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  1. Thanks Alex, I was initially shopping locally as I thought “I can just go pick the part up”, turns out everyone was out of stock. for clarity, I didn’t check the prices with Alex, just torqen and tarmac as I could check easily on their website, so alex’s prices may well be spot on, I’m sure they are!
  2. Well, Euro car parts said they had one in stock for home delivery, then emailed yesterday saying they couldn’t find it and it would be 45 days for a replacement. Cancelled! Called GSF car parts who did have one! Went to collect it today and opened the box in the store, it’s a Left Hand camshaft sensor, not a crankshaft one and they don’t have any in the entire company. Tried all of our sellers, a few do have them, but they’re 2-3x the cost I can find elsewhere. Had to order a complete set of crank and both side cam sensors now online to actually get them. Still came in cheaper than traders on here so not too bothered, just frustrating to not be able to get parts I guess. will update when I get to fit the crank sensor, when our lovely British weather allows at least. Nothing but rain forecast for the next 7 days...
  3. Solid red security light means NATS (immobiliser system) doesn't recognise your key. Do the fans come on straight away when you turn the key? This is Nissans way of telling you theirs a major issue, usually ECU related. Check the MAF sensor is installed, connected electrically and not damaged too.
  4. @Jorge yep, got 2 modules left and offer is still on £71.95 until the end of the year.
  5. Done some lateral thinking this evening. 1. Car has ONLY started when cold. 2. NATS LED on dashboard isn’t lit up solid red, indicating (I think) that it recognises my key and should therefore turn off the immobiliser. 3. When the car is running, it runs just fine, even under high throttle/rpm. 4. ECU reset appeared to clear out a stored code that my reader couldn’t see (it was flashing a pattern, but I took no notice of it) 5. Car then started ok when cold with ECU reset. This leads me to one think. Crankshaft position sensor. From my reading, this can cause intermittent starting and doesn’t always trigger a engine code, if it was a camshaft sensor failure rather than crankshaft, it would cause intermittent power loss when driving, limp mode and would cause a code to be thrown. ive ordered one, but can’t get one locally before Tuesday, so we shall see on Tuesday I guess. @Keyser remember we did a gearbox swap, I can’t remember if we swapped the sensor from my old box or if we used one that came on the 2nd hand gearbox. il keep you all updated
  6. Right, had some good and bad luck. Got to the car this morning and the battery was all nicely charged. Connected it back to the car and tried it with my normal key, just cranked over. Tried my spare key, just cranking again. Damn. Didnt bother swapping in my new battery. Tried an ECU reset, then she fired right up, hell yes! Left it running for 10 mins whilst I checked tyre pressures and put my tools away. Turned the car off and then started it just fine with both my spare and my original key, fixed! i went on a 40 min drive with no issues, no battery light or any weirdness. its now around 60 mins later, my wife just wanted to move to the car and it won’t bloody start again, just cranks over. Sadly, she didn’t know the pedal dance to perform an ECU reset, but I heard on the phone the car was cranking over strong and sounded just fine. I scanned the car this morning and no codes were stored or pending in the ECU. so....any further ideas from anyone what’s wrong? Still a low battery issue, Crank position sensor or a NATS problem? Is there any way I can check what is happening with the CPS?
  7. Hey guys, Having an issue tonight starting the car, and am stumped why, but some background first. I have an 04 GT, battery is an Exide brand around 4 years old. The car is strictly a toy, it gets used for trips most weekends during the summer and I try to get it out every few weeks in the winter, but with the recent cold snap, rain and busy weekends the cars been parked for about a month. went to start it last weekend and it was flat as a pancake, one crank and dead, so I put it on my battery tender system which shows the voltage at 9.2v and left it all week (working, weekend only car). Started the car this evening, seemed ok. However I was getting the battery light flickering at Idle RPM’s, when I was driving above 1000rpm ish, the light went away. Got to my in-laws house around 5 miles away and parked the car, came out an hour later and the car cranks just fine, but will not fire up. ive changed the key battery, done an ECU reset and still nothing. I THINK I’m having a NATS issue. When I lock the car, the alarm led flashes like crazy, I think this is normal, but when I unlock the car the light goes out. From memory, this should only go out once a valid key is inserted into the ignition. The fuel pump primes, cranks ok but no start. I know for almost a decade around here, these cars can do very very odd things with a failing battery. Is this one of them Even though the car cranks ok? ive left the battery disconnected but connected to a charger overnight and will tackle it tomorrow, but wondered if the collective hive mind could come up with anything I can check. i plan to take the spare key, code reader and maybe buy another battery, but assuming it’s not this? really appreciate any advice!
  8. Got a few of these left in stock currently as have been selling some via the club facebook page. I know its winter and loosing traction is probably the last thing on your mind, but if you're thinking about one of these for next year, get them now. Theirs usually a massive surge in there around Feb/March as peoples cars come out of hibernation and im not building any more until these (due to lack of parts) have gone, so you may miss out. As a little sweetener as we all know this is an expensive time of the year, any orders from now until the end of the year get 10% off ------- EDIT: 2 left, sale has ended now so back to full price. Just remember, there was a rush on these early in the year so if you want one, grab them now! If anybody fancies a Group Buy on these, il do the same 10% off for groups of 5+ and 20% for groups of 10+
  9. Got a few of these left in stock currently (3) as have been selling some via the club facebook page. I know its winter and loosing traction is probably the last thing on your mind, but if you're thinking about one of these for next year, get them now. Theirs usually a massive surge in there around Feb/March as peoples cars come out of hibernation and im not building any more until these (due to lack of parts) have gone, so you may miss out. As a little sweetener as we all know this is an expensive time of the year, any orders from now until the end of the year get 10% off :)
  10. I have 4 of these in stock, for the next 14 days, so until the end of 08/10/2019, these will be on sale at ~20% off, meaning £64 inc postage whilst stock of these lasts. Its going into winter now so not keen on hanging onto too much stock over winter. EDIT: Sale now over, still got some in stock, PM me or post on here if you want to purchase
  11. Sorry for the delay! Yes mate, go for it FWIW, I have 3 of these in stock, for the next 14 days, so until the end of 08/10/2019, these will be on sale at ~20% off, meaning £48 inc postage whilst stock of these lasts. Its going into winter now so not keen on hanging onto too much stock over winter. EDIT: Sale now over, still got some in stock, PM me or post on here if you want to purchase
  12. First official sale of this has gone to a member in Australia! I do ship worldwide assuming you cover the uplift in postage costs! Plenty more in stock!
  13. Hey all, I’m back from my honeymoon and luckily the LED buttons I ordered came into stock, I now have 5 of these assembled, ready to go! drop me a PM or comment on here if you’re interested. Happy to answer any questions too of course! just like the TCS/VDC module, these will be always in stock and available now
  14. Hey guys, all back from my honeymoon, last parts arrived and I have plenty of these in stock again. Drop me a PM if you’re interested! Oh, one more thing. The supplier of the buttons messed up a little bit, they shipped me 9 red and one blue led button, so I have one obscure one which has a silver button, but a blue led not red. Just let me know if you want this one when you message me. I only have one of these and it does look cool, so first come, first served!
  15. Thanks for being my guinea pig @Daisyduke the burnout does indeed (as I mentioned) give a tiny bit of throttle cut before restoring, this is to keep the ECU happy i too think j rather annoyed my clutch in attempt 1, but by 2 and 3 I’d got it pinned down there is also a throttle cut when you do brake boosting, but as you say, the momentum on the car negates it anyway. im just pleased my results are value dated meaning this is now for sale! im currently away, sunning it in Crete, so if you want one, just stick your name below, il get back to you on the 29th/30th once I’m back home
  16. Good to see another update on this! Still keen on following along if you ever feel like knocking up a few of the special components you had to produce! Even just having a play with a PCB design would keep me happy (yes, I am sad haha)
  17. So, just to address that comment, and for anyone else that maybe feel like they should have waited,Sorry! When i released the VDC/TSC module, i had no idea at all that this would be a requested mod too. More importantly, nor did i know if i could even do it, so didn't wanna say "yeah hold on il sort one out". Working on it on and off, its still taken me 8 months to get here We now have a tester in the form of @Daisyduke
  18. Hi again everyone As im sure you all know, ive been selling my VDC/TCS disable mod for almost a year, have sold plenty of modules between Facebook and this site with not a single install issue But one thing that kept being asked was about brake boosting/standing burnouts. This is a feature thats only very recently (i think summer last year) been added to the UpRev tune, but this is a lot cheaper if you just want to make smoke or build some boost! The 350z's have a system built in so that when the vehicle is moving (and in gear) you cannot use the brake and throttle at the same time. The engine RPM's get cut and fall away. This means that if you're trying to do a standing burnout, such as tyre warming at the drag strip, you cant. Also if you're running a turbo, you cant brake boost. This mod changes all of that. The existing methods involve cutting a wire on the ECU which is the "hey, ive pressed the brake" input. But theirs an issue with this. After a certain amount of time of seeing no brake signal, the ECU figures out something has to be wrong and throws a CEL, disabling the cruise control until this is cleared. You can also remove a fuse in the car, but this stops your brake lights from working, so not ideal. So, introducing the VDC/TCS Disable board, now with Brake Mod So, off the bat. Yes, it looks a LOT like my old module! I wanted to keep the same form factor and much of the physical module is the same. This is because it still does the whole VDC/TCS disable, just with an extra feature on top. Under the hood, the entire code has been re-written to be much simpler (trimmed the fat basically), faster to operate, and informative too. What is it? This is a custom PCB and circuit which automatically disables BOTH the TCS and VDC features on the car at the simple press of a button but leaves your ABS system and brake lights alone, it also disables the throttle cutout when you're on the brakes so you can perform standing burnouts or brake boost (FI vehicles only, duh). The clever part is it remembers if you disabled these features and will automatically disable them for you next time you start the car. Great if you're doing a track day and have a few sessions booked! It doesn't trigger any check engine lights, ever and doesn't interfere with any other features on the car. How Does It Work? Start up the car and you will see the LED button light up, if you have the module visible, the green power LED will also light up on the board itself which you can see through the translucent 3d printed case. Notice your TC and Slip lights go out on the dashboard as normal after a few seconds. Briefly press and release the button (no need to hold it, just a quick press), a relay will click and the button's LED will flash 5 times and then stay off. You will now have the TCS and Slip lights illuminated on your dashboard, meaning the Traction Control and Vehicle Dynamic Control stability aids are fully disabled and the throttle lockout/brake mod is activated To perform a standing burnout, do one like you normally would do in any vehicle without this lockout "feature" (basically, do a burnout then hold the brakes so that you lock up the front axle only). The RPM's will dip as normal for 0.1 second (this is where im fooling the ECU and keeping it happy) and then rise again as the lockout is removed. Continue until your happy you've made enough smoke . During this time, each time the module detects the brake is pressed, the button LED will turn on for 0.1 second, when it turns off, the throttle lockout is removed, just a good little way to visually see what the system is doing. If you now turn the car off, wait a second and turn it back on again you’ll notice the relay clicks again and automatically disables the stability features for you! To re-enable them simply press and release the button again and the button LED will once again illuminate. Now turn the ignition off and on again and the TC and Slip lights will turn off on your dash. Traction and Vehicle Dynamic Control are now re-enabled just like normal. Is it it difficult? Install is pretty simple, just need to be careful as it involves splitting one wire at the ECU, but you need no special tools, literally a screwdriver, some pliers, a bit of insulation tape, a drill (for the button hole) and about 30-45 mins of time. ======================= The final module price is £79.95 including the same first class signed for postage as the standard VDC/TCS board. Fitting is pretty easy in my opinion, however as with everything else I sell, if you’re willing to travel to me, I can fit at no extra cost. In the package: 1x Assembled VDC/TSC Disable & Brake Mod Board finished in stealth black and silver 1x Custom designed 3d printed case (an upgrade from the clear heat shrink used on the older VDC/TCS only modules) 1x Colour Installation Guide (This is provided by a PDF link to save on paper) 1x Metal Switch with Red LED I'm not very active on the forums anymore since selling the car, but still sell these modules on my site, link below! https://www.cs2000-z-tech.co.uk/collections/350z-compatible-modules/products/burnout-brake-boost-tcs-vdc-disable-module NOTE: This module is for MANUAL 350Z's only! It causes weird issues in Auto vehicles and i've not even tried to fit this into a 370 yet, perhaps in time! (any volunteers?)
  19. I have one currently built and ready to go, waiting for bits to arrive for more boards, PM incoming
  20. OK, been chatting with @jnkent36 and will be making a module up for him. Am ordering the bits to make another 2 extra modules in-case theirs someone that wants one, let me know.
  21. Hey, Ive actually completed the code, tested it on my workbench and it all seems to work, just not had the weather for the last 7-10 days to do any electronics work inside the car. So, soon-ish, but no exact timeframes yet. The current module is still available however
  22. Nothing available, but I can make them on request if you're definitely after one, just drop me a PM.
  23. I must admit, fitting in the 370 seemed a lot more involved in terms of trim pieces than the 350 (just one big piece), glad you like the kit.
  24. PM on its way, I will be keeping these in stock now
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