Sinister1983

Found and will be emailed shortly. Thanks for the tip.

I have recently had my autobox replaced with a tested 2nd hand one and cant seem to get reverse to work with the new gearbox. Does anyone have any ideas as to what would cause it not to work in my car even though it worked fine in the donor car? All the forward gears work just no reverse. Is it possible the mechanic just missed an electronic hook up or needs to reset the the cars computer?

Ok guys my autobox has starting acting a lil strange lately so Im going to give it a service tomorrow. I have looked around a little bit but still havent found the answers that im looking for. I have read that Dexron ATF is the correct fluid to use and that I should check the fluid level while the engine is running and the tranny is in park after I cycle the tranny through the gears. I.E. 1,2,D,N,R,P. Is this correct? Does anyone have any tips? Thanks in advance for your help.

I havent used one on my zed but I do have one on my truck and it seems to do well.

I will give that a try tomorrow when its daylight. Just as an update to my previous post when starting for the first time of the day the gauge reads about 6kg/cm3. When it first reaches warm (needle on temp gauge a little less than halfway) it drops to about 3-4kg/cm3. When driving distances, over 10 miles for example, the gauge will read about 1kg/cm3. Note these are not sudden drops but then again im not looking constantly at the guage while driving.

thanks, i use 10w40 semi synthetic but i just bought the car and the stock needle was showing around 4 at first and now ist near zero. I checked the oil and it was full but I just wanted to make sure the oil pump was pumping as I dont want fried turbos or pistons on the engine that was just put in by zedworld.

Hello everyone :P Im just curious what the oil pressure should be on a jap tt model. My car has the kg/cm3 gauge. Thanks in advance.

Its about 115 miles one way for me.

Thanks again everyone. This was the kind of resopnse I was expecting from a Z specialist. I now have no worries about taking my zed to them.

Hopefully there is a post office near them so I can get road tax and drive it home.

Thanks for all the help. I will be calling them tomorrow to book my engine swap. Does anyone know if they do mot tests?

I had a look at the website but was quoted different prices when I called. Mainly I am interested in the quality of work that the do as im looking at either and enging swap or a turbo swap. Naturally I dont want any shoddy work so I thought I would ask the club. Im thinking the turbos are gone as there is oil in the boost pipes.

Hey everyone I just got a good deal on a zed which needs some work and am thinking about taking it to zedworld. Has anyone had them do an engine or turbo swap? If so what were your prices and how do you feel about the quality of the work? Also do we get a club discount? Thanks.

Here is a pic of the bumper that they would be sitting behind. It begs for a FMIC but I dont know if I can afford that with the engine swap. Who makes a good FMIC? I can think of greddy, hks and autobahn88. Are there any others that are good but not overpriced?

Im picking the car up on friday as I have just returned from the police station with the release form. Then she will be sitting around till I can get her in for an engine swap. I did manage to find out what the towing cost is gonna be. WHL charges 150 for pickup and transport back to their yard and 20 a day for storage.

Hey everyone im thinking about getting new intercoolers installed when I have the engine swap done. I was just wondering what types of experience you guys have with front mounts opposed to the side mount ones. Im looking at these as they seem to be a good price. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Godspeed-90-96-300zx-z32-turbo-s-mount-intercooler-kit_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem2ea7a9ab63QQitemZ200381410147QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories Any advice?

Just an update. I bought the car today as the engine seems fine. I believe the turbos to be shot. The car does smoke, however didnt burn much oil if any on my 61 mile drive back. Either way its going to zed world when I get it back from the impound lot. Damn cops. I almost made it home. Does anyone know a good/cheap place to call for vehicle towing or car trailer rental. I would like to get the car to a good shop asap to have the engine swaped or turbos rebuilt. If you are wondering the fee for driving with no mot is 60 pounds. No insurance is 200. As for the towing and impound fees, I will let you know tomorrow. Lucky for me my existing insurance policy covers me for 30 days upon purchase of a new vehicle. I know some of you were asking about the paint on the car so let me inform you on its condition. First off the guy showed me the bill for the paint work and the price in the link is correct. Now for the good part. The paint was done very well and I didnt see any flaws in it. It looked really nice. Its the BMW metallic gray and it just looks awsome on the car.

Thanks again for all the help guys. Im going to pickup the car tonight even though it needs some work. I feal as its a good deal even if it needs a new engine. Luckily for me I have the money to replace it. Fingers crossed. Does this site have a PM service. If it dosent can I some contact information for Jimmer? I have some questions I would like to ask him.

Can anyone tell me why its more expensive to have the turbos rebuilt than to have an engine swap done. I rang up zedworld today and they quoted about 1500 for an engine swap with a second hand engine and turbos. For a turbo rebuild its more along the lines of 1800 pounds. Does anyone know of any other shops capable of doing this type of work? I would like so other prices just to compare.

I think what I meant to ask is would that would blow the motor or the turbos?

I spoke with the guy on the phone and he said the car had about 400bhp. he also stated the turbos were upgraded and that he blew the turbo seals by accidently knocking the car from overdrive down to drive. Knowing that im thinking that the engine may be blown. How much hp can a stock block handle?

Hi everyone I looking at buying this car but need your opnion. It seems like a good deal but im not sure about it. Is there a way to tell if the smoke is caused by a turbo seal or blown piston ring without doing a compression test? here is a link to the car. http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1126830.htm Thanks in advance for your help.

thanks for the that. it was very helpfull.

I plan on replacing the ignition barrel. What should I look for before I buy the car as I dont want to have to replace the entire steering collum.

hi everyone im thinking about buying a theft recovered 92 300zx but I have some questions before I do. Apparently the car was recovered and has no keys. I was able to track down all the parts and was wondering how hard of a job it would be to replace the ignition and all the locks. Any information you have is appreciated.