Good news, I managed to pick her up early, and she's now parked in her new home. It's raining buckets here in Coventry at the minute, so pics are all indoor shots at the moment, in crap lighting, but I'll have better shots in a couple of days.

 

I'm gonna wait till after USC to MOT her, or I'll just have that expense every year right at the wrong time next year, so I'm using my head, not my heart, and putting back the expected "On Road" date to sometime around the 2nd week of August.

 

Considering she hadn't been started in over 2 years, the drive back was smooth, if a little smoky in drive at 3500rpm @ 70mph. Once I hit the overdrive button, and the revs dropped backto 2100rpm, the smoke died away, but as I was coming back into the 30mph zone by my house, the smoke was back, and oticable especiallywhen I came off the throttle for roundabouts or corners. She has had the oil feed pipes for the turbo re-tightened a few times, so that's my first port of call for checking her.

 

Question for all you petrol knowledgable people... Could the over two year old petrol make it smoke like that?

 

Once we got her in the garage, I left her for a bit, then restarted her, let her idle for a min or two, then checked to see how bad the smoke was. All the way thru the rev range, she was fine, not a puff, all the way to the limiter, that also tells me that either it's gonna clear, or the turbo area is the right place to start....

 

And I have great plans for this car. She's gonna get a set of coilovers, and a bodykit this side of xmas, but that's after the dyno setup. I'm going to a Jap specialist near Nuneaton, called MGT Racing for all the diagnostics, and setup. They know their stuff with Skyline's, they have a

 

Wheels will come at some point, as she's running on 16" rims at the minute. Granted, they're 3-peice split rims, but I will be changing them at some point around the time the kit gets fitted.

 

More to come as it happens....

 

 

 

 

 

Looks liek an ice clean zed mate. what kind of bodykit you going for? Hope its a nice subtle one, theres a few very nice red zed on hear with nice subtle kits on them.

yes maybe old petrol. Give it a bloody good run mate. As for 450bhp i dont know. Take a look at the ecu if its stamped or tagged to see if its been modified. Turbos would be different also, unless there hybrids.

Nice looking zed there matey :)

Looks liek an ice clean zed mate. what kind of bodykit you going for? Hope its a nice subtle one, theres a few very nice red zed on hear with nice subtle kits on them.

 

I was thinking about this one.... keeps the look of the z32, but makes it a bit more modern, I think it's pretty subtle....

 

Big Paul good luck with your zed project but take care and check out the link below:x:

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=121677

 

Jeff TT

Big Paul good luck with your zed project but take care and check out the link below:x:

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=121677

 

Jeff TT

 

Duly noted.... ;)

I was thinking about this one.... keeps the look of the z32, but makes it a bit more modern, I think it's pretty subtle....

 

 

nice. Paint looks great.

paul will give you a beep if i see you out on the road in it, you would spot me a mile off!

The Z looks great in the pics mate :)

she passed the mot today, at the first attempt... 2 minor advisories, one for a ball joint, and one for a tyre, funnily enough, on the same side.... sorted.... she'll be on the road from the 1st of september... sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet... :D

good good mate, im del work beside jamie he was showing me some pics of your car the other day looks good. said you might be popping up this way with it

Looking good! You going to come to Zed-fest then? Your car will be ready just in time :)

 

also i really like that bodykit in the pic i dont know why but id go for it :)

Unless you're planning on fitting a really big FMIC, that front bumper will look pretty grim.

 

Reminds me of this.

 

 

good good mate, im del work beside jamie he was showing me some pics of your car the other day looks good. said you might be popping up this way with it

hey del, your car looks spanking in the pics jay sent, and yeh all being well, I'll be up there in the old girl in the month or so... We'll set the streets of Falkirk alight that night, eh?!:dance::dance:

 

Looking good! You going to come to Zed-fest then? Your car will be ready just in time :)

When is zed fest, and where?

 

also i really like that bodykit in the pic i dont know why but id go for it :)

 

I'll be at TRAX 09 at silverstone on the 6th of sept, but I might be taking the Volvo, as I'm more used to her...

 

I'll be buying the kit sometime in October, with a bit of luck...

Unless you're planning on fitting a really big FMIC, that front bumper will look pretty grim.

 

Reminds me of this.

 

 

 

oh yes, there will be an FMIC going in that gaping hole in the front, for sure, I agree, it'd look daft without one....;)

yeah mate give us a shout when your heading up maybe jamie will have actually finished building his car by then lol

.... maybe jamie will have actually finished building his car by then lol

 

don't hold your breath there pal, he's been at that car for two years, I even went over to help drop the engine in, while I was on my hols at Wemyss a couple of months back... :x:

Here she was yesterday at the mot....

 

 

you can almost see her smiling here, sat there all passed and stuff... :D

least yours went on the ramp with no issues with getting on the ramp :D

least yours went on the ramp with no issues with getting on the ramp :D

 

ahhh... not quite.... chipped the splitter a little on the drivers corner, as she was reversed out.... good job the tester's a mate, and I've got another mate who's a wizz with fibre glassing...

don't hold your breath there pal, he's been at that car for two years, I even went over to help drop the engine in, while I was on my hols at Wemyss a couple of months back... :x:

 

lol didnt know it had been that long he is always mking it out as if its nearly done

lol didnt know it had been that long he is always mking it out as if its nearly done

 

oh it is nearly done.... still.... ;)

 

he's a busy chappie, and his motivation on that car died when he had a shot in my T5.... :bow:

ah so its your t5 he goes on about kinda thought his enthusiasm had died a little

yeh, that'l my swedish beast... 4.9 0-60, and 13.9 1/4 mile... she does ok....

Ok, got her booked in at zedworld on the 15th of september, for the pcv's, and diagnostic check....

 

Hopefully driving away with a non-smoky, well running, head-turning redzed....

 

finger, toes and manjewels crossed.... :D

and how's this for a picture?

 

Reflection off my Volvo T5.....