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BeastlyJoeBro

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  • Birthday 10/15/1994

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    Sonora
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    1978 Datsun 280z

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  1. I found that it was a combination of a bad afm, bpt, and auxiliary air regulator causing excessive air in the system. Now all i need to do is find a functioning bpt and Air regulator and I should be back in business. Hope it helps Sicripp83
  2. Fantastic! Thanks for the help!
  3. Nope, In fact I don't know what that is. Please continue
  4. Also something I forgot tho mention in my original post, the engine would occasionally stall out under load
  5. Not the problem... wonderful. I've replaced the PCV hose and cleaned out the entire intake manifold, it was filthy but not to the extent that I thought and definitely not enough to cut airflow to the cylinders like I originally theorized. Yikes this car
  6. Sorry for the delayed response! The MAF opens and is functional, the problems started when I purchased the car and persisted after buying the new parts, It's fuel injected so I'm assuming it's not the carb, the smoke is white-ish, the wheels roll freely and the transmission isn't low. However, I removed the MAF and the throttle body to check and clean them up and found a hose under the intake running from the block to the intake manifold that held together with electrical tape and full of holes. upon inspection I found that the hose was also blocked up with solidified oil. Might this thing be the problem??
  7. Engine's good, the car only has 82,000 miles
  8. Alright I'm totally lost on this one. 78 280z idles beautifully but has no power in gear (5-10 horsepower tops). New distributor, fuel filter, fuel pump, and injectors. Also it puffs smoke in high rpm. Any ideas??
  9. So I pulled the converter and took it for a run only to find A) No change in performance and B) the engine sounds absolutely epic straight piped. So after a bit of a puzzlement I stated to recheck everything again and to my great surprise when I pulled the cap off the distributor and peered down inside its workings I found what appeared to be a silver BB from an air rifle. Turns out it was part of the distributors vacuum advance plate setup which was completely wrecked. The Distributor is only working enough to keep it idling but not actually running when given some throttle. So I'm now in the market for a new Distributor
  10. Already replaced the front pads and rear drums but good guess. My research has started leading me to believe it's a catalytic converter
  11. I had a feeling, got any ideas on what it could be??
  12. Thanks man :) not bad for $750. But I have just discovered a new problem that I'm hoping this forum would be kind enough to help me with. Today I took it out for the first time at road speeds and to my surprise the engine felt like it was producing about 10 horsepower and smoke stared filtering up from the hole where the parking break handle mounts. I nursed the car back to my garage and inspected the difficulty to find that the smoke wasn't coming from the engine or exhaust but appeared to be wafting up from the transmission bell housing. The guy I bought it from said it had been sitting about 2 years and it has roughly 80,000 miles on it. Could the transmission fluid have solidified in that time?? P.S. It's an Automatic
  13. Thanks for the tip DatsunMike :) I cleaned the gauges up and wiggled some wires and they're back to their former glory. And thanks of the heads up Ranman72, I might have to take you up on that eventually :)
  14. Thanks for the warm welcome :) I'll get pics up as soon as I can figure out how to
  15. Thanks for the tips, Ive been tinkering and I think it might just be a stuck thermostat and varnish/gunk on the fuel and oil pressure gauges
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