Like any old girl you pick up, she's going to have some issues from the past right?

 

I have browsed before i joined and i have read but i wanted some feedback on my efforts so far...

My new Z is an '89 import, NA and running large exhausts on the rear, split rims and a K&N. Upon purchasing the Z i was pleased, i ran her for a good 10 miles before handing over the cash, unbeknownst to me, the problems existed later.

Up around the 80mph mark on the motorway home i noticed a slight thump (speed related) and assumed it was perhaps a bearing (collapsed or worn). After some more thought, i realised it to be more likely the prop shaft.

I have read some pages online since then and know that the Z has a problem with the center prop bearing and subsequently the gear box mount bracket. This is what i feels like to me. Very central, speed related and increases in severity on longer journeys.

 

I've stopped driving the car now, she is in the local garage for inspection. Firstly, my mechanic is competent but i am concerned that he won't know 100% unless he knows A, exactly what he's doing, or B, he goes out and drives the thing for a long journey.

Secondly, am i going about this the right way. I live in Gloucestershire and i imagine that there is someone that i could take the Z to and they would have an experienced opinion on my issue.

That's the main point really, i want this to be sorted ASAP.

 

The first thing i was going to tackle is the exhausts, someone in the past has binned the original and stuck on some hideous back box with two huge loud pipes. I love a good V6 noise but this makes the car sound like it's trying to hard. I want something after market but not pipes the size of a new born child...could someone recommend me a set? Second hand or otherwise. I guess whilst I'm here, anyone interested in the system i have?

 

This is she...

 

I like them. If you wana sell them to me cheap let me know I'll put them on my teardrop trailer I'm planning to build.

 

These are a grands worth set of 4 that need restoring. What's cheap?

Could someone link me to a preferable site to get a gear linkage bush kit?

 

And also is there a thread or something online that could help with installing the new kit?

 

Thanks

 

Mikey

You can get the kit from Mike our trader here

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?38-MJP-Eastern-auto