spent an hour and a half on the car after work this evenin. im no mechanic, and these things take me a lot of time! managed to drain remaining coolant and remove

throttle cover

smithys slam and headlight panels,

Grounding kit

turbo pipes

rad pipes

rad

fan & fan clutch

headlight panel

front water pipes

cam covers

 

believe it or not thats good going for me!!!

 

start on plenum removal tomorrow evening.

Good luck bud! Always fun trying to undo the egr pipe screws under either side of the plenum!!Dave

couldnt spend as long on the z last night - just managed to get the balance bar, coilpacks and throttle cables off.

 

also removed 'smithys new part' havnt got a clue what its actually called!

 

slowly slowly catchy monkey!!!

 

reckon with what i would like to uprate, cost is gonna be the biggest factor rather than the time to actually remove and fit!!

 

would ideally like to fit koyo rad when everything goes back together, greddy plugs, get everything polished, few more smithys bits etc

 

has anyone used the greddy cambelt from chris@getgreddy's site???

 

whats the difference from o.e spec?

 

from a few posts, i take it that metal head gaskets are a bit of a no-no?

 

anyone else replaced their pcv's with breather filters???

Strewth, sounds like you're going for the full dismantle option! An hour and a half to do all that? Took me the best part of two and a half hours to change the flaming oil (which wasn't *actually* on fire I should point out). What are you planning to do?

errrrrr, at the moment, keep going till the heads come off! :rofl:

 

find somewhere to recon them, and get all the visible bits polished.

 

new head gaskets needed, just thought id have a go myself first, learn a little more about the car!

 

pulling everything offs the easy bit - its putting it all back together im looking forward to!

Hope your taking notes bud, worst thing about doing stuff over time is that any memory you had of where everything goes dissapears :) Good on you for having a go tho

digital camera ;)

spent an hour and a half on the car after work this evenin. im no mechanic, and these things take me a lot of time! managed to drain remaining coolant and remove

throttle cover

smithys slam and headlight panels,

Grounding kit

turbo pipes

rad pipes

rad

fan & fan clutch

headlight panel

front water pipes

cam covers

 

believe it or not thats good going for me!!!

 

 

 

 

 

start on plenum removal tomorrow evening.

 

 

 

 

All this to change a bloody spark plug? :dance:

lol, i did find the spark plugs last night - what a mare that would be, if that was all you wanted to do!!!

 

i keep looking behind me at the ever growing pile of parts - wonder how many bits ill have left over?!

lol, i did find the spark plugs last night - what a mare that would be, if that was all you wanted to do!!!

 

i keep looking behind me at the ever growing pile of parts - wonder how many bits ill have left over?!

 

Dont for fooksake forget where it all goes. :rofl:

:rofl: nah i know where every bit goes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

just wait for the post in october asking what which bit does and where it goes!!! lol!

digital camera ;)

Good man....

I want a copy of those please :D

Good reference for when the dreaded time comes :(

cheeky bugger arnt I :slap:

all piccies will be saved, no matter how relevant and can be yours for a small fee!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

only jokin fella if that time ever comes for you id only be too glad too help