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The 480 distributor for my 07A (July 10th) car is 9E16 (May 16th) 
The BU rear axle has a E269 (May 26th) casting date and a 0630 (June 30th) assembly date.
Engine casting E219 (May 21st) assembly date V0528DZ (May 28th)
M20 Trans P9H20A (June 20th)
Starter #8367 9F23 (June 23rd)
Alternator #837 9E23 (May 23rd)
Cylinder head #186 9E16 (May 16th)
DZ carb #4053 952 (May 2nd week)
All born with components

very helpful - and I've seen that 9E16 distributor quite a bit - so i'm guessing they stamped a TON of them on the same day for future production... just wondering if other was a later batch.

09D of 69 so a mid/late production

thanks

I have an O9D Z28
looking for a date code correct 1111480 distributor, and a 12bolt.

the trim tag is 09D and the engine stamp agrees.

question is - how early could a 12bolt be to be accurate?

and same with distributor? 

thanks

anyone know where i can get resistor wire (cloth covered) and the spade connector??

someone converted a car of mine to HEI many years ago and clipped the original resistor wire and subsequently discarded it and the yellow starter wire.... i'd like to restore/replace them without having to replace the entire engine harness

thanks
Aaron

sure - watch this video -  its short - but you can clearly see a checkered pattern in the vinyl... this is a replacement top -

i've since learned that its not the glue - but in the vinyl itself - something bout the machine that puts the grain into the vinyl...

i had previously only noticed it on my original vinyl top cars- which is why i assumed it had to do with the factory glue, or install process - but i was wrong..

it seems that of all the manufacturers of replacement tops - only a few make them correctly to get the correct appearance -

https://youtu.be/SYT8K_QT4f0

cheers

seems like the checkered pattern is in the vinyl itself, not the glue

I can't seem to find any info on this -

but every original vinyl top i've seen has a "checker board" pattern visible - which i believe has to do with the way the glue was put on...

has anyone successfully recreated this on a newly installed top?

most impressive - was Crossram, 4.56s, headers, and mandrel bent exhaust with Borlas - -  but that was to be expected - -

honestly most enjoyable was stock intake/carb, 140 cam, 4.56 gears, headers with Chambered exhaust.

i will - proablby not anytime soon, but i might take it to a F.A.S.T event at some point.

i have drivin it for the past 10 years with every iteration of Z28 glory
its literally been my Guinea Pig - -  i've had 3.73s, 4.10s, and finally 4.56s in it -  the 30/30 cam, LT1 Cam, a couple aftermarket disasters, and lastly the 140 cam -
stock intake, cross ram setup,
Gardners Chambered Exhaust, and their DeepTone System, finally a true 2.5 mandrel bent system with borla mufflers and headers for the last season before pulling the 302/crossram mill out.

now, i'm shelf-ing all the original $$$ parts and will run with the 421 for a while

cheers

thats a good question -
its a 9:1  421, hyd roller cam - 236-248 at .050 with 535/518 on a 106 - Dart Iron Eagles 180cc heads
Z28 intake, AED 850 holley -
wide ratio muncie and 3.36 gears - -

if i were running headers and a good exhaust - probably a shit-ton
but i suspect the manifolds and stock deep-tone exhaust will kill a lot of the potential - especially the top-end -  but i built it to be a grunty big-block in a Z28 look-alike package.

i'll know in a few days

yep - and dbl the gaskets

I didn't do the milling - Brzenski did the CNC work on a pair of Dart Iron Eagle 200cc heads.
they are atop a 421 small block -

yeah i'm not making that mistake lol

i'll either go with trying to trim down an OE sender or go with a smaller one and calibrate

well the heads are on the car - so not much of a chance to drill and tap -  i do have the larger tap but i'm not sure i can fit a drill in straight - plus cleaning out the shavings in the water jacket will not be fun

i do wonder about milling down the correct size - if its possible

sorry - no the location is correct (between the 1-3 exhaust port -  but it has the smaller tapped hole and will not fit the OE sending unit.

I could opt to put the sending unit in the intake like a 68 car, or get a thermostat housing with the larger port -  but I have a set of Dart heads that were milled by Brzenski on the ends to look like a set of 69-70 Z28 heads -   BUT the temp sending unit thread is smaller on the Dart heads.

thanks