Jez @ H-Dev

I tend to us the ball of my foot and big toe to brake and the side of my foot to blip the throttle. On my zed, at least, its very useful as it tends to want to lose traction at the rear when changing down without heal+toe. I'm talking about on track, not just popping down the shops...

Cheers I've got the pistons, rods, liners, stud kits and bearings for the turbo build. Not sure when I'll get it all together, but should be good when its done - probably going to be a winter project

I can recommend HSD or BC Racing as good value for money. They're about as cheap as you'd want to go. I'm running Racing Logic on mine, which are very similar (if on tthe same) as HSD. We supply HSD, BC Racing, Tein and Ohlins - get in touch if you need any more advise

Went from 1470 to 1340kg I think.

You can get an engine with basic mods to work pretty well by remapping the standard ECU - its works well for mild modifications and supercharging. I wouldn't expect to gain a huge amount of power by swapping from standard to an aftermarket ECU on a standard ish engine, but we'll see. The main benefit of Syvecs is all the other features - the standard ecu runs the engine quite well but thats it. With Syvecs you have full control over ignition timing, traction control, boost control, on board logging, safety engine limp / trips, nitrous control etc etc. And rather than having a load of separate systems controlling these things its all in one unit that is designed to work well. An example of this is traction control - you can set it up to initially just retard the ignition to reduce engine torque when wheel slip is detected. Another is the nitrous control - you don't need extra fuel injectors as the ECU just injects more fuel via the existing injectors when nitrous is on. Boost targets (if you have turbo engine) can be based on throttle position, gear and rpm. You can setup trips so if the fuel pressure fails to follow manifold pressure it'll either go into limp or stop the engine. Probably over kill for a daily drive but extremely good for a modified car.

LOL, thats quite an outlay - sorry, couldn't resist. I think the 350Z are quite underrated as a track car. Granted, they're not ideal out of the box but with decent pads and fluid some coilovers and bushes they're great. Even better if you remove as much weight as possible. My 350z is a dedicated track car - you may not want to go this far but its great fun on track: viewtopic.php?f=176&t=57436 With regards to brakes and wheels - Brembo and Rays will be the best value options - light and inexpensive.

Check the brake fluid level - if low the hand brake light will come on.

The dyno I use is the same as RS Tunings. Only a few cars have achieved over 300bhp and there does seem to be quite a variation between seemingly identical cars. My blue 350Z started at 258 at the fly, my silver one started at 285 - both on the same dyno with same wheels. They both gained about 25hp with spacer, decats and remap - as Mark says, more than that is difficult without major work.

Looks great - not over the top

It'll probably be ARB drop links or compression arm ball joints. Both in stock and ready to go, when you know exactly whats up

Took the car out at Japfest with the new Nismo LSD - its awesome. Improved grip and handling a lot. I got our 350 running on Syvecs engine management today - the first in the UK. For those that don't know about Syvecs, its a high end engine management system that has loads of great features. Very popular with a wide range of Japanese cars, including the GTR and now the 350Z Rather messy prototype loom: It runs!! Excuse the video - I'm not a natural with the camera https://www.facebook.com/video/video.ph ... _processed

Got the car running on Syvecs today - its not finished though, they need to setup the CAN bus so the dash etc works. As soon as that is working, we'll get it on the dyno and see how it goes

Looking good Neil Glad to meet you yesterday - looking forward to the next trackday

We could help - maybe a bit far though. We're about 30 mins south of Oxford. We've got lambda sensors in stock and have the appropriate diagnostic equipment.

Nice one Bob - good to meet you yesterday

We also do gearbox servicing packs: http://www.h-dev.co.uk/product_info.php ... s_id=25501 And have loads of brake options: http://www.h-dev.co.uk/index.php?cPath= ... 3_465_1414 More service parts here: http://www.h-dev.co.uk/index.php?cPath=78_169_293_1418 Any questions just call, pm or email

I left Japfest about an hour ago and the queue was back almost to the M4 - I had a very brief chat with a Zed owner in the queue who'd been waiting for 2 hrs and he was about 5 miles from Combe.

Cheers

Hope you don't mind Chris: http://www.h-dev.co.uk/product_info.php ... s_id=25507

Individual throttle bodies

This is pretty good, not in a 350 but the same engine: [link removed] EDIT: Not sure why but the link wouldn't show unless I put a space in it after the niss in niss ansportz - are links to Nissan Sportz filtered out or something?

We charge £449 inc vat, dyno time and UpRev license. Each car is optimised on the dyno for your specific modifications, so you know you're getting the best possible performance. More info here: http://www.h-dev.co.uk/index2.php?page=350z_mapping

In stock and ready to go same day

The bushes should come with fitting instructions. We fit them for max caster - which is with the hole at its furthest position away from the ball joint.

Agreed - piggybacks are the work of the devil.