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61. Re: Plug Color Mystery (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 19:35:16 -0800; If you are going to run two probes, I say run 2 and 3. That way you'll get the leanest cylinders (at least most likely to be lean in most cases) from each carb (especially useful on dual SUs and les; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-03/msg00765.html (8,398 bytes)
62. Re: 2L Head gasket (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 21:17:08 -0800; Just a few things. First on retorques; the torque required to start a bolt or nut moving is much higher than that required to keep it moving. So if you torque a bolt to 50 lb/ft, stop, and then try t; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-03/msg01209.html (9,984 bytes)
63. Re: engine for custom (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 17:41:51 -0800; The SR20 or an FJ20 would be my first choice in that hp range (turbos of course). Les has a line on some complete, almost new, super-low-mileage SR20DETs from the current Silvia. They are turn key (t; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00166.html (10,953 bytes)
64. Re: engine options (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 17:38:16 -0800; The main difference in these two figures is the specific engine. The 215 Buick/Rover V8 is a relatively rare bird, especially here in the US, whereas a 302 is as common as dishwater. Ford small block; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00228.html (10,262 bytes)
65. Re: engine options (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 19:32:18 -0800; How will you determine the condition or serviceability of the pistons? Obviously the gross physical dimensions can be checked, but what about ring lands? Are they still perpendicular to the bore cent; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00234.html (11,624 bytes)
66. Re: Fuel Injection & Distributor less Ignitions (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 16:55:16 -0800; On a setup like his you have the cost of the EFI hardware; that is the manifold, throttle bodies, injectors, fuel rail, switches, plugs, etc. etc.. This can easily run $2-4K Then you have the cost of; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00323.html (8,871 bytes)
67. Re: Manifold Studs (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 23:31:30 -0800; If you do this you will want to install dowel pins to hold the manifold and gasket in place. The studs serve this function and without them the installation is harder. You can glue the gasket to the; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00346.html (8,607 bytes)
68. Re: Fuel Injection & Distributor less Ignitions (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 09:37:02 -0800; They've had them for at least a year or two now. They have been trying to get CARB certification for them for the 260Z, which they saw as one of their main targets for the items since 260s must be sm; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00363.html (7,972 bytes)
69. Re: drilled and slotted rotors (long) (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 12:54:44 -0800; Drilled rotors and slotted rotors are both addressing the same problem, brake fade due to a buildup of some sort of material between the pad and the rotor, such as a buildup of gasses due to outgassi; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00373.html (14,608 bytes)
70. Re: Fairlady Big Valve Head (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 13:56:22 -0800; Let me say right up front that I do not know Dean nor anything about these heads. What I am about to say is based on my experience in racing and the automotive business over the past 20 years but not; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00430.html (10,426 bytes)
71. Re: Gas Mileage (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 14:06:11 -0800; This mixes several data into one pie and obscures the results. With any car, once you get past a certain speed, the cd will have the largest affect on mileage. Gearing will override that only at the; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00431.html (9,491 bytes)
72. Re: Gas Mileage (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 17:51:13 -0800; As I said, mixing a lot of data into one pie obscures the relevance of each datum. I also said "for any car," which means the data are really only relevant to one vehicle at a time, and can't effecti; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00436.html (9,589 bytes)
73. helmet sale (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 13:37:15 -0800; I was just doing some surfing and came across this, thought I'd let folks know in case anyone was planning on buying a helmet anytime soon. There are some great prices on some discontinued helmets,; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00485.html (7,074 bytes)
74. rich idle (as opposed to idle rich:-) (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:11:07 -0800; Okay, I'll be the first to admit this solution was just too convoluted and weird for words. But here's the story just FYI; The car was a '72 MGB. This era had some emissions devices and because of th; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00527.html (10,060 bytes)
75. Re: FW: OT engine oil and Ford (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 11:12:24 -0800; Mobil 1 has had several 0-xx formulas out in England for years now. I can't remember how long ago I first saw the 0-xx Mobil 1 ads but I'm pretty sure it was while I still drove an MGB, so it has to; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00579.html (7,343 bytes)
76. Re: Solex Carb Questions? (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 18:19:41 -0800; WORD OF WARNING - the Mikuni/Solex carbs do not have round bores at the throttle plate end, as the Weber/SK and, I believe, Dellortos do. Most of the soft mounts kits such as described above work onl; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00612.html (8,175 bytes)
77. Re: Synthetic oil (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 13:40:09 -0800; I would strongly recommend using Red Line MTL in your manual trans and Red Line ShockProof in the diff. The added "slipperiness" of synthetic oils is a problem with synthoils when use in a tranny. Th; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00656.html (8,994 bytes)
78. Re: Synthetic oil (not long) (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 16:12:15 -0800; Wait a sec. First off synthoils come in two basic flavors, each of which is made from different base materials and in different ways, but neither is based on simple refined mineral oil. It is much, m; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00668.html (8,614 bytes)
79. Re: Synthetic oil (not long) (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 11:45:09 -0800; Because you put out information that was incorrect and misleading, and that required a reply so that folks on the list got the correct info. It isn't a matter of what I like and don't like, it's a ma; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00778.html (8,450 bytes)
80. Re: Synthetic oil (long) (score: 1): Author: Marc Sayer <marcsayer@home.com>; Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 17:02:29 -0800; Boy I would have loved a chance to do a failure analysis on that engine! My experience is that engine failures like this are due to clearances that are well suited to the original oil but not to the; /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-02/msg00795.html (13,780 bytes)

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