Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 16:04:49 -0700
- A word of warning on the brass synchros used in most of these kits (and most aftermarket synchro sources). They are NOT the same as Nissan parts. I was working on this story for ZCCD before it went u
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-05/msg00413.html (9,520 bytes)
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