Polo

Bit of an update, finaly taking it over for paint tomorow morning!!

While iv been waiting for it to be painted iv been doing a few bits.

Started with the headlights, they had dulled down and gone crap!

After some elbow grease!

Loads better, just got to try split them now to paint the reflectors, with out breaking them, as they are £1050 each from Nissan + Vat :wack:

Cut some holes in the boot for loacks

Got some new bits and bobs, the ecu il be using for the 1st year at least, HKS Fcon Vpro Gold.

Some alloy to make a fuel rail from as the injectors dont fit in the one i origanly got

Two 38mm turbosmart wastegates

Thats about it for now, i should, fingers crossed have some pics of it with paint done tomorow!

Small update, the body shop is strugling to fit it in to get the engine bay and inside painted so iv not really done alot with it!

But it is now ready for paint inside and engine bay

Started playing with the dash, chopped out the centre, if you look back in the thread youl see the centre bit has loads of switchs in it for stereo, heater, dvd etc etc.

Holes for 16 switchs,

Ignition

fuel pump 1

fuel pump 2

fans bypass

side lights

dip beam

main beam

indicators

rear fog

wipers

screen wash

horn

heater

hazards

elec window

oil/intercooler/rad spray bar

A tray at the top to house boost controller, knock meter and gearbox oil temp gauge.

A load of elec parts orderd, fues boxs, relays, junction boxs, switchs etc etc

Finaly picked up sexy turboness!! GT35/86r with HTA billit comp wheel and WRC metal bearing case!

standard comp wheel

HTA wheel

The turbo even gets its own little oil filter!!

-10 oil return flange

Also took a trip up to EPRacing and collected some bits a bobs

Nardi wheel, snap off boss, oil temp gauge for gearbox and locking catchs for bonnet and boot, as its going to be road legal.

Also got this nice grill

And thanks to MrSteveo i now how a shifter extension :smokin:

Im tempted, I have to say but I dont want the car too hard and crashy - it barely ever sees a track although the rear slips out under power sometimes

 

Bon reckons the HSD/CS's are fairly gentle for a coilover, Im in two minds at the moment. Ill tell you who Id be speaking to if I were you - http://www.rjnmotorsport.com/index.php? ... &Itemid=65 these fellers run a Z33 in GT$ (pretty successfully as well) and as you can see appear to have developed their own suspension.

 

I had a good chat with them at Goodwood a couple of years ago and they were genuinely nice guys - maybe see if they have got any more info that might be useful for you. BTW, my fee for this information is a cheeky blat when youve got the car finished - Kens car drifted pretty well with 650hp, be interesting to try another .........

Cheers man!!

In regard to driving it once its done!! Feck you!! I asked for a go in your Z loads of times and you said no!! lol

So has the Z33 got the same layout as your nice family car there Polo?? Are the bulkheads the same??

 

Ive just done a quick search and these guys seem to think you can use a one piece: http://xyzsuspension.com/driftspec.html but Ive never heard of either .............

 

Considering putting mine on CS2's atm, if you come up with something different I might be interested.

Cheers Doc, the most helpfull info iv had on this thread that 1st kit uses 12/5 springs so me going for 14/7 seams about right

No i think there differant, the floor cross beam might be there but im really not sure, not seen a Z stripped out.

Il be using HSD mate, which are CS2's. If you ask the supplier (DW) they will order you a set of coilover rears.

What's the benefits of runnin a true coilover?

More adjustable and the spring and damper work together rather than against each other, so works better for track and drift where you need all of this.

forces applied to dampers have a greater effect on mounting areas than springs do, after all the shock is there to stop the spring ossolating, so there for is stronger)

 

I do kind of agree , but the weight of the car is on the spring , take the damper off the car stays at ride height take the spring of the car will fall onto it bump stops. So this means the load goes throught he spring the damper controls the ocsillation cause dby the spring being compressed.

 

Just had a look around a V35 which we have in for some work it does look a little more stronger than than a 350Z , but I have seen a Z fitted with Coil overs without strenghtening actaully move the inner wing.

 

If you having or had a cage fittied tie the top mounts into the cage end of story.

 

Mark

Lol, this could go on some If you took the damper off the car and hit a pot hole, the spring would become coil bound and then bash in to the chassis, this bash would be much greater than the weight of the car acting on the chassis Get what im getting at? Also, springs are often mounted inboard, never see shocks inboard as the forces on the mounting points would be so great.

As you can see from the pic, the shelf has a 3" square bar the hole way accross, also above the turret there is a panel that ties the shelft/turret into the C piller. NONE of which are in the s13/s14/s15/r32/r33/r34.

Also in this pic you can see a lower cross member, very substantial from one side to the other, also not in the s13/s14/s15/r32/r33/r34.

Stock 350Z isnt really designed to run rear coil overs , the rear inner wing isnt designed to take the increased load caused by fitting a coil over , you have to strengthen the top mounts. On a stock car the top mount only take the damper load the spring loads goes into the car via chassis leg.

 

 

You need to do a little fabrication to take the increased load caused by the coil over.

 

 

Correct in a way but not totaly. The shock the turret will get when a bump is hit is far greater than the weight of the car, 4 times or more depending how hard the bump is. (forces applied to dampers have a greater effect on mounting areas than springs do, after all the shock is there to stop the spring ossolating, so there for is stronger) Also, this is not for a Z, its a V35 which has a much greater and substatial rear upper cross brace and parcel shelf. Also, if you look at earlier cars, such as s13/s14/s15/r32/r33 and r34 which are all coilover spring on the rear, the rear inner wings and turrets are fare less substantial than the V35's. How ever the shell has been fully seam welded and also has a serious fully welded and gusseted cage

I think Meister R were making a true coilover for the rear....

I have some custom HSD's orderd, being sent with 14/7 springs but im trying to find out what other people have used.

Has any one converted there Z's to take coilovers on the rear? What spring rates did you use?

Im converting my V35, but a bit unsure what spring rates to go for??

Curently iv found most Z coilover front/in board spring rears are 12/11,

Iv been told 14/7 once converted for a stiffer setup.

£1400

This pic is like an optical illusion...is it pointing away or towards you?

Lol, it aint to me but that prob coz i took it!! Lol Its looking at the transmission tunnel from where the front subframe is.

Polo you have left the best bit out, the hockey pucks

No iv not, there on page one

Bit of an update, shes now prety much ready to go off to have the cage, inside and engine bay painted, 3 weeks after id planned but @*!# happens!!

More stripping, i forever seem to be unding nuts and bolts on this, its never ending :wack:

Big old alloy subframe

very clean under there, not a spec of rust!!!

And finished the seam welding, finaly!!!!

Then a good coat of stonechip

Should have the paint inside done by next weekend and i can finaly start final fitting stuff.

I have the Eibach on mine and not had any probs,but only road use.

 

Ichiba differant to Eibach Unless Eibach make camber arms????

 

http://www.z1auto.com/prodmore.asp?mode ... rodid=3993

 

 

Eibach camber arms are actually SPC and by the time you add on shipping, tax, duty and handling charge then the Cusco A arms will cost circa £450.00.

Not if you can dodge the duty

I have the Eibach on mine and not had any probs,but only road use.

Ichiba differant to Eibach Unless Eibach make camber arms????

http://www.z1auto.com/prodmore.asp?mode ... rodid=3993

The Megana sport ones aint bad, i should know, iv been messing with Nissans for over 6 years now and own my own garage specialising in s13/s14/s15s. Not saying there great but, they aint as bad as some of the others like xspower etc. I.e they wont break if you hit a pot hole. Main reason i started the thread was to see a wider range, most the ones on ebay seem to have a rubber bush in them, im after a rose joint. I think Cusco or Ichiba are the way forword

Adjustable front camber arms are over £400 whatever the make.

z1 sell cusco for less than £400, and Ichiba even less, ebay there under £200. Only expensive ones iv seen are SPL ones.

I was basing it on your one off price as your short a few on the 10 yet.

Ahh them bush's! Im after the solid rose jointed type :S

I cant find the compression arm mounts in your section alex?

Also your Camber arms look identical to the Cusco ones but cost more?

Little update

Pulled all the front suspension off to seam weld and clean the inner wings

After some cleaning, wire brush, rags and thinners

Then a coat of white stone chip

Pm zmanalex, he has got some made for him at a very reasonable price. He was doing a group buy for the fronts.

Camber arms or mounts?

Hi Folks,

Wheres the best place to get front camber arms? I have Japspeed rear camber and traction arms but i need some front camber arms also! I see there are loads on ebay but im guessing there all crap?

Also the front lower arms, the rear one with the big bush, is there any uprated versions out there? Im planning on fitting a rose type bearing to it, but is there any thing already out there?

Rear subframe mounts, i want alloy ones! Again i was going to make some but no point if some one sells them already??

Price drop, £1500

Wheels prov sold

Theres not any cars or 4x4's that i can think off which you can legaly tow a 4x4 (landrover) with. As the weight of them!

I can transport it on a tilt and slide truck, also based just outside oxfordshire in Westcott, £1 a mile + £40

Iv got a perfectly good one from a 350gt v35, if there the same, i cant see why theyd be differant, they have the same engine and subframe