What did you do to your Z this week?

[Turn & Burn]

Wow, it’ll be a good dentist that’s can fix them teeth!

 

[Chris159]

Looks like someone loved reverse a little to much haha

 

[Paul_S]

Over the weekend I pulled my gearbox out from storage in the garage and thought I would have a quick look inside to check the type of syncros for when I come to rebuild it, as the car had been sitting for over 10 years. Aswell as finding out they where the Porsche style syncros making the job harder in the future I also found alot of gunk. Lucky me!

I have a question that I feel I should already know the answer to - what makes the Porsche style syncros a harder job to replace?

 

[atomman]

I have a question that I feel I should already know the answer to - what makes the Porsche style syncros a harder job to replace?

From what I have learnt most of the replacement parts are in the USA where they mostly had the brass synro's so don't make the steel type , there is a company in Oz however that makes them though ,

 

[Chris159]

I have a question that I feel I should already know the answer to - what makes the Porsche style syncros a harder job to replace?

As Atomman has said, getting the steel syncro rings is the difficult part but they where available from SW Motorsport in Australia last time I checked.

 

[Paul_S]

As Atomman has said, getting the steel syncro rings is the difficult part but they where available from SW Motorsport in Australia last time I checked.

Ah, thanks for that. I do remember reading about the differences in another thread. I guess there's no way of telling from the outside of the 'box which syncro rings they use?

 

[atomman]

Ah, thanks for that. I do remember reading about the differences in another thread. I guess there's no way of telling from the outside of the 'box which syncro rings they use?

You can take the fill plug out and look through there , easy if it's on the floor, but in the car you could use a endoscope , got a cheap one ages ago that plugs into my phone,

 

[toopy]

From what I have learnt most of the replacement parts are in the USA where they mostly had the brass synro's so don't make the steel type , there is a company in Oz however that makes them though ,

Out of interest can the brass ones be used in a box that had steel ones originally? and does it really matter for road cars covering low annual mileages to have brass ones, or is it not just a wear issue?

 

[Albrecht]

Out of interest can the brass ones be used in a box that had steel ones originally? and does it really matter for road cars covering low annual mileages to have brass ones, or is it not just a wear issue?

With Warner (Brass) vs Servo (Steel) synchronisers, you're not just talking about the synchro rings/bands themselves, so it's a very involved (and costly) undertaking. You can't mix-and-match on individual gears, although some of the 5th gear synchros on Servo type 'boxes were Warner type.

 

[Turn & Burn]

Got my head back from the doctors today, Hmmm lovely... N42, chambers cleaned up, big valves and ported, 0.535” Bonk cam with new followers n springs. Exciting!!

 

[jonbills]

Got my head back from the doctors today, Hmmm lovely... N42, chambers cleaned up, big valves and ported, 0.535” Bonk cam with new followers n springs. Exciting!!

What size are those valves Andrew? 44/38?

 

[Turn & Burn]

What size are those valves Andrew? 44/38?

Standard n42 is 35/44, these are 36.5/45 with waisted stems

 

[Alphabettispaghetti]

Which doctors surgery did you use?

 

[Turn & Burn]

Which doctors surgery did you use?

Bit of a new kid on the block! Kevin Irons has sorted it out for me.

 

[Rob Gaskin]

Bit of a new kid on the block! Kevin Irons has sorted it out for me.

KI had my trackday engine built for me - massive respect!

 

[Turn & Burn]

KI had my trackday engine built for me - massive respect!

He’s been great to work with on this one, we’re miles apart but he’s spent ages on the phone and been dead helpful. Good experience!!

 

[Alphabettispaghetti]

Bit of a new kid on the block! Kevin Irons has sorted it out for me.

Nice manifold

 

[WazzaJB]

New radiator is in, fit's nicely overall although the pre-drilled holes were out 50mm vertically and 5mm horizontally. Drilled some new holes and had to shave the drain plug as well because it catches the pan underneath too much.

Overall, pleased for the money

 

[MaximG]

After AliK posted about the orientation of the break shoes I thought I would have a look. Pleased to report mine are put on right. While I had the wheels off and the rear up I adjusted the hand break, something I was going to do for a while. I also did a spanner check on the drive shafts and whilst I managed to tweak a few nuts nothing untoward.

 

[Huw]

Been playing with diffs, doing a Quaife conversion. Need to do the final set up but now stuck waiting for a shim to arrive