andy james

Not a lot of progress over the last couple of weeks due to some key parts being delayed which this week finally arrived so the engine bay could be put back together. I know it looks still looks scruffy but the skill involved in repairing the lower intake pipe considering its condition before is very good. Bob kindly agreed to pop over this afternoon to lend a hand in exchange for a pending slabbing job in his and Netti's front garden so a skill swap was in order! First job was to fit new Samco hoses. New front panel with Misimoto rad and fan shroud next. Installed the front panel,GTM intercooler,induction pipes,air con condenser rad,supercharger oil cooler with all the piping. We put the head lights on to check alignment of the vented Tarnac front wings. Good fit. This is where we got after 4 hours with doughnuts/coffee and lemonade! A big thank you to Chris at Tarmacsportz for spending the time to source the best deal from the US which turned up yesterday! Genuine Nismo V3 front bumper! More to come.

Names: 1: MrsNiki + 1 Hotel booked 3rd/4th June 2.buster and mrs buster Hotel booked 3rd/4th June 3. Andy and Katrina.hotel booked.

There is no way you did this handraulically We know you too well Bloomin well did every last one (except the ones Andy did) But I did the most I did a few hundred nails. Chris did a few thousand!!!

Spent a couple of hours on Sunday sorting out the oil and supercharger oil coolers and straightening out the fins on the intercooler which got knackered in the crash! Waiting for the main Supercharger induction pipe to be re made which looked like this! Samco hoses turned up today thanks to Chris at Tarmac and what with the new front panel from Ewan at Clark Motorsport I've got most of the parts required to re build the engine bay! Much more to come.

Looking good Bob! Better get a patent application in on those side skirts before Tarmac starts copying them! Lol.

The Silver Pheonix once finished would love to experience new roads! Subject to dates we are in.

The pictures are stunning and you would think that was a modified car! Nismo are really stepping up to the mark to separate the styling of the 370 and GTR from the stock car.

My hr consistently crossed the finish line timing beam at 99 mph while bouncing off the rev limiter in third at Gurston Down.

Interesting question which is very difficult to quantify as every rolling road/ hub dyno will give a different reading so you never really know how much power your car is delivering,but what you do get on all of them is called "the gain". Put simply,run car on the dyno to get a standard power figure then add new mods/ uprev and dyno again! This sounds great in principle but as we all know you bolt on the mods and then dyno the car as it's an expensive exercise to dyno the stock motor and then go back again to tune! Just out of interest I looked in my rather thick folder and found my original dyno chart when I first started modifying my car. The car. 2007 hr 14k miles Modifications. K and N typhoon induction kit,Japspeed k2 exhaust. 289.1at the fly on surrey rolling road. Once uprev installed she pushed out 309.4. Your car will breath better than mine did with the y pipe and the berks so you could see 315. Without the uprev all mods will just gain noise!

Wouldn't catch me being that silly!! Lol

Sorry to see this Dip. We have met on several occasions and I have enjoyed your company and your much loved Z. I'm not sorry to hear you are moving on to start a new happy future! Good luck to you both. Keep in touch chap. GLWTS

After the awful weather of last week the pressure was still on to sort out a way of lifting up the steel beams. I have used genies before with standard RSJs but not at anywhere near this height,weight and awkward shape so even after 30 years experience Mr James,Chris and Kim were in a serious bum twitching situation!! Lol. Bloody amazing piece of kit,and as Chris said to me you have to trust the fact that it will lift what it says on the label! Lol We done good yesterday and are on the home straight now.

Welcome along! Save yourself a few quid and avoid my build/crash threads !! Zeditus has no known cure! Lol

hey andy were there kits also fitted there? Yes. The guy I met at Gurston down was very happy with his car

The TTS Rotrex kit has worked well with a couple of the guys I've met during this season.

Good luck with your continued search Sam. Quite few of us have and are still in the same position as you and it's such a tough decision to make. Just to let you know after all the dosh I spent on the performance and handling upgrades my car definatley still moved around when pressing on!! Lol

A little progress this weekend. Fitted the passenger dash airbag and cover,curtain airbag which if you haven't dismantled a zed before the detonator device is not in the B pillar as you would assume but in the roof lining in front of the tailgate! New windscreen fitted yesterday so the interior is now finished! Going to start plumbing in the new oil/supercharger coolers which got crushed on impact. Lots more to follow.

Thanks for that bud. Been busy with Chris the past few months but the Pheonix is well on her way back.

It looked good on the Ginger one Bob. IMO looks even better now on Gun metal. What's next my friend?

Wow! She looks bloody amazing!

Did you see Mark's post about Abbey starting to sell GTM kit again? Yes. Good news! Not for me... my car went in for twin turbos the week before that post! I waited all that time for a GTM twin SC kit, oh well. Get ready for a forged engine if you want to enjoy the full fat version! Lol

Very well done mate!

Did you see Mark's post about Abbey starting to sell GTM kit again? Yes. Good news!

I know you want gunmetal but I have a pair of silver ones you could put on after spraying with rattle cans if it's a temporary job!