dicky96

the smoke - yeah

the smoke - yeah

Oh if it helps diagnose this, the smoke is oil smoke not steam

Oh if it helps diagnose this, the smoke is oil smoke not steam

Hmmm something bad seems to have happened with the replacement engine I got fitted There didn't appear to be any problem when I picked the car up. The engine sounds OK and it seems to run OK however when I drove it back yesterday my friend who was following me said it was smoking a lot just from the near side exhaust but I didn't notice as the car felt like it was running fine This seems to have gotten worse today when ticking over the nearside ehxaust is 'splutterring' a bit like there is an intermittent misfire on that side and when you rev it you get copious amounts of white smoke from that exhaust - and I mean plenty of it!! I popped to the garage across the road and they had a look and revved it quite a bit and said they thought it was a turbo but could not explain the splutterring so then they said it could be 'just about anything' which wasn't very helpful I parked up outside the house for 15 mins and then asked the missus to rev the car so i could put some video up here and now it seems to be smoking a lot from both exhausts like it just got worse in those 15 mins The guy from next door came out (who also runs a garage) and claimed it is both turbos because if you compress the intercooler pipes with your fingers then rev the engine it should force the pipes back out again against your fingers. You do feel a little pressure 'kick' when holding the intercooler pipes compressed and revving but he says it is not enough I'm not sure this guy knows what he is talking about or not but I must admit when you rev the engine the guage on the boost controller does not go positive it goes from -70 to about 0. I would have to run the car on the road and watch the guage to be certain Any suggestions please, no doubt when I take the car the few miles to Trentham on Sunday (so it can sit there looking pretty even if it is turned off so it don't smoke) I will have 19 more opinions as to what is wrong with my car now :huh: so I may as well ask here first I'll upload the video if I can remember my youtube login lol Rich

Hmmm something bad seems to have happened with the replacement engine I got fitted There didn't appear to be any problem when I picked the car up. The engine sounds OK and it seems to run OK however when I drove it back yesterday my friend who was following me said it was smoking a lot just from the near side exhaust but I didn't notice as the car felt like it was running fine This seems to have gotten worse today when ticking over the nearside ehxaust is 'splutterring' a bit like there is an intermittent misfire on that side and when you rev it you get copious amounts of white smoke from that exhaust - and I mean plenty of it!! I popped to the garage across the road and they had a look and revved it quite a bit and said they thought it was a turbo but could not explain the splutterring so then they said it could be 'just about anything' which wasn't very helpful I parked up outside the house for 15 mins and then asked the missus to rev the car so i could put some video up here and now it seems to be smoking a lot from both exhausts like it just got worse in those 15 mins The guy from next door came out (who also runs a garage) and claimed it is both turbos because if you compress the intercooler pipes with your fingers then rev the engine it should force the pipes back out again against your fingers. You do feel a little pressure 'kick' when holding the intercooler pipes compressed and revving but he says it is not enough I'm not sure this guy knows what he is talking about or not but I must admit when you rev the engine the guage on the boost controller does not go positive it goes from -70 to about 0. I would have to run the car on the road and watch the guage to be certain Any suggestions please, no doubt when I take the car the few miles to Trentham on Sunday (so it can sit there looking pretty even if it is turned off so it don't smoke) I will have 19 more opinions as to what is wrong with my car now :huh: so I may as well ask here first I'll upload the video if I can remember my youtube login lol Rich

Errmmm a bit like mine then?

Well I got my car back today..... and saw Richard Smith's car down there :wink: it's nice to put cars to names lol

You beat me to uploading the pics Jeff but I have to say my jaw dropped when I saw the results BIG THUMBS UP TO ZEDWORLD :punk: :punk: :punk: Rich

It looks a lot like Zedworld. Pics were yesterday, I'm collecting the car tomorrow It's the repalcement engine I bought of Noz, it's had some work done on it before fitting, not just shiny and colourful, though it is that too. Rich

Red is such a dramatic colour isn't it...... lol

And in with the new one Al ready for the Trentham show at the weekend :clap:

Just a few pics of something a litte bit 'brighter' I got dropped into the engine bay Out with the old one:

Revised leaflet for the show

For Onslow -------------- Event address is Trentham Gardens, Stoke On Trent ST4 8LG For those wishing to meet up and drive in convoy to the show I propose we meet at the Weathervane at Meir Stoke-On-Trent Address: Lysander Road, Meir, Stoke-On-Trent, ST3 7WA http://www.hungryhorse.co.uk/index.p...stoke-on-trent The pub is open from 8am serving breakfast and is very easy to find, it is directly off the A50 trunk road about 1/2 a mile from the Meir Tunnel. Also there is a McDonalds directly opposite the Weathervane for those who prefer fast food, parking is pretty good plus there is a Tesco Petrol Station serving up 99 octane if anyone needs to top up so I think it ticks all the boxes! The Weathervane is about 4 miles from the show venue I will distribute passes on the day and then we can all drive to the show at 9:30am For anyone wishing to arrive individually please let me know and I will post your passes out to you beforehand In either case the last admission time for exhibitors is 10:30am. Anyone arriving individually will still be directed to the club stand. The exhibitors entrance is next to the Poachers Cottage Resturant on the A34, a few hundred yards from the main entrance to Trentham Gardens, which will be clearly signposted on the day Dogs are allowed on the show site and in the Gardens as long as they are kept on a lead. The pass covers two adults and two children under 16yrs I think that is all the relevant stuff for you Rich

@blackpool You can see on the scanned T&C they expect exhibitors to stay until 4.30pm though I doubt you are actually 'held hostage' until then Plaques and awards are judged throughout the day and announced at 4:30 Oh I also roped in a mate to shoot some video when we drive our convoy to the show - we have to pass through the tunnel on the A50 trunk Road at Meir and he will video the cars as they go through as it is two lanes wide we could drive side by side. This is also a good opportunity to ermmm 'demonstrate' the abilities of your exhaust system lol if you go through in a low gear! :innocent: Rich

Cheers I'm all for making the flyer look 'positive' so can change the 0-60 for the 300zx to 5.2 OK I'll need another 370Z pic then (and I am informed on zclub.net that the 280ZX pic is also wrong) Specs are what was found on wikipedia and elsewhere, I would appreciate all corrections - I guess I will run the photocopies later this week so time yet to change things Also BHP and approx values I would like to add for each model if someone can supply me the relevant info I know it's not all about performance but I just want to make these look interesting to casual vistors without over cluttering them Cheers for the rep m8 :thumbup1: Rich

Yes Onslow there are two left One of them is now yours :biggrin: Who would like the last one?

I like it too :biggrin:

Sure Cyberbean

Hmm The above attachements are just about readable on my monitor, but here is the same files as a zip (higher resolution) zposter.zip transtar.zip

OK if there are no further comments we will go for the slightly later meet time and drive to the show at 9:30am giving those who have to travel from further away chance to get a breakfast without getting out of bed before the streets have been aired So feel free to arrive at the meet point any time before 9:30 As I suggested previously, I now have got a draft for a flyer we can hand out at the show. Actually a friend of mine (hopefully future Z owner too) made the draft of these leaflets and he grabbed some specs from wikipedia and elsewhere - so I don't think they are totally correct. Also I trust these leaflets are OK with the two site banners on them? Now would someone kindly give me more accurate specs so I can change these before photo copying and maybe a BHP for each car type? See attached scan Also I have scanned the T&C leaflet I was sent by Transtar Promotions - one for each pass. I don't think there is anything important that I did not already mention but see attached anyway Rich

Sure, no problem with putting it back 30 mins. Exhibitors need to arrive before 10:30am it just says to arive early to avoid queues We could arrange to drive en masse to the show at 9:30am - it's about 10 mins drive Rich

List Updated 06/06/2013 - 18 cars attending (kjz32 and 300zx 666 added to list as paid) - 2 spare passes still available, £3.50 each dicky96 (paid) 300zx TT 2+2 Manual, J95UBM in White roobarb (paid) 300zx TT 2+2 Manual S254 KRO in Purple mark300zx (paid) 300zx 2+2 TT auto H863 POJ in Black PaulR (paid) Blackpool-z32 (paid) 350z GT manual FY53 JHE SIlverline (paid) cyberbean (paid) 300ZX B12 XTT steve jones (paid) 300zx TT 2+2 Auto, J309 RTT in Red cheshire300zx (paid) 300ZX LWB TT dzx 300ZX 2+2 TT manua DLZ 94 in Orange (paid) phutumsch (paid) 300zx SWB TT Manual Slicktop in Silver M127 SMV (cheers for offering this rare model to the show, much appreciated) gray (paid) UK 300zx tt manual K10 RMH, In Black Artztogo (paid) 300zx TT 2+2 J A2X FL in Blue kjz32 (paid) 300zx 666 (paid) from zclub site Rob Gaskin (paid) 240Z '73 CNB 512M Zedache '73 240Z (paid) Cherry Red (paid ) 280Z I now have the info from the show organisers as follows Event address is Trentham Gardens, Stoke On Trent ST4 8LG For those wishing to meet up and drive in convoy to the show I propose we meet at the Weathervane at Meir Stoke-On-Trent Address: Lysander Road, Meir, Stoke-On-Trent, ST3 7WA http://www.hungryhorse.co.uk/index.php/pub-finder/details/weathervane-stoke-on-trent The pub is open from 8am serving breakfast and is very easy to find, it is directly off the A50 trunk road about 1/2 a mile from the Meir Tunnel. Also there is a McDonalds directly opposite the Weathervane for those who prefer fast food, parking is pretty good plus there is a Tesco Petrol Station serving up 99 octane if anyone needs to top up so I think it ticks all the boxes! I will be there from 8.10am as I am gonna get a breakfast at the pub. The Weathervane is about 4 miles from the show venue So all in all it seems a good choice I will distribute passes on the day and then we can all drive to the show at 9am For anyone wishing to arrive individually please let me know and I will post your passes out to you beforehand In either case the last admission time for exhibitors is 10:30am. Anyone arriving individually will still be directed to the club stand. We are invited to take along banners, ropes, publicity etc - if anyone can help with that please let me know The exhibitors entrance is next to the Poachers Cottage Resturant on the A34, a few hundred yards from the main entrance to Trentham Gardens, which will be clearly signposted on the day When I received the passes I found that there is a change to admitance rules. The passes cover one car with driver plus one adult passenger and up to two children under 16yrs old. Additional passengers can be in the vehicle but must pay regular admission on arrival (£12 adult, £11 OAP, £7.50 child) I hope this does not cause any inconvenience for anyone. If you have additional passengers they ask that you have exact money ready on arrival to avoid queues Dogs are allowed on the show site and in the Gardens as long as they are kept on a lead. There are a few more T&C but non seem particularly relevant, I will scan and upload the whole info later though

22 and sunny here today in Stoke (after a very cloudy cold morning) ...... but after 3 weeks+ in Spain, 22 strangely feels a bit on the cool side!!