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I believe they should both be running in high speed if the engine is up to temp and the AC is turned on.

Already did a few months ago.

Then one melted 2 drift days ago and my one remaining one met the same fate yesterday. 

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I have an good compressor but it's from my DE not sure if different.

350z rear traction (radius) arms, aftermarket / adjustable only.

I also have these in good order, near manchester.

As title might be after just the mid pipe of the japspeed K1 system to make something funky up for myself.

Hi all,

 

I'm in need of a pair of rear lights for my car. Just standard things as cheap as possible or free, after I just broke both of mine this weekend at drift cup.

 

Can collect if your in the north west

 

Thanks

 

Tom

Do the regs state to have to run rear lights? Can you not get away with just the one led light bar for brakes rules wise?

I'm having a set fitted tonight, so if you can hang on until later / tomorrow if they don't fit you can have 1st dibs.

Drop me a message once you know. Not in a mega rush tbh.

Ok.. thank you both I guess.

30mm are what I need

Anyone have any before I buy new later today?

As title anyone got a pair of 30mm spacers they want rid of?

You'll be well under 105dba

As title if anyone has just one or two, could be interested in more but only need the one or two, laying around that they don't need / want.

Any length will do preferably 40/50mm length and open ended but consider anything.

As title need an oil pressure sender for the DE engine.

small blocks of wood / make small wood ramps.

Thanks but i'm hoping someone somewhere has a secondhand item as i want to adjust it to what i require.

 

I've gone with a copy of a copy - those japspeed ones from china as japspeed are now out of stock. Quality where it matters is fine just rough casting. Was around £130 inc the import duty.

 

Interesting to see how you get on - is it fitted? , i've seen mixed feedback on them example below:

 

http://forums.nicocl...an-t132051.html

 

Also saw Brian Mcann bought one but it had loads of loose stuff in it so had to be sandblasted which makes it less cheap.

So more detail / review..

The casting internally is indeed fairly rough, nothing at all loose etc, its similar to the rougher parts of the upper plenum if you imagine that, bit worse in places.

Should stress there was no loose material though, gave it a good going over, cleaned out with brake cleaner and some residue from the coating did clean off, but nothing worth crying about, if you don't clean it after transport / handling / packaging etc anyway then you shouldn't be doing the job.

The machining of the mounting face (where it bolts up) was sound nice and flat and smooth.

All the threads were ok, run bolts in and out of them and they cleaned up better, again just a bit of residual coating.

The hardware is ok.

One thing I was concerned about was the lack of an oil pickup spacer as per the 'genuine' brands, although japspeed have apparently sold plenty without the spacer and do not say it is compulsory.

My mind eased when i measured / checked the drop difference compared to stock, these are much wider than standard sump but not much deeper at all.

A dry test fit keeping an eye on the pickup for clearance / height and it was well deep enough.

Upon fitting I have only had one issue that I guess could be a big one to some, the 3x longer Allen bolts supplied were not long enough. All the smaller ones were fine but the long ones were about 10mm too short, didn't even engage with the threads. I have access to materials so was no issue for me.

Run the car since and done a couple of drives no issues to report but its not made of cheese.

if only it was jdm plate recess..

Thanks but i'm hoping someone somewhere has a secondhand item as i want to adjust it to what i require.

I've gone with a copy of a copy - those japspeed ones from china as japspeed are now out of stock. Quality where it matters is fine just rough casting. Was around £130 inc the import duty.

I also have some but not researched what the going rate is.

Do you have any clutch lines on offer? DE.

Big oops dougie on the fuel, but you will also want an oil temp gauge and decent size cooler. The VQ runs hot let alone when drifting where there less air being pushed through.

I garuantee you'll have been hitting well over 120-130 degrees temps so no matter how often you change the oil after, during drifting is when it's thinned out massively and stopped being effective.

Also like others have said, a baffled sump will help / can argue its nessesary. I watched some of my in-car footage back the other day and saw my oil pressure gauge (stock, I know isn't the most accurate), dropping down when sliding, this was at high revs and not so high oil temps so is certainly due to the oil moving away from the sump pick-up.

I would VQ it again. The noise is great and as you've said the power is ok, enough for what you need. Pricing up other options may be cheaper for the engine only but then associated parts will add up to convert.

On the viscosity definitely go up to a 5w-40, anything to help with lubrication at higher temps. Plus if you can the race spec ester oils like Fuchs can hold a slightly higher temperature without breaking down compared to standard fully synthetics. That being said now I've got a cooler and few other things I've gone back to using a cheaper fully syn oil (mobil1), and just doing more regular changes, as the Fuchs stuff is too expensive for me to do as regular as I want.

Thought I would ask for used before buying new, anyone have a baffled sump for sale?

I have front and rear shocks

good work, you will be lowering it though right?