May I take the opportunity to thank both these guys . Managed to get a full manual conversion from JaiKai (gearbox is absolutely great :biggrin:)

I originally learnt through the forum that Jaikai's manual conversion was at Lee Dents in Shrewsbury so I thought I would be a little cheeky and ask Lee if he would do the conversion for me. (I am not a great mechanic and don't have much space at the moment)

Managed to get it over to Lee at LA Autos Just after my birthday to get the bits fitted . I also chose to get the decat down pipes from Japspeed for the 300zx.co.uk members price so thought it would be an ideal time to do this with the transmission out . Lee went over my car, used the conzult and has given me a full honest appraisal of my car , He also managed to a fair few deletes around the engine making it a lot neater , sorted out an idle issue , tightened up my oil filter as it was leaking , diagnosed the fact my timing is retarded , fixed my fag lighter (not that I smoke) fixed down my coilpacks with some nice shiny hex bolts , fixed a new piece to my interior that was falling off, and some other things.

He also kept me updated throughout and sent me some nice progress pictures . Top guy!!!

My car is now going great , so much more responsive and entertaining to drive and sounds brilliant!

So thanks again guys! One happy Zed driver here :thumbup:

 

One of the pics sent

 

what clutch kit have you fitted mate

Its an XTD stage 2 with flywheel , ordered it from states - at a very good price

Supplied by a Lee and fitted by a Lee, glad the box got fitted and hope you enjoy driving a manual mate.

 

:)

I was looking at then but seem a little to cheap . as we all know you get what you pay for. how does it feel? is it on off feel

It was a pleasure selling it to you as it meant I never had to lift the bloody thing all the way back to troon.

It was a pleasure selling it to you as it meant I never had to lift the bloody thing all the way back to troon.

 

lol its been replaced by an auto box , I need to get rid of that - Thanks again gearbox feels lovely and has transformed the car :biggrin:

I was looking at then but seem a little to cheap . as we all know you get what you pay for. how does it feel? is it on off feel

 

It seems fine at the moment - still going a little gentle as its new . I researched them a little before going with it and couldn't find anything to really put me off . I believe there's a few people on here using them and haven't read anything negative (on here)

Lees fitting an XTD clutch for me aswel. Hopefully be able to drive it soon & see what it's like.

had had a good look round and have found plenty of bad stuff about xtd. so am very unsure £300 for a clutch and flywheel then most other are near £800 for a uprated clutch and fly wheel so there is a massive price diff must be a reason for this

Nice one guys.

saw this at the garage and the wheels are sweet and your interior is awesome too! Decent zed there buddy with a clutch now aswell ;)

saw this at the garage and the wheels are sweet and your interior is awesome too! Decent zed there buddy with a clutch now aswell ;)

 

thanks Hollings :biggrin:

had had a good look round and have found plenty of bad stuff about xtd. so am very unsure £300 for a clutch and flywheel then most other are near £800 for a uprated clutch and fly wheel so there is a massive price diff must be a reason for this

 

Guess I will find out , If it fails I will get a more expensive one - watch this space :yes:

that's just it I went do this road with a Porsche I had few years ago uprated clutch any how 3 clutches later I went back to the oem one was a fooking nightmere and cost me over 2.5k in clutches and labour so am little funny about clutches now

that's just it I went do this road with a Porsche I had few years ago uprated clutch any how 3 clutches later I went back to the oem one was a fooking nightmere and cost me over 2.5k in clutches and labour so am little funny about clutches now

 

wow you have got clutch issues , the clutch that came with my manual conversion had a few months left on it so I thought for £180 plus postage its worth a punt . despite the negative stuff out there there is some positive stuff . for £800 you could get 4 of these :) obviously postage on top .

yes indeed so as you can see that's why am asking every one about clutches as don't fancy a trip down that road again