ive had 2 main problems on my todo list for my car in the brake judder and the weird loss of power. well today went to start and nothing. took most of the dash apart as suspected immobiliser. anyway few hours later gave up called the rac. rac man suspected the immobiliser so removed it. commented on how the person who wired it up did a bit of a bodge job and the stange fact that the rear fog lamp was wired into the immobiliser. anyway with this removed tried to start again and nothing. checked all the fuses again and all seemed fine. pretty stumped now he did more checks of various things. just before giving up he checked the ignition fuse for the 4th time and noticed it was broke but somebody had bent the wires together. removed the elec seat fuse put it in the place of the ignition fuse and wayhey its started. well off he went and i was happy. went to start the car a bit later and knocked the fog lamp switch, suddenly no power as fuse blew again. so then moved the abs fuse into the ignition slot and started fine. so took it for a spin to see how she was, braking wasnt as bad as before but not completly cured. the weird thing was my car felt soo different. its more responsive than it had ever been, it fely lighter and nimble. i booted it 12 time and not once did i loose and turbo power. the guage needle was further to the left at idle , not by much and every time it booted it the needle would go a little past the last but one mark and not just upto the saftey boost mark like it did after i booted it 3 or 4 times before. question is, was it the abs or the immobiliser causing the loss of power problems.

cant see how either would effect performance of the z but would rather effect the cars brakes ive had strange things with my car the fuel needle keeps dropping everytime i boost it :D

 

without sounding rude maybe u need to get the car checked by an expert cos by it sounds the car has been played with by a novice! and for all you know there could be things effecting performance for something totally differant.The fuses blowing could be due to a bad earth and bad wireing

 

hope it gets zorted ;)

...ive had strange things with my car the fuel needle keeps dropping everytime i boost it ...

 

mine does this too, u can notice th needle drop a millimeter or two but it rises up again after a little while

sory have to disagree there greg.

 

if you have a elec fault on this car, all hell breaks loose, most notably the performance of the car seems to be in for a killing, it seems that however the car works out the importance of power it goes to the least important services 1st then gradualy and finaly to the more importance bits.

 

had this, done that. have a battery that continualy becomes flat withing days. new alternator fitted and checked, and checked again. pull the rear fog lam fuse out which has naff al to do with much and the battery is fine... untill you switch the turbo timer on, then the car drops in speed.

 

fooking over complicated LKHUUGHJK

the car feels 100 times more responsive even without the turbo kicking in. before after about 20 mins the felt like it was struggling, but like trying to drive with the handbrake on. now u just have to tap the accelerator and she goes. any bad bit was the rac guy said my chassis legs were rusting so i think she aint gonna last much longer as i think thats a expensive or impossible job to do.