My 03's gear box status
 

My Z was built in Sept. of 2002. It now has 38,000+ miles and has been ready for a new gear box since sometime after 30,000 miles, but probably before that. It has a very sticky 3rd gear grind in and out, but only when I drive a little to much aggressive, which (heh heh heh) is always :icon18: . So Stevens' Creek Nissan in Santa Clara, Ca. has the new warrenty gear box ready for the swap and it will be done this comming week.

Their was also a design change made to the clutch disk which will be replaced under warrenty. Of coarse I am going to pay for a new pressure plate and T/O bearing and have the flywheel turned if neccessary. I am just opting for the factory clutch, I figure it is the best choice since I am staying N/A and no power mods planned.

I just found out I lied about no power mods planned. I have just been given a unique opportunity to have cams, Unichip, Borla headers and APS plenum all installed free of charge in return for me letting my Z be used as a demo car at a local shop in Northern California. I get all the parts and the install for free and the car will be demo'd for 6 months. After that all the parts remain in the Z. I said, OKAY!!!!! I have to let them have the car for 3-4 days out of every month for 6 months and I trust them as we are good long time friends. I had no idea they were planning this. As for the cams, they are supposed to be something special that these guys had developed with a very renouned Ferrari expert/guru/engineer, and I know of his reputation too.