robsadaddy

Still no intercooler after a promised monday delivery :(

will do mate hope it all works and u been a great help :D

id love to come and see some different Z's but surrey would cost me about 2k in petrol lol do they ever have these near yorkshire :(

intercooler ordered you got to love fleabay at times :D

when its all done i have been quoted £250 for a power run a remap then second run. already asked the wifey for an early 30th prezzie :D

lol i have alreay messaged him asking if its right side cause he has it on twice with the same picture :D and yes i imagine that will put a serious dent in the cars performance i just hope that it aint buggered the turbo as i dont know how many miles the previous owner has drove it like that. i have only done 85 miles/km but he could of done 1k for all i know he did sell it cheap :(

hmm noticed it was from behind the wheel arch at the front so took the bumper off and i got a big problem with the intercooler the mounting has snapped leaving a nice big hole straight into the intercooler i have taken it out lol. now looking for a passenger side intercooler :( ill throw a pic on later lol

cheers again mate im going to have a go tomorrow if the weather holds out :D ill keep you posted :D

ordereed the right one cheers for noticing that its a bit narrower than the original one could that make a performance issue or not??? cheers rob

lol i didnt know it was the wrong one only had the car 3 days now and from a c20xe engine to a bit 3 litre TT lump its all a bit daunting but ill check it out tomorrow thanks Rob

wow that AIV Removal looks a pain in the arse lol ill have a go on saturday. found another leak a big one coming off the intercooler at the passenger side FIXED :). the car now boosts fine but is still a little under powered. ( goes sideways now tho :D ) now there are no leaks its making a very bad blowing sound directly in the middle of the wheel arch (passenger side) only when boosting( sounds similar to that of a dump valve but permantly blowing). could the AIV cause this and again as for the split pipe near the 4was its a plastic clip after the metal one thats reflected light the servo pipe appears fine but does look a it naff in the pic thats if i got the right pipes i never been good with engines thanks for the help mate u been a star :D Rob

whast the best way to get to AIV Valves?? Wheel off and underneath or bumer off or can they be got at from underneath with out removing anything as my mate has done 100's of rebuilds he is good but he has never worked on a Z if i can direct him to a probable cause it will make his work easier :D thanks again mate :D

booked in for 4.30 never had my fingers crossed so much lol altho i have already priced some replacement turbo's already :D can someone with more experiance tell e what they think of these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360259701433&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT cheers Rob

thanks to yts he found 1 leak :D which again is now fixed still not running right but there is a blowing noise when i accelerate when i drive under the wheel arch of the passenger side so thinking its the turbo feed or the turbo. definatly going to the mechanics today :D ill have him ramp it :D

cheers for the advice mate ill crack on in the morning :D and the rubbish was picked up after the photo and the dice valve caps are in the bin already they are the ultimate in tack lol :P the pics where taken as soon as i got the car home lol

cheers mate :) mines an auto TT so i expect a bit less but i am tempted to get the manual conversion but i want to see the auto in full form first. my mechanic friend has had a look at it today and is ringing me in the morning so i hope i get her back in full form :D

now quicker than the red top astra so was a major improvement :)

right i found one leak on the pipe from the intercooler back up ive fixed it by tightning it :D i have taken for a quick spin and boost seems to be holding fine. mine states it in mmhg -7 to +7 and it was holding at 3.5 to 4.5 mmhg is that about right for stock. it doesnt appear to have any bov's but i can still hear a duming noise when i take my foot off the pedal i cant hear owt when foots down as the exhaust system rock s :D its still no where near as quick as my mates stock 3000gt twin turbo and i mean not even close so when i find all the leaks hopefully the power will be restored :D ill post later if power is still down

hmm going to take car to a mechanic i know lol how on earth your meant to check half the pipes beats me looks like the bumper got to come off to check all the way down :(

cheers mate and can i ask how do you all get little avatars i have tried looking for the option but i cant seem to find it or is it userlevel thing :D

the lights are quite nice :D and yes the exhaust does need cleaning lol i havent got that far yet :D but its a beautiful rainy day to be checking for leaking or split pipes lol

woops sorry about the image sizes i forgot to reduce them :(

i have no idea lol i dont even know what mine is i have been told a z32 but i wudnt know ill upload some pictures soon :D