Hansburger

Some noise. 🫠

Finally I had some time to pick up the goodies at the motor shop. 🤗 Engine is cleaned, intake plenums are port matched to the ported heads and I got some Cerakote for my long tube headers. It looks like we can start the assembly of the VQ37HR. 🥰 Then engine shop was surprised how much material he could remove from both the lower as the plastic upper plenum. Only problem is I want bigger throttle bodies as well now. 😝 Also got some issues with a wheel bearing last year during a trackday at Circuit Meppen in Germany. I dissided to get rid of the 350Z ones and got myself 370Z axles and wheel bearings. If you compare them you can't believe it actually fits. Both axles are a bit longer then the 350Z ones. But it just bolts right up on the stock 350Z diff flanges. But we had fun! As long as it lasted. Hahah. Difference in length. 370Z bearing compared with 350Z bearing (not my photo) Everything works well and no issues so far.

Any idea which fault code it has?

Hmm. Swapping the sensors is always a good plan. Ohh and use OEM sensor for the cam- and crankshaft sensors. Everything else won't work or only for a short periode of time. And just a guess. Is everything alright with the timingchain? Does it make noise with the start? No gasleaks? No gaskets blown? Intake or exhaust? Which code does it have when the light is on?

Maybe it's also a good thing to do the "Idle Air Volume Relearn" procedure to reset the ECU. It really worked well on my old Z. It drove better then ever and the emissions where also lower then before. MOT wasn't a problem anymore.

Thanks! They are oldies, but I like them as well.

Coloured candy cane modus enabled. 🤪🤣

Sounds like some nice work to do. I replaced my ball joints with the ones from Torqen. They seem to do the trick and work fine. No complaints or what so ever. Not sure which one I ordered, but I think the 16mm ones.

Thanks!

It's been a while. 😅 But the Z got some extra love as always. Got all the parts together for my diff. It was already rebuild with the shorter 4.08 ratio. Now I've got a Kaaz 1.5 sper at the shelf and some other rubbers from Whiteline combined with a Nismo diff cover. Should make a great combo. My V-belt decided to leave me for the second time in 5 years. 🤪 Always a pain in the ass to remove all the debry from the engine bay. Even had to bring it to a specialist to get the AC pully cleaned and they serviced the complete AC as well. Now its all working great again. The other thing was I had a few issues with my Intrax coilovers. I removed them from the car and brought them to Intrax for a overhaul. It seemed a stone had damaged one of the pistons and there was a issues with the height adjustment on one of the coils. Got them back and also bought some new OEM bolts. It drives like a dream again. 🤗 In the meantime I had a little accident. Someone said he didn't see my car and drove right into the rear bumper. A new bumper was needed. Glad it's fixed and everything OK again. I bought myself a folding bike for whenever I'm at the track. It fits right in the back of my Z. Hahah. Aaaaaaand finally got my wheels back after 2.5 years... 😍 The three-piece Oxigin wheels are refurbished and the inner side matches its colour with the spokes. Also lowered the Z and extra 1.5 centimetres for the looks.

Ahhhh. Love it! Would you like some snails with your meal sir? 😍😎

Looking good again!

On my previous Z I had a 95% window tint. It's on the inside, so no problems with wipers. Don't know if that should be a problem for MOT in the UK. It was fine in the Netherlands. You could see the traffic lights just trough it and from the outside it looked completely black.

Not sure what the difference is between sport cats and straight pipe. But the difference between OEM cats and sports cats is noticable! So it is possible the Z feels a bit more alive now.

Oehh. I like what I see! 💪