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Doesn't appear to impact Zed's, no DPF, on GPF (as it's port injection) no EGR, Adblue, and if you delete the cat you wouldn't get through an MOT legally anyway 90s JDM fine But if you toy of choice is a modified BMW M2/3/4, Audi RS2/3/4 etc though, with GPF delete and you like a pop and bang...

What's first on the plan?

The fun police strike again 😕

Hi just bought my first z trying to bring her back to life

Interesting...

Hi Paul, if you’ve got a set available it’d be worth dropping Sarah a few details — condition, colour, and whether they’re definitely UK RHD fitment. Sarah, just a quick reminder to check the hinge/spring action and the fixing points before buying, as the outer handles can get a bit tired with age.

No, the misfire stayed (again only when hot) but the car refuses to give me a misfire code with any code reader so I cant see if the misfire has moved cylinder

These are prone for coming loose, so firstly check that the 6 fixing bolts are tight. (manifold to head) Unsure of specialists in west midlands, however any decent indy garage who know there way around a 350Z should manage this for you. What TT set up are you running?

So Cranfield would be road testing the new Z if HQ can get it approved. I think 4-5 years into the cycle is a bit late and they wont sell. Better of only bringing the RZ34 Nismo and Special editions (Heritage) both in Auto and Manual. Dont bother with the base or even performance. Cap it at £50,000. Moving onto a new model by 2029 and/or new platform. But I doubt theres any money for that after this heavy facelift and 2027 manual Nismo introduction. Many Chinese companies have new models every 6 months with huge investment.....maybe Nissan can sell some stake for better management since they got denied for partnership by Honda and co. Chinese investment focuses on electric arm and hybrid tech and stops overreliance on Renault who no longer need Nissan and are already a superior run company. They can contribute to development of hybrid engines for next generation. I reckon the emissions and green agenda will balance itself out if the politics go where it looks to be going. Many manufacturers are giving up the pure EV hype. With Chinese investment Nissan could get a hybrid 3.0T or 3.5T hybrid 450-500hp newly designed Engine into a new platform and refreshed body design. Maybe also consider all wheel drive additional drivetrain will pass Euro 7 emissions if done right. Well thats a huge investment for a serious company. I dont think Nissan are there. A "bored art student" has rendered this an homage to the original Fairlady Z

Sorry are you saying you swapped the coil packs over and the misfire went away?

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Hi all I have a 2004 350z that is twin turbo that is unfortunately blowing out of the driver side exhaust manifold gasket, is there any garages/specialists westmidlands ways that anyone can recommend to sort it out.

Couple of days back i noticed a misfire on the car when the car was hot. During the misfire the smell of fuel was incredibly potent. If I let the car cool down, it goes away. No eml.was illuminated. It was suggested that I try unplugging the maf and running the car again, this did not seem to make any difference other than illuminated the eml. Left if for a day, arranged recovery, during recovery the car was code scanned and showed: Air mass and temp i understand are part of the same and a result of me unplugging. Cylinder 3 misfire I suspect coil pack. Now, i thought ill swap coil 1 and 3 nusg to see if the fault follows but now the car refuses to give me an error code? Despite trying 3 different scanners from cheap home Bluetooth to professional equipment. So i cant actually see if the fault moved. Whats the chances a coil fixes this? What else could it be? How can I get the car to spit a code at me...

My concern was the PS pump, pretty sure it's not tyres, I know that rubber-rised squeal sound well lol!

Nissan have, or had in the 00s, 3 engineering centres, one in UK (Cranfield) one in Japan, one in the US. Development was a collaboration but each NTC tailored the models to their markets (as well as handling things like regional regulations). I'm going to guess that's still how they work.

Interesting, they have better roads although they use more concrete. Is it just the market demands for comfortability? Expect Japanese spec would ride different. Especially the Nismo.

You can visibly see the suspension is soft and floaty before he even gets to the first corner. My 370z with stock suspension was way better than that, the air ride it's on now with adjustable bound rebound is on a different planet. Like I say, when I worked for PAG, BMW etc in the 90s and 00s it was standard to soften the US vehicles in comparison to UK/EU vehicles.

I saw this on the comments. Its specced as a soft GT. So is that the sport spec not performance model? Either way its Neeesan. I expect the current company has no real direction.

Had to take a pic of this, really don't think I could put a tent on the roof a classic Skyline

I was actually looking around the 400 Nismo at GTR fest the other week, and its certainly nothing to shout about. I would go as far as saying,I like the seats, that's about it, didn't even bother talking pic

I wonder if anyone thought to check that the transit spring clamp things had been removed 😂

I got mine from Amayama because I couldn't find the dimensions anywhere but I measured it, I'd look for cotter pins assortment kit but make sure it's stainless steel and not plated, looks like M5 x 40mm apart from the short leg being bit shorter than the standard dimensions

True, but the 370 Nismo was stiffer in the US than in the UK oddly. Sometimes, you have to wonder if all this tinkering that Nissan do is done by the work experience boy on a Friday afternoon.

He's driving a US spec car and complains it feels sloppy. US 370s were tuned to be softer than UK/EU cars, softer bound/rebound, softer anti roll bars, didn't get VLSD for base models, basic brakes not 4 pots etc. Same deal with 400z. He's a moron.

I have a brand new rear axle for my 350Z but struggling to find a non-oem split/cotter pin anywhere in the exact size. The OEM ones take 2 weeks to ship which is a bit long. Does anyone know where I can get a split/cotter pin that will fit properly? Does it need to be the exact size of 4.78mm x 50mm. Any recommendations of places I can ideally buy from tomorrow would be ideal! Thanks