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Sorry got my wooden head on today (Just as well with all that hammering )

Thinking of fitting a custom made st st exhaust, Plemum Spacer and having an Uprev tune. Rang my insurance "More Than" who said they would not insure me for any performance improving mods . Can anyone recommend another company please

PLENUM SPACER

The controls are set to Auto and for incoming air (not recirc). Odd times when driving I look down and the air con light is on but I didnt select it. Its happenes quite often but Ive never been able to connect its switching on to any event with the car (like hitting a bump in the road/other)?? As I said Ive tried banging around the controls in case theres a loose connection but it doesnt come on.

Anyone noticed their air con intermittantly switching on by itself. Mine seems to have started to do it . Ive tried tapping the switch and surrounding area but cant get it to come. Any ideas welcome Its a pain cos when you switch off again the screen fogs up.

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I’m not completely sure but from what I see on the wiring diagrams I have access to the BCM (Body Control Module – it controls the operation of some of the electrical units, wipers, turn signals, washers, lights) operates the turn signal lights directly from its output terminals based upon signals received at its input terminals. These units are normally controlled by internal software and in the case of the flashers will provide an output to drive the lamps at a rate determined by that software (as with the clicking noise you hear when your indicators are on) Since led’s take far less current than a normal flasher bulb there would no danger of overloading the BCM o/p so no resistor required because of this. The LED however will normally require a resister in series with it to limit the current available from a 12v supply ie the o/p of the BCM (they work on something like 2v therefore the resistor has to drop 10v to protect the led itself) Older cars using the old style flasher unit (which the Z doesn’t have) would probably require a resistor to control the flashing rate. I would imagine that replacing the flashers with leds would work fine so long as you are sure to connect the led’s correctly if connecting more than one to each flasher position. Bit of a spiel I know but the best I can do to help. If anyone else is more up to date than I am with the old electronics theory involved they may jump in now to help

I bloody well wish they would . For the none mechanically minded amongst us its a nightmare

Thanks for the info all

Yep, was hoping to nab a second hand one first

Would like to buy a 5/16 Motordyne plenum spacer in good condition. Not in a raging hurry, so if you have one or are thinking of selling one in the near future let me know.

Hello Zugara. We chatted once before on this subject you and I Well after a lot of brain churning I’ve decided to go for it and just wanted to make sure before committing. Id like to know my cars performance is as good as it can be so need the uprev, I’ve got 8 yrs out of the original exhaust and am about to have a st st custom job fitted. SO given all this I thought I might as well go for the spacer to.

Why is Motordyne generally considered the best. What about Horsham's, Skunk2 and others? Has anyone come a cropper using the less favoured makes? I’m looking to buy one and really don’t know for sure. I'll probably go for Motordyne but only because everyone else seems to, but are they like me and just follow the heard.

Haven’t noticed this little project before, which looks great by the way. What do you do once the unit is opened? Is there a red internal reflector you have to remove, then replace it with a red led ? and how do you reseal the unit again once finished?? Sorry to be a pain but Id like to have a go at this one.

Castrol 5W30 fully synthetic £17.5/4L at Halfords in my home town

What about using a bit of heat to ease it before commiting to the undersize socket idea.

Are you sure they will flash to fast? I thought they were powered from the output of the BCM module with the flash rate being a software setting. I dont think they use the old type flasher unit

Did mine for the same reason a couple of years ago. There on a spline if I recall correctly so you may have to carefully give them a tap with a plastic mallet hammer to brake the crud holding them. Take care when wacking them though. Get the wife to do it then you can blame her if the widscreen cracks

I’ve had the same problem. The brake pedal used to be ok until I changed my pads one year. I can’t understand why but it seemed to have happened when I pushed a brake cylinder back and noticed I'd spilt some fluid out of the reservoir. Anyway afterwards the brake seemed spongy. Took it to Quick fit, nearest place to me, who bled them for me. When I picked it up they were just the same. I complained and to cut a long story short they bled them several times again but with the same result. Contacted the main dealer who said they may have got air in the servo and they should power bleed them (I think that was the expression) anyway some kit that forces the fluid through the lines). The Quick Fit guys took it to another branch that had the kit and bled them again. This time they were much better but still not spot on and since then the pedal feel has never been quite the same as before the fiasco . I fitted new pads in November last year following which the pedal felt rock hard. However the pads have worn down a bit now and the pedal once again feels a bit spongy . Its going in for its P3 on Thursday so I’m going to get the stealer to have a go. Good luck with yours though.

Mines been the same since new, happens sometimes & not others probably as Alex posted

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. My maxim is --- "Less is more"

Nor the pheasant pluckers mate, cos I’m the pheasant destroyer. Unfortunately one of these beautiful birds flew straight into my windscreen while trying to avoid another car . She left lighting strike cracks all over the passenger side windscreen and several feathers lodged in the wipers and bonnet shut lines. Bugger I hate killing stuff Autoglass just been to fit another screen (£75). So was my little burn up the road the other day worth the money. Shure it was!! (sorry big bird, rip)

So it’s SWITCH OFF for me . By the way if I’m found half way up a tree one day chewing on bark and crows pecking at my arse, then I’ll be telling the wife it was YOU who told me to do it

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Only asking cos I seem to remember watching a video clip (You Tube I think) that showed a 350z racing from a standing start against an Impreza first with it on then again with it off. The video, and if not mistaken the commentary, implied that the Z beat the Impreza more convincingly with it turned off. Just found the clip, hope the short cut works 350Z VS Impreza WRX