Stephen

well you know the solution then :D

seems to be that everything has changed but the maf. i really think you should change that, or at least do a quick test on it.

hellraiser has some fancy pdq thing taht displays loads of realtime reading from teh ecu. think thers about 6 different things it measures. based around the datascan program. you would have to ask him the specifics of it though.

i wouldnt, bearing in mind the nature of these cars its a right pita if you get stuick some place in park and cant move it into neutral to tow it or whatever because you cant get power the car.

yes and the black strip from the spoiler. looks nic ethough bud the standard alloys look quite pleasent in black.

i cant believe its that simple lol. well gotta get the bolts undone yet before i get too ahead of myself here. lol. cheers guys. i removed the rears by, undoing to top mounting bolts unbolting the bolt closest to me on the camber arm and the furtherst away on the toe. then the hicas arm and the lowest bolt on the strut, then levered it back and it dropped out.

you will need a photobucket or simular account then yopu simply take the image code from under your pictures youve loaded to it and post the link in the box.

ive done the rears, took about 2 hours odd including stripoping all the boot out, the first side took about twic eas long as teh second side, because i knew the method. but looking at the fronts what? im a little confused, it looks like i can quiote simply undo the strut top and bottom undo the central bolt and lift out sideways. but that seems far too simples. any advise? other thing, how important ar ethe gaskets on the top i dont have new ones to hand atm, and didnt fit any on the rear. (prepared for an asking there.) also how tight should the bolts be done up, ive done the rear up pretty darn tight with a 1" socket and spanner. but they arnt torqued up. i suppose i should add at this pooint teh car is floating off the ground on axle stands, and no wheels

done that afew times at work can get a bit er exciting.

i would also say possibly maf. or a loose connection sum where. might be worth having jeff have a quick look at it he isnt too far from you.

well im sure some people are rnning upto 16 psi but i suppose its worth bearing in mind the worn internals. i would say to be 100% sure you could run aftermarket ones.

think you hit the nail on the head there richard. most autos are on the way out or at least not working to their best. i know mine certainly feels like it is struggling to keep up with the engine. im quite excited about going manual when i drive in 2 or even with over drive off over about 70 80 it feels great. but it just doesnt feel quick or like its transfering the power correctly in general

agreed 99 font jap rear.

lol but its wet out there...........:( haha il do it tomorrow.

i was reffering to the cross sections ie the actual roof but thankyou for teh link.

as above really, i want to cover the roof cross bars that are currently red to carbon so the top becxomes black with the targas im sure you all understand what im trying to do :D so how much would be required?

theres around 10 in the area here some dissappear then reappear, only 4 are known to me including myself. one doesnt want anything to do with us and the others just randomly fly by now and again. and two are off the road.

0.5 bar is around 7psi i believe standard boost level is 9psi. so yeh sounds like your on saftey boost, or have a boost leak. try resetting the ecu first, undo the batt and leave for about half hour then hook it back up. if that doesnt sure it you may want to do a boost leak test, this is a very common issue. theres about 30 odd feet of induction pipe on a z32. there are plently of how too guides on here for boost leak testing. the other thing worth mentioning is your recirc valves. do you get goose honk?

just check it now the engines running to see if you get your 14v's just to check the alternator. mines gonna be off the road for a few weeks yet so ive disconnected it from the terminals. any one see this as an issue?

thats beyond picky hahaha

i believe nissan would have it and i expect d2 would aswel. at least check its not the maf first easy fix if it is. you can buy cheaper versions of conzult like datascan which are read only at least they will give you an idea of whats going on. im sure sum1 must be local and willing to pop over with a version of software for you.

agreed you only have to go watch a rally and see what finishes, pretty much all teh escorts seem to, alot of other stuff disappears along the way. what you have to rember though is that these rally and track cars a re far removed from the ones that where in the road. alot of them have ditched there leaf sprung rears in favour of coil springs on the back and linkages to the diff, which is no longer there. because they where shite lol. my old ford came with 4 inch wide wheels and leaves on the back taht twisted and moved latterally though the corners. once it had 7" wide rubber all round and a few trick linkages etc it was a completly different animal. i think you have to rember these are now a historical icon, and that they can quickly and fairly cheaply become little track monsters.

mine did this sounded like a bag of nails and couldnt seem to make its mind up what cyldnder to fire, sounded liek it was running on 4 cyls. and it gradully got worse to begin with it wouldnt idle then it wouldnt boost properly, then it would barely run. i cleaned all the connections went through everything and it ran slightly better. in the end it turned out the maf was buggered. you should be able to run normally without the maf below 3000 rpm if you disconnect it and restart the ecu. you could do with hooking it up to a program like conzult.

i to went for blue hoses on a red car, my old car was blue and i went for red lol. i like a contrasting engine bay. plus im not a big fan of red cars, yes mines red go figure. did you know your throttle cover is missing?

if it was about 20 mm higher and the wheels where flush with the arch not hiding inside like a beetle. and a few other little changes, like the rear diffuser being black rather than colour coded, the number plate being a square one and in the correct place. it could be a very nice example if it had only been tweaked a little more in teh right places. im my opinion it looks like a childs attempt, it needs a man to finish the job properly and turn it into a beast. what always surprises me even to this day thougjh is that cars liek this pop up all the time get slated and the owner never seems to turn up. the majority of uk zed owners must not be on this forum which is a shame.