Recent content by JC71340

Nice work!

Great car! I have had a couple of slanty's as daily drivers. No need for heat riser valves if the vehicle is not operated in cold weather...period.

Amen! "To that end, if your machinist isnt using a profilometer to measure the source geometry of the bores get a new machinist. If he still thinks a ductile iron moly filled top ring is the ****, take your parts and run." RIGHT ON MAN!

Well, on the bright side, at least you can stop looking for the problem!

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eagerly await the answer...

Ahhh...my bad!

You are probably right, I also thought having the separate ground path is in case of a failure on the neutral. But, again I'm no expert.

I'm no expert, but as others have stated, I thought at WOT there was normally almost NO vacuum, isn't that a primary indication of something completely un-related to the carb? No?

ummmm...it says Nissan on it doesn't it?

I would never install a sub panel without a proper neutral AND ground. I would absolutely run the ground rod for the sub panel too. Remember, if you accidentally contact the hot wire and the panel isn't properly grounded, the current will go through YOU to get to ground, probably instant death.

Boy are you RIGHT ON!!! I had the same situation a few years ago with a new Comp cam and hyd. lifter package on my 383, not only did two lifters start ticking badly after a few hundred miles, I pulled all of them and found ALL of them were laser FLAT on the bottom!!! They were about to ruin the...

True, but I'm certain it was never meant as a performance upgrade (I didn't watch UTG but if that's what he's saying, he's full of it). It's just an old way of extending the life on worn piston skirts. Almost all performance piston skirts now have coatings, preventing wear and allowing a little...