brillomaster

yep, not a problem heel and toeing in the 350z. although you may find its more left side of foot on brake, right side of foot blips the throttle. i find it a lot easier when braking hard - means the brake and throttle are more level for a start, but I find if you only brake lightly, you often get an extra lurch of brake when you try and blip the throttle. But definitely worth practising, its an invaluable skill for track driving a manual car when a botched downshift under braking can cause instability or even rear axle lock up.

much jealously. was in Las Vegas for a week last year, and was easily by far and away THE BEST HOLIDAY EVER. not a day goes by without thinking how awesome it was. Florida's alright as well, i spose...

not a particularly good rant if im honest... for starters, they're letting you drive their £60,000 car for the low low price of £200 - you could do that every weekend for the next 6 years before you'd paid the purchase price of the car. then they want you to pay an extra £20 to insure against a £1500 excess, which is 75 to 1... my insurance excess is something like £300, if i could pay an extra £4 on the premium to reduce it to zero, i probably would!

this might be a silly question, but do you frequently test cars up to 130+mph that might give you something to compare to? ie have you had fast cars in the past? personally I wouldn't know what a car is supposed to feel like at 130, as I've never driven that fast.

bargain indeed, after all a couple elbows and straight pipe wont cost a lot from a fabricator.

as said above, change the rears to 255/40/18. lots of members run lower profile tyres than usual, but keep the different widths.

I think part of my dislike is that the 350z is a very curvy car, good waistline and quite fullsome. however the gtr is all broad and angular, the two styles clash in my opinion. the GTR front end looks fine on a stagea, at least in R34 form... the R35 version doesnt look quite as good though.

well yeah lol... I'm quite happy with a car that's quite loose at the back end as I've no problem going sideways and gathering it up again, but in the interests of car longevity I think some more rear end stability is probably a good thing... besides, I can always provoke a slide with a dab of trail braking or a hefty dose of throttle... However we've all noticed the understeer, so want to dial that out with some toe out and camber if we can - although its also quite likely that we're overheating the tyres - after 5-6 laps they fall off a cliff in terms of grip, which caught ken out at rockingham, as it can affect either end of the car.

its most definitely a no from me. if you want a car that looks like a GTR, buy a GTR.

that's because most of your co-workers are idiots.

from what I've heard about the bmw (not sure if this applies to a zed though) is that the standard set up is very conservative with regards to tyre wear and handling... too much toe in at the front to encourage understeer. when I get mine aligned this weekend will be going for zero toe at the front (straight ahead) to encourage front turn in, and a little bit more toe in at the rear (0.4 total, or 0.2 toe in per side) for greater rear stability. as for camber, I have heard as much as you can on the front, and then a maximum of 3degrees at the rear, although this is a full track setup and will eat through tyres very quickly. however if you run zero toe you can run greater camber as its the combination of toe and camber that drags the tyre, zero toe means the wheel is free to just roll. but generally, toe in encourages stability, vehicle reluctant to turn. toe out makes car eager to turn, but can be unstable and squirrelly under braking. so depending on how you drive, tune the front and rear accordingly - our car pushes under gentle application of power, but can be snappy at the rear if you chuck it around to much or trail brake into corners, hence why we're going for a bit less toe in at the front, and a bit more toe in at the rear.

someones just bumped a standard exhaust they're selling, not sure where they're based though? http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/88320-oem-full-exhaust-done-only-21k-great-condition-200/

exactly how stanced are you at the moment? wheel widths, tyre size, offset, and suspension drop would be good to know. and did you definitely get tyres with the exact same dimensions that was on before?

pah that's no excuse, give her a passenger ride to let her know fully what shes marrying into! Phil that's great, will be plenty of us there!

nice one, centre console looks great. a square metre goes a long way it seems, a cheap but very impactful mod!

Mmmm the want is strong with this one... and that dat rear...

pro - when combined with a remap and other supporting mods, can release a few extra ponies. pro - lighter than standard cats pro - can add a raspiness to exhaust note, and make it louder. con - a decat will fail an mot emmissions test. con - a racing high flow cat will need to be nice and hot before it will pass an MOT emissions test. con - can add a raspiness to exhaust note, and make it louder.

300bhp per tonne... holy moley that'd be a bit rapido then! you'll have no problems getting past pesky Ferraris...

probably once every couple of months in fairness. but i generally can feel if the pressure is even a bit down, rear feels quite strange quite quickly.

stick to 70mph and you'll get 33mpg id say. big difference between travelling at 70 and travelling at 80 in terms of economy. also as for driving on the continent, keep repeating "give way to the left, stay on the right" to yourself at any junction!

high mileage import it is at that price, or could maybe consider a cat d depending on what he plans to do with it.

watch out tho, there will be much fiery death for anyone who runs RE040s, which is what these have...

safe as houses in that spot I think! and the jag on the end isn't bad either

supercharge it. properly. and with the change some MPSSs, eibach ARBs and decent brakes.

welcome to the forum! haven't heard about any tyre feathering issues on older cars, just make sure the wheels are all aligned properly and don't run silly camber and you'll be fine.