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Yeah the CF rear diffuser looks great and i hear there's not many in the UK

Yeah the solid mounts just transfer more NVH in to the cabin. The zed engine does not more that much to begin with! I like the poly mounts though!

No worrie mate. It will cost to much to post anyway mate... hope you get them sold.

I really want these mate they would go nice on the front of mine and ill just get a set of meaty rears to match. What would you want posted because im near liverpool so kent is a LONG way for me to collect??

Today's fun.... For a few hours work i got alot done this afternoon! Few item's that were removed today, Windage tray, block girdle, crank caps, crank, oil pump, all rod's and piston's and finally i pulled the engine mounts off. Some more pic's.. Windage tray removed. And block girdle removed. Crank cap's removed. Starting to removed some of the rod's and piston's. All rod's and Piston's remove now!! Oil pump and crank removed. Holly crap the crank is heavy! It must weigh 20kg at least! Close up of the under piston oil spray's. Rebuilt the bottom of the crank cap's and windage tray just to keep them out the way and clean. Final shot of the fully stripped down block. It's really light! Crank,rod's and piston's removed. More under piston's oil spray's. Now for the diagnosis!!!!! 5 out of the 6 piston's have cracked ring lands!!!!!! Some look ok and some are only held together with the rings!!!! Cylinder 1 (the front driver side) is the only one that looks in good nick. The pistons have no sign's of detonation on the flame face but to crack 5 out of the 6 ring land's it may have been a very bad tune or the engine has been over rev'ed?? All the bearings look in ok condition and non of the rod's "look" bent. The main thing is there is no damage as far as i can see to the block!! Ill get some close up pic's of the broken piston's when i've cleaned them up. Tim.

Yeah i think the first time i start it will be very nerve wracking! Ive not yet taken the engine out of mine so i can't tell you mate! So far the best option is to drop it out on the sub frame if you have access to a lift. If not then out the front but you have to remove the rad support's and bumper,headlights ect.

Todays Update Made some more good progress guys. Few more pic's.... Not long guys!!! :band:

255/55/18 is a mad tyre size mate ?? Typo?? 255/35/18 or 255/45/18 is closer to a zed tyre size. GL with the sale mate!

These post's are copied from my thread on the OC guys. Just thought id post up on here to as some of you guys may not read the OC forums. Link to my thread= http://forums.**REMOVED**.com//index.p ... 23775&st=0 <<<<< EDIT It's a bit sad that this forum wont let people link the OC. Post 1. lol.... After a long time think of what i wanted to do with the zed tossing between supercharging and turbo's i've finally taken the plunge!!! WOOOOHOOOO!!!!! :bounce: :bounce: I have been looking at kits made in the USA for LHD cars but i came across this deal and could not say no. Its the full (old grarrett turbo's not the new crap chinese copy's) APS TT kit. It come with the full APS fuel system and hydra nemisis ECU thrown in. The kit was still fitted to a VQ35DE with 34k miles on it when i picked it up. So i now have a second block to play with if after ive stripped it down it checks out ok. The engine looks to have a blown head gasket or broken ring land on cylinder 6. the compression test was great across 1-5 but cylinder 6 was down on pressure. Its been a fun few days last week because i managed to drag a mate down to essex with me in a merc 208d van! 80 mph top speed and no radio!!! 476 miles round trip and over 8 hours driving and i had my engine back in the garage!! Ill keep this thread up dated when i get things done but ill post a few pics of what's happened so far... 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. So far the Plenum (upper and lower) has been removed, fuel rails and injectors, sump, driver and passenger turbo's, manifold's, oil and coolant lines, oil pump, front belts, both belt tensioner's, and the passenger side cam cover, coil packs and spark plugs. Im having a little trouble getting the crank pulley off because the engine wants to turn :bang: ?? I think im gonna need an impact gun! lol.. Update 2. LOL.. my girlfriend did kill me but she's coming round to the idea now!! lol.. Im not so sure as what to do now? I was going to remove the APS kit of the damaged engine and then clean it up and refit it to my original engine. Then may be build the damaged engine up with new aftermarket rods,pistons ect.. and if/when my stock block failed then swap over the engines. I may just build the full engine on the stand and then swap over the whole motor and go for big power straight away???? I will look at a koyo rad and a large oil cooler down the road for sure.. Im also looking at evan's NGP supercoolant too if any one has used it before. (it turns the stock coolant system into a pressure less system and helps stop hot spots so i beleave??) Yeah mate 400bhp should knock a few seconds off!! :bounce: Just a few more pic's (sorry about the quality just off my iphone) of whats happened today. I managed to get the crank pulley off (huge braker bar and lots of grunting!! haha..) this allowed me to take the front timing cover off, ready to get the heads off next. I also whipped the lower block oil pan off just for some more access to things. Not long till im spooling my self silly!!! Update 3. Little update guys... Spent a few hours this afternoon doing a bit more work on the engine. Few more pic's. I managed to get the timing chain off which took me a while to work out how to get off! After the timing chain was off that allowed me to remove the cam timing gears. Its very smart how the cam timing is changed on the intake side using an oil solanoid and the lager cam gears. Ill get a few pic' next time im working on the engine. Exhaust cam removed. Passenger side head removed. So far so good. I cant see a crack in the block on cylinder 6 so im hoping that when i pull the crank and rods out the ring land has gone?? The pistons look in good nick for a boosted engine too! The head gasket was a little damaged taking the head off but the is no sign's of scoring of and leaks which is another good thing. So far guys its going well. ill strip the driver side head down on monday i think and maybe pull the crank out so ill keep you posted

dibs on the seat!! lol..

Gary its the sub frame im really after mate! if you mate does not want that ill call first dibs.

Please please sell me your driver seat and subframe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahaha

Hi mate, no i was wearing a black top and camo shorts! I was there from 12:30 till about 2pm ish. My zed was in the car park which was a shame as one 350z on the club stand was a sorry site! lol..

Just popped down for a few hours and snapped a few pic's. some nice cars but a lot of tatty stuff too I did try and hang around to say hi andy but i did not see you about? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Hope you like!

Just a few shots from a photo shoot i did for a mate who's just picked up his new VXR8! Amazing car and 13K off list price is to good not to buy one! Here's the pic's.. Comments welcome. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Hope you like the pic's :blush2:

Me too....

Yeah fast and ugly on those drag wheels! lol.. 6R4 did very very well.... not bad for a car not far off 20 years old!

Great day out! You cant beat the sound of anti-lag in the morrning! lol... few picks from the event. God i NEED more POWER!!!!!!! Hope you like the pic's!

great day!

Looks like its just me then! lol...

So is any one coming people??? lol...

Yes mate. why do you need to know???

Who's coming then guys?? show opens at 10am so if we plan to meet at 9;30 then that gives us time to drive down and get tickets ect....

ME ME ME!!!!!