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Thought that the zed had a 51% front 49% rear weight distribution?

ptu on the way out maybe?

well the zed should have kicked the arse out of a 944 and capri!. It's got a turbo front bumper, but we'll just have to wait and see. Can't wait.

Neighbour was told he had it the other week. It's a bit of a worry as I have asthma and a lowered immune system, due to drugs I was on for psoriasis.

Update: I started the car today with the AC on and NO smoke :hyper: So is this definitely duff PCV valves? Didn't want to spend too much on this engine as I have a low mileage rebuilt one out of my breaker that I was going to fit, after I'd done a bit of detailing on it. So dilemma is do I replace the PCV valves and get a bit more out of this engine or do I put the known good engine in now and forget the detailing?

Think you need to become a member to do it mate. Well worth it!

Welcome to the club matey :)

would a pcv fault cause smoke to come out of just one exhaust? The turbos boost perfectly, would the boost drop if the seal was leaking? Sorry i'm not a mechanic and the zed is the first car I've ever tried to repair/rebuild.

lol, always thought that you could do with some bling in your bay mate! :x:

anyone?

Can you pm me his details mate? I need to get my drivers seat re-trimmed and I'm struggling to find a good one near me.

blimey! they are big..lol

I was getting a horrible vibration from the engine plus lots of blue/black oil smelling smoke from the o/s exhaust. I relocated and changed the PTU and replaced the original exhaust with a mongoose catback. I also replaced the throttle, IC and rad hoses for silicon ones and finally, flushed the coolant,changed oil and filter. The engine now no longer vibrates like it did (result!) however, I'm still getting smoke from the exhaust. Thing is, it's now coming out of the n/s and the o/s is clean :confused: All the guages are reading correctly and as expected, however my AFR gauge says that both banks are running lean. I was thinking that a turbo seal was packing up, but now i'm not sure. While swopping the IC hoses, I did notice what looked and felt like little blobs of tar in the hose :shock: Anybody have any ideas? cheers dave

Thinking about it, i'm pretty sure that windows xp and vista can read/open RAR's by default.

RAR files are used by a program called WinRAR. Have a look on google for a download. That said, winzip should open them.

Sounds good to me bud :)

Depends on how hard you hit the throttle ;)

Stands will be fine mate, you need to lower the gearbox a bit to get at the top bolts (3x10" extension bars are very handy for this). I did mine with the car on ramps front and rear and there is (just) enough room. Stands will be roughly the same height so should be fine.

I've used tesco 99 for years and never had an issue with it.

You can get a pcv kit from either DTA or MJP which are both traders on the site. Have a search, there are plenty of threads on replacing the pcv's.

Hi mate, pretty sure that you will need to raise the car. You will need to remove the gearbox before you can lift the engine. Best of luck with it and keep us updated :)

Welcome to the club matey :)

Will the cruise control linkage (see pic) from an '89 jdm TT work ok in a '93 uk? They look identical but the jdm has 9YG on it and the UK has 36T, apart from that the part numbers are the same. I was wondering if it would cause any issues with the ecu etc.. Both are fully working but the uk one is pretty tatty, hence the reason for the swap. Cheers Dave

I also think stock looks the best, I'm not sure if I prefer the burger or Z badge tho'

lol.. want to borrow my sledge hammer??