DiMarco Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 How do ladies and gents, Good to see you all. So after 5 years of selling my old 350z for a house deposit I am back 😁. So for the last year since owning my house I have had quite a few projects. It all started with my childhood family Lotus Excel which needed restoring. From that point I got the bug 😁. So i had an Hyundai I30N at this point which I did styling mods and also create a youtube channel of these projects. I then purchase my next big project which was a Mini cooper s. That was a full engine rebuild which I have never done before and the misses decided she wanted it 🤣 so no mods on that. Then it was a volvo xc90 and another Mini. I always missed my 350Z and thought from selling the xc90 and making a bit of profit it's given me enough to see if can find a project 350z and as of Friday I have 😁. So I will be doing regular videos on the Z if anyone is interested. They will be from start to finish from repairs to modifications. Incidentally as I have been out of the Z life for a little while can someone be so kind to give me the list of what things to check. She is a 2004 DE with 108k on the clock she is a CAT N from Copart but from what I can see the reason for this is the rear bumper only that looks OK but due to the age the insurance have just wrote her off. I was wondering if anyone knows of the car the reg is WF04KYZ. I did a Car Vertical check and it didn't pinpoint the damage but from the photos it just seems the OSR part of the bumper has had a slight knock. sorry for waffling on I look forward to this project and will be no doubt pestering you all for information, hints and tips throughout. Good to be back 😁. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranTurismoEra Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Welcome back, Zed is still alive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiMarco Posted October 15, 2023 Author Share Posted October 15, 2023 6 minutes ago, GranTurismoEra said: Welcome back, Zed is still alive Meaning my old one or that I have stopped one from going to the crap heap? 🤣 sorry easily confused. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic73 Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Hey, I've also just bought a project 2006 350z and started stripping down the engine (engine knock issue). I'm documenting mine in my rebuild post. What work are you doing to yours? Engine rebuild or body or both? Anyway, good luck either way. I also did a mini cooper s rebuild a few years back. It was the R56 engine, infamous for chain death rattle which I thought was all it needed replacing, but ended up needing a new block! Anyway, it was a cracking motor once I rebuilt it, happy days.... Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranTurismoEra Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 2 hours ago, DiMarco said: Meaning my old one or that I have stopped one from going to the crap heap? 🤣 sorry easily confused. Well the latter but also in general. Project Zeds definitely keep the Z scene going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiMarco Posted October 15, 2023 Author Share Posted October 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Cosmic73 said: Hey, I've also just bought a project 2006 350z and started stripping down the engine (engine knock issue). I'm documenting mine in my rebuild post. What work are you doing to yours? Engine rebuild or body or both? Anyway, good luck either way. I also did a mini cooper s rebuild a few years back. It was the R56 engine, infamous for chain death rattle which I thought was all it needed replacing, but ended up needing a new block! Anyway, it was a cracking motor once I rebuilt it, happy days.... Neil Hello Neil, Not sure on the state of the car yet as it won't be delivered for about a week. Funny enough the first mini both are r56 n14s. The first one was the tensioner that went so needed fully stripping down due to the chain going and broke a oil jet. The second a piston went through the block so got a new engine so as I knew nothing about the engine I stripped that down also. But once the Z is here regular videos will be on YouTube. Have you a link to your rebuild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiMarco Posted October 15, 2023 Author Share Posted October 15, 2023 57 minutes ago, GranTurismoEra said: Well the latter but also in general. Project Zeds definitely keep the Z scene going. Ha ha well looking forward to starting the project. Just wondering is there any walk through videos or written posts of how to rebuild the engine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cosmic73 Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 16 hours ago, DiMarco said: Hello Neil, Not sure on the state of the car yet as it won't be delivered for about a week. Funny enough the first mini both are r56 n14s. The first one was the tensioner that went so needed fully stripping down due to the chain going and broke a oil jet. The second a piston went through the block so got a new engine so as I knew nothing about the engine I stripped that down also. But once the Z is here regular videos will be on YouTube. Have you a link to your rebuild. Yeah, the R56 chain tensioner went through a few updates as contamination would block it's oil feed and loosen the chain. As far as i can see, there's a few you tube vids of people removing & striping down the 350Z engine and there's also the workshop manual. I know there's also one are two other members who've done but i haven't found their posts yet, but will share if i do. Anyway, here's a link to my post. There's not much in it as i've just started, but i won't be removing the engine due to garage space, I'm just starting from the top and working my way down, taking pics and documenting every stage, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 back 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 back to the forum mate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiMarco Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Cosmic73 said: Yeah, the R56 chain tensioner went through a few updates as contamination would block it's oil feed and loosen the chain. As far as i can see, there's a few you tube vids of people removing & striping down the 350Z engine and there's also the workshop manual. I know there's also one are two other members who've done but i haven't found their posts yet, but will share if i do. Anyway, here's a link to my post. There's not much in it as i've just started, but i won't be removing the engine due to garage space, I'm just starting from the top and working my way down, taking pics and documenting every stage, Thanks buddy I will take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coz@TORQEN Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Welcome back 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy james Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Welcome back. There are many members that go and realise Zeditus is incurable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Muxlow Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Hi and welcome back to the fold. Be lovely to see some pictures of your new whip. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiMarco Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 Don't worry guys I will be putting up regular videos to my YouTube channel so if you are interested then have a look. Don't forget to like and subscribe 🤣😂 https://youtube.com/@sparrowscarprojects-em3fe?si=NVKQF6Vlf56GH5Gc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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