Wooohooo, the Zeds first drive...

Discussion in 'Non Technical' started by Kalus, Sep 17, 2007.

  1. Kalus

    Kalus Finally dug myself out

    in 3 years tomorrow.

    Have to drive it down to get the exhaust on, so will be a big thrill for me :)

    Let's hope the fuel system holds up, the turbos work, the suspension stays together and the brakes work.
     
  2. ed300zx

    ed300zx Active Member

    good luck mate....and congrads :D :D :D :D :D
     
  3. Stef

    Stef Active Member

    Might be a bit noisy. Put some ear muffs on


     
  4. BigCol

    BigCol That's what she said...

    God is it really 3 years ago. Doesn't seem that long. Good luck though!
     
  5. bigchoofa

    bigchoofa Substitute Soul Reaper

    Wow man, thats a long time... the longest ive been without a drive in my Z is about 10 days, and it drove me nuts!!!!

    Congrats on getting it all back together, minus the exhaust :p
     
  6. Kalus

    Kalus Finally dug myself out

    Heh

    It could never be noisy enough!!

    Sounds awesome straight out of the dumps :)
     
  7. Caz1

    Caz1 New Member

    Great to hear Kyne :) Enjoy!
     
  8. Kalus

    Kalus Finally dug myself out

    Yup

    Last time it was going was the Zed Fest in Gilgandra.
     
  9. Caz1

    Caz1 New Member

    I remember all the 'why didnt you paint your body kit?' questions at Gilgandra :D :D
     
  10. Kalus

    Kalus Finally dug myself out

    If I was going to paint it..

    it would still be sitting in the shed with all of the other bits. I'm still in shock that it's actually running :)
     
  11. Kalus

    Kalus Finally dug myself out

    Nothing ever goes to plan :(

    Got the Zed on it's feet and out of the garage, everything was running nicely... apart from the fact I had a restricted Rom loaded into the ECU (Rev limit 3200, Speed Limit 60km/hr) so noone would abuse it when I wasn't looking. I swapped the Rom over so I could drive it to the exhaust shop, went to restart it, and it seems I've lost spark.
    Stuffed around with it for half an hour with no luck, had to get on a plane for Townsville, so it's now sitting in the driveway... dead.
    I guess it will be shipped to Sydney without an exhaust.
     
  12. ed300zx

    ed300zx Active Member

    did you tripple check the wiring to the ecu???? have you maybe not connected one of the wires???
     
  13. ZDUCTIV

    ZDUCTIV Active Member

    Rom inserted the right way up?

    Sometimes it is the simplest things...
     
  14. Kalus

    Kalus Finally dug myself out

    I'm using a romulator.... so yes, it's inserted correctly

    The only thing I can think of is that the second Rom I loaded had an error in it.... even though the restricted Rom was made from the second one. I think that the engine may have flooded, and that's why it wouldn't start. Will check to see if it starts when I get home today, hopefully it was just a random thing.
     
  15. 90TTZ

    90TTZ Back From The Dead

    That's weird mate if it's the Romulator as the ECU should have gone into limp mode. You would have noticed the fuel pump (or pumps in your case) buzzing their nuts off at full speed on priming.

    You sure all this time off the road you haven't remembered how to use the Romulator? ;)
     
  16. Kalus

    Kalus Finally dug myself out

    hahaha

    No, I haven't forgotten how to use the Romulator :)

    Am about to go out and have a look at it now I'm home, my brother started it yesterday and said it threw clouds of smoke out, and smelt like fuel, so it looks as though it was severely flooded.

    Now, the next question is...... why?
     
  17. Kalus

    Kalus Finally dug myself out

    Ok, I haven't driven it yet...

    but I did wash it and took some photos.

    I remembered that I'd painted it Hothouse Green when I removed all of the dirt.....

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  18. Miksta

    Miksta M Spec

    Unique looking Zed mate!, I dont mind it at all :)
     
  19. ed300zx

    ed300zx Active Member

    looks tough mate...i dont mind it either.....i dont like the wing but as long as you like it its all good....well done
     
  20. cbzx

    cbzx cbzx

    ITS looking great

    go for it. shopping trolly and all. loved the new fuel setup, great work on the turbos.:zlove: :biggrin:
     

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