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nova---chris
09-03-05, 05:05 PM
Me mate is just repairing this spankingly nice motor.
Id be tempted to trade in the nova for it tbh!! lol
http://www.chrisuk22.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/project/mini-P1010118.JPG
http://www.chrisuk22.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/project/mini-P1010119.JPG
Not bad at all. I beleive this could be quite quick once running .
:twisted: :wink:
*drool drool drool*
Do I spy a 3litre V6 TT?
nova---chris
09-03-05, 05:11 PM
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
ANDYRACER
09-03-05, 05:14 PM
I really like them cars but there so under-rated. :D
scott.parker
09-03-05, 05:23 PM
Rip it out and give a real home in the nova! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
madcodling
09-03-05, 05:52 PM
ive owned one off these and they are underated,
i had an automatic 3ltr and that was pretty frightenin but me mate has just got a fairlady which is a twin turbo and its manuel!!
they r so comfortable and aero dinamic and the noise of the engine is really really nice :D :D
Philsutton
09-03-05, 05:55 PM
they do tend to have good power shame they are over weight
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
Those and GTOs are very much underated... There's a black GTO for sale near me at the moment - would have been nice but I think its an import (UK GTOs are rare as rocking horse shit lol) so the insurance would be silly... and anyway I have the Celica to put up with first :P
nova---chris
09-03-05, 06:47 PM
Not had change to check. normally the intercooler would giv eit away. But i think this maybe only a n/a.
I dont know much on these cars but we were told it was gonna be a TT
Ill check the engine stamp for this. As this is not the original engine
Lads Lads Lads. Them things are for half nothing over here!! Dublin Harbour is where all of them yocks are coming in from Japan, and no shi7, e1500 would get you one of them thats around ?1000 stg. All sorts, Twim Cam Corollas, Supra's, RX7s, Skylines exen the really old RWD Starlets are making a come back now. All mint and All dead cheap.
On second thoughts I think you're right... looks like a N/A to me
Here's a pic of the N/A engine (next page on the link is the Turbo one):
http://www.300zx.co.uk/cgi-bin/manual.cgi?list=efec&dir=&config=&refresh=&slide=4&cycle=off&scale=0&design=default&total=190
peester
09-03-05, 07:59 PM
christ on a bike for pipes and wiring that engine bay..
sorted for eee's them fairladys are.
5toprjepog
09-03-05, 08:13 PM
very nice
christ on a bike for pipes and wiring that engine bay..
If you think thats bad, go look at a 3000GT/GTO engine...
James B
10-03-05, 12:14 AM
yeah sweet, a friend has just bought one of those. as yet I havent had ther pleasure of going out for a spin in it. but i doubt its gonna be slow!
James
like the look of them, but they are just a little lardy... :lol:
there great cars i knew someone who had one of them, you can get big hp from the engine when tuned properly, similar performance to a skyline
nova---chris
10-03-05, 01:26 PM
Lmao lardy!
You will learn to apreciate lardy at some stage.
Theres no real serious power without lardyness!
Just looka t your supras/skylines ect. all lard factors! 8)
nova---chris
13-03-05, 07:28 PM
Been trying to get this little beauty started today.
Finally we have spark / fuel pressure / and most importantly compression. Cam belts been of and back on to its correct settings.
We are getting close now.
We still cant get it to fire mind but am getting a fault code of the ecu box.
We just need to find a list of codes for the bloody thing thats proving harder than first thought.
The other thing is this car is a twin turbo! Checked out the pipe work today and theres deffo pipes for the front mounted intercooler. and also ont he interior dash theres a psi read out for the turbos!! Yum!!
So by hook or by crook this thing is gonna start. its not going home till its running lol!!! :lol:
you sure about the Twin Turbo thing ?
the 300ZX 's or Fairladies i've seen have the Turbo's Right up behind the front panel, and tbh you really can't miss the damn things ! lol
lol razor jack, is this a good example of a well cramped GTO bay > lol ?
http://www.3sxperformance.com/customers/BrendanFennell/Brendan-Fennell-My-Engine-Bay-600.jpg
oh and this came up at the same time... it is a ferrari, but impressive non the less !
http://www.atspeedimages.com/pebble_2004/monterey_historics/ferrari_250_gto_engine.jpg
Id rather a 200sx my self lot lighter then the 300 and easier to work and alot lot cheaper.
nova---chris
13-03-05, 08:14 PM
well we havent actually been under the car to inspect.
But i read up on a few sites. and all the turbo models came with the psi readout under the speedo. and most came with tbar. Also the pipes that run fromt he top dont make sense if its n/a
i could be proved wrong once we get it jacked up. but were sure its a t!
nova---chris
13-03-05, 08:18 PM
possibly a single t? Car just dosent make sense at the minute lol
i guess the main way to tell would be engine stamp and chasis number. should tell me what should be what i guess.
Mind you the supra we have goes well for a n/a altho we have just picked up the twin turbo engine and box and all the bits. OH dear!
5toprjepog
13-03-05, 08:20 PM
yeah agree with the 200sx
heres a couple of 300ZX twin turbo engine bay shots, might beable to work it out from these ?
http://www.invoauto.co.uk/images/Products/Air%20filter/invo313-on-300zx-lrg.jpg
http://www.northshoreracing.com/site/zsharedpictures/IM003242.jpg
nova---chris
13-03-05, 08:42 PM
looking at pics im sure its not a turbo.
The 2+2 1996 came with a n/a and wasnt turboed which i think is the one we had.
But then we have the tbar roof and some other stuff that came ont he turbo. Im wondering if this is mixed up due to the engine not being the original one. ect ect. weird.
the two pipes on the above picture (coming from the center of the block at the front - With red samco hoses on halfway)
the ones on the pic of your ZX have nothing connected to them...
i presume the Manifold comes off the front of the block ?
any idea what they are for... ?
nova---chris
13-03-05, 08:55 PM
im not sure of the pipes. but there disconnected due to alot of bts having to come of due to the cam belt being changed and set.
i read up it had a backseat. which makes it a 2+2 version. which would probably mean N/A . so christ knows why it has a turbo sign and a working psi gauge?? hmm weird again!! lol its all good fun these things
lol razor jack, is this a good example of a well cramped GTO bay > lol ?
http://www.3sxperformance.com/customers/BrendanFennell/Brendan-Fennell-My-Engine-Bay-600.jpg
DROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
I like the 200's, in an ideal world I'd have the 200sx S14a with the V6TT of the 300...
I didn't think they made a single turbo version... did they?
im not sure of the pipes. but there disconnected due to alot of bts having to come of due to the cam belt being changed and set.
i read up it had a backseat. which makes it a 2+2 version. which would probably mean N/A . so christ knows why it has a turbo sign and a working psi gauge?? hmm weird again!! lol its all good fun these things
The 2 seater SWB models are pretty rare.
nova---chris
15-03-05, 05:13 AM
ok another twist to the tale.
The only way of being sure this is a turbo will be to remove the front bumper and look for the intercoolers which sit each side.
Ive just been on a site which actually states that the 2+2 300zx was released in turbo format but rare as fuck. heres the quote.
I believe the '96 model was released WITHOUT variable timing, removing about 20 odd HP from the beast reducing to 280HP in the TT. The best all-round model would be a 1993 to 95 2+2, twin turbo, 5spd manual (however, they're rare as hens teeth and if you did manage to find one, it would cost!) NOTE: The TT only came in a 2 seater in the US
http://www.chimera.co.nz/300zx/
The clues to this were as follows
the dash board we have has the turbo psi read out on it that actually works. 2ndly the turbo came with the vented front bumper on either corner. which we again have. Our zx300 comes with the alrger rear spoiler and the tbar roof which makes this rare.
So perhaps boys and girls its a turbo after all. But once we take the bumper of we will confirm this.
We read that in the u.s the twin turbo only came in 2 seater format. But as you read in that link there was a 2+2 model that wus turboed. but is rare as fuck. and im sure thats what we are sitting on.
intresting!!
Here we go one of few
http://www.carsales.com.au/pls/carsales/!cs_content.private_vehicle?vehicle_id=1994774¤t_rec=1&total_rec=102&sort_type=&make_id=5&model_id=155
Sounds like you're having fun :lol:
So if it IS a turbo, it could be worth a bit?
nova---chris
15-03-05, 01:29 PM
Possibly. some mor to the jigsaw is.
the 4 seater was only released as a twin turbo in the UK and Japan!!
Id presume this care is pretty rare then. Which can only be a good thing.
As for cost i have no idea. but some of the cars on american boards are going for good money.
its not that i stand to make owt. i just found it all very intresting. makes a change from a day in life of a nova and rover lol!!!
Like cars with a bit of history!
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