AndrewG

Looking forward to the next instalment Tom!

Hello Mark, you still with QV?

Good to see the targa panels off for Aberdeen, and welcome to the Club!

Is it just me or does "Rusty Turrets" sound like it should be a character out of Disney's Car films?

You get round the problem of a single port actuator slowly opening the wastegate as the manifold (boost) pressure rises by using an EVC (HKS for example). Correctly setup, the EVC will not allow pressure from the inlet mainifold to reach the wastegate until the set pressure has been reached. Once the set mainfold pressure has been reached the EVC signals the EVC solenoid to open and full manifold pressure reaches the wastegate actuator. This keeps the wastegate firmly shut until the last moment.

Looking at the bulbs side by side, the focal points are completely different between the two types (Halogen and LED). The LED may produce more 'light' but it will not be focused in the reflector in the way it was designed for a halogen lamp.

Moi aussi!

The seals in the small washer pumps can fail and allow washer fluid to drip out. Check for leaking directly under each pump. A replacement motor is the fix.

Congratulations James! Best wishes for your new role.

Best wishes on your Birthday Richard!

I found these videos very informative. [video=youtube_share;6vr8YjBz9uw] [video=youtube_share;LwHrYEBXXGg]

Which magazine was the article in? I'd love to see a scan of it if that was possible in due course?

Thanks for the link and nice workmanship! Did you get your UK/Euro oil cooler done?

At least this comment in that BB thread is correct: "Personally I think half the appeal in the old ZX's is the Q-car nature of them. They're sledgehammer fast with velvet glove looks. If you start adding wings and vents and bling they just become another 2F2F wannabe tomy toy"

"at what power level is to much for the road?" The level at which the performance of the car exceeds the ability of the driver to control it safely.

This was the experience of Greg Dupree from Specialty-Z with stainless and inconel manifolds: http://www.twinturbo.net/nissan/300zx/forums/general/view/2347243/INfo.html With the Z32 the problem of cracking was made worse by the weight of the turbos hanging off the manifolds. For a time SZ insisted that to provide a warranty against their inconel manifolds cracking that their test pipes with flexible joints were also fitted. Ultimately SZ stopped selling inconel manifolds and went with cast iron from Mike Smith.

Have you checked the ecu harness plug is fully and correctly seated in the ecu socket and the individual ecu harness wires have not been pulled/broken from the plug? Was the wooden kick board not installed?

Why are you after tubular manifolds rather than cast ones?

Does it look like this? In which case it would be for operating a parking mast (visual aid) fitted to the n/s front bumper. They were available as a Nissan option for JDM cars. Item 1 in picture.

You aware of this? http://minkara.carview.co.jp/en/userid/1055940/car/823631/2356565/note.aspx

Thanks for the reminder! It's pancake Tuesday on the 17th...

Here is Speciality Z's explanation for the tapered expansion turbo outlets: "The newer 2.5" intercooler pipe kits come with the turbo outlets, but they are full 2.5" and still use a coupler for the big jump in size coming off the turbo. Air can not expand as quickly as the couplers expand and making a quick change introduces turbulance." http://www.twinturbo.net/nissan/300zx/forums/general/view/2400924/NEW-Specialty-Z-Product-Offering.html So you have a choice of turbo outlet pipes to go with 2.5" IC pipework depending on the size of the turbo's compessor outlet.

What needs doing to your UK TT to make it happy again?