Stephen

mines half way lol, claybar is boring!

they look very similar to bbs ch r what diameter did you decide on?

one thing I will say is when I First did mine it drove like a bag of shit, I thought id ruined the car, what I didn't realise though is it had severly highlighted other issues id previously had, boost leaks or example. Sounds like you need to go over a few things with it. Weird its getting so hot that doesn't sound right at all.

Met the owner of the black na, he also owns a 260z and isn't a member of any clubs any longer. Didn't see the owner of the red one it was in ferndown industrial estate, sat on work equip's with a silver 300zx sticker down the side.

I dunno I need to speak to gaz tickets arrived today had forgot it was literally next weekend!

There will be a pair of us leaving from Bournemouth...

Been thinking about this today, but what about this? if the return line had been damaged, ie crushed, fuel wouldn't be able to exit the feul rail as designed and may cause over pressurisation and over fueling, so at idle the plugs get wet and higher in the range the car backfires, I dunno if that possible but just a thought. However saying that id ex[ect it to chuck out black crap if that was the case. I guess you just gotta start at the basics and work your way back.

lol, for some reason she likes it.....I dunno why but she does, if I feed it to her shes happy so im happy and il have a stress free bank holiday lmaf

theres a maccies literally next to were they hold these lol

Ugh I have a table booked at 7 for tapas in Bournemouth, so im busy. :( However my z will be floating around a lot this weekend.

I was thinking that however he did say the fuel pump and line were working correctly, I dunno if hes actually tested the pressure in the bay. the fuel lines are lovely and close to the chassis rails so its totally possible.

which all supports the theory that its overfueling, or fueling in the correct place, boost leak test is first, as everyones said.

That sounds odd, familiar but odd. Similar sort of noise mine used to make when the fan shroud dropped, and the viscous would rub. I think you've caused an air leak by disturbing something boost leak test first and foremost, I recon.

on wards and upwards.

Gone now im afraid, I do however have the part you wanted somewhere still.

last year was odd, weather was a bit overcast and cool but I still came home hot and sunburnt :s

I certainly wouldn't keep driving it, any bits of metal getting in and floating around the oil system is bad news. Might be worth dropping a few drops of I think its diesel down the bore and retesting this should seal the ring temporarily, and give you a false positive. This can then confirm its the ring rather than the valves. You will get a miss with the plug getting oil fouled, however if you have melted the piston or killed the ring there must have been a causative at the beginning. It seems unusual to have cylinder 4 fail, its more typical for it to be the rear two, wouldn't be surprised if there was a second fault in that cylinder. Engine rebuild or replacement im afraid bud.

Looks so much better with a fresh lick of paint in the bay, looking forward to the mapping, think your going to be happy with the power hyke and responsiveness with all that gear.

I was starting to wonder yeah, do you want to drop me a mail or a call steve in regards to our discussion last week, wanna get on top of things within time.

just run that damn vg already, stop being a negative nelly lol.

gaz has been really busy moving house this week mate, drop him a pm and im sure he will get back to you.

Horns on zeds are crap and stop woring for a hobby anyway, try cleaning the connections and blowing it out, it might be full of rain water that what often happens, or the earth gets crud.

boost leak check is the first step really, that will revel split or disconnected hoses etc, in regard's to the sender though id be surprised if you can blow more than about two 2 psi with your lungs...don't forget it wont work with the ignition off. Also silly question but you arte checking the gauge whilst driving right? you will struggle to build any positive boost at idle, only vac pressure.

either the boost sender is screwed or the hose has popped off, if it wasnt boosting it would drive like a pancake.

twice as much as id want to pay and athird of what you want, i was going to sell my built 2.0 sohc pinto which are uber desriable for the kit car lot, rs200's you name it, proven 130rwhp but i couldnt get pennies for it really, its upsetting how little thiat sort of thing is worth. I ended up stripping down the block to the short block with the head off and sold sections of it, i made more on the cam than what i was being offered for the whole damn block.