GT4 Zed

Taddy, IMO the Ing +1 bumper works better as a black lip with the rest of the bumper painted body color. You know I'm a fan of your car and a bonafide member of the black on black club but its a tad too far (excuse the pun ) and needs some distraction eg painted callipers or polished lip .......along those lines I bought the CF bonnet fron Paul T a while ago and was going to remove the yellow strip and paint the whole thing black after repairing the cracked tips but after a test fit i was sure a bit of color in the right place made the black even better. I feel on my zed the yellow stripes.....and eyelids define the front arch bulges and gives an aggressive stance a la GTR especially to the cars infront you are about to overtake . As a result, I have now christenned my zed bumblebee though my mates call it the "wasp" At the end of the day what matters is having a go and liking the result as you will always get a mixed review of your efforts

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Very good time Trackpig It would be interesting to know how many completed laps you have at the ring to get the bigger picture IMHO not lots looking at your wide lines in loads of corners( exit of T13, entry to adenauer, metzgetfeld and Brescheid, brunchen to name a few ) but its shows for sure that you have loads of trackday experince and feel for your car and with more laps under your belt at the ring and a few upgrades you will most likely beat my best time of 08:15 BTG or even Serge's(Taurim) of 08:11 Your lines in hatzenbach, kallenhard and wehrseifen were spot on. The key in the Ring is very late turn into corners Also surprising is how much steering inputs you are making and your body mov't I guess the federal R compound(road tyres may not be so forgiving )helps but you're a tad too aggresive for this track The other thing i noticed is it looks like your BC coilies are set up soft which is key in the Ring . Most people(including myself wayback) are tempted to run too hard a setup and end up with little grip and a very understeery car. I would recommend bigger brakes, uprated ARB and wider tyres(mininum 245/275) if you do not have this already and an oil cooler( Still to get mine ). In all i can see your track experience shines through and with the right setup and experince you can crack the 8min barrier at the Ring. This is my long term ambition but i always seem to mess up at a few corners when its all going well or just can't run beacause of traffic Hope we can meet or plan to meet someday and use each other to run for 8mins or less How did your brake cooling duct hold up? How many laps did you do back to back before they got long if at all? I will be doing mine before my final trip in october or even possibly september.

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Nice vids and pics Fun day out on all accounts We look out for this next year and get time off to give it a go Well done mate and thanks for sharing.

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The red ring to the right of the bush assembly is part of the ARB and its to prevent lateral movement of the ARB. The bush is just a fulcrum or pivot point for the ARB so when its worn there will be some lateral play as the bar can slide in or out rendering its function ineffective and vague Some aftermarket ARBs (including the rear OEM or even Whiteline ARB for the Z)donot have this so Whiteline sells these lateral locks to do the job. http://www.whiteline.com.au/product_det ... mber=KLL1_ _

Antiroll bar bush: These bear the brunt of the twist forces generated by the ARB transfering roll and keeping the geo stable so it corners well and as a result will were out urethane or rubber. I have had the Eibach ARB for 3years now so they had taken a beating and have shrunk to about 20% from original i reckon so the OEM rubber will be worse ruining your handling Its the cheapest bush to get and is damn easy to fit. No pressing in or out involved Worn Eibach bushes(front) Fresh Superpro ones(left 2) waiting to go: Installed: Superpro only makes 20mm(OEM size) bushes for the rear so i am getting universal 22mm urethane ones from Powerflex to match the 22mm Eibach ARBs.

Yup But i hope to get the full half deg gain Pm'ed you mate

Upper control(camber) arms with camber adjust bushes - these give you a fixed +/_ 0.5deg deping on configuration on installation. With OEM bushes pressed out: New eccentic center pin slides into bushes by hand after generous lubing: Close ups of bushings: Eccentic hole facing outside end of inner control arm bush to increase camber. set the other way to reduce camber.Very clever setup Completed tranverse link and UCA of one corner.

Hi Jez, i tried to call you for your feedback before oredering the camber adjust bushes but you have been out most times I noticed on your facebook page that there is little camber gain after fitting the upper front camber adjust bushes. why is that so? you should get .5deg increase or decrease in camber depending on how you fit it the caster certainly is increase i did not go for caster adjust as mine is already increase as a result of looking the car Visually i have notice the increase in front camber and should be near or on -2deg now Will do a geo check with graphs at the weekend for exact figures. Having some probs with photobucket but will upload the rest of the bushes install pics asap

Welcome back Lexx What you need is that yank tank engine in the zed and all you wishes will come true

A bit late to respond but you are absolutely right Caesar

I finally completed uprating all my front axle OEM bushings to Superpro items on bumblebee and felt it was time to update the thread I have been mightily impressed with the superpro banana(compression0 arm bush that it was only natural to use them again. Thanks to Ross and all @ Superpro UK for their continued support and technical expertise in addressing my requirements as mentioned in the start of this thread my goal is to sawp all the soft perishable OEM bushes on both axles to create precise and consistentent handling characteristics to cover road and track day use. Lower control(tranverse link) arm: on the car: off the car and dirty with perished old OEM rubber bushes: what goes where Pressing on: Done and cleaned ( From left to right - outer shock/damper bush, attchment point for droplink, inner lower control arm to chassis bush: The conical hole at the right is for the outer ball joint connecting arm to front hub. Close up of perished bushes( not as bad as the banana bush though )

Flashed you at the very last moment when i reliazed it was a zed I was focusing on overtaking the MPV with foriegn plates ahead of me driving like miss F&%king daisy Anyone here?

You can get insurance even preferable with a german insurance company. As stated here or on benlovejoy's site or any other standard insurance from the UK will exclude the Ring That is why iknow the passenger seat and laps experience on offer is very competitive because these risks have been taken out for you so you can enjoy the experience fully and safely. Just 3 weeks to go now

Good on you Chris. Nothing sad here but right choices Moreso you will still be here as a trader and before you know it will be back with a Z(370 that is ) In the interim shotgun seats will always be there a plenty for you mate. PS: You know i still need the MD bits and will be adding some more stuff soon to that request

Or remove counter weight located in the center of the boot covered by the plastic trim and also the wiper delete and its sorted. open and holds and cost you nowt. Not to forget it looks cool(wipe delete) Ok you need to buy the grommet to cover the wiper hole which is under £5 an assorted pack of 4 if memory serves me right

nice one Will Was on the phone will Mike(GT3 RS) yesterday . The car is almost ready and we plan to drive down to the Ring together on Friday. I will keep this offer open till month end as it will be nice to have company and ballast

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Speak to phill Couts @ Torque motors in Worcester as he prepares these to FIA specs(chassis, roll cage, aero only) for very competitive prices and he can direct you to where you can eke a bullet proof 400HP out of that lump(M3 3.2 evo or 3.0) for endless enjoyment and reliability both on track or drifting. http://www.torquespeeduk.com

Spot on mate you need to compare like for like and on the same car. i went from hypermax wheich is supreme on the road and average on track to KW var 3 and its hard to set up for UK roads but on track its supreme. The fundermental question is what you want to use the car for most of the time. I have accepted a really poor ride comfort on DD for a perfect track day setup but it may not be someone elses cup of tea so start but deciding what you ant and budget then take it from there, cos even cheap coilies like BC racing are quite good but will never have the R&D to compete with the likes of KW or Bilsteins etc for track work.

Why would one use unleaded in the first place beats me as its false economy! As covered already the car is mapped from factory with super and when you look at the cost of running both the apparent cost benefits using unleaded do not outweigh the risk of premature failure. At the very least the cost difference is 5-7p/l and on a full tank(assuming bone dry its £5.6 @ 7p/l difference! @ 6K miles/yr assumming 300miles per full tank that works 20 full tanks/ yr = circa £100 more . but a knackered engine is worth £1500-2K excluding fitting The argument of gains in bhp etc really is a none starter......its all about running the car optimally. you can aswell put mineral oil to save money or not even drive it at all On another note my experince is the care never falters on super and the rare occassion i toped up with 95 oct it pinked to hell. yes one mighty say because its tuned but we all know high oct means running cooler, less risk of det so the ecu can run more advance and as a result more pwr.

Honest AK, no pills, spare pants or plugs required I am well behaved and even trying at 5/10th of mine or the car ability and that is plenty to make anyone quite sick and trill. The killer for a noob is the cornering grip and braking performance coupled with not knowing what happens in the next I still am yet to repair my passenger door handle which Will ripped off in Wipperman corner(i think)....really fast S curves that can be taken at incredible speed generating gut wrenching g's even in a zed I also have made a memo to carry a sick bag when carrying a noob passenger as it can be that close to bavving Eventually after numerous laps Will was relaxed and fully enjoyed himself and did really well on his own laps. Did not time it but would be sub 12-13mins i reckon. The only time i go fully for it is when on my own as i can be quite distracting to have a screaming or apprehensve passenger. On the other hand having a passenger evens out the balance of the car and improves the handling massively I aim to corner weight the car to my weight so i don't have to relly on a passenger

Following my very enjoyable trip to the Ring with Will(will350z) last month i am making a seat available for a like minded interested party who has always wanted to go there but apprehensive to drive there or venture on track. Infact i had a colleague booked but he will not be able to do it now due to other committents. My trip is booked to depart afternoon friday 5th August and return late monday 8th August giving us access to 2 long(0800-1900) touristenfarthen(public track day) on saturday and sunday and will cover. Have another trip in October -Pick up/drop in your home if reasonably close or enroute - Eurotunnel return - Passenger and driving duties to and from the Ring. - Fully comp named driver insure covering europe - Full boarding and lodging and entertainment(drinks )ant the Ringhaus hotel also including x1 dinner at the famous Pistenklaus restaurant at the Tiegarten(co-owned by Sabine Schmidt's mum and herself) - 20 passenger Ring laps with me as you can stomach. - 5 full tuition laps to truly pop your Ring cherry - Visit/guided tour to the Ringwerk and other local tourist attraction as possible - endless possiblity to see and meet entusiast from far and wide - pics opportunity including yourself on track.(by arrangement) - Time allocated for you to shop for booze in calais on return The cost of the trip will be circa £500 which is less than half you would spend if you went on your own and drove your zed there and back and did all the above including 25laps in 24hrs excl track inspection and prepping(full P3+ service, geometry, tryes etc). The cost can be slightly negotiated if you will rather do less activities and focus on the driving only . As Will can attest i have safety first and foremeost in mind and my zed has had no expenses spared when it comes to prepparation for track handling, braking and endurance. He was able to see first hand that the zed is more capable than most here will ever imagine or experience and has focused his mind on what he needs to do to improve his zed. I have no doubts the Ring bugger has beaten him and will be seeing him soon the with his own zed next time In the end he confided he had an awesome trip and was on a high a week after. l am sure he will chip in to add anything i have missed out. PM with interest or questionsrt to the proposed trip. Finally, if you have not less than 3year ncb or have any criminal conviction(drink drive, reckless endangerment etc) need not apply