Dblock

What... Same reason modern cars have that bonnet poping pedestrian impact system thing.

You should write a novel. You do have some good stories il give you that.

Does the plenum or intake manifold feed all the cylinders or is there 2 and they feed 3 cylinders each? I.e I know there is 2 tb's on the 370z but is it a shared manifold or is it 3 cylinders each? Sorry for the poor description.

I think it's was the strut or the plenums itself was Too close to the bonnet. So if you smacked your head it wouldn't be off a hollow aluminium bonnet but an engine block lol or a sturdy strut brace.

So I take it that's no picture the will. Guess it didn't happen. Good story though.

And why did they do so? Sorry for the off topic, but I've never heard an answer to that... It was something to do with of you hit a pedestrian.

Also I'm no where near yor level.

Strange question I'm not a mechanic by trade no - do I want to know where this is going????? See I'm self taught and do all the work on the cars in our house. I just have immense respect with someone of your knowledge and someone who does it for other people.

Ahh. I know some of the bigger vtec engines have variable air boxes. The air box is small at low rpm to increase torque but at higher rpm te box opens fully to make it bigger for more bhp. What do the fins in the eP3 do. Are they for sound reduction or cause turbulence?

Ammo NYC is the product from drive clean. Good write up!

Keyser are you self taught mechanic? Also I'm pretty sure you don't bite your no a mechanic are you?

Sorry to see your selling but that's a bloody bargain!

..But if I blocked you I'd miss out on all your Lol posts. You are totally correct of course. I know manufacturers do tell porkies to sell there products but what I was getting at is just to blanketly state that all induction kits give no gains whatsoever is just a bit unfair. Oh and if I had believed the Takeda induction kit claims of 19hp then I would have bought that instead of the Stillen kit I decided on. Well what your arguing for! Your so argumentative :p Generally there can be ones that make power but usually they are alot more expensive (not always). Also depends on the original airbox. I don't think the 350z is that bad but in other cars its like a maze for some reason (sound maybe) and replace it for even a cheap open cone will make a world of difference. Also remember like the plenum spacer it can be a 15bhp gain. More like 5bhp and even then its only in the middle part. Doesn't mean your 276 becomes 281.

Not sure what to make of that Dblock as usual your posts are fairly basic. Why didn't you just type "lol" or some rubbish as normal. Anyway I'm not saying this is necessarily true but this is what the manufacturers are claiming after their own tests conducted on the Zed. Make of it what you will but for the small gain or loss you may get by fitting an induction kit it's pretty irrelevant tbh apart from they look & sound better than OEM. Ohhh tetchy. Just block me if I annoy you that much Put it this way lets say I'm selling a product and want to make it sound good. I might lie or make the testing unfair. There is no way in hell an induction kit makes that much difference at any part of the rev range. Mark @ Abbey has proved it but not just that the zed is notorious for scaling back ANY gains before a remap. A 19bhp WOULD make a difference and I promise you that but there is no way you get that from induction kit on these cars. I agree do it for sound alone. NEVER TRUST their "OWN" biased tests, They wont tell you don't buy this its crap will they.

Your giving Nissan a bit to much credit there. They did starve the front 2 cylinders. I know why but it's still silly.

I think if they are going to do that make the s16.

Bournemouth mate - always welcome to drop in (bring doughnuts ) @Dblock - it works by drawing vapour from the colant system through a chemical liquid that changes colour if hydrocarbons are present - I didn't get this one but the bay sells em basically this - http://www.ebay.co.u...=p2054897.l4276 Thanks mate. Clever bit of kit! Gutting for whoevers it is though :-(

good work guys. How does that tester work? Do you know what it is called I'd like to have look at it?

Cool. I await them eagerly :-).

Next you will be asking for custard too Come on you know what I mean though lol.

Will you got pics of the damage?

Is it us muslce you are after or just a big V8? Other wise w211 e55 5.4 supercharged v8? Very little spent on it can see you with 600bhp and I'm pretty sure they have cylinder deactivation so mpg on the motorway isn't stupid either. Or you could have the sl,cl,cls etc etc.

Like this? Maybe see if Tarmac or EPracing can help.

Also get a camera bag! Really important IMO.