Hello All,

 

About 2 years ago I got drunk one evening and bought a NA manual Z32 on ebay for the laugh (at least it seemed at the time).. Didn't really know what to do with it, so it basically been sat in the garage until last weekend when I drove it up to croft and ragged it around a bit..

 

http://www.motorsportinfocus.co.uk/Javelin%20Croft%2001.12.14/album/ - some pics here under the "Dark Blue SWP" link on the left hand side - can't seem to post direct link.

 

Yeah, that was pretty good fun.. But now I still don't know what to do with it - so I've chucked it back in the garage, hopefully not for another 2 years!

 

So, any suggestions on what I should do with it?? :-D

Hello and welcome mate!

 

Nice pics there - thanks for sharing. As for what to do with it; assuming it ran OK, get it out more and use it!! Once you get the bug, you won't need to ask what to do with it - it will come naturally......:rofl:

 

Richard:cool:

Hi and welcome to the club, just enjoy it like you did at the Croft :thumbup:

cheers guys.. Yeah there's a few things that need sorting on it

 

chassis seems solid, except the rust I can't see, yet... I've had quite a few 200sx's so I'm assuming the 300 rots in the same way back of the sills etc...

engine seems good, idles well, starts first time (even after 2 years of sitting) pull well, power seems good - sound lush!

 

It drove 270 miles to croft, ragged it for the day and drove back and didn't miss a beat - I honestly thought it'd be coming back on a trunk

 

But there's a few niggles - mostly electrics

- headlights mysteriously disappear intermittently when going from high to low beam - think its the relay (anyone got one for sale?)

- when the headlights do work, they're absolutely CRAP - going to clean/polish the lights and reseal them( the offside one is like an aquarium at the moment..) , but what options to I have with brighter bulbs etc?

- alarm doesn't work - going to rip it out tho, so thats fine

- rear nearside wheel bearing is making an interesting noise, take it they're fairly easy to get? any difficultly with it being an import for parts?

- the brakes were "interesting" on the trackday, faded completely and had smoke pouring off them - so again, what options are there?

- when I press really hard on the brakes now there's a hideous grinding noise from under the bonnet.. the sort of noise that you usually go, "yeah it'll be fine don't worry about it..."

 

apart from that, its not bad for a 20year old datsun!

Welcome to the club Simon and time to sort your Z out for the Summer.:thumbup1:

Headlight problem easily solved..... Fit a quality set of HIDs

 

Oh and it's NOT a Datsun.... it's a Genuine NISSAN

Think I'm missing something here, so this was taxed and tested after 2 years standing? and you drove it to Croft and back!....impressive!

 

I think if your going to track it regularly, a good brake upgrade would help!

Think I'm missing something here, so this was taxed and tested after 2 years standing? and you drove it to Croft and back!....impressive!

 

yep! had to buy a new battery to get it started, dropped it round to the MOT dude, all it needed was new tyres, disks and pads - which it kinda needs again after the track day... I'm well impressed with it as well - everyone said the engine was going to turn inside out.

 

Looks like my buying skills of getting drunk and buying something on ebay I've never seen before works well!!

yep! had to buy a new battery to get it started, dropped it round to the MOT dude, all it needed was new tyres, disks and pads - which it kinda needs again after the track day... I'm well impressed with it as well - everyone said the engine was going to turn inside out.

 

Looks like my buying skills of getting drunk and buying something on ebay I've never seen before works well!!

 

VG engine strong like bull. Just like the CA.

VG engine strong like bull. Just like the CA.

 

hahahaa... yeah... seen the insides of a few of those! still - I think the CA is a very underated engine with a bit of a poor rep. mine had 150K before it blew the headgasket and its probably still going after the rebuild. My sr20 melted at 60K with no mods and stock boost, 2nd engine spun a shell.. still bet its a fair bit cheaper (and easier) to rebuild than a V6!

Mine had 382hp & 326lb·ft at the hubs with 108k on a completely stock engine and was still going strong when I sold it. Spanked up the dragstrip every weekend that car was.

 

There's a Zed on here that ran 700bhp on a stock bottom end in Time Attack last year. I run my stock engine at 1.7 bar on twin GT2870s. When I get the chance, that is :(

You need a H3, 55w and it's your choice on colour between 4300 - 6000k for the HID light kit for the dipped and yes a clean out is recommended and drop a few silica gel sachets in there before you put back together.

 

The adjuster cogs may also be broken.

 

Keep the stock 55w H1 bulbs for the highs.

 

It is normal for the lows to go off when you switch to high beam, this is nearly always adapted by owners so that the lows stay on, think yourself lucky it's not been messed with and is a blank canvass for you.

You can get some 100 Watt bulbs from Halfrauds to upgrade the 55 watt H1 Mains