Hi I'm John I have just got my first Z as a fixer upper after a bad time with a Supra. I've had many Japanese performance cars but always liked the shape of a Z.

 

Its a bit tatty and runs badly but at £500 for a road legal manual TT I can't loose i hope...

Welcome and good luck John.:thumbup1:

Welcome matey :)

Welcome to the forum John. Any pics of your new pride and joy, get them posted up.

bad time with a supra?? well i think you will have a even harder time with a £500 zed lol!!!

 

Welcome to the site John and dont forget the pics :)

Shewsh !

 

Dont put em off just yet ! :wacko:

 

bad time with a supra?? well i think you will have a even harder time with a £500 zed lol!!!

 

Welcome to the site John and dont forget the pics :)

welcome john, look forward to seeing pics of this cheapy Z :)

Don't have many pics at the moment i've only had it a week, heres when i collected it.

 

 

Bad times with a Supra means the dreaded headgasket fail :(

My wife still has a Supra but hers is a 2jz so doesn't suffer like the 7m does.

 

The Z is slightly modded it has a front mounted intercooler, decat exhaust, lightened flywheel, triple plate clutch, lightened pulleys an Apexi boost controller and a remap. No idea what BHP its pushing out at the moment not much by the way its running. But it should be over 300Bhp the guy i got it from seemed to think it was 420bhp. I also have a K10 Micra as a daily so this can be my project :)

you paid £500 for that?! what was it mates rates or stolen or something? lol

No someone who works 2 doors down from me it was his daily i think he couldn't find the fault with it and gave up it runs crap. When its warmed up its got lumpy up and down idle like an air leak and when driven it feels like its running out of fuel and won't pull. swapped out the airflow meter for a new one as thats what i thought it was at first. I had an Impreza turbo with the same symptoms and that cured it but not with the Z lol.

£500 Notes for that..Worth it all day long...:yes:

welcome mate. good buy. alot of car for the money. have you checked round all the intercooler pipes/fittings?

Hmm hadn't thought of that if the weather is good this weekend i'll drop the bumper and had a good poke around. Its not a particularly good brand intercooler its a Autbahn88 or something it has filters fitted buy the same brand but the chrome on them is going rusty lol must be from China.

Looking good for £500.00 buddy, bargain and in the best colour too......lol

the autobahn88 stuff is quite good m8 ....

but check all boost pipes for leaks as its sounds to a air/boost leak

hi john

Welcome what a bargin for £500 soon be £2000 once you get hooked on here!!

I will replace it eventually. I want to get it running right first it seems odd that its only got air leak symtoms when warm but the holding back like being out of fuel and not accelerating right is when cold or hot. It also seems to run rich with it too. I will order a Consult cable and software for my laptop on payday that might shed some light onto it.

One thing i have noticed while reading the forum my PTU is an early one.

Welcome to the club, wow, £500!!!! Good buy, the Apexi boost controller is worth at least £200 on its own, bargain mate

I'll try and get a vid of the running/driving problem at the weekend and post it in the tech section.

Looking good for £500.00 buddy, bargain and in the best colour too......lol

 

Looks silver in the pic.......not black! ;)

 

welcome to the club John :)

Welcome :cool2: £500 that's a bargain.... by anyone standards

Welcome John - and congrats on your new purchase!!

 

You've come to the right place as there's a font of knowledge on here to call upon...!!

 

Richard:rockon:

Welcome John :thumbup1:

welcome to the club john and good luck with the project . it sounds like you,ve got a lot of zed for your money

front bumper is worth more than £500 on its own :cool3:

front bumper is worth more than £500 on its own :cool3:

 

not in that condition :lol: