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I'm trying to get a notification when ANY new threads are posted and the info in the mail thats sent to my mail address. Is there anyway to do that? Pain to have to go into each and every forum and click subcribe and don't seem to be able to find if you even can change the notification type mail... its to stop me missing something crucial (for me that is) since I'm a periodic user of the forum... Cheers A/

Sitting here waiting for my new custom built exhaust to be fitted from the cats (BERKS) back to the two ZEES end pipes! Had a proper look under the car this time, the org exhaust from the CATs back to the end-pipes where/are in rag order the resonator box in the end had holes in it from rust and metal threads sticking through it! Not very good for a high flowing exhaust system. So getting 2.5" from each cat back to a new 'muffler' and then out to the ZEES pipes! Have taken some pre photos here: http://picasaweb.google.com/ALNPHOTOS/E ... 0564644402 And a video here: http://picasaweb.google.com/ALNPHOTOS/E ... 8503811570 pre sound 3rd gear http://picasaweb.google.com/ALNPHOTOS/E ... 6674802674

here is a good converter for you guys with jdm cars : http://www.convertcenter.com/unit.aspx/ ... n/km-litre some good input and some not, got 9km/l on the meet up north... find that REAL good! around town i get 6,4km/l to 7,4 km/l.. my problem is that I like the sound and drive to hear it... found that the race cats (berk) seem to give me better fuel economy. I wouldn't buy this car if I had to think about fuel costs. then again 1500€ road tax didn't put me off either Have you ever driven a non standard z with aftermarket exhaust,cats intake? if not DO! any cost issue goes when I turn the key

you should have tried and after us!

Nice writeup, I'm using the Apexi drop in filter for the very reason that it seems to run a bit hot when you use any of the non factory kits... also read a filter test where Apexi actually has the best filtration / air 'thingy'...hmm that didnt come out right. Mark, any updates on the JDM delimiter? (got slagged over the weekend... )

ye thats why he didnt come with us... he was stopped

welcome! liked the stoptech brakes man... Where did you run off to?

back from the NI meet and have had some road time to test the cats on, wow can really feel the difference with these instead of std! They seem to get louder too as they bed in tomorrow I'm getting a custom true dual exhaust, will be interesting to see if it improves their performance even further... A.

cheers... just stumbled upon this instruction video: would have been handy to have watched before I started my install... had to go down a bit of a different route for my install Think I might do the writeup after all Can't wait to open her up! Brilliant link mate, have added that on our website finders fee?

cheers... just stumbled upon this instruction video: would have been handy to have watched before I started my install... had to go down a bit of a different route for my install Think I might do the writeup after all Can't wait to open her up!

Video: old video when I didnt have the intake/ecu/cats etc: Not sure the sound does it any justice...

Well I won and old cat's lost Sounds is amazing (Dont think the neighbours will like it) Can feel a massive difference in low end torque and mid range. Not had a chance to do proper road testing yet. ALL good, might do a writeup for this one too having just started the one of my plenum / manifold it might just take a while before I do that... Will post up some photos though. (oh and SOUND!) photos: note the bleeding bolt! http://picasaweb.google.com/ALNPHOTOS/350ZCats#

Sounds like the way to go, hardest part was under the car trying to get a good position to actually twist the damn nuts around. Also damn hard to get the car high enough with my jack stands. Only bonus will be that I can state I did it myself also saw that I need to talk to the lads over here making custom exhaust for the rest of the way, cant have two shiny new cats and connect them to a rusty single exhaust to the collector in the back now can I

I so would have handed it in if I'd known! Prob would have costed me double though.

How much is it to hand this into a garage? I've had so much pain trying to get these rusted bolts of the car... I'll write a 'andlid howto' later, so far cat vs andlid fight is proving a hard one! rounded nuts hours of painfully trying to get the stuff off has resulted in a somewhat strange result (had to cut off the leads for the 02 sensors too...) More to come....

why have you done that!

Will I need a 20" or 12" extension bar to reach those mother bolts on the org cat? Dont have either in my stash yet, looks like I gotta work tomorrow and been to lazy doing other sh*t instead of installing these yet hopefully tomorrow afternoon I'll get to do this. I did however manage to get my new plenum installed yesterday

how can I check any of above>>? typical cost>? not to bad so, will drop it down to a mech asap.

how can I check any of above>>? typical cost>?

read the tsb's for the car and check if they've been sorted. best of luck with it! (also if you want to drive faster then 180km/h make sure its de-restricted) What else has been done to it? bet it's not standard exhaust on it Ask them for the original auction report from Japan, it could tell you alot. best of luck!

hmm where do I start, tried starting the car today after sitting in a carpark all day (drove only about 10miles this morning from home) car started up fine and revved a bit higher then normal around 2k, then it just died. Tried to start it again and it just kept cranking over without starting. (panic) Stopped cranking since I didnt want to flat out the battery, pressed the accelerator to the floor and started cranking again, almost stopped it when it finally revved up and started... scary... stuck in 1st gear... felt a bit hard to get in... drove off and the car juddered, kind like it hand problems engaging/disengaging the clutch? drove off and sat in traffic for a little while and from N to 1st I now couldnt for the life of me get 1st gear in, had to brute force it in to get going when it went green. Started then to 'fell' the gear changes and now feels a bit hard to get gears in, no sound from sync or gearbox noise. What could be wrong? Think the start issue is dirty plenum and throttle body so that will hopefully be fixed when I get time to change the plenum The judder/gearing issue : old clutch oil? Don't think that's ever been changed, nothing in the service book regarding changing anything like that in JPY. CAR: 2003 JDM import 66k/km on it. Any input/ideas?

think I need to clean mine out again pain in the hole, can take some snaps and do a write-up of anyone wants it?

get those bolts out! # Step 1 Heat the connection with a propane torch if you can do so without any risk of damage or fire. It helps draw penetrating oil into the threads (see step 2). # Step 2 Apply a liberal amount of penetrating oil in and around the joint, then wait ... and wait ... and wait. It can take anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours to loosen the joint. # Step 3 Strike the head of the bolt or nut with a cold chisel to shock the connection. # Step 4 Apply an open-ended wrench or socket of the proper size, and rap its handle sharply with a rubber or wood mallet.

pics of install? cant wait to fit mine, so much work that I dont get any spare time to do it in though