nickz32

Im fairly certain that is NOT GhostRider, thats too much of an amature mistake

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Smithy, would it make ay difference that the clutch rod into the master cyl was adjusted BEFORE it was bled? I dont know why they did it, but the garage adjusted the pedal before bleeding. Cheers

cool. Just got to sort my boost leak out now :(

Has anyone local to me got a boost leak detector? Now the car is drivable, ive now plumbed in the HKS BOV's mounted on the boost pipes, ive noticed that im running 0.2 Bar less boost than i used to (used to run stock at 0.85, now runs 0.65) Cheers Nick

Right, Ive adjusted all the rods on the clutch pedal, and the rod going into the cylinder is now at full extension, and the biting point is now about an inch off the floor. Im still not happy its right, but at least the car is drivable. Is there any reason why the biting point is so low down the pedals travel??

So the plan of action so far is, re adjust the pedal back from its extreme setting, and try adjusting the threads on the switches. Ill probably use the sz guide that dave put up as it seems quite comprehensive and its not something ive ever had to adjust before. Just out of interest, I dont have cruise control, will i still have the threaded adjustments where the switches are supposed to be? Mark, ill try the main adjustment rod first, if that dont work, then ill try the adjustment on the switches as well. Cheers for all your help and advice over the phone :D :duffer:

deffo eases up when the engine is turned on. If you put the pedal to the floor with the engine off, then turn the engine on, i can feel the servo assist kick in and the pedal gets a fair bit lighter. Makes no difference if i pump the pedal jimmer, im fairly confident its got no air left in the system. Dave i think youve probably sourced the problem. Ill give it a whizz and let you know

I personally havent touched the clutch pedal adjustment (the garage have), but the pedal has a consistant feel and springs back as per normal, but the biting point is literally in the shagpile and even when the pedal is fully depressed, in first gear the clutch is still gripping the flywheel and moving the car forward

Guys, I know ive spoken to a few already about this, but im still not sure. The kit that has been fitted is: RPS Street Max clutch Z1 Flywheel New release bearing, uprated pivot ball and pilot bushing Stainless Steel braided clutch line Work that has been done so far by the garage: All the bits fitted, Clutch system bled for a good 3 hours The adjustment on the clutch pedal box has been "pushed in" to its furthest point. The symptoms are: Heavier than usual clutch pedal (espec for the RPS) with No spongeyness Very difficult to get into gear When i do get it into gear, the biting point is virtually in the carpet. Slave cylinder is NOT leaking externally SO, whats causing the biting point to be so down the pedal travel and the clutch to be heavier than what i remember for an RPS clutch? over to you

jeeeeeeesus, nicely done! :duffer: to you mate :D

That what i was trying to achive with having several start points with the North 2 South run, but point taken :D Yeah, thats a good idea, cheers. TBH i dont know the area too well, especially the bigger towns/citys like So'ton and P'mouth, hence why i tried with the venue recommendation thread http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=113424, but it hasnt had much input so far Im not the sort of person who takes constructive criticism badly, any help that people want to offer with suggestions for meets, venues etc ill take with a beaming smile. All i want is to be able to offer good meets for people to enjoy :D

My mistake, just noticed there is one in Ringwood Dorset if thats any better for people?? http://www.goape.co.uk/ContentArticle.aspx?Id=85&ate=168

The North to South Run ended up in Hayling Island last weekend, but no-one from southampton or Portsmouth, or any of the south coast, came. I couldnt see anyother Go Ape site anywhere our region. But Like i said im open to suggestions

Now then Now then Since it looks like we're sorted for september with the Box Hill to Brighton run, and we did a North to South Run down the centre of our area. The question is, yet again, what do you fancy doing? Unfortunatly my personal life has taken over alot the last few weeks with the recent death of one of my close friends and the impending death of my dad, so i dont have the spare grey matter to thing of anything new and original. The only possible thing i can think of is the below: Does anyone fancy getting the blood flowing with something on the "active side" of things, maye be Go Ape in Bracknell http://www.goape.co.uk/ Or maybe we could have a low key get together and have a BBQ..... Feel free to suggest something.... please Nick

Thats just like saying, its just a liver or just a kidney.

my god you must have been bored!

Looks fanatastic mate! Who did the work?

Jimmy, this is what the guide i used said "IMPORTANT NOTE: On the driver’s side, be sure to run a 3-foot length of 6mm vacuum hose from the carbon canister to balance tube. When eliminating the plenum metal tubing, the mentioned vacuum tubing has also been eliminated. On the original configuration, the hose runs from the carbon canister to a vacuum tube found underneath the driver’s side throttle body as shown in the next picture. The parts outlined in red are the parts eliminated. The green line shows the original hose, whereas the red line shows the new path. The upper end of the new hose attaches to the rear of the balance tube."

About 2 hours, alot of the water hoses underneath the plenum were extremely stiff which made manouvering it to get to where i could undo them was hard work and fiddly. took about 1 and a half to put it back on

ive not decided what to do with that yet. not sure if i want it polished or not. May consider black chroming it.....

im guessing i no longer have that connecting pipe since i ripped all the gubbins out the bottom of the plenum. Makes sense, just re read the TB water bypass guide and it says i have to re plumb the cannister vacuum hosing Cheers guys

If Rossi and Stoner have the same sort of races that Rossi and Gibernau had, but with a bit more respect for each other, id be well happy!

Cheers to all that came, was a really nice day. Shame we kept hitting slow traffic on some of the nice roads, but thats just one of those things i suppose. Cheers to Andy for being a Petrol Snob :D Marco's mustang is a stunner in the flesh, jodies convinced she wants one now ;) Nice to meet you 300_zedx, sorry about the traffic and you didnt get to spend much time in Hayling, unfortunatly we'd already been there 2 hours. Round of applause to Steve Burns for taking the Biggest "I missed the turning" detour of the day :D :D :D Unfortunatly i didnt get any pics, i think the amount of times ive dropped my phone has finally taken its toll and it stopped working in Hayling. Thanks again to everyone for showing up for another SC Meet Nick

Awesome race, infact id say that was the best race weve had since the 800cc's came in. Vale is by far the GOAT. Touch dissappointed in caseys lack of sportsmanship in the paddock tho!