Stephen

My mistake, whatever it's called we were talking a little while back and I think it was Andrew pointed out what the 10 most rare uk production nissans were. The pulsar/gtiR was well up on that list I believe.

But of tounge in cheek in that article I think. Why bring back the pulsar though seriously? Didn't they only sell 65 units in the UK?

Il be there anyway as I live there, or at least less than 10 minutes away so if anyone does intend to pop down just let me know, I won't be in the zed because as pointed out we missed the boat.

That is highly annoying, it changes perfectly normal words into rubbish sometimes for no reason.

It actually says in that guide, "around five litres will come out" and to fill it with 3.5 litres run it up and slowly fil and check the level.

I seem to remember there being a damn site more gearbox oil than that, I had to pour about 7 litres in mine.

I think the old rule is 2 weeks

Ah ok that's quite a leak then.

Cheers mate il add you aswel :)

Good, hopefully we can get 10 or so people involved

2 bar! No wonder your seals are leaking, 5 psi is all you need as per the FSM. Or did you mean 2 psi?

Cheers bud, il add you once I'm home. On holiday ATM so no proper internet.

Isn't there an '0' ring on the Vtc solenoid? How bad is this boost leak? The only reason I ask is you won't actually be effected by this on boost. The PCV valve closes and reverses airflow through the breather system, when on boost so the air is passively vented through the front ones on the cam cover, it's not sucked out or anything by force. Try as Brian says getting some spray on leaky area on the engine whilst idling and see if the revs rise. If they don't it probably isn't actually a concern. When your boost leak testing what psi are you testing at? You could be causing the leak by adding an excessive amount of pressure to the system. In theory under normal running conditions those seals should never see more than like 1psi of positive pressure, off boost they're experiencing say 5 to 7 psi negative pressure.

It also allows you to take more than one bird out at a time. Three Infact, helps up your chances. Conversely once tied down the argument of your car is useless for a baby it doesn't even have rear seats is automatically shifted onto petrol costs or safety. :) also my trotting rod wouldn't fit in a swb :D and taking the zed fishing is a great excuse to hoon down empty country roads at 4am.

Stop messing around and drop an LS motor in your slicktop.

In the process of redoing the entire suspension setup ;)

That's because the chassis is the same until the b Pillar aside from the fact that the roof pitch is different to come down earlier for the few difference in length. The remaining difference is in the rear bumper itself which is extended for some reason.

I bet that sump was smelly, that oil looks shitty as hell.

Yeah I misread that gtx2860r those are bloody nice turbos rich and I expect you will gain some very strong and usable boost from them. Previous statement stands, 540-560

Ah right, it's something I have to address as the limiting factor brakes wise for me will soon become the grip up front (even the stock brakes can lock up at 60 odd) rather than the calliper, it seems sensible to add more grip to the better brakes but I don't want to go too large and turn it into a blood hound, as mine is a road car first and foremost.

In the process of doing mine mate, I've got jaffas old rear end which is already polybushed and solid mounts etc which really reduces labour. Just stripping it down to power cost the frame carrier etc. even that's been fiddly, deprecating the lower arm from the hub is a dick.

I think age is more a factor really, all rubber and rubber compounds rot over time. The z is a heavy powerful car, so there's a lot of stress on these components. Front tension rods seem to suffer badly. It all depends what you want out the car, it will likely be safe if they look good, however will you get the most out of it? That's a different question.

Do you guys have issues with the cars tracking on rough surfaces at those widths up front, some tracks are obviously less perfect than others or on road if it ever makes it onto a public road?

I think you answered your own question, there old with 85k miles on them they won't be in tip top shape.

No, just the upper plenum comes off. The lower plenum can be left in place. There's no need to even remove the cam belt covers iirc. If those rocker gaskets need doing and that water pipe it's going to be significantly easier to do it with the plenum off. I've done the passenger side heater matrix hard pipe in situee before myself and it wasn't fun, how you do the drivers side I'd be interested as I swear it bolts up down the front? Off the water pump or something. It's been a while.