I have an answer for the wasps:

 

Ok, wrong place I know, but you guys are actually intelligent. Stupid piston engines.

Did my first oil change today, 1200 miles on the motor. Looked in the drain pan, saw this. I know to expect some metal in there, but these pieces seem fairly large.

Thoughts?

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.................I think you should get a rotary.... =P BAHAH jk. sorry couldnt resist.

I dont know what a regular size metal chip from an engine should look like.

 

I am hoping to make it out there. I was rebuilding the carb and lost the photos of the vac lines...anyone have pics of the lines for the Nikki Sterling? Please send pics to crogers29@student.gsu.edu

 

Great. Is there anything else I should bring? I will try to clean engine bay.

 

Shrapnel in a 2011 Nissan Frontier? Wow, that's scary.



Chris, you've got a Sterling Nikki? Damn, there's OGTA's that would kill for one of those. Mike Simonovich is our resident expert on Nikki vacuum lines, he even understands why they suck.

Greg the essential parts for the 2GDFI are a 2nd gen coil pack and a bolt to attach it to the strut tower. I've got the wire and terminals you'll need and a pair of pliers to do the wiring.

We should be able to wing the rest but you'll need to do the handling, I've got my white work shirt on.

 

Not sure what you are trying to keep. But, the basics are this:

2nd nipple from the front on the phenolic spacer use for the vacuum advance. You can put a tee in the line to go to both vacuum advance diaphrams.

3rd nipple from the front on the phenolic spacer use for the vacuum from the oil filler tube. There are pages of opinions about the need for a PCV valve. I put one in, but this is up to you.

Block everything else off, EXCEPT the bowl vent. Ask me how I know.

Gene is the real expert on vacuum lines. If you make it out to the meet, we can get him to take a look at it. He keeps finding my mistakes. Heck he might even correct something on my vacuum lines tonight. He did it at the last 2 meets.


Oh, I almost forgot. The price for this sage advice is one Sterling Nikki. You can give it to me at the meet tonight. Ray can tell you I have been lusting after one of those for loooonnnng time.

 

Your sticking tach is likely a function of old age. There's a damper on the coil that actually moves the needle and keeps the needle from constantly bouncing as your RPM fluctuates from one moment to the next. Over time, it dries up and gets sticky when cold. If you turn your running lights on early in the morning before going out to start the car, it will likely warm the tach up enough to work. If so, that's your problem. I've got it on the GSL-SE too. I've never tried to fix it, but have rather either lived with it or just swapped out to another tach.

 

The Sterling Nikki was a typo. I was making a list of parts to lookup and copied and pasted the wrong thing. Mine is NOT a sterling....That is what I wanted. I guess I am now in debt.

I HOPE to have one sometime in my life.........wishful thinking

I think I figured out the hoses. Can't make it tonight though. I hope to see you all at the Mitty!

Pictures are coming though when I can get my wonderful photographer girlfriend to take time to fit me in for a few pics when she is done with her clients

 

I got my fb ruunning! However, there I just need to tweak a few things. Hope to see you all soon! Wish I could have made it to the meet though.

 

Congrats Chris!

That reminds me, on my way to the meeting last night I spotted a really nice gold FB cruising north on I85 in the left lane, looked like he was headed for the I985 merge. Bright shiny paint, pretty polished chrome tail pipe. Anybody know who it is?

Here's some photos of the April 5, 2011 OGTA meeting.

Rotaries were still showing up when I had to leave around sundown so Kristy and Holly will post the total 12A equivalents later on.

It was a sunny but coolish evening, in the mid '50's


The Iron Butt Award goes once again to Dave, who traveled 5 hours (one way) in his FD and brought along a piece of Crit's REPU to show us what the new paint job is going to look like (The REPU is going to be GORGEOUS).


Dave's FD is so fast that once he fires it up it's hard to get a picture of it that's not blurry


Greg the Younger and Greg the Elder and their faithful steeds


New Guy Greg III brought a 2GDFI box and installed it on the spot. The car started right up:





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk3onFXvxek



Mike has modded his rad overflow with some kind of FC contraption. The rest of the car is looking pretty good however

 

I like Holly's RX-9 but don't you think she'd look great in a white FB?



Billys FE is looking more like an FF every meet:



Here's Crit's SE, probably the second best running rotary on the lot after the Silver One



I couldn't believe it. This Starlett showed up with a 12A in it







And some other FB's I'd never seen before:







And some red FC's that are hard to tell apart (Kristy first, then Peter's; hope I got it right this time)

 

The Star of the Show was Gene's Hot Rod, which easily takes the cake for Oldest Car Ever







Even though it has a V8 in it we gave it 3 12A equivalents, based on dignity alone. Last summer Gene gave me a ride in that thing, scared me to death



Some group shots

 

Ray, it's not an FC contraption. It is the overflow bottle from and SE. It allows the overflow bottle to fit under the CAI ducting. I know it did come from a car with 13B, but it is a period correct piece. So be kind to me.

 

I dunno Mike. It's a slippery slope.

 

Thats right. Next thing you know Mike will have an FC
strut bar along with his FC coil and overflow bottle.
Or maybe even a 13B or Del Horto under the hood

Its a new trend called RestoModding. Its where older cars are restored
but using more modern parts (FC?) to get better performance or reliability.
You should look into it Ray

 

Well you already have one foot over the edge. You may as well just jump in full monty.

Fun trip home. LOTS of troopers sitting on the roads in Ga.

Ray- The latest mod that I showed you when I was leaving came in very handy. As iI crossed the NC/SC border my Down pipe decided to part ways from my turbo. This made the car really loud as opposed to just "yeah it's kinda loud" This did make my car sound like a Semi truck. The slightest touch of the gas and the turbo spool sound was intoxicating. ( not to mention the carbon monoxide, hah!)

 

Thanks for the A Crit.

Also thanks to everyone for the help with installing the 2GDFI last night. Just had the wrong wire hook up. Changed from the Pink to Tan wire. She running great.

 

I like Holly's RX-9 but don't you think she'd look great in a white FB?

Yeah, she would also look good in mine fully painted whatever color she desired. It is ready for paint and reassembly. Just meeds a buyer. C'mon Holly. You gotta buy either my FD or FB.

 

Oh you guys should not have gone there. I am having lunch with Ray tomorrow. He is going to preach a sermon on the virtures of the un-molested 12A, complete with an alter call, and I'll have to genuflect in front of The Silver One.

Dave, glad to hear you made it home safely, with a minimum of adventure.

 

Golf clubs make handy shock replacements

 

"He is going to preach a sermon on the virtures of the un-molested 12A, complete with an alter call"

You do have a good point there Mike.

 

Hah!! I thought the mods warned you never to post that pic again.

If you get on th etrack at the Mitty for the World record attempt we can play where's Blue and the silver bullet.

 

I don't know what this song is, but you can queue the music. I'm betting our spiritual leader and The Silver One will be on the track for the record setting parade lap.