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I hear a certain m35 owner has got his hands on a sought after nismo cat back exhaust!

I'm sure his neighbors will appreciate the lack of truck noise when he goes test driving now

Hah hah.....Nismo fitted.

Sounds very different to vq25.

Oh....I have mofo 20psi launch again if I want it....so much so that the brakes could not hold it. It also needs a tune before having a run as its running way too rich.

Second biggest win is the front end rebuild. I have finally fixed the vibration under load.

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Second biggest win is the front end rebuild. I have finally fixed the vibration under load.

What was the problem? I get a vibration in the GTR sometimes under heavy loads in the front. It also happens more when accelerating down a hill.

Pulled the front cover of the vq25 again to find out where this oil leak came from. Turns out when we done the cam chain replacement we cracked the rear cover a bit. So cleaned everthying up. Got some steel knead it and hopefully its done the job. This time we made sure we followed the service manual. Letting all the silicone go off then top up the oil and fingers crossed its fixed tomorrow.

What was the problem? I get a vibration in the GTR sometimes under heavy loads in the front. It also happens more when accelerating down a hill.

I'm Pretty sure is was my steering rack.

Decided I'd attack this water leak. When we fixed the oil leak, my cousin removed a thermostat housing bolt think it was a front cover bolt. Not realizing where it was from, everything went back together without it. So I put it back in and no more leak. Will take the car for a good long run tomorrow and try sort out this warm start issue.

I just fitted R33GTST front and rear brakes on my WGC34, I am just running the std master RDA rotors and pads it works and feels great. So much better than the factory cast crap brakes.

I recommend this to all stag owners.

taken the M35 for a drive this morning, no oil or water leaks.

But came home turned it off went to start it and it wouldnt do its warm start again, ran a fault check straight away and got these 2 codes.

P1110 Intake Valve Timing Control, LH Bank
P1136 Intake Valve Timing Control Solenoid Valve, RH Bank

​So im guessing that's the VVL front cover on the passengers side?

Any help where the drivers side solenoid valve is?

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