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Gary, how much did the kit cost you, I need to do mine soon too.

Thank you, I just payed them. Been searching for discs so this is nice find.

Make sure your multimeter is precise. That's how I did it first time and car acted strange, shifted gears in an odd way. So I connected consult cable and discovered that my multimeter was way off, adjusted it by consult after that.

I like that, thank you!

Nice effort to get that car back on road. Could you post a picture od Type S skirts you got?

Twinchip doesn't have them available on their site.

Yes, that's something I hear on US forums, but Australian forums give another story, for some fitment is not the best but nothing that can't be easily fixed, much simpler that building custom setup. For the money they ask, I'm not looking for perfection. Mongoose and Japspeed are too much stock for my taste, SZ is to expensive B&B I like, but it's on upper price side and everyone says that it drones between 2000 and 3000 rpm. That's something I got now and I hate it. Also I would like to have quad exhaust tips. AMS fits in money and style range. It's just that I found only two videos with it.

Did anyone use AMS exhaust? I like the sound of that one.

I got 0W40 from Mobil 1, New Life is the name of this oil line. Did I make a mistake when choosing this oil as best. for my car? My hydraulic valve lifters are loud so I hope this will help.?

I don't know anything about rear break test, what's the problem with LSD? Could someone explain please.

I need rear spoiler, soon my car will be going to a shop, hope he gets back before that.

Found this tread, so not to open a new one. My hydraulic valve lifters are pretty loud, on US nico forum I found a product that Z1 recommends Xtreme Clean Engine Flush. Z1 stated that they had a lot of success in using that oil to quiet down valves lifters. Searching for a similar product in europe I found TEC 2000 engine cleaner. On Alfa forum here, lots of guys used it and almost all had a success (high mileage and low mileage engines). Both with fuel & injector cleaner and engine internals cleaner. One of them had his compression checked before and after treatment, here is what he had: Cyl 1: 7,1 bar Cyl 2: 8,5 bar Cyl 3: 6,5 bar Cyl 4: 6,3 bar after: Cyl 1: 12 bar Cyl 2: 12 bar Cyl 3: 12,5 bar Cyl 4: 12 bar Theory behind this is that TEC 2000 removes carbon buildup on piston compression rings allowing them to fully expand and therefore allow for better compression. Owner of that car was just WOW. Other guys didn't do a compression test so no results from them. But all confirmed better engine response on gas and smoother running. Except one guy, few days later he had a huge lose of compression on one cylinder and started burning oil in that cylinder. But that guy had problems with his engine in start and for a long time suspected that mehanic working on assembling of his engine had done a lousy job. He still didn't disassemble engine to find what went wrong. Also there was an owner of Nissan Sunny that had loud valve lifters after 10 min of this stuff they quieted down, tick is not 100% gone but it's almost unnoticeable now. Owners using TEC 2000 fuel and injectors product had problems with rough idle, hesitation in rev range, etc.. All reported much smoother start ups and running. But almost all had to replace fuel filter as it got clogged after usage and two guys had rattling inside cat, most likely cat burned trough. Obviously this is a potent stuff. But it doesn't has to used in strongest form, it can be used on full of half full gas tank diluting it in higher ratio, what many did. I'm planing to buy TEC 2000 engine cleaner to try to get rid of valve tick. Since I didn't do a compression test on my engine this is a convenient moment to do it, so I will do it before and after and I'm hoping to quiet down lifters. I'm not an big engine guru, so I'm interested did anyone used this in a TT engine. And is there something about TT engine that should make me concerned. Any advice is welcomed.

How about Toyo R1R, they are a little bit cheaper than R888 and look like more user friendly on wet condition.

Before I had them I was scared of the smallest spider, but now I'm cool with them. :D Also you can't have just one, once you get your first, number just goes up. They are not like a regular pet, I don't handle them and play with them, they just sit there and look pretty :D

On TT Swaps When converting your NA to a TT, there are two optional routes one must take in regards to fuel pump control. Install a TT pump, but continue to use an NA FPCU. You must also socket the ECU and install an EPROM which is programmed for a swap, as an NA ECU doesn't have the fuel/ignition maps for forced induction, and a TT ECU would try to control the three-speed FPCU which doesn't exist/doesn't have wiring. A TT ECU also tries to control wastegate actuators and the two-speed cooling fan, both of which don't exist on NA models. The NA FPCU will run the TT FPCU at higher voltage than a TT FPCU would under the same conditions, but most agree this is without ill-effects on the fuel pump, and any excess fuel is dealt with by the fuel pressure regulator. Install a TT pump, TT FPCU, TT ECU, and TT body harness (or run a wire from the ECU to the FPCU harness to supply voltage for the third speed). In general, you should not install a TT ECU in an NA without running the wiring for it and using a TT FPCU, as a TT ECU will try to utilize the third fuel pump speed, which doesn't exist. To a TT FPCU, "speed 1" is 6V, "speed 2" is 7V, and "speed 3" is battery voltage. To an NA FPCU, "speed 1" is 8V, "speed 2" is battery voltage, and "speed 3" is "who are you? what? where am I?" Taken from here: http://z32.wikispaces.com/Fuel+Pump+Control+Unit

That's a nice one. Has anyone here got a real ones at home? I got nine tarantulas.

It's a tradition in my company that we go to a club. We reserve the club for a night, give everyone unlimited free drinks and party :D Theres are about 300 people working in the company and out of those 300 at least 150 are students. Also we do it in thursday, so it's a working friday, and thats also interesting day! :D

hahahhaha, nice

Hi nucnik, sorry to go off your topic. Your not a registered member so I can sent you PM. You are from SLO and I'm from CRO. We are relatively close one to other. Would you be willing to get in contact with me over mail. I'm sure will have milion topics to discuss. I'm not sure how situation is in SLO, but in CRO my ZX is the only road legal car, so I got no one to talk to and meet from time to time. If you are interested sent me mail at mikulcek@gmail.com. Maybe that would be a place to get out numbers in place. My name is Vedran

Hi guys, sorry for a late response, I just got to forum. Well I have no idea what you guys pay for these parts in UK and I guessed these parts where readily available there. As far as price over here I need to check. There are big and small companies making stuff from sheet metal. I would take this to a guy with small shop thats specialized in vehicle restoration. Last year he did both rear arches for my other car, price was little bit above 100 euro for making both arches out of sheet metal and labour to prep it for painting. I have no idea how much complicated zed arches are compared to prelude ones he did for me. If that guy did it, for the right prices he could make a lot of them, but if we are talking about huge amounts (1000 pairs/shipment) thats something to big for him. I would need to ask a bigger company. In that case start price and smaller volumes would have bigger price until we reached bigger production numbers. You know how that goes. What quantities are you thinking? If you want, I can get it touch with this guy, I also have rust on arches and sills and some more. I will have him look at parts he needs to make for me and will ask him for price. Croatia is inside EU no extra taxes there, only shipping cost. Again the bigger the shipment the lower the cost of shipping.

Guys, Im here in Croatia, and labor work is soo much cheaper than in UK. Basicly we are still eastern europe country no mater what they tell you. But that doesn't mean that we don't have quality shops that could make something like this, most likely at 50% of UK cost. If you are interested I can check for prices without any commitment on your end.

I live in Croatia, if you still need help, I can do it for you.

Thanks guys! I was hoping that noise will be something more common. I didn't run the car for last couple of days, I was busy. Tomorrow I will start it a try to make a better video, also I will try to hear my way around engine in effort to pin point noise source. Thx again for trying to help me.

Hi guys, yesterday my car developed strange noise. It sounds something like when you put a small metal ball inside a plastic cup and shake it. I'm not sure if the noise is coming from the top of the engine or the back of engine. My car is an automatic, I can always hear the noise when I put the car in drive, and only sometimes in neutral. Her is a video of the noise (it's dark so you wont see anything but sound is ok.) Normal engine noise is up to 29 sec, then I put the car in drive and you can rattling noise start. [video=youtube_share;-DYAFR7PLq8]

Yes well of course that I am grateful to you too. It's just that Jeff went that extra mile to draw things to me. But yes, thank you too. :)