mic-39

Marty

Can you give us an update on our meet

I noticed on "RMS" there was chat about maybe tying in with the nissan meet on the same day

Us guys here in Northern Ireland are part of the uk so same rules apply

Being back and forward across the "pond" quite abit i see quite a lot of cars from here being moved from here to the "mainland"

Hope it all goes well

first dibs on the nismo gearknob--subject to pics

erm make that second--pipped by a minute

I guess you have looked through the for sales section here

Agree with what you have said. know a couple of guys have had the GTR's and mention the same problem--The car is tooooo perfect (your granny could drive it fast) They are now selling them for exactly the reason you say

The zed IMHO is more a drivers car

Brilliant

I just spent 150 getting mine sprayed on saturday --yea black 2

free bump.........................

I assume you are talking about the wheel spacers. They will not affect your camber and if your tyres are already wearing to the inside i suspect a worn bush or some other element of the rear suspension.

I have 25mm rear spacers fitted and do not have tyre wear issues

OH in answer to your quest I fitted my own in about an hour just grab a mate to press the footbrake when you are tightening the fronts--makes life so much easier

For the weight of the car and the engine size economy isn't bad. Best I have had over 70 miles was 34mpg and that was really hardly touching the pedal at all and driving at about 45mph and usually i average 23-25 mpg

Have you tried poking about with one of them telescopic magnet thingies before you dismantle too much

Does anyone have any feedback on the "ssentas"

I always thought the tread pattern was a bit wierd and I know the last vredsteins i had were quite a hard compound

Totally agree

Ryan is going to carry out the washing when i need it done--Normally I would go to the local carwash guys but as he does it for £5 I might as well use him

Here goes from memory--personal cars

1. metro 1.3

2. escort mk5

3. orion mk5/6--1992

4. cavalier sri 16v -93

5. astra 1.7td- 95--new

6. volvo s40 2.0

7. volvo v40 1.8--demo

8. zafira 2.0dti--new

9. ml270 cdi--02

10. ml270cdi--04 + mr2 roadster

11. c220cdi--07 + 350z--04

Company

1. fiesta 1.8d

2. pug 406 1.9 gt watever???

3. renault xtra

4. vaux astravan

5. nissan terrano 2.7d

6. izuzu trooper 3.0

7. xtrail 2.2 dci

When you sit down and think about it --its really sad that you can remember all the cars you owned

Basically every car is different--I went for a part correction which removed 99% of any swirl marking plus an interiar tidy up seats etc.

The entire job took about 10 hrs and cost £160 but again that is dependant on the finishing products used

The car looks better than new again

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I have noticed that if the temperature is set pretty low the car automatically turns on recycled air and you have to switch it over to fresh air automatically. My Nissan jeep also has this annoying feature

Hi

Its been a few months since I bought the Z and over the weekend I left it into a local guy for some paint correction carried out

I didnt have any pictures of the entire car before the work done but i have this taken from a local website

Judge for yourselves on the improvement

These were taken after machining with 3m Fine Compound. Later refined with 3m Ultrafina

The car was finished in BiltHamber Autobalm and then layered with Finish Kare 1000

The work was done by---http://www.detailni.com/

Thanks for looking

What are the problems with re050's--I have had these fitted for 7k miles and have no issues with grip whatsoever in fact on track they perform very well

+1 very helpful --just received my brake pads within 2 days

That would be a very interesting topic

The same car dyno'd with standard fuel, 97 ron, 99 ron and 120ron!!

Maybe also 97ron with an additive

Just an interesting one--Has anyone run their Z on E85 fuel. Maybe not necessarily for ecomony (or green issues) but for performance alone--I was thinking of getting some for a track day

Can the ecu adapt fuelling to cope with this??.....

the octane is circa 100 to 105 ron

Has anyone used NF octane booster--I have heard some good reports

1. Marty(martinopy)

2. JpAero

3. mic-39

Personally I would ask them to check out the control arms and if they will come back and say they are fine and it subsequently transpires they are faulty then the problem will be theirs for mis-diagnosis of the fault. (they are the experts after all)

Sorry its maybe a backhand way of apportioning blame at the dealers door but believe me if you pay to have the anti-roll bar bushes/links replaced and this is not the cause they will be quick to charge you more.

I know from experience as i had both control arms replaced and they appear to be a weakness in the Z. as is the rear antiroll bar bushes and drop links.

The droplinks are circa £35 each and you should be able to fit them yourself or a local independant could help

My Zed and I believe a lot of others are a pain when cold however when warmed up it is fine when shifting from 1st to 2nd. I believe there is an issue with the synchro in sixth and i have noticed if I go from 4th to 6th or speedily from 5th to 6th it will crunch .

You could always try changing the oil (remember it is a gl4 on the early models and DO NOT put in GL5 as this will destroy the synchro rings as they are bronze/brass) This may help your cold shifts