Hydraulics went out on the Z - I'm guessing it was the Z1 slave cylinder. Barely able to get it into gear, so I drove to the shop in 2nd (thankfully just through the neighborhood and not far).

Dropped it off with a ZSpeed Stage 3 Super Street clutch package with lightweight flywheel and CMAK setup to get installed. Test pipes and solid transmission mount are going on at the same time. Hoping he'll get to it next week.

The CMAK is good. If that slave cylinder goes out, it's a $40 part and you dont need to take out the transmission.

Also, this is probably why Kevin was like "idk i won't be able to get to your car until next week" lmao

If it is indeed the Z1 cylinder, that would be the 4th one that has failed - I was an early adopter back in 2013 and have 50K miles on the kit. Every single cylinder has been slightly different. After the first replacement on the house less than a year after install Z1 made me pay for them - $59 apiece plus shipping, which usually needed to be rushed and cost as much as the damn part.

He's already lined up this week with work which is really the only hold up. We've talked at length about the work so he knows what needs to be done. I just showed up with it at the shop randomly this week. I'm in no rush. The car has been sitting so long I can't justify trying to rush anything lol.

One of the issues he's run into is the trans bell housing cover has been revised several times over the years and you can no longer get oldest version, which is what I have. The Z1 kit has a different cover and people don't typically keep the old cover. He's done a couple of conversions from the Z1 kit to the CMAK and had to make it work with the Z1 cover, but it is ideal to have the original cover. I'm a hoarder so that was never in question that we would use my original cover :icon17:

Yeah, im thinking about throwing my hood louvers in and just leaving my car over there as well. I'm sure it's my fuel damper that's gone bad, and i was gonna have him swap those solid mounts for the urethane ones. tired of them rattling sh-t loose.

Minor updates...

Fixed a heater hose coupler that was leaking/broken a couple months ago. Got a $30 billet coupler with bleeder valve from CZP to replace the stock plastic coupler.

Then a couple of weeks ago, I was waiting at a stop light. Big Tundra in front of me starts backing up unnecessarily aggressively. I laid on the horn with my left hand and then missed the gate trying to shift into reverse with my right hand. He slowed down but still got me good. Going to use the opportunity to have the body shop install a vented hood that's been sitting in my garage for several years now :tup:

Currently there are over 100K miles on the original stock plugs and injectors. I am wondering if there is a strong argument for either leaving them in or replacing them. New plugs are cheap; new injectors not so much. Once I'm in there I will do both at the same time.

Is it worth the preventative maintenance to do them now or should I just leave well enough alone?

Replace the plugs and leave the injectors alone.

I have cleaned injectors with more miles lol. I can sell them for a low price.

I think I have the injectors out of my car with ~20k miles on them. If I have them laying around, I'll send them out to you.

Z was back in the body shop again after I put it up on a curb in Feb. Then a power steering leak fried the alternator. Had Austin Z Clinic install my CJM road race pump kit and billet top hat while it was in the shop. Now it's time for some :driving:

nice!

Any updates Jar? I somehow read this entire thread last night as I'm about to go down the same street --> track-built Z rabbit hole.

He's been off grid for a while. Don't know why.

Been busy with life and stuff and things. And I don't spend much time in front of a computer anymore these days. Been a year since I've been on the forum in earnest.

The Z is running strong; it's at about 115K miles now. I've been redlining the shìt out of it lately :D Stock suspension is still kicking but sounds a little cranky at times. Have all the SPL and FA parts waiting the living room still. Been in touch with the folks at Spokes (local autox league). Dunno if I'll make it out this year but I'm hoping by next year I'll have the suspension and Wavetrac differential ready for the season.

Hope everyone is doing well :hello:

One thing to add: I replaced the PS sensor where the leak was occurring and it is still seeping. At some point I will pull it off and see if some teflon tape on the threads helps. For now, I'm just wiping down the sensor fitting and the electrical connector whenever I get gas or after any spirited driving.