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Love the spilling bear part . Sorry Zmefly it was just too funny .

ok the distributor is of mitsubishi origin, why is that? so it's not the Hitachi one the rotor button works fine on it. the car hasn't really hesitated just seems the carbs are the issue here. Still can't work out the events that lead to it being the way it was. The smoke the stall and it not starting again, then a bit of water vapour out the exhaust I admit i did leave it for about 20 mins while I was trying to sort the problem it did rain maybe water went down the exhaust since they point up like the works rally cars exhaust system. I will fidle with the wiring a bit see what that does but they seem fine and haven't caused an issue since I've had it. That bang also I'm sure it was there I'll speak to my girlfriend about what she remembers cause she was in the car with me at the time maybe my memory is screwed. So confused.

Those Toyota 4 spot calipers are getting better by the day .

ok well i drove her today and she seemed normal, it was coughing and spluttering leaned it off a bit and seems a bit nicer. Car feels pretty rough I think the carbs , electrical distributor could use a rebuild. I really need to get it on the dyno, the clutch has been slipping so that's the first priority. Can't see any more watery residue so many it was just normal condensation. It's strange cause the car was running for like 30mins before hand. I gave it a bit of a rev to see and nothing real abnormal just out of tune. I bought a new rotor button and couldn't get a dizzy cap but will be trying to obtain it soon enough. I should drop the gbox see why the clutch is slipping then take it along for a dyno run. Dunno just have to wait and see if it plays up. :cheeky:

the rusty bonnet got any pics of it vented or non vented?

I had to ask what are you selling? Just incase i need it and i kick myself later.

Highly agreed, I wouldn't bother with those wheels If you can't fit them sell them and get something more appropriate for the Z. There are plenty of nice looking wheels and you won't have to go through the hassle of spacers and as others said there probably no the best idea in the world either. Probably not the news you'd like to hear but I think we'd rather see you safer on the road than have you out there with a dangerous set up that could cost you your life.

Thanks for the reply, to start with electrical timing checked out ok with the timing gun, it's running an electronic distributor which has been mapped to the camshaft profile. Car runs roughly like it's missing at first I put it down to perhaps water that had been making it run poorly. I still am getting water from the exhaust and it's not just on start up after the incident i noticed a small pool of water behind the exhaust when it had been idling it was cold on the day. It just doesn't make any sense mind you I haven't really tried to troubleshoot the problem due to being busy. Any other ideas? Air filter is a stock air filter and just replaced recently, don't think any foam got sucked into the combustion chamber if that's where ya going :classic: . The plugs looks fouled up but that's probably from it's poor running I know the distributor cap looks a bit worn out and the rotor button probably could do with a replacement. There a place to start and cheap enough to do. I guess I'll keep having a go at it and see what turns out. :disappoin

Hahah I'm doing computer science also, I'll be finishing an advanced diploma and going on to do a degree in multimedia computer science but was thinking after of doing something involved in mechanical engineering dunno yet. Sounds like you have your hands full and I know what a computer science course can be like :stupid: . Well good luck.

Thanks, and I understand how you feel, infact i packed in a resto process because I simply had no choice, my DD(Daily Driver) became a write off I bought another DD that wasn't reliable had it broken into lost lots of money and sold that and with the money i had saved towards just a paint job managed to own the Z i have now. Do i have any regrets? yes definately it will be several years before i have restored the Z to the standard I wish to achieve. See my gallery for an idea of what I'm aiming for. Problem is I'm still young and studying so I guess the resto process is on hold and I should just enjoy what i have which from the video I guess you can see . I've been keeping up to date with your progress and I must say I admire what your doing, I still dream of owning an earlier vin numbered Z.

You wouldn't believe how pissed off I get at Spyware, I had some junk program that will pretend the url you type in your browser can't be retrieved and shows some other website obviously an endorsement for their company. I went nuts uninstalling to get rid of it. Kazaa is the biggest bastard thank god for kazaa lite. . BTW did you like the video ?

Could be depends on how the carbs are set up, you can do just about anything with the su's. From turbo charging to a 12 second non turbo beast. As the others said the sunroof is scary, do you really want one? They are difficult to fix and the unibody structure of the Z means that rust sunroofs etc.. weaken the body, Unibody meaning the whole car makes it's strength up not like the old detachable chassis. To repair the sunroof you need to replace the roof really and it's not an easy job because of the thin metal. Pics would really help. I'd really suggest it as us Z guys do know a bit (not to blow ones horn) but we've all seen our fair share of lemon's. Good Luck.

could have been a faulty relay? dunno had a funny wiring harness on my 2+2 lighting also. Sometimes it wouldn't come on very rare but a quick flick back and forth and it was ok. Never found out either that Z ended up a dead Zed. You can see it in my gallery.

Yeah try WD40 to soften them up, all those bolts around the fenders and headlights, engine bay seem to have a habit of snapping threading or just rounding when trying to remove them. There a pain so i hear ya.

I just double checked and no gain installed. Hope that helps.

http://download.divx.com/divx/DivX51Bundle.exe this is the one I used. Please double check it doesn't install gain.

I removed that Gain crap from my computer but lots of programs put it on :disappoin . I remember selecting the free bundle but don't recall gain being on my computer from it. It's not there now but not 100%.