Azurez33

It makes a hell of a difference

So continuing on, I’ve always felt that the back end needed something to set it off as the base lip just Wasn’t enough and I needed something a bit more, but at the same time something that flowed right with the body as I felt that a big wing just wasn’t for me- so I did look into ducktails however I felt they were just a bit too common for me! I do like ducktails but needed to be a bit different, so I started looking though and found a few eBay specials but was worried about fitment issues! I then found that tarmac sportz did replica Nismo spoilers- not that I want to make mine a fismo but I just genuinely liked the sleek look that move and blend with the body but also give the back end a big talking point. Funnily enough they had just had an offer in the v3 for a lower price as a preorder so I just knew this was a sign! Ordered and test fitted! was absolutely over the moon with the look! I got my boss to do me a fair job of painting it (god azure blue isn’t cheap) the worst pain in the ass was trying to fit the thing with all the 10 mounting bolts - an old tipex truck did save me a fair bit of time marking where the holes needed to be. Following this attacking the bootlid with a parking sensor hole saw to which I then checked the holes lined up to which thank god they did! silicones round the ends as they were open and didn’t want the bolts corroding and to make sure the water doesn’t get in the boot! also made sure I siliconed up the third brake light also siliconed round where it seats as an extra layer of protection (which hasn’t worked and now it’s bossed - current edit) feeding the wire through the boot was a challenge on its own! long grabby tool to the rescue! Also attached are some shots from my first three stage polish the week before the spoiler arrived! god they do shine up well!

Another to the single exit team haha!

Jdm Combe 2021

To also build on Alex’s great info, revups do seem to burn a bit more oil than the rest but at the same time some of them don’t, with these performance cars if you do give it a hiding it will burn oil regardless anyway Do as Alex says figure out how much oil you’re burning to start with and when it burns it. When you start an engine up everything is obviously cold and it’s original size and once it heats up metal expands etc there’s always allowances for the heat expansion but to start with if somethings worn it will usually burn a lot more on the cold starts.

The v3 is very very nice but does come with its own I wouldn’t say issues but things you might not have thought about etc

I’ve driven all aside from a super charged 86, the z has so much driveability tbh, the 70 is much more refined but does take away from the raw driving experience you get from the z, the 86 is very very fun but also quite simple and effective at what it does, it was made to be an affordable sports car, it just doesn’t have the power the z has abs needs a little more maintenance than the 50 however because they’re newer probably on par/ a little less depending on the age and health. Fun fact the rear axle on the 86 weighs double the front axle so it’s very very easy to send it sideways without even trying, I know the same can be said to the z but it’s also got a good planting when needing. I guess it depends on what you’re looking for and willing to spend, the 86 will already set you back a lot which could be money to find you the perfect z and get the mods and maintenance you’d need, plus the 86 will still depreciate for a while back to your actual question, Oem fans working rusty arches clicking noise in 1st or reverse, cam covers leaking gallery gaskets/ oil pressure mainly for hr bose system sub working / head unit skipping, Clutch not disengaging very well or dual flywheel knocking/ chattering srs light on- pain in the ass

Yes we will be!

Well, not going to lie it’s such a deep deep tone it sounds awesome with just the box even my mate with a Subaru said god that’s a real deep tone, I’ve now got a cobra y section and cobra sports cats and it’s such an individual sound not really heard anyone else’s sound similar! I would kill for a tomei but think that would just be too loud! 😂 I’ll be at jdm castle Combe if you want to have a listen! Sorry Sam got to do the write ups properly, if I didn’t do the mechanics mate that wouldn’t help you very much would it 😂 I’ll get there mate got so much to add! Thanks mate, it won’t disappoint dependant on what you get, I see tarmac have made their own now- problem with the single exits is there’s not overly much of them over here they’re all imported pretty much!

Another day, another story. Commonly on these beautiful cars at the age and mileage they love to destroy the lower control arm bushes, thankfully they can’t go anywhere but they make a hell of a noise. So I did a fair bit of researching and keeping in mind costs, I was weighing up removing my standard arms and polybushing them both, cost effective yes however I wanted to try a give the suspension a new lease of life and a different look! So I found these on eBay, granted it was a bit out of my comfort zone as they were from China and quality was something I was worrying about, however everything is made there these days and it’s only metal and rubber tbh so I though I’d risk it! FairPlay I was quite chuffed tbh because the quality was actually really good! a few cnc errors however- due to a recess where the nut for the bottom balljoint is- the bottom of the arm is lower than the bottom of the nut- at 8pm at night this was an absolute nightmare so I had to use a boron washer from a crank bolt- I lathed out the Center to raise the height of where the nut seats and finally it tightened up without any play! wohoo! FYI: the arm with the mock-up washer is silver because that’s what I fitted to @Monkey1983

Cheers mate, only moving over the pics and compiling more info atm got lots of new stuff I’ve done that needs writing up! basically it had been left adjusted to on the floor which wasn’t suitable for me, corrosion had seized the bottom two locks. I’m also a big fan of knowing how old something is so I can service and clean regularly and not deal with someone else’s neglect. Also the monopros were true coilover on the rear as opposed to the latter on the dualtecs. I then cleaned them and managed to free them off and sell them to @Monkey1983

Continuing with the update, After having the Z for a couple of months I decided that as much as I loved my cobra sports back box and how symmetry is very pleasing, I also love a good wrench in the works. This wrench being an AAM competition single exit y section back, bought it off a very helpful chap on eBay and it meant I could just replace the cobra box and it payed for itself, obviously I made sure I polished it up with elbow grease and some autosol accompanied by some steel wool. Do love a shiny tip 😂, also replaced all the associated gaskets whilst doing this. I hadn’t really heard of AAM and tbh there wasn’t really much in the way of single exits for sale that I had the money for that didn’t require importing. So I did some research and found out that it was Defintely the exhaust for me. Here’s a snipped from their info on the exhaust: ” The AAM Spec 3" MaxFlow Single Exhaust is specifically designed for those with extreme volume and velocity requirements. The AAM Spec 3" MaxFlow Single exhaust is the highest flowing single exhaust available for the 350Z and is a perfect match for Turbocharged street/strip 350Z's or naturally aspirated/supercharged racing setups that require maximum flow.” My next issues, brakes and my y section that’s gone awol

****ing he’ll mate that’s pretty bad and yes within 12” of a suspension component or seatbelt Anchorage, pretty sure it’s within

Welcome mate, yeah just Chuck the head unit and replace it! Make sure you get the right loom

First things first…. Lots of research and checking bank accounts later, I made my way through various sites comparing coilovers, springs and bags to make my way to HSD, the current coilovers when I bought it were Hsd and the price was definitely middle of the road/ on the higher side plus I really like the look of them. I did look towards yellow speed, meister r or bc, I had heard mixed reviews about bc and the price was above that of the meister and yellow speed and in the end I was drawn to the hsds. What I wanted was Ohlins however my bank account said no! I opted for the softer spring rate as I was to be using this as my daily so 9kg front 6kg rear, with the 16 point adjustment I felt the point wasn’t lost by going for softer springs 2 years later I can say I’m still impressed with them. The original set up definitely took a while to make sure everything was right, checking the preload was just right so not too much tension on the spring but at the same time it wasn’t loose, I started by adjusting them to exactly on the middle and kept tweaking them from there! Eventually reaching a point where I felt my awkward drive wouldn’t catch anything important!

So I’ve been meaning to start my build thread for ages and ages and ages….. I’ve basically just been using my welcoming thread instead (what a rap artist). This must finally happen and so how’s the time, I will hopefully over the weeks shift over the media and build thread to here. Info on me- I am currently a mechanic in the West Midlands- been working on old jap stuff for a long time whilst pursuing other careers to finally land on being a mechanic after a 2 and a half year apprenticeship, now being qualified for a year and bit now. I’ve owned WMD now for over 2 years and here’s a before and after pic to show the current progress- I’ve spent a huge amount of money on it now and that’s not going to stop any time soon hence the name. Majority of the work and effort have gone into housekeeping, and uprating things known to fail, I preferred to address all the issues unseen first to get it to a point where it wasn’t going to be an issue driving it as my daily, so both these pictures probably don’t look dreadfully different but I can assure you they are. As you will see if you’ve not seen my other thread which I’ve lazily added to because I barely seem to get much down time through the garage and work life as I’m sure you’ll all know. Cheers for reading the initial initiation to my build I will keep relocating the media over with a bit more depth than other the post

Welcome mate! Hope the weathers not too dreadful for you

Not sure about sites, but @pintopete58 is selling a fair few visual goodies! But aside from that have you thought about hydro dipping/ wrapping?

Does look good and even better that it’s been serviced by someone who knows these cars! have a nose at the arches just to check! There’s always an amp issues with these sound units they’re a nightmare 😂

I am also wondering this too, I have another who is also interested and we only need 4 for a stand

I have also just looked at this

Cheers chap, the kit I’m looking at getting comes with a new one I believe

Also not to over analyse but what gearbox oil do people decide to use? tarmac had their manual and 4x4 oil and been told Chuck some molyslip in there is that correct?

Going to be replacing my clutch on my 2005 de, replacing the flywheel and clutch and the slave basically everything, I know they’re notorious for have issues afterwards- what’s usually the things to watch out for? crank sensor and teeth etc bleeding I do have a step by step, I am a mechanic just wanted to know people experience with it etc

https://www.tomeiusa.com/manuals/e_manual.html Found a Japanese manual so if you can read Japanese you’ll be fine, think this links broken but they used to keep it all open and usable, you could request the file to be sent