jimmer

Gotta love having a zed and these fads for school proms,just earned £100 for an hours work taking my mates nephew to his big night out !! Gave him the usual white knuckle ride after he asked is it as fast as a scoobie :glare: mmmm that was it i soon set him straight :gunsmilie:

ahhh my little message i left for when u finally get it mapped Lol,u were not supposed to see that now :laugh:

Its a classic symptom of piston ring land failure,check the breather elbow has not come off on the n/s rocker cover,if its in place do a compression test.the oil is pushed out he dipstick tube by boost pressure entering the crank case.

please do can we hold you to that ?

almost deffo a pipes come off somewhere,

Check your cranck angle sensor connection on the n/s of the engine.its almost certainly that.

multimeters are a waste of time,i dont know of any auto sparky that regularly uses one if im honest,unless you know the value of the item your testing then whats the point.Ok an injector may have 14 ohms through its coil,but its no proof its working is it ? and you should never use a meter to rely on when testing voltages.a testlight is far more reliable.

The ficd is purely to up engine revs when under load from the aircon etc.It basically is an on/off plunger that opens a drilling alowing excess air increase engine revs.If the idle valve value fluctuates it could be purely that the ecu is trying to compensate for an air leak and not the valve being faulty.

if it needs a clutch go sick Jeff !!

This is a great series guys and flys the flag for 300s,i wish more people would come along and give more support to these guys.id like to see a club stand at these events to show how proud we are of the car and its prowess in events like this.

So am i,i think,sure thats where James has booked me in,see you there Pete.

Hi Pete, Round 2 ALREADY !! see you there fella.looking forward to it.

if its not broke leave it,the common failure ptu myth is hardly relevant now 20 odd years later,mines the one it came with and its a 91 model.

Im stunned,Hes been on here since i can remember.Rest in peace fella.Their but for the grace of god go i springs to mind.Can anybody please shed any light on his passing ?

Imho if you opening up the engine,youll need to re ring it at least,if the pistons are good that is,if the budget wont stretch to forged pistons then get the bores measured if they are in tolerance then get some new Rock pistons from Z1,the bores will need honing for this to de glaze them so the new rings bed in,its a no brainer to restore compression with new rings or pistons and not do the heads as the youll get problems,if they are flat after removal have the valve faces and seats re cut so they seal correctly,the exhaust valve seats will be badly pitted with age so its a must.stock gaskets will be fine if your not chasing crazy power.Get the crank checked for size and ovality have some new shells put in.have any seals changed and get a new timing belt,water pump,thermostat and bridge hoses.At least then youll have some faith in it.The biggest power increase you can make aside tubs injectors etc is using larger diameter intercooler pipes.The stock ones are restrictive and dyno tests in the states have shown amazing gains by fitting them.Youll pick up quite a bit of torque and quicker spool with them.

sounds like the high idle issue is the problem tbh,as your slowing in gear the engine is pulling against the slowing transmission.Does your car have a manual conversion ? what is the idle valve percentage at idle on consult ?

I love the billy and Johnnys in the engine bay pic,a true painter and decoraters outfit LOl

was it you Marty ?

Who won these on e bay,anyone on here,somebody got a bargain ! i got outbid at the last minute :angry: :pinch:

That just about sums it up Richard.couldnt put it better if i tried.

Take the bottom of the guide off it helps flow :thumbup1: Mark you didnt lap the valves in without getting the seats and faces cut ? the inlets may seal ok but the exhaust seats will never lap properly :no:

20 minutes per head mate,done a few lol a decent spring compressor would help,where did you get that ? a ford model T toolkit !!

I was too,479 and climbing,det stopped play.wanted the magic 500 but never got there.If the afr gauge had been hooked up it would have helped.

I will be joining you,Great woman to be respected for her contribution to this Country.I think Maggie did a great job and needs to be remembered for this,i just watched some socialists dancing on a newspaper picture of her and my piss boiled,they were about twenty years old ffs !! how dare they,they never saw the 70s and the shit Labour put us in.Rather like the the last term where they ruined the country again.Despite popular belief Maggie wasnt all for the rich i get tired hearing that old chestnut,she helped thousands of blue collar workers owna home,encouraged people to start their own businesses,crushing the unions wasnt an attack on workers it was aimed at the unions strangling the country and making us the laughing stock of europe.Nobody would deal with us.Its a great lost to Politics and the fact she got elected 3 times says it all.......... Rip Iron Lady

AH Hans Brix yer busting my balls !!