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sorceress · Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 85 Location: Albany

my zx is a 84 red targa top automatic with no mota

lucky enough to get one with out any major rust just a tiny hole in the boot under the seal

Sharon

s2k12 · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:09 pm Post subject:

wow, looks pretty clean!
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mr camouflage · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:56 pm Post subject:

+1

Yep not all faded like my car.

Pity about teh engine problems.
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sorceress · Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 85 Location: Albany

update on my motor
took cambelt cover off. the problem is the crank turns but the cams don't!
the belt isn't stripped. the crank shaft timing pully spins indipendent of the crank, so apparently some faliure in the keyway!!
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since then found out my motor was a vg30e 87 turbo with non turbo parts that have been shoddily jammed on causing the awful tapping noise.which we origianlly thought was the harmonic balancer..
Sharon
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mr camouflage · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:49 pm Post subject:

Did it do any valve damage?

Theres a couple of heads for sale, check the spotted for sale thread.

Turbo engine, with no turbo. That wouldn't be the quickest of cars, unless they replaced the pistons.
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sorceress · Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 85 Location: Albany

the damage is to the crank so absolutely need another engine!

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s2k12 · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:55 pm Post subject:

thats interesting, my mate told me he thought my crank was a bit dodgy around the keyway, i didnt really believe him (didnt get a look for myself) but now im thinking maybe it is.. oh well, when i tear both engines down ill see.
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mr camouflage · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:24 pm Post subject:

Nasty.
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sorceress · Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 85 Location: Albany

new update
my car now starts and is more responsive then ever on the pedal still makin a racket but thats the broken key
Have ordered new keys broke the bank at $2.50 each lol
was given this advice by a friend so am going to give it a try
wish me luck:)
Get a new key, cheap as shit, get some devcon, and install the key and pulley onto back onto the motor after timing the belt up, using devcon to take up the bit that is removed from the crank. Do up the crank pulley bolt nice and tight, and use some green loctite on crank to crank pulley interface and she wont be moving again. Then crank over and comp test to check for bent valves. This wont cost much and wont take much time, and will at least give you something to drive until you want to go turbo down the track. If you got any questions ask away, thats what Id do before calling the motor fucked though.
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s2k12 · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject:

oh cool, good luck!
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mr camouflage · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject:

I guess you could just get a new crank.

I posted this on z31performance to see what the experts say:

http://www.z31performance.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7924
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sorceress · Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 85 Location: Albany

apparently my car has lsd as there is 2 new black lines on the shed floor..never did that b4 was too gutless.
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mr camouflage · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject:

I've heard that open diffs will spin both wheels if you put enough power down. On a slippery concrete floor I dont think it would be too difficult.

So you've fixed the pulley then?
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sorceress · Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 85 Location: Albany

pulley not quiet fixed!!
my other halfs 5.7 V8 VT will only spin one wheel under brakes in the same shed. both spun in under quater of a turn!!!! also I dont think half throttle quiet qualifies as enough power...... how much does it take for a Z31 to lay rubber????? examples please?? Wink

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mr camouflage · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:37 pm Post subject:

Dunno. I only got to drive mine once.

If its LSD, someone had modified it. They cam from the factory with open diffs.
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sorceress · Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 85 Location: Albany

nissans are weird my other half had a 4cyl silvia with an lsd, short shift and 3 puk clutch,
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Mitchd03 · Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Posts: 49

mine's a bog stock manual NA and will spin both if both wheels have even grip.

sorceress · Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 85 Location: Albany

its prob stock .... just it was so gutless before i cculdn,t get it spinniung at all
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s2k12 · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:03 pm Post subject:

when i first got mine, i floored it round a flat corner in the rain and it didnt spin..

did the same thing on an off-camber corner a little later that night, and one wheel spun, but not much lol.

but that was when i had different timing on each head lol.
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- Jeremy Clarkson.

sorceress · Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 85 Location: Albany

when i mean it was gutless i really meant it !!!!a granny on her shoprider could easily have beaten me i could walk faster lol seriously!!!! if i tried to floor it .. my car would splutter and oh so slowly move
was never runnnin right .... hence i am now pleased it did wheel spin
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sorceress · Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 85 Location: Albany

WOOOHOOOO she is alive
running sweet with no dreadful noise
the above suggested remedy has worked
don't know how long for but yAY
Sharon
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another300zx · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject:

my 300 would do one wheel and other times it would spin 2 it depends on the surface your on. the position of the weight over the wheels and the revs your putting down.
I got sick of trying to find a LSD and got my diff plasma welded($1500-$140) the guy that done it said that if i brake it i can get their work ute (vx 5.7 gen 3)
so i have been trying.
your burn-out also comes down to your drive line. clutch and the like.
i have found that the standard diff is great once welded.
i drive mine every day. takes about 3 minutes to get used to--your first corner LOL
the 300 should be able to sit on rev limiter roasting tyres if you want to put on a good show. well Cya
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sorceress · Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 85 Location: Albany

another300zx · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject:

Im gonna try selling my ZED.
get something old school would'nt mind a light blue HR Holden with a white roof rolling on 17s. well cya im currently fixing a leaking injector now i have gotten grease all over the key board. oh well all a part of owning a 21 year old turbo'd car.
IM JUST OVER IT AS SOON AS U FIX 1 THING SOMTHING ELSE STUFFS UP........its never ending...LOL
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s2k12 · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:44 pm Post subject:

oh, thats no good!

look at the positives; you have an immaculate shell. im yet to see one as clean as yours in WA. you can always get another engine for it if the one you have now is a dud lol.

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"This is a Renault Espace, probably the best of the people carriers. Not that that's much to shout about. That's like saying: 'oh good I've got syphilis, the best of the sexually transmitted diseases'."
- Jeremy Clarkson.