Iangreenfield

HAPPY BIRTHAY Richard have a drink or two for me while your at it matey:rockon:

I had a stock GTE hatch in metallic anthracite grey and a GTE coupe with 400 kit , dark pearl purple, rollcage and compromotive split rims with an opel monza 3 litre engine swap fully aeroquip hosed and polished. Happy happy days. I still have that Propaganda track on 12" vinyl, boom old skool

The White one with the roll cage?

Nice job, where did you get your film from buddy ?

Are these cf scuttles still available?

Hi Gary, yep wipers on the list, I have new scuttle trims to fit too so gonna do wipers at the same time. Thinking of taking all those bits off to get carbon dipped at wicked coatings, along with dash radio surround, dash side pods and my throttle cable cover. Still oooooing and aaaarrrring over wether to install the set of wheel arch spatts I have Just goes to prove when you own a zed the list of stuff to do stays as long as your feckin arm.

Ha ha, we will have to see after you get your bits back from chroming, i recon the strutt brace will look sweeeeeet in chrome

Yep well done buddy, be careful though ive been in this car and she pulls well. Have fun

An understatement Tom, Lee is definitely another contender in this area, ive watched him work and his expertise and passion for zeds is there for all to see. I am over the moon with the work he did for me so big shout out for him too.

Yep got plans for paint as well, probably remove rear wiper, poss go for a 99 spec bumper or a stillen lip like richards, mod the side repeaters to fit 370z units lower down and smooth the old holes then paint the whole car House of Kolor "Brandy Wine" red. Although i still have to find a painter who wont screw up painting the House of Kolor paint job

Ive had a go at that si, if i i do it will wreck the black strip, got a plan for replacing the spoiler soon , its still the soggy foam original thats cracked now so nos stickers days are numbered I will paint my tow brackets too i haven't forgotten .

Well the rain finally stopped enough on Friday for me to take the zed to work but still have not opened the taps up full yet as the roads are still very greasy but ive given it enough to know that the work Lee Dent has done on my engine and other upgrades have transformed the car and you guys were right a 300zx with fully operational turbos and no boost leaks is a very scary beast indeed. The Blitz EBC that lee installed is working great and I have 3 settings to suit various boost scenarios but for now im running the 14.3 psi one which is lively to say the least. Well I thought I would post a few pics so here she is in the sun at work I thought I would post a few before and after pics of the engine bay so you can see the difference. Before After The Blitz EBC and power meter The illuminated rear 99 spec panel courtesy of Phutumsch So really pleased so far but got some more painting and polishing to do yet so watch this space.

Sharing the love guys, sharing the love. :punk:

If you look at the clip on the right its got a bump in the hose, i recon thats the flare on the other pipe, better safe than sorry, a pas pipe coming off while driving is not a good thought. It probably wont but hey better safe in my book.

If you cut the banjo fitting off the pas pipe on the left i guess you would have to flare the pipe end, i dont know if this is under any pressure in operation, a crimped end to the hose and a banjo fitting suggests it is but to be safe i would flare it to stop it popping off after youve clamped it to the other hose.

you are on, watch this space

Sure will fella

Sorry I didn't get your seat runners sorted Si I thought you wanted Passenger side ones not drivers side.

Just added myself, thought I ought to !!!

No worries Ian, glad your back on your feet matey, as soon as it stops raining we can arrange a meet or two to get together, yes it does run like a dream buddy but im yet to open it up fully till the roads dry up given whats happened to other cars recently I dare not risk it.

Well where to begin really I dropped it off and asked Lee to go through the engine and sort all my boost leaks out and check all my sensors, compression and injectors along with a few other bits and pieces !!!!. Within a couple of days the engine was out and the work started . Lee found some real horrors under the skin, melted knock sensor destroyed engine mounts holed boost pipes to name but a few so he duly set about making things right. Couple this with Lees shiney shiney disorder, ( an affliction I share myself), and you can see why my engine turned out the way it has. Once stripped the engine was found to be covered in waxoyl which was apparently a bit of a chore to remove. All the deletes were done and all unneeded pipes were removed and the ones to remain were cleaned and repainted. New hoses were fitted throughout using a mixture of blue silicone and std black ones as required. Every single injector and coil pack connector has been cut off and replaced with later ones and soldered and heat shrinked to tidy up. Cas was checked, found to be OK and painted black, along with the timing covers, coil pack brackets and all modified metal pipes. Polished plenum, front water pipes and cas bracket fitted, new S2 PTU unit fitted hard wired to existing wiring and shrink wrapped. Turbos checked pipework tidied up to work with the Blitz EBC. Gearbox checked, new fluid, new reverse switch installed. Diff fluid changed, exhaust back boxes polished and transmition tunnel and underside fresh coat of stone chip. Bumper removed to relocate the HID ballast units under the headlights, Toyosport Front Mounted Intercooler and pipework installed, Twin Bailey dump valves fitted to replace std recirc valves. Uprated ally rad fitted and st. steel retaining bracket. Alarm unit relocated under wing to make room near the engine for the solenoid unit for the boost controller. Carbon canister deleted from under the other wing, checked and bled the clutch. Blitz electronic boost controller, power meter and turbo timer installed in the dash, I have to say this looks almost factory and is very neat with the turbo timer installed in the centre console cubby compartment. Illuminated 99 spec rear panel installed and wired up, (looks the dogs). All this has made a huge difference to the car, from the first turn of the key, even at idle I could tell the difference. the car runs much smoother and quieter than before and the boost response is a massive improvement. Its amazing the stuff Lee found from previous work, wires twisted and taped together, bolt missing from the flywheel, the list goes on. Luckily this is not the way Lee does things, you can tell this by the fact that he replaced almost every bolt he took off with stainless replacements, new clips and pipes everywhere, I watched him work and believe me he misses NOTHING he treats the car like it was his own and takes pride in his work.

Ive not had chance to do any shakedown runs in it yet, been in France on business most of the week, if it ever stops raining ill take it for a propper blast. The run home from Lees in the rain was interesting!!. Car ran flawlessly and boosted well on the motorway once hot, a problem i had before the work was that boost was rubbish to non existant once warm, i knew i had leaks all over the place but thats all sorted now. Lee leak tested it while i watched before i drove it away. Tom bet you cant wait to get yr engine done im sure you will be well pleased.

Just a quick photo of my engine bay after the "Lee Dent" treatment. I have to say Lee has been an absulute superstar during this build, i was not prepared for the sight of my engine when i went to pick it up. To put it mildly i was blown away with the quality of his work. The test drive confirmed everthing he had promised, it is a different car to drive altogether, smooth, responsive and with the blitz boost controller setup he fitted that looks almost factory, the turbo response is better than any time during my ownership. With all the deletes done and all the cleaning, painting painting and polished parts installed i couldnt be happier with the results. So a massive thanks Lee and his crew for transforming my zed, i liked it before but now its a different animal altogether, i love it, especially when the baileys go off. Phutumsch recommended i took my car to Lee and im glad i listened, ill post some more pics later and details of what got done , if you are in any doubt weather to use Lee.....dont hesitate the guy is a legend his work is phenomenal

Im in France on business at the mo, ill post em up when i get back at the weekend

Subtle, i like it