By: Tangalora Prepare your work environment: – Wear full coveralls & safety glasses (to keep grease out if nothing else); – Shove a shop rag in your back pocket & a digital camera in your front pocket; – Sweep the floor of your work area clean (you *will* repeatedly drop stuff); – Place the Q45 […]
350Z / G35 Twin turbo installation guide
Twin-turbo for your 350Z or G35… By:Going Deep Now, some background…as many of us Z owners striving to seek more and more power out of our stock engine, I decided to buy a GReddy TT kit. Had it professionally installed and about a month later…catatrophic engine damage. I broke connecting rod #2 and subsequently it […]
Q45 Chain Guides Removal / Replacement
By: Tangalora ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: 90-93 Q45 chain guide repair (hints, suggestions, procedures): ———————————————————————– Formulate a basic overview understanding of the situation at hand: The whole chain is under tension; but we use tension & slack terminology. The crankshaft pulls on the straight leg of the chain (the tension side). Then (terminologically) the curved leg is […]
Changing the Belts on an Infiniti Q45
By Wes Stinson, Infiniti Moderator Tools used: 12 and 14mm socket, hammer (always on-call ), Diagram of the belts and tensioners Here’s the correct procedure 1. Loosen alternator tensioner 2. Remove alternator tensioner 3. remove alternator belt 4. loosen waterpump/PS tensioner 5. Remove waterpump/PS tensioner 6. Loosen AC tensioner 7. Remove AC tensioner 8. Remove […]
How to adjust or replace Datsun bumper shocks
if your bumper is uneven because one or both sides are pushed in, this is for you. used for example, is my 1980 datsun 200sx. the theory: similar to how your vehicle sits on gas charged shock absorbers, so sits your bumperon gas charged shocks as well. depending on who you talk to, this is […]
Infiniti Q45 Fuel Pump Replacement
By: tangalora One morning, my 1990 Infiniti Q45 (125K miles) wouldn’t start: The 4.5 liter 8-cylinder engine cranked wonderfully, but would not catch. It wasn’t the starter motor nor the battery (as it rotated perfectly). As always, it had to be either gas, air, spark, compression, or timing. Following is an idealized path others can […]
Infiniti Q45 Introduction to Performance Modifications
Article Series
By Wes Stinson Feel free to contact me with any questions about any of the things on this article. So, you want to make your Q better? You want to make it faster, handle better, and make it look sharper. Despite what you may think, it is much easier than you think. This is based […]
Infiniti Q45 Glove Box Hinge Repair
Is your Glove Box hanging? Dangling? Living in the trunk? Do you not want to search for a new glove box hoping that it’ll be the right color and that the hinges won’t break on it, too? Why not manufacture some hinges of your own that are stronger than stock and much less costly than […]
Installing the VG30 in a Datsun 510
Installing the VG 30 in a 510 By Michael Spreadbury Thinking about an engine swap? Tired of seeing L16-18-20B’s every time that you open a 510 hood? Want to have a reliable, powerful 510? Consider the VG30, Nissan’s 3.0 liter V6 engine. There have been many requests for an article about installing the Nissan VG30 […]
Installing a KA24 into a Datsun 510
– Nissan KA24 install article. By Danny Youngs Nissans KA24 motor can be installed into the Datsun 510 in many different ways and forms. In this article I will cover every facet of installation and the different parts you can use to do this. I studied many different ways of doing the install before I […]
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