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I am about to throw down a deposit for an SZ4 in white -£15,500 for a 4x4 that is so easy to maintain and should get 40mpg on my short commute. Trying to think of reasons not to buy it and go for something else which will be more comfy but I can't see past its looks small 1.5L engine and practicality. 4 usable seats (3 if you have any luggage at all) everything is sturdy and easily cleaned (in-case I jizz on the roof?) Its resale values should be good (can be sold at a profit new). Cheap and will get me to work and skiing when the roads are bad. Anyone have an opinion on them? This guy with steel wheels and blacking out the S badge and probably wrap the roof black.

what mine looks like (excuse the marked pulley as I had an incident where my pipe blew off and made a mess.

You might be able to swap the lower/upper oil pan over but I cannot remember where the engine mount bolt onto. Murano was 4WD and different transmition, horizontal engine and lower output engine (might be down to mapping but I would guess other things too). You will have to look at the engines do the timing covers look the same? Will you need to wap them over too? Is it worth the hassle?

I think ID injectors or one brand is longer as the cosworth plenum mention certain injectors are longer (all aftermarket though). Not great when your trying to use oem stuff.

Thanks for your the tip Alex, turns out there is no way of telling the coil was bad other than unplugging it. First one I tried cylinder no 3 and no change then everyone after made the vibrations worse, swapped in a spare coil pack to number 3 and hey presto it’s running smooth again. There are no bulges and the resistance between pins are same/similar to working coils.

Yeah I am thinking the same, just checked the voltages across the battery and across the engine grounds and battery positive and they are all the same when off and when running.

No sadly never got one as the plan was/still is to run haltech platinum when I can be bothered to fit it/build my spare engine.

So my car randomly started feeling rough like 5 cylinders one morning, I drove it out the driveway and back in, and was shown check engine/slip/VDC off. I put this down to old spark plugs so changed them, car started fine, left it for a few hours while I fixed my bonnet hinges and then went to start.... Nope problem still there running rough. I've done a compression test of all cylinders and getting 200-210 on all cylinders. Tested the resistance of the coilpacks (3 pins holding a volt meter between two and changing to different pins) all readings either infinity or reading something above 0 (i believe if any show 0 or close then its a dead coil?) None of the coils have bulges. I cleaned up the 4 obvious grounds on the front of the engine bay. Not sure what else I should be looking for?

It would be fine on the driveshaft splines as I used a lithium grease on mine to solve the click, however it wouldn't be that great inside the actual rubber boot where the joint is, I would use something heavier.

GLWTS, nice way to sell a car with all the details, hopefully reducing the risk of time wasters. £7500 will tempt a few I imagine.

Some part of me has just thought I have to soak the lower plenum(intake runner) gasket in oil? Is that why there was oil left there when I removed it? Not sure but its popped into my head that I had done that before??? Should I??

So she has dropped down to 5 cylinders, hopefully just needs new spark plugs, since she is off the road I figured I might as well install the cosworth plenum. Lucky I had this left over from the motordyne plenum spacer as it was needed to connect the Throttle body heater pipes together that won't be used. Too many extra ports on the cosworth plenum, sadly not all the brass bungs I bought fitted so ended up going getto until I can get the right one. Installed but I could only see the kinetics cork gaskets for the throttle body @ torqen and not sure if it will cope with boost =( Used OEM nissan for the bottom intake runner gasket. Sadly I am going to have to wait until mid week for the spark plugs, but there is a lot more room to remove the old ones with this new plenum which is handy. The spark plugs in at the moment are old platinum so I might be able to give them a clean up with some sand paper to get me by. Only a tiny bit of oil in tube 6 which I thought would have tones and be the problem. So I won't be changing the seals yet (kit has been in the loft for years like everything else).

Car has decided to become a V5, so if it's hopefully new spark plugs I will probably make it along but I suspect the passenger cam cover is leaking oil and requires fixing (have the kit) but I also might aswell fit the cosworth plenum and so on.....

No needs to be from a 350z or maybe a g35. Look at the front of your engine the heads look different on the newer motors. Sorry to hear you bought a dud. Best of luck.

So I stupidly bought new bearings that don't have hubs for the 200sx and have removed one old one (bearing was fine, just wasting money, wont do the otherside as its a PIA). But the race is still stuck to the hub, ideally I would like to save it but it's looking unlikely, anyone got any tips? I have one of those bearing clamps but its cheap chineseium and isn't large enough to fully slide under without bending up the edges of the race. There is a slight gap that i tried to chisel but it's not for budging.

I thought most of the roads would be really twisted so bring the average speed right down? Obviously 60mph when the conditions allow lol.

Reading this thread has made me persuade the missus to do the trip next weekend, probably going to stay at John O as there are a few nice things to see up that coast from inverness. Whats the average speed along the top? 35mph? Just wondering how long each journey might take? AA route planner accurate with times? Hope you all have a good trip sadly it's my soon to be brother inlaws stagdo the weekend you are going as it would be nice to convoy with people I imagine. Just need to cross my fingers the Z passes its MOT tomorrow.

Just blank it off, not cold enough in this country to worry about.

Engine bay finished welding.

It's in here somewhere last page. (I am at work so can't see photo's due to server settings). https://www.350z-uk.com/topic/118415-koukicuda-s14a-350z-handmedowns/?page=4

Better to buy new only a few quid. To remove the bush if you dont have a puller the method I found best was to pack the hole with grease and use a die or a rod that fits perfectly inside the bush with very little gap and tap it in. the grease will push out the bush. I have some pictures on my 200sx thread I will link.

So nothing fits lol.This was attempt no1 at fitting with japspeed engine mounts and 3"apexi? exhaust elbow.Still sits 2" further back than oem shifter hole.oem gearbox cross member is 2" out.this bolt location on the gearbox hits the mounting location.this side engine mount went in.this side didn't bellhousing clearance is fine around the firewall.exhaust elbow needs more grinding but it may ruin the flange sealing surface.I don't want to grind too much off the gearbox and reduce its strength and ability to bolt up to my 350z.this also caught me out lol.

So I found out the hard way after fitting it all together the pilot bush in the s15 flywheel needs moved to the crank shaft like s14s, as it wont go far enough over the input shaft.This wont work lol.but this will.and all together.

Should have been welding more patches but instead wasting my time cleaning the front of the engine and removing the old belts (each accessory has its own tensioner bracket system.) The crank pulley is very rusty so I might play it safe and get a new oem or superdamper depending on costs as the plan was originally fit the VQ35 as soon as possible but things change.

Ok that wasn't actually very hard. Cleaned things up quickly with some brake cleaner but need to buy some more. Fork and bearing carrier look ok and so does the pivot ball but I will clean them up better tomorrow and assess if I need new bits. I know people sell longer pivots so if I have any issues with engagement I should be able to fix them.