stacky

Ya, the belt is fine (its in good condition and probably less than a year old) so i figured it was just loose. I tightened it using the adjuster on the alternator, started it up and it was screeching non stop, so then i slackened it off and it got alot better (but still screches when stone cold). I need to budge and re-tilt the alternator bracket to slacken it off any further.

Well, I adjusted the TPS. It was out but after adjusting correctly I still have the hinting / erratic idle issue. Is it possible for the TPS to fail, or is that highly unlikely? So far i have: Adjusted the TPS. Replaced the air filter, Cleaned the AFM with electrical solvent cleaner. cleaned the AAC This weekend im going to do the following: Replace the lambda/o2 sensor. Resolder the AFM. Oil change, Fuel filter change. I suspect however that none of that will fix the issue :-( Anyone else have any other ideas?? PS.... currently the problems i am experiencing is: When Cold: Screeching belt on cold startup for the first 30 seconds. Very high tick-over when cold (2000 rpm) but no hunting idle. Miss fire at 4500 rpm. When Hot: Hunting/erratic idle (needle waves from 500rpm to 1200rpm). Poor fuel consumption.

Ps, how do I adjust the tps?

Thanks for the reply. I will try re-soldering when I get a chance. The acc was defo done correctly so I'm gona eliminate that from the possible causes list! I'm gona wrap PVC insulation tape around the coil packs later to see if this cures the misfire (as per the sticky thread). One thing I have not checked is the fuel filter so I'm going to change that tomorrow. Any other opinions / suggestions?

Hi all, Have a series 1 R33 Gtst and have a few annoying problems that i hope someone can help me with.... Problem 1: Hunting idle & High tickover. On first start up when cold it rev's quite high (normally between 1500rpm and 2000rpm) for the first 5(ish) mins. Then when stopped at the lights, 50% of the time it idles stable at about 800rpm, but the other 50% of the time it hunts between 500rpm and 1500 rpm. I did a search and found the two likely causes to be the idle control valve and/or the AFM. I took both out yesterday and cleaned them with carb cleaner but NO DIFFERENCE :-( Problem 2: miss fire when cold. It missfires at from 4K plus when cold (not that i drive it all that hard when cold), but after a good 20min drive no more miss firing. Finally, The alternator belt or water pump bearing is screeching. Not sure if this is connected to the problems but thought i should mention it. It does seem to play with the idle a tiny bit but as it only screches for the first 30 seconds of startup from cold - its obviously not the route cause. Any help would be much appreciated. Cheers

cool, cheers for that guys, i must take a spin next sunday and check all of these places out. thanks

well i dont want to live very near to work, dont mind a 30 - 45 min drive it will be a house share...im only looking at spending 200 - 250pw in a 4 or 5 bed house, need to move in with a few others as my buddys are heading for pearth soon so have to get a new gang to hang round with. and because its going to be a house share i will be going through papers / gumtree as afaik property agents dont deal with that kind of thing. cheers for those recomendations terry, i will check them out on google. i suppose ideally im looking for something like manly only further south....defo past the harbor bridge, but at the same time a bit backpackerish! jesus im a fussy f**ker arn't i!

first off....i would really appreciate advice as im irish and dont have a clue about sydney. ive lived in manly for the last 2 months and really like it but im just after geting a new job in kurnell down by botnay bay. so basically i need to move closer to the job as driving from manly is too far. im looking for somewhere thats close to botnay, but at the same time is good fun to go out in, near pubs clubs etc....pref near the water, and most importantly i want to live in a good area. dont like leaving my car out if there's a hi crime rate or lots of scumbags walking past with keys. i was advised to move to koogee or ranwick, but google is showing them to be only 20mins closer to the job than manly. any suggestions guys?

offset....not sure but they fit the skyline perfectly so im guessing they are standard r33 offset. width.....have not taken off a wheel yet, but theres 255 45's on the back so im guessing 9" or 9.5" j, fronts would be an inch less. location is sydney.....northern beaches but can travel within reason.

pm's replied to...

still looking for something in sydney.... or could someone point me in the direction of a place that will do a good job of shiming my diff? cheers

bump. open to offers

pref in case but not essential. need something for drifting, not fussy of make, or if its a 1 or 2 way. let me know if you have something, p.s looking for as cheap as possible as i have fook all cash, so 2nd hand stuff obviously. cheers

will accept cash or swap...straight or with cash adjustment for drift style wheels...rota gtr's, te37's, that kind of style. all are straight, in very good cond with center caps, only slight gutter rash on one but nothing major. will be polishing them up over the weekend, nice dish on the rear. near to new nexan 255's on the rear, very good cond bridgestones up front. no buckles, no vibrations, they are split rims. $800 ono, no pics of the wheels off the car unfortunitly these are the only pics i have. p.s correct me on the name of the wheels if im wrong...this is what i was told they were called.

sounds good...c ya there!

@evil_weevil....thats great info, thanks for that bud. now im off to do a bit of reading lol. a skid pan day would be sweet, but f**king hell 4k! ouch! you would need quite a few members to get the cost down low enough

cheers for the reply's lads. one more question.....anyone what the story is with doing some practice on the oran park skid pan? you have to have some sort of insurance for the day with eastern creek, just wondering if oran were the same and if they take people on their own or groups only?

@slim...cheers buddy, appreciate it! @mr xtc.... thanks man....tbh ireland actually has more jap imports by the looks of things, the place has gone drifting mad so thats where i got my addiction for those cars.

no one!?

hi lads, just wondering if someone could fill me in on the times, places and dates of when drift practice events are on in sydney or within an 1-2 hours drive from sydney? so far ive got friday nights in oran, and once a month in eastern creek......is there anything else? is oran a good track to drift? hi speed or small? are any of the tracks wet down? are there many drifters on this site? does anyone know of any eastern creek skid pan events in the pipeline? thanks in advance.

used to get together back home and do it late at night in the middle of no where, couldnt piss anyone off and it was safe.

good to see a good sense of humor, ive seen absolutly every episode of family guy...f**king love it! anyways, im in manly nsw, living in a hostel at the moment, trying to get a house sorted. im going to try to get drifting this friday in oran if its raining.....cant in the dry with the shit diff thats in it at the mo. i know its a viscus same as my old 200sx, but f**king hell the 200's diff was wayyy tighter. is anyone here doing the drifting on friday? cheers lads

hi lads, my name's jonathan stack, or "stacky" as everyone calls me back home, im 22. just moved here from ireland about 2 months ago, starting to settle in sydney. got a skyline gtst last week, allways wondered what the big deal about the 6 cylinder nissans was...now im hooked! below is a pic of my car, i have owned a few rwd turbos back home. i had a 1997 200sx s14a turbo, vid of me back home in it... http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=f5YMZ8nwuwg a 1993 180sx turbo, 3 toyota mr2's, my old blue one had a nice trd lsd. http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=yI-NJwKOXpI&...feature=related the skyline i have now is by far my favourate though. im big into drifting, and was hoping to get some practice in here but it seems to be difficult enough. was hoping to use the skid pan and small drift track in eastern creek but they sounded like they didnt want to know me on the phone! anyways, i would really appreciate it if you guys could point me in the rite direction for geting in some drift practice here. and also let me know if there's any regular meets, get togethers in sydney where i can get to meet a few members. talk to ye soon.