97legnum
24-07-2014, 03:06 AM
Hey guys, I've recently purchased a VR-4 legnum and thought I'd introduce myself.
I'm 26 living in Tokoroa and I'm currently working as a panelbeater.
I found the car on Trademe and realised it was close so I jumped at it as I've always wanted one.
When I bought the car it was running rough, it was misfiring quite bad below 2k rpm. any attempt at spirited driving resulted in fuel cut (I think that's what it was, it was like hitting a wall). Trans was behaving strange too.
Anyway the first thing I did was not drive it, instead6902569024690236902269021690206901969018690 17 googled everything I could about the cars which lead me here. After reading through the entire NZ section I started buying parts.
Plug leads cleaned up and didn't appear to have any damage (so I left them for now), coil packs seemed fine. Plugs were so worn the gaps where around 3mm (obviously my misfire issue). Repco recommended NGK BKR6E11 I chose BKR6Es with the smaller .8mm gap as seems to be the recommendation here. I used Castrol Edge 5w30 and a new filter and 475mils of Rislone oil additive. Topped up the trans with SPIII compatible fluid and installed a new external filter (Mine's pre facelift) cleaned the MAF (sprayed the heck out of it with contact cleaner) and installed a new air filter.
It came on Tien coilovers with an additional spare set. The previous owner told me it failed a WOF because one of the rear shocks was no good, that it was cheaper to buy another set of Tiens than to rebuild one. However he only replaced one rear shock and both sets where not the same (new ones where green and the old ones where gold) so it ended up with different spring rates on the rear. I took care of that of course. One of the adjusters on the rear shocks was so far wound out it was nearly unscrewed. Now I've taken care of everything it's handling like it's on rails now.
Car's running like a dream and is WAY more economical than my 7 series BMW, I got just over 500kms on a full tank of 98 with a little spirited passing but not too much as I want to baby the car:)
I couldn't do a compression test so I did the next best thing and timed a 0-100 without a launch it seems to be doing pretty close to 6 seconds (reaction time with a stopwatch and all) so I imagine the engine's quite healthy. Lifter noise disappeared with the oil change and then came back a bit with the Rislone but only lasts a few seconds when started during the day or a couple of ks when started on a frosty morning.
Actually can anyone elaborate on the lifter noise? I did quite a bit of googling and looking at the 3000gt forums and pajero forums it seems to be more an issue with a build up of grime than wear. Is this right? I could more easily imagine it was a combination of both.
I've waterblasting everything, taken the seats and console out and cleaned everything (there where japanese lollies under the console and chips from years ago lol).
Here are the trademe photos, I haven't yet taken fresh ones.
Oh and one more question, I whent to fit an aftermarket trans oil cooler inline before the factory one. I quickly realised the factory cooler has been bunged up and an aftermarket one already installed (about 300x200 ish) I'm just wondering if I should reconnect the factory one in line with the aftermarket one or just leave it as the sole cooler. I ask because I just purchased the oil (Castrol Transmax Multivehicle SPIII compatible fully synthetic) to do the flush and would rather do it all at the same time. Also, I replaced the trans filter about 100kms ago. Should I replace it again with the flush or leave it? the oil that's in it now is clean and red in colour.
I'm 26 living in Tokoroa and I'm currently working as a panelbeater.
I found the car on Trademe and realised it was close so I jumped at it as I've always wanted one.
When I bought the car it was running rough, it was misfiring quite bad below 2k rpm. any attempt at spirited driving resulted in fuel cut (I think that's what it was, it was like hitting a wall). Trans was behaving strange too.
Anyway the first thing I did was not drive it, instead6902569024690236902269021690206901969018690 17 googled everything I could about the cars which lead me here. After reading through the entire NZ section I started buying parts.
Plug leads cleaned up and didn't appear to have any damage (so I left them for now), coil packs seemed fine. Plugs were so worn the gaps where around 3mm (obviously my misfire issue). Repco recommended NGK BKR6E11 I chose BKR6Es with the smaller .8mm gap as seems to be the recommendation here. I used Castrol Edge 5w30 and a new filter and 475mils of Rislone oil additive. Topped up the trans with SPIII compatible fluid and installed a new external filter (Mine's pre facelift) cleaned the MAF (sprayed the heck out of it with contact cleaner) and installed a new air filter.
It came on Tien coilovers with an additional spare set. The previous owner told me it failed a WOF because one of the rear shocks was no good, that it was cheaper to buy another set of Tiens than to rebuild one. However he only replaced one rear shock and both sets where not the same (new ones where green and the old ones where gold) so it ended up with different spring rates on the rear. I took care of that of course. One of the adjusters on the rear shocks was so far wound out it was nearly unscrewed. Now I've taken care of everything it's handling like it's on rails now.
Car's running like a dream and is WAY more economical than my 7 series BMW, I got just over 500kms on a full tank of 98 with a little spirited passing but not too much as I want to baby the car:)
I couldn't do a compression test so I did the next best thing and timed a 0-100 without a launch it seems to be doing pretty close to 6 seconds (reaction time with a stopwatch and all) so I imagine the engine's quite healthy. Lifter noise disappeared with the oil change and then came back a bit with the Rislone but only lasts a few seconds when started during the day or a couple of ks when started on a frosty morning.
Actually can anyone elaborate on the lifter noise? I did quite a bit of googling and looking at the 3000gt forums and pajero forums it seems to be more an issue with a build up of grime than wear. Is this right? I could more easily imagine it was a combination of both.
I've waterblasting everything, taken the seats and console out and cleaned everything (there where japanese lollies under the console and chips from years ago lol).
Here are the trademe photos, I haven't yet taken fresh ones.
Oh and one more question, I whent to fit an aftermarket trans oil cooler inline before the factory one. I quickly realised the factory cooler has been bunged up and an aftermarket one already installed (about 300x200 ish) I'm just wondering if I should reconnect the factory one in line with the aftermarket one or just leave it as the sole cooler. I ask because I just purchased the oil (Castrol Transmax Multivehicle SPIII compatible fully synthetic) to do the flush and would rather do it all at the same time. Also, I replaced the trans filter about 100kms ago. Should I replace it again with the flush or leave it? the oil that's in it now is clean and red in colour.