geeky_hawkes

what sort of £££ is associated with swapping the seals? Any idea of other symptoms? (ie will the smoking stop when warmed up, or when driving hard?) sorry to semi-hijack

In my previous car (200sx s14) everyone raved all the time about swapping out intercoolers, getting big FMIC and uprated wing coolers etc.. doesnt seem to be such a flavour for this on zeds, yet the coolers appear very small to me (smaller than my s14 stock one was i think). Any ideas why that is? and also would a pair of s14 stock wing coolers be better than stock zed ones if your running towards 15 psi thanks andy

hmm im in the same boat for reason of fitting getting my profe B fitted on monday.. was hoping to run about 14-15 psi in high and 9 in lo.. if you do solve this mate could you post your complete settings il be looking to se them too.. hope you get it sorted.. surly someone thats running a profec can give you a ball park no spike setup?

thanks I will have a look... maybe pull the relay and get a more beefy one... am i right in saying that relays are better mounted in an upright position and not just bodged into a space as well? maybe something i can sort... any ideas for the sort of rating i should be looking at (not the alarm as that only flashes the indicators and was cat1 installed...)

yea i have a jwt chipped ecu, not too bad with starting but looking out the back and smelling its pretty obvious its overfueling

anyone?

I own mattys old zed whcih is a nice car with 99 spec rear lights .. a while ago I lost the use of sidelights (and all associated systems ie rear lights and dash lighting) but the headlights worked fine. Of course it was dark and I was in a contra flow with the feds a few cars behind so couldnt limp home. Phoned Mr rac and he came out and after farting about for 20 mins found an aftermarket relay fitted into the sidelight system that had stuck in (what he said was on but clearly he meant OFF) position. He disconnected the power to the relay it clicked and then reconnected it and it worked. He swapped the relay and of I was on my way. Its Happend again, (at least same symptoms), but I dont understand why the relay is there. Its not a standard relay as far as I can tell (its by the drivers footwell near the door arch and just loose with the wires supporting it and insulating tape on some of the wires..) . Im unsure why it had been fitted, it clearly has a feed to the ICE as it causes the lights to dim on the stereo, but is it necessary for the 99 spec rear lights? Any suggestions on how I can prevent this happening again? I was thinking if nothing else fitting an in-line reset switch to the power for the relay but its a bit of a bodge..

thanks, good job matty stuck a series 2 on the zed when he had it then i guess..

Basically what does the PTU do and what is the difference between 1 and 2. Lots of posts and searching for it hasnt really made it clear why upgrading was an advantage..? Dumb q? im sure thanks guys

is there any solution for the ISO surround in a zed... or do all aftermarket headunits have to have the silver cage showing because of the way the zed surround tapers in? just looks untidy thats all?

not wanting to tempt fait then, but any advise should any of us ever be in the situation you would need to jump the car? Any way around frying the ecu? or starting ti, mines an auto so jump starting wouldnt be an option...?

think i might treat myself if i can ever sell my plate off the zed..

il give this a try, never knew this function exisited

mate any pictures of it now its in your zed? real bargin price for what it offers

yes, sorry shouldnt credit everyone else with my in-abilities.... best of luck sure it will be a roaring success

right guessing i should get it done at a decent place and not just mr tyre then.... any decent 4wheel alignment places around tamworth or lincoln?

I asked for it but they claimed because of the hicas with their system they could only to the front wheels? I told them it wasnt active below 30mph anyways but they were having nothign to do with it..

yer or die trying lol!!!! make sure you have plasters at the ready and something to hit (in place of your zed) when it all gets too much!!!

I finally got round to having my falken tyres as recommend by guys here and damn they good... the front grips so much better at all speeds and in the wet!! problem was the car was slightly pulling to the left before, payed for a track and balance with the new tyres but the problem got worse with wheel wobble above 40 and nolonger pulling left but the steering wheel biased over to the right a fair amount to go straight... went back and they rebalanced the wheels (removing the wobble...although if they had done this correctly first time... :headvswal ) and re-tracked the car again... the steering wheel is less baised to the right now (although still not centered) and the car has a slight pull off to the left (fairly slight just requires pressure on the wheel).. I phoned them up again and they say the car has been tracked in line with their guidelines.... any suggestions? It worth paying someone else to do a wheel align? Also they didnt move the wheels.. i have seen places before that move the car forwards while tracking and the lasers check for rotational tracking differences.. guessing this might help? They set my wheels to something like 1mm in it i think and 5mm was showing on the reflectors on the back wheels? might mean more to someone else...

its always worth spraying the bolts with lots of wd40 and leaving it to soak for a few days then repeating a few times... i did this when i replaced manifold and downpipes on my 200sx and it really helped the job along... used the best part of a can of wd with 5 or 6 good soakings but nearly every bolt came out with little effort and was well worth the work.. guessing a zed be even more impressive after !!

:bow: :bow: nice, not sure my zeds quite there yet, but id be happy with mid 5s low 6 i guess as its an auto not so much skill to launching just point and hang on!!

I would definatly recommend the bulbs danny does, had some uk spec 100W dipped bulbs and can now drive my zed at night and see where im going!! Fiddly as but if you take your time and scratch your hand, knuckles and anything else you try to f*(k you should get the bulbs in and out...

stage one modded z whats a good 0-60 time... (anyone that knows im running matts old black zed... and getting a profec B fitted to run 14 psi.. just wondering how the cars doing?)

im looking at running 14 psi on my 91TT uk auto... should i be worried for the auto box as well? it was recently refurb'd before i got it and has an oil cooler fitted... so was hoping it would be up to the task..?

how easy is it to take the light unit appart to clean the inside of it?