Stephen

i was thinking that esp at idle, as the chip is based on providing fuel to the boost proportion of the rev range. the idle would still be the same. if anything it would cause the car to make black smoke on high level rpm. is that correct? have you checked through your breather system, pcvs etc?

i suppose that depend son how quickly it builds up. rember how little oil there is in the sump half a litre in the catch tank isnt ideal

yeah undo those coloured dust caps, you will see the valve inside. the gas is toxic though so dont breath it in.

have you done prv carbon canister aiv aswel? sure you probally have. on the subject of the pcvs cant help you, however i know one or two that have done it suffered from catch tanks that dont drain back to the sump. causing the oil level to drop drastically.

balls i recon you can save it though with some time and elbow grease the ecu and maf will be goosed prob the alternator aswel. but its surprising what will survive getting wet once its dried out. if there was no power going to the car at the time which im guessing it was parked up for the night so not. just gotta clean it up dry it out and see what happens but yeah network rail should definatly be sending you a lovely cheque.

Im guessing the pic hasnt loaded

Yeah on the passengerside inner wing next to the fuel filter you will find two metal lines with like tyre valves. Push in the valve like you letting down a tyre if it hisses theres gas.

looking good mate.. does that mean that 99 spec is going to be coming off?

let me say this very clearly. MAKE SURE YOUR AIR FUEL RATIO IS CORRECT no matter how well looked after its still over 20 years old and it would be a terrible shame to see you ripping the heart out because youv'e melted a piston. have you done a leakdown to see how healthy the compression is?

is the ac already degassed? removing its not hard really its just the miles and miles of crap associated with it.

i know theyre a pig to work on campared to other cars but the vg is a bloody good engine. tbh if you went down the rb or jz route its still gonna be cramped in there and although you wont be pulling the blocjk to do a turbo you will be for something else there so bloody tall esp in a z32 chassis. and although they have the amazing rep they do there is still no guarantees.

might be worth having a chat with craig at crturbos, he really knows his stuff and they do mod turbos in house so might be able to help you source a replacement front housing

is it a machined out t25 front housing?

i will idle higher once converted to manual aswel as there is less resistance through the drive train at idle. same reason it will now rev up in neutral much quicker, you will nee dto reset this once you solved the other issues. although it will be like 1.5k after conversion not 2. the temp sensors are on the top aluminium water pipe, running parallel with the rad. mine did this after the conversion but i put it down to the fact i had decatted aswel. after investigating things i had a failed rear oil seal on one of the tubs, that the cats had been hiding. i do wonder wether the reduction in load going auto to manual will also cause this at idle. if it was overfueling and that was the cause of the smoke it would be black. i know they say oil smoke is blue but this its always the case, it only burns blue if its been combusted. if its simply vapourising it seems to be white like water vapour. youve changed alot of things at once mate so start working your way through them checking what youve changed is correct esp that ecu. and dont forget if the car has been sat its going to be more prone to corroded connections.

I have to say I agree mark, the bottom one doesnt follow the impellor curve properly. I am thinking though.its gonna have to spin alot faster to achieve the same effect as the other and therefore will burnout much faster.

Alright trader, same difference. But they have yo be giving or doing something the others arnt I never see a zedworld or car.mad banner in the top right. They must bevdoing something for this exclusiv ws advert. And its not fantastic insurance prices for members.

I sold my capri to buy a brooklands 2.8 it fell through I got 700 hundred for my capri and the brooky was 3 there that sorta money now :(

someone else had these symptoms and it was because they had it pumbed up wrong.

i know that its function over fashion but jeeze that wing is ugly, it sits so high. looking good though, and im enjoying the subtle plate.

thats awesome mate should do the job.

i wonder if he can launch it without er nearly stacking it. reminds me of yank power, i dont think id of been able to get that thing back on the floor without ending up in the barrier.

irrelivant i nee dthe photo of the tub itself the hard lines that come off the core. :)

has anyone got photos of teh stock turbos with all the coolant lines attached, i didnt think it would take me this long to get this far and ive forgotten which pipes go where. and which direction etc

i wouldnt insure again with flux unless they got there act together. im paying a measley £150 a year now for the zed flux wanted near on £700. why are they even a sponsor on here?

yeah there was but its wildly inaccurate doesnt take into account imports etc.