Stephen

Better the devil you know.... It could however be a hard one financially. Swapping out a known runner will be cheaper and faster.

At what point does planning come into it? Obviously you can build a shed but where does the line draw is it about footprint or height or what? I need to build something like this or a small garage at the new house. Trouble is it's gotta go in the front garden, no side access anymore, else I'd build a whacking big z shack.

You should be well chuffed with that. Makes me want a 99 front even more.

If you found that mouse I hope it suffered public execution to show all other nice you don't mess. He'll I would of mounted its cheeky little head in a pole old school style! Few years ago I got my keep net out and a mouse had chewed through each layer if it, for fun I guess little blighter.

Was that the fuca you showed me about a year back?

You shouldn't be pressure testing to 1bar regardless. Your pressurising the pre turbo pipework this way, which in turn means your applying pressure to the rock covers etc, it's a good way to pop your cam seals out mate. Fairly sure your egr is only functional at tick over so is immaterial to mpg, also with a 3 litre bi turbo fuel economy is out the window regardless.

The vh45 route has always interested me, fantastic engine. I love a ls or other honking big high displacement yank block, they are low revving long strokers generally so although they sound beautifull they don't sound right under a speak bodied jap sports car. What do you want long term though? A stock vg will hold 500hp with a good map and decent tubs etc, few grand there. A vh45 is going to cost you simular really unless you want big numbers. It's a lot of effort for what can be archived on a stock block and tubs, Noel's car made 430hp virtually stock. If I was going down the v8 route I'd want a forced induction v8 big supercharger likely and just enjoy the torque and sound WHINEpop pop pop bang! A charged v8 is damn musical.

Google "robos 300zx page" it explains all the deletes and how to preform them, really useful.

I know what your saying but it will be 100xs easier to pull that plenum second time round. It's worth doing it right.

Get rid. Do you know for sure it even works? Bin in, do the water pipe bypass Aiv delete and prv delete while your at it. You will then have gained a perverse amount of free space for the sake of some silly tubes.

Here are; http://www.z1motorsports.com/product_info.php?cPath=6_16&products_id=6556

If I remember the blurb they are smaller than true gt28s, larger air processing power smaller turbine. Something of that type.

Not sure the seating position is upto much.

You've got gt2860rs haven't you ie disco potato? The gtx range are a next step on from that design. Supposedly bloody good tubs.

Pretty sure they are gt525 with the correct sized exhaust housing. A gt525 is a t28 core with machined t25 compressor/exhaust housings. These are a rolling bearing version of the jwt sport 500. Full spec is on z1s website guys.

Just delete the egr mate.

Yeah they are garret, it's a gtx28 ie a Roller bearing larger version of the t25 fitted to our cars. If I'm right it's a gtx28 housing and exhaust housing with a machined out gt25 front housing. There's a damn good set of tubs.

Are you saving much doing it this way?

Seems to depend on the tester, I've not had a strap for years. Because the zeds battery sit in a nice tight hole it seems to be ok. Normally though yeah it's an issue.

That may solve car mads problem lol.

Those look like r34 gtr wheels.

The manifolds are a knob to unbolt with the turbos on with the engine on a stand. So I would assume you would need to remove the turbos aswel as the plenums etc, time and effort wise it's simply not worth it. Can you not do the work somewhere else?

Get the roof bars black, it makes such a difference. The roof looks more complete, the car looks more squat and it looks far more modern.

Lovely service in town today, lots of cadets and service personal, veterans and relatives. Gun salute the lot. It really is important to remember all those who have given their lives to uphold freedom of all nationalities.

That's what you get for living in the artic circle. It's fresh here but sunny