I have a 91' twin turbo. The darn lifters ticked on and off starting at about 30K. The motor rebuild was just finished Saturday and I was unable to find any better lifter than stock replacements. I guess it's good for about another 30k before it starts ticking? Oh well!
It was in all of the vids I have posted so far. The engine is coming out in a day or so and the T-28s I have are going back on as well as a little porting and freshening up of the engine.
In your blog, or maybe in one of the videos, you mentioned your custom set up sounds like the HKS prefab system. I've listened to basically all the Z32's with HKS exhaust on YT and they sound nowhere close to as cool as yours. You think it's due to crappy cameras on their part or because you're catless? They just don't don't have that low burble/grunt that your system has... Anyway, great blog write up and great car!
Thanks! Not sure on other peoples system. This one was made by my and the welders own two hands with no association to the HKS setup other than the minimal bends and can style exhaust. I would say theirs may not sound like mine because of my divorced downpipes, no cats like you said and just a free flowing exhaust from the turbos the where it exits. They probably just weld on a set of cans and call it a day. Thanks once again!
Thanks! IN this video they are Apexi Twin Chamber BOVs. They have a very clean crisp sound and are not known for leaking even at high boost. Very nice quality units.
I agree with tyeeztt in the entire conversation...What dealership would buy a 300zx if they think its a POS....
second, if you find a 300zx with 100 miles on it NO ONE not even a family friend of 30-40 years would sell it for 8k...their goin for 8k used with average miles and good condition now on CL
I am sure that "brand new" Nissan 300zx was considered a POS when it was new on any car lot, riggggght? ;) lol you are kinda entertaining with what you can come up with off the top of your head. Not to one up you buuuut my dad's friends first cousin's brother's ex wife's great uncle's best friends boyfriend has 4 of every car ever made EVAR!
Your dads friend bought a brand new 300zx Z32 for $8000? Man, they were over $30k new just for an non turbo! Going by that I am sure he has 6 of them and has less than $20 in them all right?
That's what I was figuring. Just like the mkIV Supra, RX7 and 3000GT VR4 there they usually sell for a LOT more than they book for. They are collector cars and the buyers really set the price on these things. The only deals you find cheap are the people that get the cars for nothing and go by the NADA value to resale them, then the person who buys it turns around and sells it for twice as much lol
I will jump right on that. You know, since there are skylines for sale on every used car lot in town.... fan boy. You guys are getting as bad as the supra fan boys!
You just have to look around and really check the car out when you do find one. They are getting pretty hard to find in most places as well. Very nice cars though. It was worth the 6 month search for mine and very long drive to bring her home almost 4 years ago.
Sounds like a knock in the video but its actually ambient noise coming from a worn lifter that I need to get around to replacing soon. The bottom end is fine and dandy :)
I actually love the sound of the Apexi over the HKS ssq's. I all of my friends but me run either greddy type R BOVS or HKS ssqs(newer and older models) and I have heard several Zs like mine with them. I am just not big on the "bird chirp" noise.
That's cool man. I love the hks's. Really like that you dont have to adjust them at all for the amount of boost. But the apexi's were definately my second choice. Hey maybe you could help me with a little problem I am having. Ever since I just got my stage 3 mods, I have been having a problem with detonation. Figured it was because i needed the ecu to go with it. So I got that and it is still detonating a little. And that is even without the boost jets in. My EGR is deleted by the way. Any idea?
Right off the bat it sounds like you may be having some boost leak issues. Have you done a really extensive boost leak test on it yet? Also check your timing and possibly OHM test all of your injectors when you get a chance.
Well wouldnt it be running rich if it had a boost leak? From watching the gauge it seems to be holding boost fine. Though no I havn;t done a boost leak test at all. I have searched and searched, and I guess I am going to try colder plugs with a smaller gap. Can't believe it though. I havn't even put the boost jets in and it is detonating. I guess I could check the timing. Not really to sure how to do that though lol. I am still a rookie.
It will run rich but running lean isn't the only reason for detonation. Give it a good boost leak test before you do anything else and I promise you won't regret it.
Figured out what the problem was. When I had my motor put in, the jackasses that swapped it in, only had the passenger wastegate line hooked in the right spot. The driver side line was hooked to the tubing that goes down where my stock bypass valves were. I figured it out when i went to install the boost jets. So basically one of the turbos had nothing holding it back, except for the way the vg30dett works, how it feeds the boost to the opposite cylinder bank, to keep equilibrium.
Ahh that makes sense now. The detonation was probably coming from running one of the turbos ragged which would have caused excessive heat. I hope that solved the problem man!
kewl, it actually came today and it's a real apexi. was still in the apexi twin chamber box too. came with everything and instructions, i'm just waiting to weild it on my 240sx. like the sound of ur z though man. nice.
If you are just buying the Apexi twin chamber in universal form (not a car specific kit) you will have to find a matching flange and have it professionally mounted to your intercooler piping somewhere between your throttle body and your intercooler. If its an Sr20DET swapped 240sx, you will probably mount it to the charge pipe directly off the turbo on the right side of the engine bay.
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1000hpHONDA 3 months ago
had a 90 z32,i miss her but not a good daily driver here in nj.
shinzantetsu 4 months ago
stupid leaf...haha
500hpKA240sx 5 months ago
Which front bumper is that/
TylerBergman 6 months ago
Your car sounds like it gets pissed off at 0:13 lol really sick dude
THEJDMLIFE 6 months ago
Wow rod knock
NemesisProject1 1 year ago
haha kinda cool guys...wasn't expecting that
MyJDMIntegra4 1 year ago
I have a 91' twin turbo. The darn lifters ticked on and off starting at about 30K. The motor rebuild was just finished Saturday and I was unable to find any better lifter than stock replacements. I guess it's good for about another 30k before it starts ticking? Oh well!
jerseypaul2007 1 year ago
you should have drove over the camera, it would have been fine.
alexander1485 2 years ago
That looks EXACTLY like my old 300.
gg5574 2 years ago
gay video
jacyjake 2 years ago
love the sound of that beast
rhymesltd 2 years ago
what kind of BOV do you have?
ncethngs 2 years ago
@ncethngs an old one!
thoughtriot717 2 years ago
you shouldve kept driving....over the camera.....then do a j-turn and then drive over the camera again in reverse.
codyj702 2 years ago 15
@codyj702 j-turns in rwd cars are shit
MRmad4tar 1 year ago
Love the video for some reason. LOLOL
esqueue 2 years ago
just dont have words ....how love the sound of the car 10x
hurtugudugul 2 years ago
i hear a little bit of an engine knock?????
InitialDoriDori 2 years ago
No bottom end knock till a couple years later lol
That's actually the infamous Z32 lifter tick which mine had really bad at the time.
tyreeztt 2 years ago
@tyreeztt Nope it's the VTC cams
chazbrammer1 7 months ago
@tyreeztt mine has a lifter tick too right now, just need to take off the head and get new ones
irishboxer92 5 months ago in playlist My Nissan Z Cars
lol i thought u were guna hit the camera lmao
kirkmiller11 3 years ago 6
That makes two of us lol
tyreeztt 3 years ago 16
lmao
kirkmiller11 3 years ago
@kirkmiller11 make that 3 hahah
jp1230007 1 year ago
are you on stock turbos?
josieonetoothh 3 years ago
It was in all of the vids I have posted so far. The engine is coming out in a day or so and the T-28s I have are going back on as well as a little porting and freshening up of the engine.
tyreeztt 3 years ago
In your blog, or maybe in one of the videos, you mentioned your custom set up sounds like the HKS prefab system. I've listened to basically all the Z32's with HKS exhaust on YT and they sound nowhere close to as cool as yours. You think it's due to crappy cameras on their part or because you're catless? They just don't don't have that low burble/grunt that your system has... Anyway, great blog write up and great car!
epicvelocity 3 years ago
Thanks! Not sure on other peoples system. This one was made by my and the welders own two hands with no association to the HKS setup other than the minimal bends and can style exhaust. I would say theirs may not sound like mine because of my divorced downpipes, no cats like you said and just a free flowing exhaust from the turbos the where it exits. They probably just weld on a set of cans and call it a day. Thanks once again!
tyreeztt 3 years ago
What BOV do you have in your Z32 ?? I have a Silvia S14A and i have a HKS SSQV installed,but,i like too much your blow off sound.
RoBeR200sx 3 years ago
Thanks! IN this video they are Apexi Twin Chamber BOVs. They have a very clean crisp sound and are not known for leaking even at high boost. Very nice quality units.
tyreeztt 3 years ago
Thanks a lot ;) U have really good car,i love it
RoBeR200sx 3 years ago
Thanks!
tyreeztt 3 years ago
you re lucky bastard mate suc a nice car :) and drive i like the sound too!
greenmouse2000 3 years ago
Work hard and play hard =)
tyreeztt 3 years ago
lol the simplist videos, are the coolist
smithwest123 3 years ago
Thanks!
tyreeztt 3 years ago
I agree with tyeeztt in the entire conversation...What dealership would buy a 300zx if they think its a POS....
second, if you find a 300zx with 100 miles on it NO ONE not even a family friend of 30-40 years would sell it for 8k...their goin for 8k used with average miles and good condition now on CL
Wonderboy0987 3 years ago
Thank you man, finally someone that actually uses their head instead of just posting junk on here.
tyreeztt 3 years ago
haha I cant say that Id rather he didnt post at all though cause it gave me a DAMN good laugh thats for sure...
sick as TT btw
Wonderboy0987 3 years ago
It did me too lol Thanks!
tyreeztt 3 years ago
Nu uh, u R SOz.
tyreeztt 3 years ago
Yes I do think you are making it up :) Look out for my new videos of my UFO I just purchased.
tyreeztt 3 years ago
I am sure that "brand new" Nissan 300zx was considered a POS when it was new on any car lot, riggggght? ;) lol you are kinda entertaining with what you can come up with off the top of your head. Not to one up you buuuut my dad's friends first cousin's brother's ex wife's great uncle's best friends boyfriend has 4 of every car ever made EVAR!
tyreeztt 3 years ago
Your dads friend bought a brand new 300zx Z32 for $8000? Man, they were over $30k new just for an non turbo! Going by that I am sure he has 6 of them and has less than $20 in them all right?
tyreeztt 3 years ago
That's what I was figuring. Just like the mkIV Supra, RX7 and 3000GT VR4 there they usually sell for a LOT more than they book for. They are collector cars and the buyers really set the price on these things. The only deals you find cheap are the people that get the cars for nothing and go by the NADA value to resale them, then the person who buys it turns around and sells it for twice as much lol
tyreeztt 3 years ago
Your dad is VERY lucky. Look up what they sell for on forums. $1500 is a steal for a decent
parts car even.
tyreeztt 3 years ago
lol my wife just sit the camera on the ground and I drove up to it.
tyreeztt 3 years ago
That's a VERY broad price. You might be able to pickup a wrecked TT or ragged out NA for that.
tyreeztt 3 years ago
What shite, how would that get nearly 5 stars, save your pocket money and get yourself a skyline!!!!
moomootommo 3 years ago
I will jump right on that. You know, since there are skylines for sale on every used car lot in town.... fan boy. You guys are getting as bad as the supra fan boys!
tyreeztt 3 years ago
lol...moomoo is the typical asian stereotype that <3's evos and skylines, like OMG GT-R!!!! OMGOMGOMGOGMOGMGOMG
unarmedblakman 3 years ago
lmao! lets all get skylines since theyr so easy 2 get
JR100285 3 years ago
Dam those APEXI sound good but I still love my TURBOXS better for some reason. Nice whip BTW!
daniel32nicolosi 3 years ago
haha that was pretty cool
KhmaiSouljia93 3 years ago
where can i find a 300zx (i live in wichita, Ks
YaBoiDezz 3 years ago
You just have to look around and really check the car out when you do find one. They are getting pretty hard to find in most places as well. Very nice cars though. It was worth the 6 month search for mine and very long drive to bring her home almost 4 years ago.
tyreeztt 3 years ago
thankz how much didn u pay for yours
YaBoiDezz 3 years ago
The looks and sound great when you stopped your motor sounds like she will need (slight knoking sound) a overhaul done to your bottom end soon.
Nissannx2000svg 3 years ago
Sounds like a knock in the video but its actually ambient noise coming from a worn lifter that I need to get around to replacing soon. The bottom end is fine and dandy :)
tyreeztt 3 years ago
Sounds good man. Though you like the sound of the apexi's over the hks ssq's?
300zxTTz32 4 years ago 2
I actually love the sound of the Apexi over the HKS ssq's. I all of my friends but me run either greddy type R BOVS or HKS ssqs(newer and older models) and I have heard several Zs like mine with them. I am just not big on the "bird chirp" noise.
tyreeztt 4 years ago
That's cool man. I love the hks's. Really like that you dont have to adjust them at all for the amount of boost. But the apexi's were definately my second choice. Hey maybe you could help me with a little problem I am having. Ever since I just got my stage 3 mods, I have been having a problem with detonation. Figured it was because i needed the ecu to go with it. So I got that and it is still detonating a little. And that is even without the boost jets in. My EGR is deleted by the way. Any idea?
300zxTTz32 4 years ago
Right off the bat it sounds like you may be having some boost leak issues. Have you done a really extensive boost leak test on it yet? Also check your timing and possibly OHM test all of your injectors when you get a chance.
tyreeztt 4 years ago
Well wouldnt it be running rich if it had a boost leak? From watching the gauge it seems to be holding boost fine. Though no I havn;t done a boost leak test at all. I have searched and searched, and I guess I am going to try colder plugs with a smaller gap. Can't believe it though. I havn't even put the boost jets in and it is detonating. I guess I could check the timing. Not really to sure how to do that though lol. I am still a rookie.
300zxTTz32 4 years ago
It will run rich but running lean isn't the only reason for detonation. Give it a good boost leak test before you do anything else and I promise you won't regret it.
tyreeztt 4 years ago
Figured out what the problem was. When I had my motor put in, the jackasses that swapped it in, only had the passenger wastegate line hooked in the right spot. The driver side line was hooked to the tubing that goes down where my stock bypass valves were. I figured it out when i went to install the boost jets. So basically one of the turbos had nothing holding it back, except for the way the vg30dett works, how it feeds the boost to the opposite cylinder bank, to keep equilibrium.
300zxTTz32 4 years ago
Ahh that makes sense now. The detonation was probably coming from running one of the turbos ragged which would have caused excessive heat. I hope that solved the problem man!
tyreeztt 3 years ago
awesome bov or valves... is she a twin turbo?
juelzsantanna 4 years ago
Twin :) They are Apexi dual Chamber blow off valves.
tyreeztt 4 years ago
ah man ur so lucky lol, hopefully i can by me one of those sumtime
carsaregood911 4 years ago
Just work hard or do good work so you can play hard.
tyreeztt 4 years ago
damn man very hot ride nice bov ,sound turbonetics .kit?
20MiVeC20 4 years ago
sounds beast
artfuldodgerking101 4 years ago
nice car dude wat year??
ShiniGamiVII 4 years ago
91 Model. She is 17 years old :)
tyreeztt 4 years ago
aaaww :) 17 years xD shes ready for the action hahahaha
vatusai 4 years ago
thats a really nice video
UnikImpulse 4 years ago
Thanks :)
tyreeztt 4 years ago
yea i brought a apexi twin chamber today got it for $100 gonna put on my 180sx:P the Aussie/jap version of 240sx OH YEA GO BOV nice sound
15pitfire 4 years ago
kewl, it actually came today and it's a real apexi. was still in the apexi twin chamber box too. came with everything and instructions, i'm just waiting to weild it on my 240sx. like the sound of ur z though man. nice.
lilogoki 4 years ago
Thanks man. Glad it was a real Apexi. For $60 bucks on that model, you stole it :)
tyreeztt 4 years ago
thanks, i'm acutally have a ka24 and i'm about to turbo it. all i need left is the blow-off valve and i saw one for $60 so i'm about to pick it up.
lilogoki 4 years ago
dont buy cheap bov. you never know what they done to it or if it a knock off or not. dont go cheap when it comes to turbo
dookiedang 4 years ago
Very true. Most cheap ones have VERY poor seals and/or bent valves.
tyreeztt 4 years ago
i'm about to buy a universal one. where can i get the other little pieces for my 240sx in order to make the apexi twin chamber blow off valve fit.
lilogoki 4 years ago
If you are just buying the Apexi twin chamber in universal form (not a car specific kit) you will have to find a matching flange and have it professionally mounted to your intercooler piping somewhere between your throttle body and your intercooler. If its an Sr20DET swapped 240sx, you will probably mount it to the charge pipe directly off the turbo on the right side of the engine bay.
tyreeztt 4 years ago
Where is this at the lake? Sure is a fun place!!
dnv97 4 years ago
Yup, Laurel Lake :)
tyreeztt 4 years ago
brakes work!!!
dochall22 4 years ago
Yeah I was a little worried, its somewhat expensive camera lol
tyreeztt 4 years ago