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Adam ed30:
Hi all, I recently picked up a black ed30 manual which I have discovered belonged to a member on here.
I’m pretty new to these being I had a 350z which was my daily for 8 years but due to ongoing back issues needed to find something a bit more comfortable for a daily.

This was actually a p/x at the car dealership I work at and was lucky enough to do a deal before this went off to be auctioned.
I do have to mention I had my doubts on buying it due to the high mileage (177k) however once up on the ramp it was clear the previous owner took pretty good care of it with only a minor oil leak (so far) to resolve from the filter housing.

There is stacks of paperwork to suggest this was a stage 2+ spec with invoices for decent parts like a Loba hpfp, roller rocker conversion etc, but appears to have had quite a few of the decent upgrades removed, I suspect possibly to be sold on after the owner part exchanged it which I completely understand due to trade values.

I will be getting in touch with the likes of AKS tuning or possibly Rtech as I knows these are the recommended to get the car fully looked over to try and get this back to stage 2+ spec.

I have so far fitted an intake, down pipe, S3 intercooler (non-plastic ends) and plans to do more once I clarify on any other parts which were upgraded but removed.

Hopefully the previous owner is still on here and could possibly shed some light into the parts / figures this was running.

Thanks

pudding:
Yeah that’s my old steed. Plenty of posts about it on here, warts and all!

Yes I removed all the 2+ stuff as it just ruined the car, imo. I ran it standardish with Revo stage 1 software for years and enjoyed it far more. I did leave the helix clutch and MK6 gearbox in it for you though  :happy2:

Adam ed30:
Yea the clutch took a little getting used to but my clutch on the 350z was pretty heavy anyway.
I’m just a bit curious about the revo SPS controller map setup, I see there was three different map set ups on there, was the higher boost setting based on the stage 2+ setup ?

pudding:
Yup, as I said in my PM, I switched to an automatic car as I now do 20K a year commuting, so that Helix was pretty annoying in heavy traffic tbh. It's smooth though and doesn't judder, so that's a small consolation. The stock clutch just burns itself to bits with remaps though, so no choice unfortunately if you want to tune it.

Yeah the Revo is currently running stock mode. It's stage 1. You will need to get it reflashed to Stage 2+ to get that, but you need downpipes, intakes and all that stuff to support it.

You will need HPFP internals to run the higher performance modes even on Stage 1. I recommend VIS Motorsport as it uses the stock spring, so doesn't chew through tappets.  The pump on there now is stock, but it's only a year old, like most of the mechanicals  :grin:

I would just run it as Stage 1 for now because 2+ doesn't add a lot extra.  Personally I would be reluctant running 2+ on a 180Kish engine, but it's your car now  :smiley:

Oh, that oil leak will be the filter housing gasket, which is no easy task unfortunately.  I did notice on the last oil change (September) there was a slight weep of oil on the filter cap, and I always clean the whole area with brake cleaner after an oil & filter dump. That was on my to-do list, but sounds like it's got worse.

It's had all the usual pick up pipe, cam chain etc done. Belt is due in 2024.

Adam ed30:
Yea the leak only appeared to be a weep then got a little worse, I did actually buy a whole new filter housing and cooler just to be sure However as you mentioned me and my mate discovered it’s basically a whole front end off job but only after getting the oil cooler off.
Luckily I actually brought the block gasket and cooler gasket as the same time as it didn’t mention on auto doc if the housing came with these.
Once we got the cooler off it was apparent the cooler gasket was possibly overnighted so the seat was t shaped.
We ended up just changing the cooler gasket for the mo as too big a job at the time to tackle the whole housing but so far seems to have stemmed the leak but keeping an eye on it.

I’ve got to say I did actually eye up your 3 series as it’s a really nice car especially in estoril blue, sad to say it was a bit out of my budget as my 350z is a bit of a mine pit.
I do all the retail car photography for that dealership.

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