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cheers mate, thanks for this . Any suggestions for a good garage/mechanic who could do some work on this car? Edinburgh or thereabouts.

I've owned my Z for 9 years now and its a weekend/track car . It's a car I plan to keep for a long time and I am not worried about resale value. My question is would there be any benefit from a Haltec or Link ECU the reason I'm asking is because I don't think we would be happy to use a 22 year old computer for anything else in life.

Did you get this sorted I need one as well

Thanks guys, I'm just about two weeks into ownership now and I'm loving it. It's got a few minor niggles that I'll have to get sorted at some point, I've got it going in to my local garage on Monday to get a full service and good check over then and swap the camshaft sensors for new ones then I'll see about getting it the way I want it to be.

Much easier with the wheel off.

inlet manifold should swap across, sure the Elgrand engine isnt any different around the cylinder hear area. Running Auto gearbox , there is a controller/ecu for the auto box that is in the car loom not the engine loom so will take some time to strip out of the loom , the engine/gearbox ecu need to see wheel speeds , this comes from the ABS on a 350Z via the CANBUS, I can't tell you how a Elgrand sees wheel speed signal thou. NATS is easy just need a Uprev license to turn the NATS off

Hi everyone, Joined tonight, just going to lurk, buy , and slowly strengthen the 350z I got very recently. I'm the 3rd owner of a stock Enthusiast 350z model, seriously low miles for the age of it.Previously ran a Saab ( right into the ground too...) so this wee thing feels like a whippet in comparison... I'm on the East coast so can anyone recommend a good garage to use? Another question I have is: Wheel Arch liners--- can these be fitted without much fuss , without a ramp or jack?I have a delivery soon. About half of mine fell apart and then got crushed underneath on a fast run one night through to Glasgow. Cheers!

I recently fitted Conti sport contact 7s all round on the 370z, I have been blown away with the huge lateral grip, in the dry whatever the speed whatever the corner there is just a mountain of grip. Not really an all weather tyre though. For a year round daily I'd probably look at a Michellin cross climate or a Conti all season.

Hi i have just purchased a 2005 roadster its been well loved by its previous owner but does need new rubber Any thoughts on tyres? Im looking for a good all rounder and as I live in scotland wet weather performance is a must would appreciate any advice cheers

thanks everyone

Hi and welcome along buddy. Lovely looking Z you have there.

The most recent job..investigate and address an issue with hunting at idle after a cold start. Over the last few years, I'd noticed that my Zed would hunt at idle for the first few minutes of a cold start, as per the below video. This would never happen during a warm start, and I had no other issues (no engine light, no loss of performance, etc). I did some research and most of the information I found suggested that I needed to do some data logging/capture via OBD whilst the issue occurred, to try to work out where the issue might be. Luckily, whilst I was looking to determine what metrics I might need include when data logging for a hunting idle, I stumbled across this absolute beauty of a forum thread, with one particular post. UPREV TT HR 350Z Issue | General Tuning Discussion Safe to say, my reaction went a little like this. So, armed with this new information I thought cleaning the throttle body would be a good place to start, given that I had never done this in my ownership. Battery terminals disconnected, airbox out, intake pipework and PCV disconnected, and this is what I was left with. We might be onto something here. So....yeah. It's safe to say that my throttle body definitely needed a good clean as it was definitely sticking. So, I gently cleaned it with some carb cleaner. And after reassembly, clearing the self-learn and performing an idle air relearn via Nissan Datascan, the issue is fully resolved and I now have a solid steady idle after a cold start. The throttle body must have been sticking and unsticking when cold, causing the hunting at idle, but then freeing off enough after a few minutes which allowed a normal idle. What a find and result! 😁

Welcome mate, lovely looking motor. 👍

Next job.. freshen up the steering wheel. I'd noticed that the clearcoat on the steering wheel controls had started to peel off. This year I'd finally had enough, so I decided to try to repair it. This was a bit of a challenge, as I didn't want to go down the route of having them painted or wrapped (which would remove the brushed aluminium finish effect on my steering wheel controls) but I did want to renew the lacquer/clearcoat on them to freshen them up. To achieve this, I started out by wet sanding with 800 grit and then 600 grit to remove the existing clearcoat. The key I found is to progress carefully and take your time. Don't sand too aggressively on these pieces, as you'll end up burning through the anodised coating of the aluminium and you'll end up with a non-uniform finish before you even pick up your can of lacquer (ask me how I know). Anyway, once I'd removed most of the old clearcoat, I used Halfords clear lacquer to apply three coats, then used cutting compound/polish afterwards to remove the orange peel effect in the clearcoat. Before After (one appears brighter than the other, but it's just the lighting 🙄) Quite happy with the result. Onto the next job... 🙂

Thanks both! It's coming along, slowly but surely 👍

Welcome along, lovely Zed! 👍

Hi and welcome 😁

Perth Australia or Perth scotland haha?

to the forum mate from sunny Perth.

Hi guys, technically I think I might have been a member of the forum for like 2 years, but only because I popped on a while back to ask a question about the 370Z. Took me long enough, but happy to say I've finally pulled the trigger on what is essentially my dream motor - a black/red Nismo 370Z! I'm coming from a lightly tuned Peugeot RCZ 200, so as you can imagine this thing is a big step up when it comes to power, drama & handling! Looking forward to becoming a bit more active on the forum now that I actually own a Z! I'm up in Scotland and tbh you don't see too many 370Zs up here full stop, never mind the Nismos. I actually see more 350Zs out and about, which is testament to what a great car they were too!

Happy days

Excellent work bud. Keep it up and keep updating s as you go!

Yep, thankfully No2. Picked up the coil at 0900, was done and washing my hands by 0930.

I don’t have interior pics, unfortunately. It is in Japanese and no way to make it English other than swapping it.

Another long standing Z owner, looks very nice indeed 👌 Very satisfying tackling jobs yourself in keeping these old girls in fine fettle.