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Originally Posted By: Trav What grease did you use exactly? It might well be compatible, the addition of moly does not automatically make it incompatible. http://www.amazon.com/STA-LUBE-Moly-Grap...cription-iframe Starlube. Thanks!

Did a front wheel bearing on my 300zx, and took me almost a week. One half of the new timken bearing fell out of the race. I wiped as much debris off, and because most of the grease was removed by this, I re-added some wheel bearing grease I had. I guess because it was early, I didn't realize...

Originally Posted By: Jarlaxle My wife is cranking out about 800HP through a catalytic converter. I'm making 550+. Ignorance. If what you say is true, you are at least running a highflow cat, although I find it very hard to believe unless your wife is running a V12. 800hp with cats on...

Originally Posted By: MarkM66 The only reason to run cats is for emissions compliance. PERIOD! No one ever puts them on in an attempt to gain power. 100%. But any OBD2 vehicle will generally need some form of tune. Supposedly you run lower CC temps and/or can increase timing. Your local White...

Originally Posted By: guyonearth Removing your converters is just stupid. I can't put it any more plainly than that. Any closed-loop system on a street vehicle is going to lose power without a catalyst. I wonder how a 350z can gain 18 ft-lbs of torque around 2500rpms just by bolting on some...

Originally Posted By: MolaKule How does an engine with loosy-goosey rings create a higher vacuum than an engine with good rings? Not exactly sure to be honest. I've heard the piston bore is warped towards the bottom on certain cylinders along with faulty piston rings. Nissan never came up with...

The cats are gone. Passenger side was completely destroyed (the bank with the highest consumption visible via the plugs). Yes, the consumption is pinpointed to deceleration. After a hard pull, lifting off the throttle creates what sounds like rocks hitting the firewall. Its pre-ignition from...

I unknowingly purchased an oil burner when I purchased my 350z Rev-up. Faulty rings and design on the Rev-ups simply means you have to deal with it. Some owners have had up to 4 engines replaced by the dealer, and still burn oil. I burn 1 qt every 250-500 miles. It seems the burning stems from...

As a fellow VQ35DER owner, and as said earlier, I would use M1 0w40. I wouldn't recommend adding MMO to 5w30. These engines are noisy, but very noisy on 5w30. I have also had great results adding MMO to 0w40, but 0w40 matches factory oil PSI perfectly without anything as well.

Originally Posted By: kschachn Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm I've had three Nissan Z's (on my third one at present) and these cars are virtually indestructible. That's great news about yours! I hope she keeps serving you well! But did you: 1. Drive it with 0 oil pressure, not knowing the...

Crawfish, it was initially more of a track toy than anything. The engine was severely neglected by the previous owner and myself. Excessively exceeding severe driving conditions. At times I would encourage an engine failure so I could proceed with a V8 swap. I want to emphasize the significant...

I started using this in my Nissan 240sx years ago with no negative results. I picked up a Nissan 300zx Z32 twin turbo for dirt cheap. I didn't realize the oil pressure gauge wasn't faulty, and the 0 oil pressure was near accurate. Lest we forget I drove the car home in rush hour with not a drop...

The foil seal was not attached to the bottle like they didn't use any glue. However, I guess it would be pretty tough to remove the seal without poking a hole or damaging it. Maybe the fluid soaked into the seal and lifted it. Yes I have seen used motor oil at walmart as well. Anyway I will...

Took it for another drive. At idle the smell is extremely strong. I believe it is flashing off. Smells like old ATF, which is what it looked like going in. Dark brown/redish. I would assume the worse case is that I got ripped off. 8oz of dirty ATF isn't enough to cause any damage, is it? Thanks!

I had to hunt for a bottle of Lubegard gear supplement for my Nissan transmission. I've used them in a few transmissions before but I forgot what color the fluid is. When going to add the fluid, I noticed the metal seal wasn't fused to the bottle --I never had a seal just fall out with the cap...

Bought a 350z a few days ago, drove fine but I really didn't give it a full 100% inspection before the purchase. Well I put about 200 miles on it, and a few redline bursts here and there. Tonight just for fun I decided to squeeze my upper radiator hose after a long 60 mile drive in about 90f...

I always thought you would see higher, more accurate and consistent temps due to more complete contact of the temp sender. I've read almost every WW thread out there and they all end up the same. People say its not needed, creates gunk etc. However What about the water pump? I've never had a...

Originally Posted By: ChattZX Caterham, what do you think about installing an oil cooler? I would look into getting an oil pan with an increased capacity with trap doors first. That would maybe give a few extra seconds of cornering before the pickup would be exposed. This would also help...

I recently picked up a 300zx Twin Turbo. The engine had a dented oil pan with horribly low oil pressure. The Sump is 3.5qts, which has to feed 2 heads/turbos. A high number of 300zx Twin Turbo's you find on the road have dented oil pans, due to replacement engines being set on the pan during...